Tobacco – Tobacco users' appliance – Device used for smoking
Patent
1977-05-12
1979-07-24
Pellegrino, Stephen C.
Tobacco
Tobacco users' appliance
Device used for smoking
131180, 131224, 131223, A24F 114, A24F 126
Patent
active
041619544
ABSTRACT:
A smoking apparatus comprising a pipe bowl for holding burning smoking material, means for connecting the pipe bowl to a means for containing water, means for drawing smoke from the pipe bowl through water contained in the water-containing means before it is discharged from the apparatus and valve means located in the pipe bowl, having a closed position for preventing smoking material in the pipe bowl from falling into the water-containing means and an open position for dumping the residue and ash from the smoking material burned in the pipe bowl into the water-containing means. The pipe bowl comprises a generally cylindrical interior surface. In one embodiment the valve means comprises a disk-shaped member and means connected to the disk-shaped member for rotating the disk-shaped member between its open and closed positions. In a second embodiment, the valve means comprises a slidable member, a hole in one half of the slidable member and means for sliding the slidable member between closed and open positions for selectively placing the hole relative to the pipe bowl and the interior of the water-containing means. Separate and apart from the valve means there is disclosed means for storing smoking material prior to its placement in the pipe bowl, means for attaching the storing means to the water-containing means, and means for mounting the pipe bowl within the interior of the storing means for catching spillage of smoking material from the pipe bowl when the pipe bowl is loaded.
REFERENCES:
patent: 3283938 (1966-11-01), Vidal
patent: 3805806 (1974-04-01), Grihalva
patent: 3889690 (1975-06-01), Guarnieri
Becker Warren M.
Pellegrino Stephen C.
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