Self-lighting smoking tool

Abstract

A self-light smoking tool includes a portable inhaler tube having an inhaling end, an opposed lighter-adapter end, and a treatment chamber for receiving a smoking element therein. A lighter includes a flame producing portion detachably coupling with the lighter-adapter end of the inhaler tube. The inhaler tube further includes a plurality of ventilating slots spacedly formed at a surrounding wall at a position closed to the lighter-adapter end. Therefore, the self-light smoking tool is extremely portable and has its own lighter such that the user is able to always carry a self-lighting smoking tool with him for smoking purpose.

Description

BACKGROUND OF THE PRESENT INVENTION

1. Field of Invention

The present invention relates to a smoking tool, more particularly to a self-lighting smoking tool, which is a portable smoking tool, incorporating with a lighter such that the user is able to operate the self-lighting smoking tool anytime for smoking purpose without looking for the lighter.

2. Description of Related Arts

A pipe is a common tool for tobacco smoking typically consists of a small chamber for the combustion of the tobacco. Generally, the pipe is commonly made of briar, corncob, meerschaum, and clay. People who wants to smoking usually use lighter to lit the tobacco inside the pipe. However, no matter which type of smoking tool is, the smokers must carry a lighter or other lighting tool in order to light the tobacco. Accordingly, the tobacco is stopped burning after a period of time. Therefore, the smoker must re-burn the tobacco by the lighter. The smokers usually have the experience of borrowing other people's lighter to light the tobacco. In the other hand, it is not easy for people to light the tobacco in outdoor especially in a windy condition. Furthermore, there are still several drawbacks of the conventional smoking tool.

First, the ventilation system of some pipe is not good. Once, the aggressive smokers smoked too quickly, the excess moisture and the heat accumulated in the pipe. Therefore, the temperature of the pipe gradually goes up and become uncomfortable hot. It is extremely dangerous because the unmoral high temperature not only may ruin the pipe, but also make his/her hand burned.

Second, cleaning the pipe after smoking is a big issue for maximize and extend the life span of the pipe. Some people use a pipe tool to clean out the ash and unburned tobacco. However, in some small pipe or long channel pipe, even using a pipe tool, it is still hard for people to clean the ash and the last bits out. Once, the unburned tobacco and the ash doesn't come out during last clean, the flavor of the cigarette or the tobacco dramatically ruined by the residue element. Moreover, burning the combination of residue and overheated material in pipe may produce some unpredicted poison such that the user may inhale to their lungs, which is harmful to the user's health. Finally, the smokers usually require a tool for adjusting, packing and emptying the tobacco inside the pipe, and a regular supply of pipe cleaners. The volume of the pipe and the tool for cleaning pipe are usually bulky, and hard for people to carry them on hand.

SUMMARY OF THE PRESENT INVENTION

A main object of the present invention is to provide a self-lighting smoking tool, wherein the self-lighting smoking tool is portable such that the user is able to always carry a self-lighting smoking tool with him for smoking purpose.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a self-lighting smoking tool, wherein the self-lighting smoking tool increases the model's portability so as to lessen inconvenient owing to not able to carry it on my own.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a self-lighting smoking tool, wherein the self-lighting smoking tool provides a piezoelectric-type lighter such that the user is able to lighten the smoking tool in outdoor windy condition.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a self-lighting smoking tool, wherein each of the ventilating slots is adapted not only for releasing excessive heat from the lighter when the flame is generated to the treatment chamber but also for enabling ambient air entering into the treatment chamber when smoke is inhaled at the inhaling end of the inhaler tube.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a self-lighting smoking tool, wherein the ventilating slots to maintain continuity of enough fresh air supplies.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a self-lighting smoking tool, wherein the ventilating slots provide a good air circulation system to ensure ambient air entering into the treatment chamber for enhancing the burning of the smoking element therein for spontaneous combustion.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a self-lighting smoking tool, wherein the inhaler tube comprises a bottom filtering net mounted therein as a bottom wall of the treatment chamber for preventing the smoking element falling to the flame production of the lighter.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a self-lighting smoking tool, wherein the upper and lower filtering nets are provided at two detachable tubes respectively for easy-cleaning purpose.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a self-lighting smoking tool, wherein the lighter housing provides a well-insulated area for the smoker to hold so as to prevent the high temperature smoking tool from burning his/her hand.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a self-smoking tool, wherein the self-lighting smoking tool has its own lighter such that all those troubles to find a lighter while using a smoking tool are now history.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a self-smoking tool, wherein the upper and the lower filtering net provide a way to circulate the air and ashes prevent from plugging the channel with the ashes.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a self-smoking tool, wherein the lighter of the self-smoking tool can be replaced by all regular kinds of lighters so as to ensure the self-smoking tool is highly acceptable on market demand.

Accordingly, in order to accomplish the above objects, the present invention provides a lighter, comprising a portable inhaler tube and a lighter detachably coupling thereto.

The portable inhaler tube has an inhaling end, an opposed lighter-adapter end, and a treatment chamber for receiving a smoking element therein.

The lighter comprises a flame producing portion detachably coupling with the lighter-adapter end of the inhaler tube, wherein the lighter is adapted for controllably producing a flame at the flame producing portion towards the treatment chamber to bum the smoking element therein, such that once a smoke is generated, the smoke is inhaled at the inhaling end of the inhaler tube;

These and other objectives, features, and advantages of the present invention will become apparent from the following detailed description, the accompanying drawings, and the appended claims.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is an exploded perspective view of a self-lighting smoking tool according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a sectional view of the self-lighting smoking tool according to the above preferred embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3A is a partial sectional view of a self-lighting smoking tool according to the above preferred embodiment, illustrating the lighter producing a flame at the flame producing portion towards the treatment chamber.

FIG. 3B is a partial sectional view of a self-lighting smoking tool according to the above preferred embodiment, illustrating the smoke being inhaled at the inhaling end of the inhaler tube.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT

Referring to FIGS. 1 and 2 of the drawings, a self-lighting smoking tool according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention is illustrated, wherein the self-lighting smoking tool comprises a portable inhaler tube 10 and a lighter 20 detachably coupling with the inhaler tube 10.

The inhaler tube 10, which has an elongated tubular structure, has an inhaling end 11, an opposed lighter-adapter end 12 coaxially aligned with the inhaling end 11, and a treatment chamber 13 for receiving a smoking element, such as tobacco, therein.

The lighter 20 comprises a flame producing portion 21 detachably coupling with the lighter-adapter end 12 of the inhaler tube, wherein the lighter 20 is adapted for controllably producing a flame at the flame producing portion 21 towards the treatment chamber 13 to burn the smoking element therein, as shown in FIG. 3A.

Once a smoke is generated, the smoke is inhaled at the inhaling end 11 the inhaler tube 10 as shown in FIG. 3B. An important point of this invention is that the self-lighting smoking tool used light iron as its material and is extremely portable such that the user is able to always carry a self-lighting smoking tool with him for smoking purpose. Because of its portability, it totally solved the problems of not being able to carry it on my own. Finally, with it you wouldn't see the smokers borrow the fire to light the cigarette on the street.

The inhaler tube 10 further contains a plurality of ventilating slots 14 spacedly formed at a surrounding wall at a position closed to the lighter-adapter end 12, wherein each of the ventilating slots 14 is a through slot not only for releasing excessive heat from the lighter 20 when the flame is generated to the treatment chamber 13 but also for enabling ambient air entering into the treatment chamber 13 when smoke is inhaled at the inhaling end 11 of the inhaler tube 10. Moreover, the ventilating slots 14 provide a good air circulation system to produce spontaneous combustion, to maintain continuity of enough fresh air supplies, and to ensure that there is a free flow of air inside the self-lighting smoking tool.

According to the preferred embodiment, the inhaler tube 10 has an elongated structure that the inhaling end 11 is coaxially aligned with the lighter-adapter end 12. The inhaler tube 10 comprises a bottom filtering net 15 mounted therein as a bottom wall of the treatment chamber 13 for preventing the smoking element falling to the flame producing portion 21 of the lighter 20. In the other hand, the inhaler tube 10 further comprises an upper filtering net 16 mounted therein as an upper wall of the treatment chamber 13 for retaining the smoking element between the upper and bottom filtering nets 15, 16. Moreover, the upper and lower filtering nets 15, 16 further provide a way to circulate the air and ashes prevent from plugging the channel with the ashes.

It is worth to mention that the smoking element can be formed in a tablet or capsule configuration that the smoking element is enclosed by an enclosing net to dispose in the treatment chamber 13. Therefore, the upper and lower filtering nets 15, 16 can be omitted.

The inhaler tube 10 comprises a tubular inhaling guider 17 defining the inhaling end 11 and the treatment chamber 13 thereat, and a tubular lighter guider 18 which is defining the lighter-adapter end 12 thereat and is detachably and coaxially coupling with the inhaling guider 17 end-to-end.

The ventilating slots 14 are spacedly formed at the surrounding wall of the lighter guider 18 at a position that the ventilating slots 14 are located below the bottom filtering net 15. The upper and bottom filtering nets 16, 15 are formed at the inhaling guider 17 and the lighter guider 18 respectively. It is worth to mention that the upper and lower filtering nets 15, 16 are detached for easily cleaning when the inhaling guider 17 and the lighter guider 18 are detached from each other.

The inhaler tube 10 has an inner threaded portion 19 provided at the lighter-adapter end 12, wherein the lighter 20 has an outer threaded portion 22 provided at the flame producing portion 21 to detachably engage the inner thread portion 19 of the inhaler tube 10 so as to coaxially couple the lighter 20 with the inhaler tube 10 in a detachably attaching manner.

According to the preferred embodiment, the lighter 20 is a piezoelectric-type lighter comprising an elongated lighter casing 23 and a flame nozzle 24 extended to a top end of the lighter casing 23 to define the flame producing portion 21 of the lighter 20, wherein when the top end of the lighter casing 23 is detachably coupled with the lighter-adapter end 12 of the inhaler tube 10, the lighter 20 is controllably actuated to produce a torch flame towards the treatment chamber 13 of the inhaler tube 17. Accordingly, an actuation button 25 is slidably mounted at the lighter casing 23 such that when the actuation button 25 is pressed downwardly, the piezoelectric unit (not shown) is depressed to produce the flame at the flame nozzle 24. It is worth to mention that when the flame is produced at the flame nozzle 24, the lighter guider 18 forms a windshield for preventing the flame being blown off.

The difference between adopting the regular lighter and a piezoelectric-type lighter is that lighting a piezoelectric-type lighter is not restricted by outdoor or bad weather such that the user is able to lighten the smoking tool in outdoor windy condition. Accordingly, the lighter casing 23 provides a well-insulated area for people to hold so as to prevent the high temperature smoking tool from burning his/her hand.

It is worth to mention that inhaler tube 10 is adapted to incorporate with the conventional lighter, such as disposable lighter, by detachably coupling the lighter-adapter end 12 of the inhaler tube 10 to the conventional lighter. Preferably, the self-lighting smoking tool has its own lighter 20 such that all those troubles to find a lighter while using a smoking tool are now history. Practically, the lighter 20 of the self-smoking tool can be replaced by all regular kinds of lighters so as to ensure the self-smoking tool is highly acceptable on market demand. In addition, the self-lighting smoking tool has a pen size for carrying.

According to the preferred embodiment, a self-lighting smoking tool further comprises a detachable mouthpiece 30 detachably coupling with the inhaling end 11 of the inhaler tube 10 for inhaling the smoke thereat.

One skilled in the art will understand that the embodiment of the present invention as shown in the drawings and described above is exemplary only and not intended to be limiting.

It will thus be seen that the objects of the present invention have been fully and effectively accomplished. The embodiments have been shown and described for the purposes of illustrating the functional and structural principles of the present invention and is subject to change without departure from such principles. Therefore, this invention includes all modifications encompassed within the spirit and scope of the following claims.

Claims

1. A self-lighting smoking tool, comprising:

a portable inhaler tube having an inhaling end, an opposed lighter-adapter end, and a treatment chamber for receiving a smoking element therein; and

a lighter having a flame producing portion detachably coupling with said lighter-adapter end of said inhaler tube, wherein said lighter is adapted for controllably producing a flame at said flame producing portion towards said treatment chamber to burn said smoking element therein, such that once a smoke is generated, said smoke is inhaled at said inhaling end of said inhaler tube.

2. The self-lighting smoking tool, as recited in claim 1, wherein said inhaler tube further contains a plurality of ventilating slots spacedly formed at a surrounding wall at a position closed to said lighter-adapter end, wherein each of said ventilating slots is a through slot not only for releasing excessive heat from said lighter when said flame is generated to said treatment chamber but also for enabling ambient air entering into said treatment chamber when said smoke is inhaled at said inhaling end of said inhaler tube.

3. The self-lighting smoking tool, as recited in claim 2, wherein said inhaler tube has an elongated structure that said inhaling end is coaxially aligned with said lighter-adapter end.

4. The self-lighting smoking tool, as recited in claim 1, wherein said inhaler tube comprises a bottom filtering net mounted therein as a bottom wall of said treatment chamber for preventing said smoking element falling to said flame producing portion of said lighter.

5. The self-lighting smoking tool, as recited in claim 3, wherein said inhaler tube comprises a bottom filtering net mounted therein as a bottom wall of said treatment chamber for preventing said smoking element falling to said flame producing portion of said lighter.

6. The self-lighting smoking tool, as recited in claim 4, wherein said inhaler tube comprises an upper filtering net mounted therein as an upper wall of said treatment chamber for retaining said smoking element between said upper and bottom filtering nets.

7. The self-lighting smoking tool, as recited in claim 5, wherein said inhaler tube comprises an upper filtering net mounted therein as an upper wall of said treatment chamber for retaining said smoking element between said upper and bottom filtering nets.

8. The self-lighting smoking tool, as recited in claim 1, wherein said inhaler tube comprises a tubular inhaling guider defining said inhaling end and said treatment chamber thereat, and a tubular lighter guider which is defining said lighter-adapter end thereat and is detachably and coaxially coupling with said inhaling guider end-to-end.

9. The self-lighting smoking tool, as recited in claim 5, wherein said inhaler tube comprises a tubular inhaling guider defining said inhaling end and said treatment chamber thereat, and a tubular lighter guider which is defining said lighter-adapter end thereat and is detachably and coaxially coupling with said inhaling guider end-to-end.

10. The self-lighting smoking tool, as recited in claim 9, wherein said ventilating slots are spacedly formed at said surrounding wall of said lighter guider at a position that said ventilating slots are located below said bottom filtering net.

11. The self-lighting smoking tool, as recited in claim 10, wherein said upper and bottom filtering nets are formed at said inhaling guider and said lighter guider respectively.

12. The self-lighting smoking tool, as recited in claim 1, wherein said inhaler tube has an inner threaded portion provided at said lighter-adapter end, wherein said lighter has an outer threaded portion provided at said flame producing portion to detachably engage with said inner thread portion of said inhaler tube so as to coaxially couple said lighter with said inhaler tube.

13. The self-lighting smoking tool, as recited in claim 11, wherein said inhaler tube has an inner threaded portion provided at said lighter-adapter end, wherein said lighter has an outer threaded portion provided at said flame producing portion to detachably engage with said inner thread portion of said inhaler tube so as to coaxially couple said lighter with said inhaler tube.

14. The self-lighting smoking tool, as recited in claim 1, wherein said lighter, which is a piezoelectric-type lighter, comprises an elongated lighter casing and a flame nozzle extended to a top end of said lighter casing to define said flame producing portion of said lighter, wherein when said top end of said lighter casing is detachably coupled with said lighter-adapter end of said inhaler tube, said lighter is controllably actuated to produce a torch flame towards said treatment chamber of said inhaler tube.

15. The self-lighting smoking tool, as recited in claim 13, wherein said lighter, which is a piezoelectric-type lighter, comprises an elongated lighter casing and a flame nozzle extended to a top end of said lighter casing to define said flame producing portion of said lighter, wherein when said top end of said lighter casing is detachably coupled with said lighter-adapter end of said inhaler tube, said lighter is controllably actuated to produce a torch flame towards said treatment chamber of said inhaler tube.

16. A self-lighting smoking tool, comprising a portable inhaler tube having an inhaling end, an opposed lighter-adapter end, and a treatment chamber for receiving a smoking element therein, wherein said inhaler tube has an elongated structure that said inhaling end is coaxially aligned with said lighter-adapter end, wherein said lighter-adapter end of said inhaler tube is adapted for detachably coupling with a flame producing portion of a lighter, such that when said lighter is actuated to produce a flame at said flame producing portion towards said treatment chamber to burn said smoking element therein, a smoke is inhaled at said inhaling end of said inhaler tube.

17. The self-lighting smoking tool, as recited in claim 16, wherein said inhaler tube further contains a plurality of ventilating slots spacedly formed at a surrounding wall at a position closed to said lighter-adapter end, wherein each of said ventilating slots is a through slot not only for releasing excessive heat from said lighter when said flame is generated to said treatment chamber but also for enabling ambient air entering into said treatment chamber when said smoke is inhaled at said inhaling end of said inhaler tube.

18. The self-lighting smoking tool, as recited in claim 17, further comprising a detachable mouthpiece detachably coupling with said inhaling end of said inhaler tube for inhaling said smoke thereat.

19. The self-lighting smoking tool, as recited in claim 18, wherein said inhaler tube comprises a bottom filtering net mounted therein as a bottom wall of said treatment chamber for preventing said smoking element falling to said flame producing portion of said lighter, and an upper filtering net mounted therein as an upper wall of said treatment chamber for retaining said smoking element between said upper and bottom filtering nets.

20. The self-lighting smoking tool, as recited in claim 5, wherein said inhaler tube comprises a tubular inhaling guider defining said inhaling end and said treatment chamber thereat, and a tubular lighter guider which is defining said lighter-adapter end thereat and is detachably and coaxially coupling with said inhaling guider end-to-end, wherein said ventilating slots are spacedly formed at said surrounding wall of said lighter guider at a position that said ventilating slots are located below said bottom filtering net, wherein said upper and bottom filtering nets are formed at said inhaling guider and said lighter guider respectively.