Abstract: An apparatus for preparing a smokeable product is provided. The apparatus includes an upper chamber configured to receive feed material, a feed material cutting mechanism comprising a size reducer configured to rotate in two directions, a motor configured to rotate the feed material cutting mechanism, a controller configured to selectively reverse direction of rotation of the feed material cutting mechanism, a power source configured to drive the motor, a switch for turning the power source off and on, and a fan in the uppermost chamber configured to move feed material within the uppermost chamber to a lowermost chamber.

Abstract: According to one embodiment of the current design, there is provided a styling apparatus used to style a user's hair. The apparatus includes a styling arm, a layer of glass positioned on the styling arm, and a film layer deposited or printed on a bottom surface of the layer of glass and positioned between the layer of glass and the styling arm. User hair placed atop the layer of glass is styled using heat passing from the film layer through the layer of glass. The film layer may comprise an ink film layer, a resistive ink film layer, a layer of Polymer Thick Film (PTF) ink, and/or a nano ink layer.

Abstract: A hair styling device comprises a base having a rear handle portion and a forward styling portion, the forward styling portion comprising a plurality of projections, the plurality of projections comprising one or more of the following: bristles, comb teeth or spaced apart, plates. The device comprises a retainer arm opposed to the base, and pivotally connected to the base so that the retainer arm can pivot from an open position to receive hair and a closed position for retaining hair in the plurality of projections. The forward section of the retainer arm does not have projections and has sufficient open space that at least 50% of the hair being styled is visible to a user.

Abstract: The invention includes a device for smoking smokeable material. The device has a housing, a rotatable shaft for driving smokeable material towards the first end of the housing as the smokeable material is smoked, at least one radial hole through the shaft for passage of smokeable material from the burning section of the housing into the longitudinal hole of the rotatable shaft.

Abstract: An electronic cigarette comprising an atomizer is provided. The electronic cigarette includes an inner core assembly configured to receive liquid and provide the liquid through at least one opening in the inner core assembly. The inner core assembly includes a heater having a noncylindrical shape, in one embodiment having hexagonal shape in a sinusoidal wave pattern with rounded corners.

Abstract: A hair styling apparatus is provided including a brush head, a plurality of tines located on the brush head, and a series of movable linearly arranged prongs having an angled orientation with respect to the brush head. A user causing movement of the linearly arranged prongs serves to secure the user' s hair against a subset of the plurality of tines.

Abstract: A vaporizer is provided, including a body, a concentrate chamber provided within the body and including at least one chamber aperture, a concentrate pusher configured to push material through the concentrate chamber, a heating element having at least one element aperture, the heating element positioned proximate the at least one chamber aperture and configured to heat material pushed through the concentrate chamber, and a power source configured to apply power to the heating element.

Abstract: An electronic cigarette comprising an atomizer is provided. The electronic cigarette includes an inner core assembly configured to receive liquid and provide the liquid through at least one opening in the inner core assembly. The inner core assembly includes a heater having a noncylindrical shape, in one embodiment having hexagonal shape in a sinusoidal wave pattern with rounded corners.

Abstract: A filter device including a Bernoulli element is provided. The filter device includes a housing, a plurality of permeable membranes positioned in association with the housing to create a plurality of chambers in the housing, and a Bernoulli element positioned within one chamber, wherein the Bernoulli element causes airflow and pressure to vary within the one chamber when fluid comprising smoke is drawn into the filter device.

Abstract: A hair styling apparatus is provided including a brush head, a plurality of tines located on the brush head, and a series of movable linearly arranged prongs having an angled orientation with respect to the brush head. A user causing movement of the linearly arranged prongs serves to secure the user' s hair against a subset of the plurality of tines.

Abstract: An apparatus for rolling papers into a non-cylindrical orientation is provided. The apparatus includes a rotatable non-cylindrical workpiece having a plurality of openings provided therein, a surface comprising a receiving indentation configured to receive and fit the rotatable non-cylindrical workpiece, a suction producing arrangement connected to the rotatable non-cylindrical workpiece, and a rolling paper. The suction producing arrangement draws air through the plurality of openings while the rotatable non-cylindrical workpiece rotates such that the drawn air draws the rolling paper toward and around the rotatable non-cylindrical workpiece, the rotation causing the rolling paper and a quantity of adhesive applied to the rolling paper to form a completed non-cylindrical rolling paper product.

Abstract: A vaporizer is provided, including a body, a concentrate chamber provided within the body and including at least one chamber aperture, a concentrate pusher configured to push material through the concentrate chamber, a heating element having at least one element aperture, the heating element positioned proximate the at least one chamber aperture and configured to heat material pushed through the concentrate chamber, and a power source configured to apply power to the heating element.

Abstract: Systems and methods to visualize a registration utilize a visual aid, displayed in connection with an image, which is deformed according to the registration. A selected amount of transformation based on the registration can be applied to the image and the visual aid to generate a visualization of movement of respective portions of the image from an original state to a final state.

Abstract: An apparatus is provided including a sealable fluid-tight container comprising leafy organic material and a one-way fluid-tight valve, a pressure source, and means for connecting the pressure source to the sealable fluid-tight container such that the pressure source applies fluid pressure to the sealable fluid-tight container via the one-way fluid-tight valve. The pressure source is configured to provide fluid to the sealable fluid-tight container comprising the leafy organic material and the one-way fluid-tight valve keeps received fluid from escaping the sealable fluid-tight container.

Abstract: A system and method for manufacturing a plurality of uniform cigarettes that uses air current and a vacuum to move and pack plant matter into pre-rolled cigarette papers is provided. Such an apparatus includes an air current generator with an air outlet portion and an air intake portion, a channel configured to channel air current from the air outlet portion of the air current generator, means for holding at least one pre-rolled paper in the channel so that air current generated by the air current generator passes through all pre-rolled papers, and an opening configured to receive organic leafy material and introduce the organic leafy material received into the channel. Airflow from the air current generator provides organic leafy material to the opening, the channel, and the at least one pre-rolled paper in the channel.

Abstract: The invention includes a device for smoking smokeable material. The device has a housing with a burning section and an inhalation section, a pusher in the housing for pushing the smokeable material through the burning section. The device also has a threaded rotatable shaft for driving smokeable material towards the first end of the housing as the smokeable material is smoked, and a connector for connecting the mouthpiece to the threaded rotatable shaft, where the connector is rotatable relative to the housing, so that rotation of the connector rotates the threaded rotatable shaft relative to the housing.

Abstract: A conical or frustum shaped product is provided comprising compressed leafy organic material and a filter or crutch, wherein the leafy organic material and filter or crutch are wrapped together in paper. The product has a cone shape, truncated cone shape, pyramidal shape, truncated pyramid shape, frustum shape, or any other shape that tapers to have at least one narrow end, and is designed for use with a device capable of heating the organic leafy material to be inhaled by a user and to produce an experience that closely resembles smoking in taste and feel.

Abstract: A filter device including a Bernoulli element is provided. The filter device includes a housing, a plurality of permeable membranes positioned in association with the housing to create a plurality of chambers in the housing, and a Bernoulli element positioned within one chamber, wherein the Bernoulli element causes airflow and pressure to vary within the one chamber when fluid comprising smoke is drawn into the filter device.

Abstract: An apparatus is provided including a sealable fluid-tight container comprising leafy organic material and a one-way fluid-tight valve, a pressure source, and means for connecting the pressure source to the sealable fluid-tight container such that the pressure source applies fluid pressure to the sealable fluid-tight container via the one-way fluid-tight valve. The pressure source is configured to provide fluid to the sealable fluid-tight container comprising the leafy organic material and the one-way fluid-tight valve keeps received fluid from escaping the sealable fluid-tight container.