Mouthpiece for Smoking Pipe

Abstract

A mouthpiece and filter for smoking pipes. This pipe add-on effectively improves the smoking experience by it providing a filter at the end of a standard smoking pipe which filters out ash and other large particulates; and allowing for users to replace the mouthpiece when sharing a single pipe, limiting the transfer of diseases, resulting in a more sanitary experience.

Description

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0001]Field of the Invention[0002]The present invention generally relates to a mouthpiece for pipes. Pipe add-on effectively improves the smoking experience in two critical ways: First it provides a filter at the end of a standard smoking pipe which filters out ash and other large particulates; and second it allows for users to replace the mouthpiece when sharing a single pipe, limiting the transfer of diseases, resulting in a more sanitary experience.[0003]Discussion of the Prior Art[0004]U.S. Pat. No. 4,121,598 ('598 Patent), which issued to Hornsby discloses a Smokers' Pipes. The '598 Patent describes a smoker's pipe comprising a stem unit incorporating the base of the bowl and formed of a plastics material and a bowl element detachably fitted to the bowl base portion and preferably formed of briar, the stem unit including the bowl base being internally metal lined. The pipe may include an externally fluted metal condenser plug in the bowl base and whic...

AI Technical Summary

Benefits of technology

The patent describes a filter that can be used with different types of smoking devices. It is simple to use, clean and costs less than other filters on the market. The filter has a mouthpiece that compresses the stem, creating a tight seal that allows air to flow through and smoke to pass through the screen, but prevents ash and resin byproducts from entering. This improves the smoker's experience and health.

Problems solved by technology

Another reason for the switch to glass is that the design, shape and color spectrum is only limited by the glass blower's imagination.

However those applications are not suitable for use with glass pipes as discussed below.

A major problem with glassware is that the metallic screens typically used in metal or wood pipes, do not fit and stay in the glass bowl, so they are not used.

There are glass “screens” that are placed into the bowl that prevent the original material from falling through the opening in the bowl prior to it being burnt, but these do not actually plug the hole between the bowl and the stem (or they would prevent the pipe from working), however once the material is turned into ash, it is still able to be sucked through the opening between the bowl and the stem, and then into the user mouth.

Another issue with the glass screens placed into the bowl, is it gets clogged frequently and requires constant cleaning sometimes damaging the glassware

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