Smoking Device
A smoking device is described. The smoking device is comprised of a bottle with the bottom cut away and an adapter that may be removably attached to the mouth of the bottle. By raising the bottle relative to a water filled reservoir, air is drawn through the adapter and fills the bottle with smoke. Lowering the bottle pushes the smoke out of the bottle for inhalation.
This application claims priority to U.S. Provisional Patent Application 61/568,964, Smoking Device, by the same inventor, filed Dec. 9, 2011 and currently pending.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION1. Technical Field
The present invention relates to a smoking device.
2. Related Background Art
Water pipes or Hookahs or more recently bongs have existed for a very long time. The advantages of using water to cool and perhaps flavor or otherwise condition the smoke before inhalation are well known. There have been many variations of adapters and connectors for using ordinary drink bottles as integral parts of these smoking devices. There are however still some disadvantages of the adaptations known in the art. The attachment of a glass or metal pipe bowl that is known to get hot during use to a plastic bottle requires some care with respect to heat transfer. In some variations of use it is important to also be able to easily attach and remove the pipe bowl during use. This requires an attachment that is relatively airtight but also allows easy disconnection and reconnection and at the same time allows the user to handle the pipe bowl containing hot embers without harm. A popular variation of a pipe for smoking is known as the gravity pipe. In this case a bottle with the bottom cut off and with an attached pipe bowl attached to the mouth of the bottle is partially immersed in a water reservoir. Raising the bottle with the bowl attached draws air through the pipe bowl and air mixed with smoke into the bottle. The pipe bowl is then removed and the bottle when lowered emits smoke through the mouth of the bottle. The smoker may then inhale the smoke emitted from the bottle without the need to suck on a pipe. This gravity pipe device is especially dependent upon a means to easily attach and remove a smoking device from the mouth of a bottle.
DISCLOSURE OF THE INVENTIONThe present invention relates to a smoking device and adapters associated with use of the device. One embodiment of the invention is a smoking device comprised of a pipe bowl device comprised of a bowl for containing material to be smoked and a fitting at a second end opposite the bowl. The pipe bowl device is constructed of material that can withstand the heat of burning embers without melting or decomposition. Exemplary materials include glass and metal. The fitting is sized to fit an adapter that is used to create an airtight seal between the pipe bowl device and the mouth of a bottle. In one embodiment the adapter fits to a hole drilled through the cap of the bottle. The cap screwed in place on the bottle. In another embodiment the adapter is sized such that it fits under the cap of the bottle and the cap when screwed onto the bottle fit with the adapter ensures an airtight seal between the adapter and the bottle. In yet another embodiment the adapter is designed such that as a single integrated unit includes the heretofore two parts of the bottle cap and the adapter. Typically the bottles are large two liter plastic bottles such as those used for soft drinks The adapter is constructed such that it creates an air tight seal while at the same time permits easy attachment and removal of the pipe bowl device. An exemplary fitting would be ground glass fittings where the adapter comprises a female fitting and the fitting on the pipe bowl device comprises a male fitting also made of ground glass. The bottom of the bottle is cut away to produce an approximately two-liter cylinder with a mouth with the fittings at one end and an approximately four-inch opening at the other. The device further includes a reservoir that is sufficiently large to contain substantially the entire volume of the bottle. The reservoir is filled with water.
In use, the bottle is lowered into the reservoir with the mouth of the bottle containing the adapter and pipe bowl device above the water level. The bowl of the pipe bowl device is filed with the material that is to be smoked, typically tobacco. The material to be smoked is lit from a flame and the bottle is slowly lifted from the water. The result of the lifting motion is to draw air through the bowl device and substantially fill the bottle volume above the water with smoke from the burning of the material to be smoked contained in the pipe bowl device. The bottle is lifted only so far as to fill the bottle with smoke without lifting the open end of the bottle above the water level in the reservoir. An airtight seal is maintained at the open bottom of the bottle between the bottle and the water in the reservoir. Once the bottle is nearly, but not completely, lifted from the reservoir, the lifting motion is stopped and the pipe bowl device is removed from the adapter opening the mouth of the bottle to the air. The bottle is then lowered back into the reservoir. The lowering action forces the smoke from the interior of the bottle out through the adapter and mouth of the bottle. The smoke is inhaled by the user.
In another embodiment the adapter and the pipe bowl device are replaced by a single integrated unit. The single integrated unit combines a pipe bowl with the adapter fitting such that a single unit is attached to the bottle during use. And in yet another embodiment the single integrated unit is designed such that its shape replicates that of the combined bottle cap and adapter.
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Another embodiment further includes an elastomeric washer 208 that is positioned between the cap 108 and the lip of the bottle 206 such that when the cap is screwed onto the bottle the washer 208 is compressed to form a substantially air tight seal between the cap and the bottle.
In another embodiment, not shown, the adapter and the outer surface are constructed and sized such that when inserted the adapter forms a substantially air tight seal with the inner surface of the lip of the bottle 206 itself and the cap 108 is not used in the device.
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The method of use of the integrated smoking adapter is substantially the same as described in conjunction with the devices of
A smoking device is described. The smoking device is comprised of a bottle with the bottom cut away and an adapter that may be removably attached to the mouth of the bottle. By raising the bottle relative to a water filled reservoir, air is drawn through the adapter and fills the bottle with smoke. Lowering the bottle pushes the smoke out of the bottle for inhalation.
Claims
1. A smoking device comprising:
- a) a bottle having a top and a bottom, the top fashioned to accept a screw cap and the bottom cut away producing an open cylinder as the bottom of the bottle,
- b) a screw cap fitted to the bottle the screw cap having a hole drilled through the cap,
- c) a reservoir filled with water,
- d) a pipe bowl device comprising a cylinder, a pipe bowl to hold smoking material at a top end of the device and a tapered fitting at a bottom end of the device and a hollow core connecting the top and bottom ends,
- e) an adapter comprising a cylinder having a lip on the upper rim of the cylinder said rim extending outward from the cylinder, the cylinder including an outer surface and an inner surface wherein the inside surface is sized and formed to create a substantially air tight seal with the bottom of the pipe bowl device and the outer surface is sized to fit through the hole in the screw cap and wherein the lip prevents the adapter from passing through the screw cap, said adapter forming a substantially airtight seal with the screw cap.
2. The smoking device of claim 1 where the adapter is made of glass.
3. An adapter for attaching a pipe bowl device to a bottle, said bottle having a mouth with screw threads on the outer surface of the mouth of the bottle, said adapter comprising:
- a) an inner cylinder,
- b) an outer cylinder said cylinders positioned concentrically,
- c) each of said cylinders having a top end, a bottom end and an inner surface and an outer surface,
- d) wherein the top ends of the cylinders are joined together such that there is a gap between the inner cylinder and the outer cylinder, and
- e) wherein the outer surface of the inner cylinder is tapered such that it forms a substantially air tight seal when inserted into the mouth of the bottle.
4. The adapter of claim 3 further comprising threads on the inner surface of the outer cylinder said threads fitting to the threads on the outer surface of the bottle.
5. A smoking device for attaching to a bottle, said bottle having a mouth with screw threads on the outer surface of the mouth of the bottle, said device comprising:
- a) an inner cylinder,
- b) an outer cylinder said cylinders positioned concentrically,
- c) each of said cylinders having a top end, a bottom end and an inner surface and an outer surface,
- d) wherein the top ends of the cylinders are joined together such that there is a gap between the inner cylinder and the outer cylinder, and
- e) wherein the outer surface of the inner cylinder is tapered such that it forms a substantially air tight seal when inserted into the mouth of the bottle.
6. The device of claim 5 further comprising threads on the inner surface of the outer cylinder, said threads fitting to the threads on the outer surface of the mouth of the bottle.
7. The device of claim 6 further comprising an elastomeric washer positioned between the mouth of the bottle and the cylinders.
Type: Application
Filed: Nov 5, 2012
Publication Date: Jun 13, 2013
Inventor: Edmund Ross (Bloomfield Hills, MI)
Application Number: 13/669,260
International Classification: A24F 1/30 (20060101);