Thermoelectric Water Cooling Tower

Abstract

The present invention is an improved medicinal herb or tobacco smoking device making use of thermoelectric technology to increase performance over thermally passive systems, provides built-in self-cleaning properties, and utilizes easy to use electrical arrangement.

Description

BACKGROUND[0001]1. Field of Invention[0002]The present invention broadly relates to the field of medicinal herbs and tobacco-related inhalation devices. Particularly, the present invention improves the quality and comfort of use by actively controlling smoke or vapors temperature.[0003]2. Description of Prior Art[0004]The use of water pipe for the consumption of medicinal herbs and tobacco was introduced in ancient time originating in Asia. The premise of these devices is to make use of a fluid, often water, as a mean to cool, filter, and moisten the smoke or vapors to reduce the harshness of such smoke or vapors. In modern times various inventions provide for various means of achieving such functions. U.S. Pat. No. 4,014,353 to Kahler (1977); U.S. Pat. No. 4,029,109 to Kahler (1977) for example describe inventions making use of serpentine or pluralities of liquid passageways to improve on the device ability to cool vapors of smoke. U.S. Pat. No. 4,164,950 to Bechtold (1979) describ...

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Benefits of technology

The present invention aims to improve tobacco and herbal consumption devices by providing a way to actively control the temperature of smoke or vapor. It also utilizes the cooling property of the device to induce self-cleaning behavior. The technical effects of this invention include improved user experience, reduced discomfort, and improved device performance.

Problems solved by technology

It is a common limitation of the prior inventions to make use of the passive thermal exchange occurring between the smoke or vapors and the cooling media via various heat exchanger configurations.

Practicality of use and manufacturing constraints of those devices in this field of use limits the extent to which the system's efficiency can be expanded.

More particularly, high-efficiency ratio heat exchangers quickly reach size, technological advancements unpractical to this field of use.

Other prior arts making use of solid-phase cooling medium, such as water-ice, does help increase the cooling capacity of such devices, but has the disadvantage of requiring user to plan for, and have access to such medium.

A natural side effect of making use of such devices is their tendency to accumulate debris, as a result of the by-product of consuming tobacco or medicinal herbs, maintaining cleanness of such device, and therefore their ability to perform is an issue, some prior art do partially improve of this effect by allowing easier disassembly of the device for cleaning.

Other prior art use a heat-based mean to generate smoke or vapors instead of flamed-based to alleviate such effect but not eliminate it and do not necessarily provide any cooling mean.

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