Portable smoking pipe for outdoors travel

Abstract

The present invention is directed to a smoking pipe. The pipe bowl of the current invention preferably directs heated airflow. Further, the invention is directed to an elongated cap and combustion chamber shape that facilitates manipulation of the combustion chamber contents. Further, the present invention is directed to a cap and pipe body that also provides a means to secure the cap to locations other than the pipe bowl.

Description

CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION[0001]This application claims priority over U.S. Pat. No. 1,511,603A, entitled “Tobacco Pipe”, filed on Jun. 21, 1921. This application claims priority over U.S. Pat. No. 3,342,187A, entitled “Tobacco Pipe”, filed on Apr. 16, 1965. This application claims priority over U.S. Pat. No. 3,822,711A, entitled “Smoking pipe with tool”, filed Feb. 21, 1973. This application claims priority over U.S. Pat. No. 6,698,435B2, entitled “Folding Smoking Pipe”, filed on Dec. 29, 2000. This application claims priority over US20160324211A1 entitled “Smoking apparatus: flat smoking pipe”, filed May 4, 2015.FIELD OF INVENTION[0002]The present invention relates to smoking pipes generally, to include pipes that utilize liquids for the purposes of cooling or flavor. In part, this invention pertains to a portable pipe design that facilitates improved heated air flow for ignition of combustible materials.[0003]The invention also pertains to a cap that mounts to the pipe...

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Benefits of technology

The present invention is about a smoking device with several improvements. Firstly, the combustion chamber and pipe have a common elongated geometry that makes the pipe easy to carry and can ignite more material in the combustion chamber for a better smoking experience. The cap can also be used as a stirring or cleaning tool and can be reattached to the pipe body to prevent leakage or to stabilize the pipe when not being used. Overall, the patent improves the functionality, portability, and smoking experience of the smoking device.

Problems solved by technology

In this way a smoker might remove the pipe from their pocket, light combustibles material while inhaling smoke, and return the pipe to their pocket in an uncoordinated, or hasty fashion during exercise, recreational activities, or while wearing gloves.

There are several drawback in using a vented cap.

First, for caps having only a single vent, flames tends to flow along a single narrow path through the combustible material leaving the neighboring material unburned.

The chief limitation to perforated cap ventilation is that the air flow divides among the plurality of apertures while the flame is limited to flowing through a minority of apertures, or perhaps only a single aperture.

This results in poor ignition of combustible material, and an uncontrolled thinning of the smoke.

Perforated caps, having a plurality of small vents, also increase the likelihood of spilling materials from the combustion chamber.

Using a non-circular combustion chamber tends to exacerbate these difficulties because a larger proportion of combustible material becomes located at a greater distance from the flame path.

An additional difficulty with removable caps is that they are easily lost while the combustion chamber is loaded or serviced.

While these means of attachment significantly reduces the possibility of misplacing the cap, the cap remains attached in the vicinity of the pipe bowl, thus hindering proper manipulation of the combustion chamber.

Furthermore, smoking pipes often have irregular, or rounded geometry at their base.

However, such pipes tend to tip over onto one side or the other when placed onto a flat surface.

If a cap is not attached to the bowl of such a pipe to secure its contents, the pipe may fall to its side and spill the contents of the bowl in an unintended way.

A common difficulty associated with pipe smoking, whether done with or without a cap, is that the contents of the combustion chamber must be stirred, tamped, or scraped.

The undesirable consequences that result could include soiling the object being used as tool, or having to fashion a tool with questionable sanitation.

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