Cigar shaped smoking device with reverse calabash chamber

Abstract

A cigar shaped pipe, ideally made from premium materials such as briar, yet designed to be low cost to manufacture. The device may use a comparatively thin-walled combustion chamber, which both keeps material costs to a minimum, as well as an in-line Reverse Calabash chamber to reduce the problem of tongue bite by reducing the temperature and moisture of the smoke. In some embodiments, the pipe will further use an end cap, ether for pipe storage or during smoking. This optional end-cap may be made of the same or similar materials as the main pipe body, and thus will have a same or similar thermal expansion properties, as well as having the same or similar beneficial combustion chamber properties. This end cap may utilize O-rings or screw threads to hold the pipe's end cap onto position, thus enabling easy loading and cleaning.

Description

CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS[0001]This application is a continuation in part of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 14 / 470,853, “CIGAR SHAPED SMOKING DEVICE WITH REVERSE CALABASH CHAMBER”, inventor Christopher D. Morgan, filed Aug. 27, 2014; application Ser. No. 14 / 470,853 was a continuation in part of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 13 / 153,423 “CIGAR SHAPED SMOKING DEVICE”, inventor Christopher D. Morgan, filed Jun. 4, 2011; this application also claims the priority benefit of U.S. provisional application 61 / 919,563 “CIGAR SHAPED SMOKING DEVICE WITH REVERSE CALABASH CHAMBER”, inventor Christopher D. Morgan, filed Dec. 20, 2013; the complete contents of all of these applications are incorporated herein by reference.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTIONField of the Invention[0002]This invention is in the field of smoking pipes and other smoking devices.Description of the Related Art[0003]Humans have been smoking various burnable substances for thousands of years, and pipes are probabl...

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Benefits of technology

[0020]Thus in one embodiment, the invention may be a cigar shaped pipe, ideally made from premium materials such as briar, yet designed to be low cost to manufacture. The device may use a comparatively thin-walled combustion chamber, which both keeps material costs to a minimum, and also enables a comparatively simple and easy to manufacture design. In a preferred embodiment, the pipe will not use metal parts or clips.

[0021]In some embodiments, the pipe may further have an optional end cap that can either be placed over the open end of the combustion chamber during pipe storage when the pipe is not in use, or alternatively may even be placed over the open end of the combustion chamber while the pipe is in use. Particularly for this later embodiment, it will be useful to use an end cap that is made of the same or similar materials as the main pipe body, and thus will have a same or similar thermal expansion properties, as well as having the same or similar beneficial combustion chamber properties. Thus for example, the main pipe body is composed of a first type of wood, it may be useful to also use a similar or different type of wood for the end cap. In some embodiments, this end cap may utilize a unique O-ring design to hold the pipe's end cap onto position, thus enabling easy loading and cleaning. In other embodiments, other methods, such as screw thread or snap-in detents may be used. However an O-ring design can help to prevent pipe cracking problems and loose part problems that can otherwise occur (due to differential thermal expansion) when metal parts are used.

[0022]The invention thus creates a low-cost pipe, with a cigar-like form factor preferred by modern smokers, which nonetheless delivers a premium smoking experience because the pipe may be based on the finest materials available. The pipe is further designed to be easy to use, load, and clean, as well as to be simple and easy to manufacture.

Problems solved by technology

However as previously discussed, briar is available in limited quantities, and is thus extremely expensive.

Large and relatively defect-free chunks of briar, suitable for carving large and thick traditional pipe bowls, are particularly difficult to find because briar itself is not overly large, and often may possess internal defects.

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