Electrically heated smoke producing device

• US 3,234,357 A
• Filed: 10/29/1962
• Issued: 02/08/1966
• Est. Priority Date: 11/02/1961
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Eberhard Seuthe
• Original Assignee: Eberhard Seuthe
• Inventors: EBERHARD SEUTHE
• Application Number:
  US04/233,531
• Time in Patent Office: 1,198 Days
• US Class Current: 392/403
• CPC Class Codes: A63H 33/28 Soap-bubble toys; Smoke toys blowing smoke rings A24F13/30
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 3/00 Ohmic-resistance heating

Claims

5. IN A TOY, A DEVICE FOR PRODUCING SMOKE AND THE LIKE BY VAPORIZING A LIQUID, COMPRISING STORAGE MEANS FOR SAID LIQUID IN SAID DEVICE, TUBE MEANS OPERATIVELY SUPPORTED BY SAID STORAGE MEANS SO AS TO EXTEND AT LEAST PARTIALLY INTO SAID LIQUID, SAID TUBE MEANS INCLUDING A CAPILLARY TUBE SECTION HAVING AT LEAST ONE CAPILLARY BORE EXTENDING THERETHROUGH, SAID BORE BEING ADAPTED TO RECEIVE PART OF SAID LIQUID AND CAUSE IT TO VERTICALLY RISE BY CAPILLARY ACTION IN SAID BORE, AN ELECTRIC POWER SOURCE, AND AN ELECTRICAL HEATING WIRE SUBSTANTIALLY EXTENDING INTO SAID BORE OF SAID CAPILLARY TUBE SECTION, THE DIAMETER OF SAID ELECTRIC HEATING WIRE BEING SMALLER THAN THE DIAMETER OF SAID CAPILLARY BORE, SAID ELECTRICAL HEATING WIRE BEING OPERATIVELY CONNECTED TO SAID ELECTRIC POWER SOURCE.