Hemp Shisha Mixture Processing for Airflow and Purity
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing shisha devices using tobacco are addictive and can irritate the lungs due to harsh smoke, and alternatives like marijuana vaporizers may inhibit airflow, failing to meet the need for a non-addictive, long-lasting, and socially acceptable smoking experience.
Innovation Solution
Development of smokable hemp products designed for long-lasting vaporization, using hemp with less than 0.3% THC, processed to remove impurities and additives like glycerin and pectin to enhance flavor and shelf life, packaged in a form that allows airflow, suitable for use in shisha devices.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If tobacco is used in shisha devices, then the social tradition and flavor experience are maintained, but the addiction risk and lung irritation increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts and removes harmful components from the smoking mixture, specifically eliminating tobacco while retaining desirable flavor compounds through careful selection of alternative herbs and spices that provide similar sensory experience without the addictive and harmful properties of tobacco
Solution Approach 2:
The invention creates a composite herbal mixture combining multiple natural ingredients (herbs, spices, flavor compounds) to replicate the complex flavor profile of traditional shisha tobacco while eliminating harmful additives and psychoactive components, achieving a safer alternative through material composition
2Reliability
If marijuana is used as an alternative in shisha devices, then the non-addictive property is achieved, but the airflow is inhibited due to compression in pods
Solution Approach 1:
The patent employs porous or loosely structured herbal materials that maintain open channels for air flow while still providing adequate combustion surface area, avoiding the dense compression that blocks airflow in pod-based systems
Solution Approach 2:
The invention modifies physical parameters of the smoking material including particle size distribution, density, and moisture content to optimize both airflow characteristics and combustion efficiency, ensuring proper air penetration without requiring compressed pod structures
3Duration of action of moving object
If charcoal is used as heating element, then long-lasting ignition is achieved, but the harshness and toxicity of smoke increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent substitutes the chemical combustion process of charcoal with an electric heating element that provides controlled thermal energy without producing additional harmful combustion byproducts, maintaining heat duration through electrical power while eliminating charcoal-related toxicity
Solution Approach 2:
The invention changes the heating mechanism from high-temperature charcoal combustion to controlled electric resistance heating, adjusting temperature parameters to achieve sufficient ignition duration while operating at lower temperatures that reduce harmful smoke generation
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 hemp products provide a non-addictive, flavorful, and long-lasting smoking experience with improved airflow and shelf stability, maintaining the social aspect of shisha use while minimizing respiratory irritation and health risks.
Implementation Method 1
The vase holds water to enable the down stem to deliver smoke from the bowl to bubble through the water, mellowing the flavor, heat and toxicity of the smoke
Implementation Method 2
This charcoal heats the tobacco to enable to also smolder
Implementation Method 3
The ceramic bowl holds heat to enable the tobacco to smolder for long periods
Data Source
AI summary
A smokable and edible material usable in a shisha device and method of making the same. The method includes providing fresh hemp leaf material. Shredding the hemp leaf material into pieces having a maximum length of ½-2″ and preferably 1-2″ in length. The width is preferably between 0.25 and 1″. Next the method rinses the shredded hemp leaf material to remove chlorophyll, water soluble impurities including heavy metals, pesticides and natural residues. This may include 3-6 washes of warm water (up to 212° F.). In a preferred embodiment there is no need for an ethanol bath to remove crystallized cannabinoids because the leaf material does not typically express crystallized cannabinoids. The step of drying follows immediately after rinsing. Drying includes pressing and fluffing the hemp leaf material then drying in a dehydrator.