PIPE-LIKE SMOKING DEVICE FOR USE WITH TOBACCO CARTRIDGES

• US 3,625,227 A
• Filed: 08/08/1969
• Issued: 12/07/1971
• Est. Priority Date: 02/23/1968
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: David B.L. Brickwood, Kenneth B. Fether, Peter Steer Sampson
• Original Assignee: David B.L. Brickwood, Kenneth B. Fether, Peter Steer Sampson
• Inventors: Fether, Kenneth B., Brickwood, David B. L., Sampson, Peter Steer
• Primary Examiner(s): Reich, Joseph S.
• Application Number:
  US04/848,514
• Time in Patent Office: 851 Days
• Field of Search: 131/3,225,15C
• US Class Current: 131/225
• CPC Class Codes: A24F 1/00 Tobacco pipes
• CPC Class Codes: A24F 2700/01 Collapsible pipes and pipes in general

Abstract

A pipelike smoking device for use with cartridges of tobacco. A mouthpiece, a bowl constructed to hold the cartridge, and a stem provide communication from the stem through the bowl to the cartridge. The stem projects into the bowl and penetrates the cartridge to provide the communication between the mouthpiece and the interior of the cartridge. Concurrently, the stem releasably retains the cartridge within the bowl.

Claims

1. A pipelike smoking device for use with cartridges of tobacco and comprising a mouthpiece, a bowl constructed to receive and hold a tobacco cartridge, and a stem providing communication between the mouthpiece and the bowl, said stem including means projecting into the bOwl, penetrating said cartridge and providing communication between said mouthpiece and the interior of the cartridge and releasably retaining said cartridge within the bowl.

2. A device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the projecting means of said stem is moveable relative to the bowl between a first position in which the stem projects into the cartridge and a second position in which the stem is withdrawn from the bowl.

3. A device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the stem is moveable manually to remain in either position.

4. A device as claimed in claim 2, including means for spring biasing the stem towards the first position such that the stem is deflectable therefrom momentarily upon insertion of a cartridge, returning to its first position under the influence of said spring biasing means to penetrate and communicate with the inserted cartridge.

5. A device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the bowl is composed of two sections, and wherein a first section comprises a holder, which has means providing a general cylindrical cavity for holding the cartridge and a means providing a general cylindrical bore, disposed at an angle to said cavity means with said bore means housing the stem therein, and a second section which is removably secured to the holder and which is of an enlarged cross-sectional area compared with said cavity means of said first section.

6. A device as claimed in claim 5, including a tobacco cartridge apertured for penetration by said stem.

7. A device as claimed in claim 6, wherein the cartridge comprises a tobacco rod held in an apertured support, the support being adapted to rest within the holder cavity means with its aperture means aligned with said stem for penetration thereby and communication therewith, the tobacco rod portion of said cartridge being disposed within the enlarged cross-sectional area of said bowl, an annular space being provided therebetween.