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US 10,021,905 B1Granted
Smoking apparatus with a pump and a method of using same
AssigneeModern Vital Inc.
InventorJeffrey Lloyd Bebee
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Abstract
A smoking apparatus has a vessel, a smoke generation structure coupled to a lower portion of the vessel for accommodating smoke-generation substance for generating smoke, and for guiding the smoke into the vessel, a smoke guide for discharging the smoke out of the vessel, and a pump for pumping the smoke from the smoking generation structure into the vessel and for pumping the smoke out of the vessel through the smoke guide.
Claims20
A smoking apparatus comprising:
- a vessel;
- a smoke generation structure for accommodating a smoke-generation substance for generating smoke therefrom, the smoke generation structure coupled to a lower portion of the vessel and in fluid communication with the vessel through an inlet valve for guiding the smoke into the vessel;
- a sleeve slidably receiving therein at least a portion of the vessel;
- and
- a smoke guide sealably coupled to the sleeve and in fluid communication with the sleeve and the vessel through an outlet valve for discharging the smoke out of the vessel;
- wherein the sleeve and the vessel together form a volume-changeable pump for pumping the smoke from the smoking generation structure into the vessel through the inlet valve and for pumping the smoke out of the vessel through the outlet valve and the smoke guide.
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A smoking method comprising:
- filling water in a lower portion of a vessel;
- generating smoke from a smoke-generation substance and guiding the generated smoke into the water via a smoke generation structure;
- pumping by a pump, the smoke from the smoke generation structure into the vessel through a pressure-actuatable inlet valve;
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- pumping by the pump, the smoke accumulated in the vessel out of the vessel through a pressure-actuatable outlet valve and a smoke outlet;
- wherein said pumping the smoke from the smoke generation structure into the vessel comprises closing the outlet valve, and increasing the volume of a chamber of the pump for opening the inlet valve and drawing the smoke into the vessel;
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- wherein said pumping the smoke accumulated in the vessel out of the vessel comprises opening the outlet valve, and reducing the volume of the chamber for closing the inlet valve and discharging the smoke out of the vessel through the outlet valve and the smoke outlet.
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A smoking apparatus comprising:
- a vessel comprising a cylindrical upper portion;
- a smoke generation structure for accommodating a smoke-generation substance for generating smoke therefrom, the smoke generation structure coupled to a lower portion of the vessel and in fluid communication with the vessel via an inlet valve for guiding the smoke into the vessel;
- a hollow mandrel having a longitudinal bore, at least a portion of the mandrel slidably received in the upper portion of the vessel;
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- a smoke guide sealably coupled to the mandrel and in fluid communication with the mandrel and the vessel via an outlet valve for discharging the smoke out of the vessel;
- wherein the mandrel and the vessel together form a volume-changeable pump for pumping the smoke from the smoking generation structure into the vessel through the inlet valve and for pumping the smoke out of the vessel through the outlet valve and the smoke guide.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.