U.S. patent application number 13/954185 was filed with the patent office on 2014-01-30 for tobacco head for a water pipe.
The applicant listed for this patent is Ibrahim DABES. Invention is credited to Ibrahim DABES.
Application Number | 20140026902 13/954185 |
Document ID | / |
Family ID | 49912137 |
Filed Date | 2014-01-30 |
United States Patent
Application |
20140026902 |
Kind Code |
A1 |
DABES; Ibrahim |
January 30, 2014 |
TOBACCO HEAD FOR A WATER PIPE
Abstract
The invention relates to a tobacco head for a water pipe. Known
tobacco heads of this type break easily during cleaning or if the
water pipe tips over. The problem of further developing such a
tobacco head so that it is not destroyed so easily during the
cleaning process is solved in that the tobacco head consists of a
flexible elastically yielding material.
Inventors: |
DABES; Ibrahim; (Augsburg,
DE) |
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Applicant: |
Name |
City |
State |
Country |
Type |
DABES; Ibrahim |
Augsburg |
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DE |
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Family ID: |
49912137 |
Appl. No.: |
13/954185 |
Filed: |
July 30, 2013 |
Current U.S.
Class: |
131/226 |
Current CPC
Class: |
A24F 1/30 20130101; A24F
5/00 20130101 |
Class at
Publication: |
131/226 |
International
Class: |
A24F 5/00 20060101
A24F005/00 |
Foreign Application Data
Date |
Code |
Application Number |
Jul 30, 2012 |
DE |
10 2012 106 919.0 |
Claims
1. Tobacco head for a water pipe, wherein the tobacco head is made
of a flexible, elastically yielding material and the water pipe is
made of a hard material.
2. Tobacco head according to claim 1, wherein the tobacco head is
made of a polymer-based material.
3. Tobacco head according to claim 1, wherein the tobacco head is
made of silicone and/or silicone rubber.
4. Tobacco head for a water pipe, wherein the tobacco head is made
of silicone or silicone rubber and the water pipe is made of a
ceramic or glass.
Description
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application claims priority under 35 U.S.C. .sctn.119
to German Patent Application No. DE 10 2012 106 919.0 filed 30 Jul.
2012, the entire contents of which are incorporated herein by
reference.
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0002] The invention relates to a tobacco head (also known as a
tobacco bowl) for a water pipe (also known as a hookah).
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0003] The principle of a water pipe with a tobacco head (referred
to there as a head) is explained in DE 20 2008 016 573 U1.
[0004] In a water pipe, tobacco is heated by a hot medium, e.g.
charcoal. The outflowing vapors are routed through a water bath,
cooled and cleaned and smoked via a hose outlet. The schematic
structure of a water pipe is the subject of the above-mentioned
publication. It consists of a substantially vertical body tube, to
the top of which a tobacco head is attached that receives both the
heating medium (the hot coals) and the tobacco to be smoked. The
lower end of the body tube extends into a container partially
filled with water. The hose leading to a mouthpiece for the user is
flanged onto the pipe above the water in this container. A water
pipe can also have additional attributes, such as a plate or
holding devices for cigars or cigarettes, but these are not of
primary interest in the present invention.
[0005] The water pipe head or tobacco head, which, as mentioned
above, holds the tobacco and the coal, is often constructed
interchangeably for the purpose of cleaning. Thus it can be pushed
or screwed onto the body tube, removed therefrom, cleaned and then
be pushed or slipped back onto the column.
[0006] It is also common to construct the tobacco head of the
hookah from a hard material, such as a ceramic material, glass, or
metal, with ceramic being used in classical water pipes.
[0007] Such a tobacco head for a water pipe has the disadvantage
that it can break if the water pipe tips over or during cleaning.
The fragility is based on the hardness of the material used. The
tobacco head can either completely break-up or splinter or crack
from hard contact with a hard material and no longer be usable for
this reason as well.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
[0008] There is therefore the problem of improving a tobacco head
for a water pipe in such a manner that it is less easily destroyed
in operation and during the cleaning process.
[0009] This problem is solved by an embodiment of the invention.
Advantageous configurations are also described herein.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
[0010] An embodiment of the invention will be described in detail
below with reference to the accompanying drawings. Therein:
[0011] FIG. 1 shows a schematic representation of a water pipe with
a tobacco head; and
[0012] FIG. 2 shows an enlarged view of the tobacco head shown in
FIG. 1 in a longitudinal section.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION
[0013] As shown in FIG. 1, the water pipe 1 has a body tube 3,
which is connected at its lower end to a water container 4 and
extends under the water surface 11 inside the container 4. The body
tube 3 further comprises a hose fitting 5, to which a hose,
supporting a mouthpiece for the user at its other end, can be
attached.
[0014] On its top side, with an intermediate plate 6, the body tube
3 has the actual tobacco head 2, which can be inserted on its
underside 7 into the body tube 3 and has a pot-shaped recess 8 for
holding the tobacco on its upper side. The bottom of this
pot-shaped recess 8 is provided with holes 9 for passing the
tobacco vapors downward into the body tube 3. A perforated foil, a
screen or another permeable material, on which the heating medium
such as charcoal is located, can be clipped over the upper side 10
of the recess 8.
[0015] The geometric design of the tobacco head is conventionally
known.
[0016] According to the invention, however, the tobacco head 2 does
not consist of a hard material such as glass or ceramic, but rather
of a flexible, elastically yielding material. A polymer-based
material, particularly silicone and/or silicone rubber, has proven
to be particularly suitable. In one embodiment, the tobacco head 2
is made of a flexible, elastically yielding material, while the
water pipe 1 is made of a hard material, such as glass or ceramic
(i.e. a material with little or no plastic deformation).
[0017] The tobacco head can be produced integrally by an
injection-molding method. It can be colorless or colored, depending
on whether color pigments are added during the injection-molding
process.
[0018] Because of the material used and the resulting hardness, the
tobacco head 2 is very flexible and can be deformed by hand. This
also facilitates pushing the head onto the body tube 3 and removing
it therefrom, as well as slipping on the foil (not shown)
supporting the charcoal.
[0019] The special advantage of the flexible, elastically yielding
tobacco head 2, however, is that it can no longer shatter, crack or
break when the water pipe 1 tips over or the head is dropped during
cleaning.
[0020] Tests have also shown that the tobacco head 2 produced from
silicone or silicone rubber is resistant to continuous stress from
heat and tobacco vapors, so that it can be used as often as
desired.
[0021] All references cited herein are expressly incorporated by
reference in their entirety. In addition, unless mention was made
above to the contrary, it should be noted that all of the
accompanying drawings are not to scale. There are many different
features to the present invention and it is contemplated that these
features may be used together or separately. Thus, the invention
should not be limited to any particular combination of features or
to a particular application of the invention. Further, it should be
understood that variations and modifications within the spirit and
scope of the invention might occur to those skilled in the art to
which the invention pertains. Accordingly, all expedient
modifications readily attainable by one versed in the art from the
disclosure set forth herein that are within the scope and spirit of
the present invention are to be included as further embodiments of
the present invention.
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