Closure system for a hookah

• US 10,448,667 B2
• Filed: 09/29/2016
• Issued: 10/22/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 09/29/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Schmidt Innovations GmbH
• Original Assignee: Schmidt Innovations GmbH
• Inventors: Schmidt, Alexander, Schmidt, Stefan
• Primary Examiner(s): Yaary, Eric
• Application Number:
  US15/280,243
• Publication Number:
  US 20180084825A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,118 Days
• CPC Class Codes: A24F 1/30 Hookahs

Abstract

A closing system, of a hookah (01), has a first closing element (13), which can be attached to a water base (02) of the hookah (01), and a second closing element (16), which includes at least one connecting opening for at least one hookah hose (12) and at least one continuous opening (22) for a connection permeable to air between the water base (02) and a hookah stem (07), arranged directly or indirectly at a second closing element (16). The second closing element (16) has an essentially cylindrical portion (18), which can be inserted into a recess in the first closing element (13) and is complementary in shape and function to the cylindrical portion (18). The cylindrical portion (18) includes an indentation (31) in an area of an outer wall, a displaceable locking element (35) provided in an inner wall of the recess being detachably engageable in the indentation (31).

Claims

1. A closing system of a hookah, the closing system comprising:

a first closing element, which can be attached to a water base of the hookah;

a second closing element, which comprises at least one connecting opening for at least one hookah hose and at least one continuous opening for a connection permeable to air between the water base and a hookah stem arranged directly or indirectly at the second closing element, wherein the second closing element has an essentially cylindrical portion inserted into a recess in the first closing element, the recess being complementary in shape and function to said cylindrical portion, wherein the cylindrical portion comprises at least one indentation in the area of its outer wall; and

at least one displaceable locking element provided in an inner wall of the recess and being detachably engageable in said indentation, the first closing element comprising a connecting piece for being attached on the water base, the connecting piece having an essentially cylindrical portion, wherein the wall of the cylindrical portion comprises at least one continuous recess in which the locking element is arranged radially displaceable, wherein an actuating element is formed as an actuating sleeve which is arranged radially outward on the cylindrical portion so as to overlap the cylindrical portion in an axially displaceable manner, wherein the actuating sleeve comprises at least one axially inclined surface, by means of which the locking element can be brought from a first position, in which the locking element is disengaged, into a second position, in which the locking element engages in the indentation.

2. The closing system according to claim 1, wherein the indentation is formed as a circular groove surrounding the cylindrical portion.

3. The closing system according to claim 1, wherein the first closing element comprises the actuating element, which is provided with at least one actuating surface interacting with the locking element, said actuating surface being able to disengage the locking element from the indentation when actuating the actuating element.

4. The closing system according to claim 1, wherein the first closing element comprises a spring device which forces the actuating sleeve into the second position.

5. The closing system according to claim 1, wherein the cylindrical portion of the second closing element comprises at least one wedge-shaped or cone-shaped surface configured such that the locking element is pushed radially outward when the second closing element is inserted into the first closing element.

6. The closing element according to claim 1, wherein a hookah stem is mounted in the second closing element so as to be rotatable with respect to the same.

7. The closing system according to claim 6, wherein the hookah stem is supported directly or indirectly at the water base via a torque arm in a torque-proof manner with respect to the water base.

8. The closing system according to claim 1, further comprising a valve arrangement, wherein a connecting opening for the hookah hose opens directly or indirectly into the water base via a recess, wherein the valve arrangement is provided in the recess.

9. The closing system according to claim 8, wherein the valve arrangement comprises a valve body being exposed to gravity and/or to a spring force, said valve body being able to be brought into a sealing contact at a valve seat which is detachably attached in or at the recess at it'"'"'s a frontal face.

10. The closing system according to claim 9, further comprising a valve unlocking device, by means of which the sealing contact of the valve body at the valve seat can be reversed.

11. The closing system according to claim 9, wherein the valve seat is formed as a sleeve which can be screwed into the recess and protrudes over the plane formed by the underside of the first locking element towards the water base.

12. The closing system according to claim 1, further comprising an exhalation adapter which can be plugged in or on the connecting opening.

13. A closing system of a hookah, the closing system comprising:

a first closing element, which can be attached to a water base of the hookah;

a second closing element, which comprises at least one connecting opening for at least one hookah hose and at least one continuous opening for a connection permeable to air between the water base and a hookah stem arranged directly or indirectly at the second closing element, wherein the second closing element has an essentially cylindrical portion inserted into a recess in the first closing element, the recess being complementary in shape and function to the cylindrical portion, wherein the cylindrical portion comprises at least one indentation in the area of its outer wall; and

at least one displaceable locking element provided in an inner wall of the recess and being detachably engageable in the indentation, the first closing element comprising a connecting piece for being attached on the water base, the connecting piece having an essentially cylindrical portion, wherein the wall of the cylindrical portion comprises at least one continuous recess in which the locking element is arranged radially displaceable, wherein an actuating element is formed as an actuating sleeve which is arranged radially outward on the cylindrical portion so as to overlap the cylindrical portion in a rotatable manner, wherein the actuating sleeve comprises at least one inclined surface extending in the circumferential direction, the locking element being able to be brought from a first position, in which the locking element is disengaged, into a second position, in which the locking element engages in the indentation, by means of the inclined surface.

14. A closing system of a hookah, the closing system comprising:

a first closing element, which can be attached to a water base of the hookah;

a second closing element, which comprises at least one connecting opening for at least one hookah hose and at least one continuous opening for a connection permeable to air between the water base and a hookah stem arranged directly or indirectly at the second closing element, wherein the second closing element has an essentially cylindrical portion inserted into a recess in the first closing element, the recess being complementary in shape and function to the cylindrical portion, wherein the cylindrical portion comprises at least one indentation in the area of its outer wall; and

at least one displaceable locking element provided in an inner wall of the recess and being detachably engageable in the indentation, the cylindrical portion of the second closing element comprising at least one wedge-shaped or cone-shaped surface configured such that the locking element is pushed radially outward when the second closing element is inserted into the first closing element.

15. A closing system of a hookah, the closing system comprising:

a first closing element, which can be attached to a water base of the hookah;

a second closing element, which comprises at least one connecting opening for at least one hookah hose and at least one continuous opening for a connection permeable to air between the water base and a hookah stem arranged directly or indirectly at the second closing element, wherein the second closing element has an essentially cylindrical portion inserted into a recess in the first closing element, the recess being complementary in shape and function to the cylindrical portion, wherein the cylindrical portion comprises at least one indentation in the area of its outer wall; and

at least one displaceable locking element provided in an inner wall of the recess and being detachably engageable in the indentation, wherein a hookah stem is mounted in the second closing element so as to be rotatable with respect to the same, the hookah stem being supported directly or indirectly at the water base via a torque arm in a torque-proof manner with respect to the water base.

16. A closing system of a hookah, the closing system comprising:

a first closing element, which can be attached to a water base of the hookah;

a second closing element, which comprises at least one connecting opening for at least one hookah hose and at least one continuous opening for a connection permeable to air between the water base and a hookah stem arranged directly or indirectly at the second closing element, wherein the second closing element has an essentially cylindrical portion inserted into a recess in the first closing element, the recess being complementary in shape and function to the cylindrical portion, wherein the cylindrical portion comprises at least one indentation in the area of its outer wall;

at least one displaceable locking element provided in an inner wall of the recess and being detachably engageable in the indentation;

a valve arrangement, wherein a connecting opening for the hookah hose opens directly or indirectly into the water base via a recess, wherein the valve arrangement is provided in the recess, the valve arrangement comprising a valve body being exposed to gravity and/or to a spring force, the valve body being able to be brought into a sealing contact at a valve seat which is detachably attached in or at the recess at a frontal face; and

a valve unlocking device, by means of which the sealing contact of the valve body at the valve seat can be reversed.

17. A closing system of a hookah, the closing system comprising:

a first closing element, which can be attached to a water base of the hookah;

a second closing element, which comprises at least one connecting opening for at least one hookah hose and at least one continuous opening for a connection permeable to air between the water base and a hookah stem arranged directly or indirectly at the second closing element, wherein the second closing element has an essentially cylindrical portion inserted into a recess in the first closing element, the recess being complementary in shape and function to the cylindrical portion, wherein the cylindrical portion comprises at least one indentation in the area of its outer wall;

at least one displaceable locking element provided in an inner wall of the recess and being detachably engageable in the indentation;

a valve arrangement, wherein a connecting opening for the hookah hose opens directly or indirectly into the water base via a recess, the valve arrangement being provided in the recess, the valve arrangement comprising a valve body being exposed to gravity and/or to a spring force, the valve body being able to be brought into a sealing contact at a valve seat which is detachably attached in or at the recess at a frontal face, wherein the valve seat is formed as a sleeve which can be screwed into the recess and protrudes over the plane formed by the underside of the first locking element towards the water base.