Piston Device for Uniform Smoking Material Loading
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing methods for loading smoking materials into tubes, such as cigarettes and joints, lack efficiency and cleanliness, as they do not provide a reliable means for collecting and compressing materials for uniform distribution.
Innovation Solution
A piston device comprising a cylinder and piston with a flexible collection tip and a handle for gathering and compressing smoking materials, allowing for efficient loading into various shapes and sizes of tubes, featuring a cap for surface compression and a removable piston for discharge into smoking implements.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Manufacturing precision
If traditional scooping or pouring methods are used to load smoking material into tubes, then the process is simple and quick, but the distribution of material is uneven and the process is messy
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a piston device as an intermediary tool between the smoking material source and the tube. The piston comprises a cylinder with a flexible collection tip for gathering material, a compression chamber for compressing the material, and a discharge mechanism for transferring it into the tube. This intermediary device enables uniform material distribution through controlled compression while maintaining efficient loading through the streamlined piston mechanism.
2Productivity
If manual scooping and pouring methods are used, then no special equipment is needed, but the process is messy and inefficient
Solution Approach 1:
The piston device is designed to be self-contained, with the cylinder serving dual purposes as both a collection chamber and a compression chamber. The flexible collection tip automatically gathers smoking material when the piston is inserted, and the cap on the cylinder provides a surface for compression without needing external tools. This self-service design eliminates messiness by containing the entire loading process within the piston device itself.
3Manufacturing precision
If a separate compression surface is used, then compression can be effective, but the process requires additional steps and surfaces
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges the collection chamber and compression chamber into a single cylinder structure. The cap that closes the collection chamber also serves as the compression surface when the piston is inserted. This merging eliminates the need for separate compression surfaces or additional components, achieving effective compression uniformity while minimizing device complexity.
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AI summary
A piston device for loading material into a tube or other implement. In an example, the material is a smoking material loaded into a smoking implement. An example piston device includes a cylinder and a piston. The piston is removed from a first end of the cylinder and inserted into a second end of the cylinder. A cap slip locks onto the second end of the cylinder to provide a surface on which to compress the material against. Withdrawing the piston from the second end of the cylinder draws the smoking material into a chamber of the cylinder through an opening in the first end of the cylinder. Pressing the piston into the second end of the cylinder compresses the smoking material within the chamber of the cylinder, and then releases the smoking material from the chamber of the cylinder into the smoking implement.