Multi-Armed Pre-Rolled Smoking Tube Angular Sealing
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing pre-rolled smoking tubes typically have a single tubular arm, limiting the volume of vegetable matter that can be consumed and often suffer from leakage due to improper sealing, requiring skilled hands for assembly.
Innovation Solution
A multi-armed pre-rolled smoking tube design featuring a primary and secondary tubular body angularly engaged by an annulet sleeve portion, allowing vegetable matter to be added to three arms and maintaining an airtight seal, thereby increasing potency and convenience.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Quantity of substance
If a single tubular arm design is used, then the device complexity is low, but the volume of vegetable matter that can be consumed is limited
Solution Approach 1:
The smoking tube is divided into multiple tubular arms (first tubular body, second tubular body, third tubular body) that are angularly engaged, allowing each arm to be filled with vegetable matter independently. This segmentation enables increased total volume of vegetable matter consumption while maintaining a manageable structure through modular design.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent transitions from a single linear tubular structure to a multi-dimensional angular configuration where tubular bodies are engaged at angles to form a star-like structure. This dimensional change allows multiple arms to radiate from a central point, increasing the overall volume capacity without proportionally increasing linear dimensions.
2Reliability
If home rolled papers are used, then customization is possible, but leakage occurs due to improper sealing and skilled hands are required for assembly
Solution Approach 1:
The multi-armed smoking tube is pre-rolled and pre-assembled with proper angular engagement of all tubular bodies and pre-formed sealing structures at the conjoining points. This preliminary action ensures that the seal integrity is maintained without requiring the user to perform complex assembly operations, eliminating leakage issues while preserving ease of use.
Solution Approach 2:
The design incorporates self-sealing mechanisms where the angularly engaged tubular bodies automatically maintain seal integrity through their geometric configuration and integrated sealing structures, eliminating the need for user intervention in the sealing process and ensuring consistent reliability.
3Quantity of substance
If pre-rolled smoking tubes are used, then convenience is improved, but the volume of vegetable matter is limited compared to multi-armed design
Solution Approach 1:
Multiple tubular bodies are angularly engaged and merged at their conjoining points to form a single integrated multi-armed structure. This merging allows the combination of multiple vegetable matter-containing arms into one unified device, increasing total volume capacity while maintaining a cohesive design that does not appear overly complex.
Solution Approach 2:
Each tubular arm of the multi-armed smoking tube serves the same function of containing and delivering vegetable matter, but their angular arrangement allows simultaneous or sequential use of multiple arms. This multi-functionality increases the effective volume of vegetable matter that can be consumed while maintaining a standardized, manageable structure.
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AI summary
A multi-armed pre-rolled smoking tube that includes a primary tubular body with a proximal end and a distal end, and a secondary tubular body with a pair of transverse ends, wherein primary and secondary tubular bodies are angularly disposed through mating engagement by an annulet sleeve portion medially disposed within the secondary tubular body. Sealed engagement of the annulet sleeve portion around the exterior surface of the primary tubular body is affective to enclose a pair of perforated regions diametrically disposed upon the primary tubular body. The sealed junction therefore connects the pair of transverse ends with the primary tubular body, and allows airflow through the multi-armed pre-rolled smoking tube enabling combustion of vegetable matter additional to the multi-armed pre-rolled smoking tube at each of the pair of transverse ends and the distal end for inhalation through a mouthpiece.