Battery Ignition Smoking Pipe with Nichrome Wire and Filter
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing smoking pipes lack efficient and convenient ignition methods and fail to effectively filter out harmful smoke components like tar and fine particles, leading to harsh inhalation experiences.
Innovation Solution
A battery-operated ignition smoking pipe with a replaceable nichrome wire, fuel reservoir, and ignition switch for one-handed ignition, along with a filter to reduce smoke and particle inhalation, featuring a battery-powered ignition system and a refillable fuel reservoir for efficient combustion and smoke filtration.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If manual ignition method is used, then device complexity is reduced, but ignition speed and ease of operation deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces the manual mechanical ignition system with an electrical ignition system comprising a battery, ignition switch, and nichrome wire. This substitution enables one-handed operation where the user simply presses a button to activate the heating element, eliminating the need for manual lighting while maintaining manageable device complexity through integration of electrical components.
Solution Approach 2:
The ignition system is designed to be self-contained with an integrated battery and automated heating element activation. Once the ignition switch is activated, the nichrome wire automatically heats up to ignite the tobacco without requiring additional user intervention, making the ignition process self-executing after initial activation.
2Object-affected harmful factors
If no filter is used, then device complexity is reduced, but harmful factors in smoke increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a filter as an intermediary component positioned between the combustion chamber and the user's mouth. This filter acts as a mediator that selectively removes harmful particles and tar from the smoke while allowing breathable vapor to pass through, thereby reducing harmful factors without requiring complex filtration systems.
3Reliability
If fuel reservoir is added, then ignition reliability is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The fuel reservoir is pre-filled with lighter fluid before use, performing the fuel preparation action in advance. This preliminary action ensures that the ignition system always has fuel available when needed, improving ignition reliability without requiring complex fuel delivery mechanisms or real-time fuel management systems.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
Enables faster and easier ignition with reduced harshness and harmful particle inhalation, providing a more efficient and comfortable smoking experience compared to manual ignition methods.
Implementation Method 1
an ignition switch disposed on a stem of a pipe body which selectively activates one of the nichrome wire and an amount of fuel within the fuel reservoir to combust an ignitable smoking substance
Implementation Method 2
a filter disposed between the stem and the bowl. The present device permits one-handed ignition to combust the smoking substance more easily and faster than is possible with manual ignition of a pipe without the nicrhome wire, the fuel reservoir, and the ignition switch. In addition, the filter reduces the amount of smoke, any tar present, and fine particles which would otherwise be inhaled during combustion of the smoking substance
Implementation Method 3
A battery, disposed within the stem, is in operational communication with the ignition switch
Implementation Method 4
ignite an ignitable smoking substance, such as tobacco, disposed within the interior cavity of the bowl and alternately directly ignite the amount of fuel within the fuel reservoir to combust the ignitable smoking substance disposed within the interior cavity of the bowl
Data Source
AI summary
An battery-operated ignition smoking pipe including a replaceable nichrome wire within an indentation on an inner perimeter of a bowl of the pipe body, a fuel reservoir directly below and adjacent the interior cavity of the bowl, an ignition switch on a stem of a pipe body to selectively activate one of the nichrome wire and an amount of fuel within the fuel reservoir to combust an ignitable smoking substance, such as tobacco, contained within the bowl, and a filter disposed between the stem and the bowl. The present device permits one-handed ignition to combust the smoking substance.