Cigar Smoke Passage Tool Using Pneumatic Air Injection

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Solution Overview

Problem

Tightly packed or hand-rolled cigars often do not draw easily due to passage anomalies, and current remedies like using a paper clip can damage the cigar.

Innovation Solution

A tool with a hollow elongated needle and a squeeze bulb pump is used to force air into the cigar, creating a smoke passage by inserting the needle and operating the pump to clear obstructions and ensure proper airflow.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of operation

If a paper clip is inserted into the cigar to open a smoke passage, then the cigar can draw, but the cigar is destroyed

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveease of drawingVSAvoidcigar damage

Core Design Contradiction:

Ease of operationVSObject-affected harmful factors

Solution Approach 1:

A hollow needle-like tube is used as an intermediary tool to deliver air into the cigar without direct contact that would damage the cigar structure. The tube serves as a mediator between the air supply and the cigar interior, allowing air delivery while preserving the cigar integrity

Inventive Principle:

Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Solution Approach 2:

A squeeze bulb pump is used to generate pneumatic pressure that forces air through the hollow tube and into the cigar. This pneumatic mechanism enables controlled air delivery to open smoke passages without mechanical damage to the cigar

Inventive Principle:

Principle #29Pneumatics and hydraulics

2Ease of operation

If air is forced into the cigar using a hollow tube, then smoke passages are opened, but the device complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveease of drawingVSAvoidtool structure

Core Design Contradiction:

Ease of operationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The device is segmented into distinct functional components: a hollow tube for air delivery, a squeeze bulb pump for air generation, and a needle-like insertion element. This segmentation allows each component to perform its specific function while keeping the overall design relatively simple and modular

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

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

The method effectively opens smoke passages in cigars, allowing for easier drawing without damaging the cigar, by using a tube with air exit apertures and a registration mark to direct airflow and locate obstructions.

Implementation Method 1

The pump is squeezed thereby forcing air into the center of the cigar. The pressure of the air forces open passages for smoke to flow

Methodology Applied

Scientific EffectPressure: Pressure Increase

Data Source

PatentUS8156943B1Method for opening a smoke passage in a cigar and tool therefor

Publication Date: 2012.04.17 BRAY CRAIG A

AI summary

A method for opening a smoke passage in a cigar includes using a tool which has a tube which is connected to an air supply. The tube has an air exit aperture(s) which exhausts air delivered by the air supply. The tube is inserted into a cigar and the air supply is operated. The air blows out a passageway within the cigar so that the cigar will draw when smoked.