U.S. patent application number 15/063241 was filed with the patent office on 2017-09-07 for pipe.
The applicant listed for this patent is Swift Manufacturing & Engineering, Inc.. Invention is credited to Charles Heidenreich, William Koebke, Aaron Tuschen.
Application Number | 20170251720 15/063241 |
Document ID | / |
Family ID | 59722974 |
Filed Date | 2017-09-07 |
United States Patent
Application |
20170251720 |
Kind Code |
A1 |
Heidenreich; Charles ; et
al. |
September 7, 2017 |
PIPE
Abstract
A pipe is disclosed. The pipe has an elongate body having an
inlet opening and a mouthpiece with an aperture. An internal bore
is provided within the elongate body connecting the inlet opening
and the mouthpiece aperture. The internal bore has a bolus chamber
with an inlet orifice aligned with the inlet opening and an exit
orifice aligned with the internal bore opposite the inlet orifice.
The inlet orifice has a smaller diameter than the exit orifice. The
pipe is also self-extinguishing. A pipe with a cavity for holding
combustible material which has inlet and exit orifices that create
a venturi effect when the pipe is in use is also disclosed.
Inventors: |
Heidenreich; Charles;
(McFarland, WI) ; Tuschen; Aaron; (DeForest,
WI) ; Koebke; William; (Middleton, WI) |
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Applicant: |
Name |
City |
State |
Country |
Type |
Swift Manufacturing & Engineering, Inc. |
Madison |
WI |
US |
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Family ID: |
59722974 |
Appl. No.: |
15/063241 |
Filed: |
March 7, 2016 |
Current U.S.
Class: |
1/1 |
Current CPC
Class: |
A24F 1/28 20130101; A24F
1/32 20130101; A24F 5/10 20130101; A24F 1/30 20130101 |
International
Class: |
A24F 5/10 20060101
A24F005/10; A24F 1/32 20060101 A24F001/32; A24F 1/30 20060101
A24F001/30; A24F 1/28 20060101 A24F001/28 |
Claims
1. A pipe comprising: elongate body having an inlet opening and a
mouthpiece with an aperture; an internal bore within the elongate
body connecting the inlet opening and the mouthpiece aperture, the
internal bore having a bolus chamber with an inlet orifice aligned
with the inlet opening and an exit orifice aligned with the
internal bore opposite the inlet orifice, the inlet orifice having
a smaller diameter than the exit orifice, wherein the pipe is
self-extinguishing.
2. The pipe of claim 1, wherein the pipe is formed of D2 steel.
3. The pipe of claim 1, wherein the size difference between the
inlet orifice and the exit orifice is a ratio ranging from 1:1.12
to 1:1.3.
4. The pipe of claim 1, wherein inlet orifice may range from
between approximately 0.050 inches to approximately 0.125 inches in
diameter.
5. The pipe of claim 1, wherein the exit orifice may range from
approximately 0.065 inches to approximately 0.140 inches in
diameter.
6. The pipe of claim 1, wherein the elongate body has a removable
cap.
7. The pipe of claim 6, wherein the removable cap and elongate body
have mating threads.
8. The pipe of claim 6, wherein the removable cap has an internal
cavity forming a portion of the bolus chamber and has the inlet
opening and inlet orifice.
9. A pipe comprising: an internal bore with a cavity for holding
combustible material which has inlet and exit orifices that create
a venturi effect when the pipe is in use.
10. The pipe of claim 9, wherein the pipe is formed of D2
steel.
11. The pipe of claim 9, wherein the pipe is
self-extinguishing.
12. The pipe of claim 9, wherein a diameter size difference exists
between the inlet orifice and the exit orifice in a ratio ranging
from 1:1.12 to 1:1.3.
13. The pipe of claim 12, wherein inlet orifice ranges from between
approximately 0.050 inches to approximately 0.125 inches in
diameter.
14. The pipe of claim 12, wherein the exit orifice ranges from
approximately 0.065 inches to approximately 0.140 inches in
diameter.
15. A pipe comprising: a bolus chamber having an inlet orifice and
an exit orifice which is larger than the inlet orifice.
16. The pipe of claim 15, wherein the pipe is formed of D2
steel.
17. The pipe of claim 15, wherein the size difference between the
inlet orifice and the exit orifice is a ratio ranging from 1:1.12
to 1:1.3.
18. The pipe of claim 15, wherein the pipe is
self-extinguishing.
19. The pipe of claim 15, wherein the pipe bolus chamber creates a
venturi effect in use.
20. The pipe of claim 15, wherein inlet orifice may range from
between approximately 0.050 inches to approximately 0.125 inches in
diameter and the exit orifice may range from approximately 0.065
inches to approximately 0.140 inches in diameter.
Description
FIELD
[0001] The inventions herein related to the field of smoking
devices, and more particularly the inventions herein relate to the
field of devices for smoking combustible materials.
BACKGROUND
[0002] Smoking devices are generally known which include a
container for housing a quantity of tobacco or other combustible or
burnable plant material used with the device. Pipes often include
such a container and have an opening to the container to permit
burning of the combustible material, as well as a mouthpiece which
is connected by an open channel to the container for inhaling the
smoke generated by the burning plant material.
[0003] Unfortunately, such smoking devices do not burn uniformly.
Moreover, existing smoking devices continue to burn until manually
extinguished by the user, wasting material and preventing the user
from quickly storing the device. Furthermore, such devices
inefficiently use the material burned therein.
SUMMARY
[0004] Accordingly, an improved pipe is disclosed. The pipe has an
elongate body having an inlet opening and a mouthpiece with an
aperture. An internal bore is provided within the elongate body
connecting the inlet opening and the mouthpiece aperture. The
internal bore has a bolus chamber with an inlet orifice aligned
with the inlet opening and an exit orifice aligned with the
internal bore opposite the inlet orifice. The inlet orifice has a
smaller diameter than the exit orifice. The pipe is also
self-extinguishing.
[0005] A pipe is also disclosed which has an internal bore with a
cavity for holding combustible material. The cavity has inlet and
exit orifices that create a venturi effect when the pipe is in
use.
[0006] A pipe is further disclosed which includes a bolus chamber
having an inlet orifice and an exit orifice which is larger than
the inlet orifice.
[0007] These and other features and advantages of devices, systems,
and methods according to this invention are described in, or are
apparent from, the following detailed descriptions of various
examples of embodiments.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS
[0008] Various examples of embodiments of the systems, devices, and
methods according to this invention will be described in detail,
with reference to the following figures, wherein:
[0009] FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a pipe according to one or
more examples of embodiments.
[0010] FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a pipe according to one or
more alternative examples of embodiments, showing a variation in
pipe body shape.
[0011] FIG. 3 is a side elevation view of the pipe shown in FIG.
1.
[0012] FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view of the pipe shown in FIG.
1, taken from section 4-4 of FIG. 3.
[0013] FIG. 5 is a side elevation view of the pipe shown in FIG. 1,
showing the removal of a cap from the pipe body.
[0014] FIG. 6 is a side elevation view of the pipe shown in FIG. 2,
showing the removal of a cap from the pipe body.
[0015] FIG. 7 is a side elevation view of the pipe shown in FIG. 1
with cap removed as shown in FIG. 5.
[0016] FIG. 8 is a cross-sectional view of the pipe shown in FIG.
7, taken from section 8-8 of FIG. 7.
[0017] FIG. 9 is a partial exploded view of water pipe, showing one
or e pipes as shown in FIG. 1 and FIG. 2 and a water bath.
[0018] It should be understood that the drawings are not
necessarily to scale. In certain instances, details that are not
necessary to the understanding of the invention or render other
details difficult to perceive may have been omitted. It should be
understood, of course, that the invention is not necessarily
limited to the particular embodiments illustrated herein.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION
[0019] Referring to the Figures, a pipe 100, 200 is provided. As
shown in FIGS. 1-4, the pipe 100 comprises an elongate tubular body
102 having an internal bore 104 or channel. The pipe body 102 has
an inlet end 106 and a mouthpiece end 108. The inlet end 106 has an
opening 110 or aperture and the mouthpiece end 108 has an opening
112 or aperture. Within the pipe body 102 is a bolus chamber 114 or
container or cavity that is joined to, and open to, the bore 104 or
channel so as to form a continuous passageway or channel from the
inlet end opening 110 to the mouthpiece end 108 and opening
112.
[0020] The continuous passageway, the bore and/or the channel may
be any suitable length and/or diameter accomplishing the solutions
provided herein. In one or more examples of embodiments, the
continuous passageway may have varying diameter. In this regard,
the bolus chamber 114 or cavity or container comprises an expanded
bored area relative to the channel and includes an inlet orifice
116 which may be coterminous with or connected to the inlet end 106
or inlet opening 110 of the pipe body 102, and an exit orifice 118
separated from, and in the illustrated embodiment on an opposing
side of, the bolus chamber 114. The exit orifice 118 or outlet side
has a longer bore 104, or is otherwise joined to the bore 104 or
channel ending to the mouthpiece end 108. The inlet orifice 116 and
exit orifice 118 may be axially aligned such as shown in FIG.
4.
[0021] The inlet orifice 116 may range from between approximately
0.050 inches to approximately 0.125 inches in diameter, while the
exit orifice 118 may range from approximately 0.065 inches to
approximately 0.140 inches in diameter. In one or more examples of
embodiments, the inlet orifice 116 and the exit orifice 118 are two
different size orifices. Preferably, the inlet orifice 116 and exit
orifice 118 are arranged to provide a venturi effect. In other
words, the orifices of the continuous pathway cause a reduction in
fluid pressure that results when a fluid (e.g., a gas) flows
through a constricted section (or choke) of the pipe 100. In
particular, the inlet orifice 116 of the bolus chamber 114 is
smaller than the exit orifice 118. More specifically, the inlet
orifice 116 has a smaller diameter than the exit orifice 118. To
this end, the variation in orifice size between the inlet orifice
116 and exit orifice 118 ranges from a ratio of approximately
1:1.12 to approximately 1:1.3.
[0022] As shown in FIGS. 5-8, the pipe 100, 200 may be formed of
multiple components which are secured together. In particular, as
can be seen, the pipe body 102 includes a removable cap 120. The
cap 120 may be secureable/removable by any suitable mechanism. In
the illustrated embodiment, the body 102 has a threaded end 122
which mates with a corresponding thread 124 on an inner surface of
the cap 120. Alternatively, the cap 120 may be secured by friction
fit, tongue and grove, and/or other now known or future developed
mechanical mechanisms. Preferably, the cap 120 is easily
removable/securable for access to, loading of, and cleaning of the
bolus chamber 114, and internal bore 104 of the pipe 100. In one or
more examples of embodiments, such as illustrated in FIG. 8, the
bolus chamber 114 may be formed by a first section 126 contained
within the body 102 (e.g., an internal cavity) and a second section
128 contained within the cap 120 (e.g., an internal cavity). The
cap 120 may also include the inlet end 106 and inlet orifice 116.
Optionally, an O-ring or other sealing mechanism (not shown) may be
used to seal the connection between the cap 120 and the body
102.
[0023] In one or more further examples of embodiments, one or more
pipes 100, 200 may be combined and used with a water container 130
or water bath to form a water pipe 300. As shown in FIG. 9, the
water container 130 has a pipe opening 132 into which the
mouthpiece end 108 of a pipe 100, 200 is inserted. The water
container also includes an exit end 134 for exhausting of the gases
from the pipe and water vapor combination. In one or more further
examples of embodiments, an O-ring or other sealing mechanism (not
shown) may be used with the water container 130, and provided at
the pipe opening of the water container for engaging the pipe
inserted therein.
[0024] The pipe 100, 200 described herein may be formed of any
suitable material which accomplishes the objects described herein.
For example, the pipe material must withstand heat and/or exposure
to flame. In addition, the pipe material is easy to clean and has
sufficient hardness to be durable. In one or more particular
examples of embodiments, the pipe 100, 200 is formed of D2 tool
steel, although variations thereon may also be acceptable. In one
or more examples of embodiments, the pipe 100, 200 may be cast or
molded. In alternative examples of embodiments, the pipe 100, 200
may be precision cut. Moreover, the pipe 100, 200 may be
constructed of more than one component as discussed hereinabove,
which are subsequently secured together. In one or more additional
examples of embodiments, the material may be optionally treated,
such as with a coating or other manufacturing process to achieve
the desired operating parameters. In the case of a water pipe 300,
the water container 130 or water bath may be formed of glass or
other suitable material.
[0025] One or more examples of use of the pipe 100, 200 will now be
described. In one example of embodiments, a user opens the pipe
100, 200 by removing the cap 120. Removing the cap 120 reveals the
bolus chamber 114 within the pipe. The user then loads the bolus
chamber 114 with a quantity of combustible or burnable material to
be smoked. The cap 120 is then secured on the body 102. The user
may then expose the pipe, and preferably the area of the pipe
corresponding to or surrounding the bolus chamber 114, to heat or a
flame, thereby causing the combustion of the material and
generation of smoke or gas. The user inhales the gas from the
mouthpiece end 108, which draws in air from the smaller inlet
opening 110 and inlet orifice 116. The air passes through the bolus
chamber 114 and carries with it the smoke or gas generated into and
through the exit orifice 118, through the bore 104 and out the
aperture in the mouthpiece. When the flame or heat is removed, the
material contained within the pipe self-extinguishes shortly
thereafter.
[0026] A pipe 100, 200, 300 having the foregoing features has many
advantages not realized by existing devices. For instance, the
variation in orifice sizes causes the combustible material within
the bolus chamber to burn with a fairly uniform burn and also to
self-extinguish. As a result, the material is preserved or
conserved within the bolus chamber, and the pipe can be quickly
stored, e.g., safely deposited in a pocket, shortly after use. In
addition, the variation in orifice sizes creates a venture effect,
limiting extraneous gases from entering the chamber, and
efficiently using or maximizing the output of the material burned
in the pipe. In one or more further examples of embodiments, the
pipe of the type and material described herein is easy to clean and
is durable.
[0027] As utilized herein, the terms "approximately," "about,"
"substantially", and similar terms are intended to have a broad
meaning in harmony with the common and accepted usage by those of
ordinary skill in the art to which the subject matter of this
disclosure pertains. It should be understood by those of skill in
the aft who review this disclosure that these terms are intended to
allow a description of certain features described and claimed
without restricting the scope of these features to the precise
numerical ranges provided. Accordingly, these terms should be
interpreted as indicating that insubstantial or inconsequential
modifications or alterations of the subject matter described and
claimed are considered to be within the scope of the invention as
recited in the appended claims.
[0028] It should be noted that references to relative positions
(e.g., "top" and "bottom") in this description are merely used to
identify various elements as are oriented in the Figures. It should
be recognized that the orientation of particular components may
vary greatly depending on the application in which they are
used.
[0029] For the purpose of this disclosure, the term "coupled" means
the joining of two members directly or indirectly to one another.
Such joining may be stationary in nature or moveable in nature.
Such joining may be achieved with the two members or the two
members and any additional intermediate members being integrally
formed as a single unitary body with one another or with the two
members or the two members and any additional intermediate members
being attached to one another. Such joining may be permanent in
nature or may be removable or releasable in nature.
[0030] It is also important to note that the construction and
arrangement of the system, methods, and devices as shown in the
various examples of embodiments is illustrative only. Although only
a few embodiments have been described in detail in this disclosure,
those skilled in the art Who review this disclosure will readily
appreciate that many modifications are possible (e.g., variations
in sizes, dimensions, structures, shapes and proportions of the
various elements, values of parameters, mounting arrangements, use
of materials, colors, orientations, etc.) without materially
departing from the novel teachings and advantages of the subject
matter recited. For example, elements shown as integrally formed
may be constructed of multiple parts or elements show as multiple
parts may be integrally formed, the operation of the interfaces may
be reversed or otherwise varied, the length or width of the
structures and/or members or connector or other elements of the
system may be varied, the nature or number of adjustment positions
provided between the elements may be varied (e.g. by variations in
the number of engagement slots or size of the engagement slots or
type of engagement). The order or sequence of any process or method
steps may be varied or re-sequenced according to alternative
embodiments. Other substitutions, modifications, changes and
omissions may be made in the design, operating conditions and
arrangement of the various examples of embodiments without
departing from the spirit or scope of the present inventions.
[0031] While this invention has been described in conjunction with
the examples of embodiments outlined above, various alternatives,
modifications, variations, improvements and/or substantial
equivalents, whether known or that are or may be presently
foreseen, may become apparent to those having at least ordinary
skill in the art. Accordingly, the examples of embodiments of the
invention, as set forth above, are intended to be illustrative, not
limiting. Various changes may be made without departing from the
spirit or scope of the invention. Therefore, the invention is
intended to embrace all known or earlier developed alternatives,
modifications, variations, improvements and/or substantial equi
valents.
[0032] The technical effects and technical problems in the
specification are exemplary and are not limiting. It should be
noted that the embodiments described in the specification may have
other technical effects and can solve other technical problems.
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