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US 10,405,574 B2Granted
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 received within at least a portion of the vessel;
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- 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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