Modular water pipe and method of manufacture
AssigneeJOKR Design Company, LLC
InventorsSantiago Delgado, Parker Kilgo
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Abstract
A modular water pipe and method of manufacture in one embodiment includes a reservoir with detachable chimney. The chimney may include a mouthpiece module and optional extension and/or percolation modules. Modules may be threaded together. The reservoir and chimney may be constructed of glass and may include metallic rings fixed thereto to allow threading or other selectively removable connection of the components. A down stem may be threaded to a bowl adapter assembly to allow use of a single down stem with bowls of varying size. The rings may be bonded to the glass components using an adhesive, or they may be press-fit thereto.
Claims16
A modular apparatus for smoking comprising:
- a reservoir defining an interior volume and having first and second openings, said second opening arranged for selective mating with a hollow down stem;
- and
- an elongate chimney removably coupled to the first opening, said chimney defining a flue fluidly coupled to the interior volume;
- said reservoir including a vessel and a metallic first chimney ring fixed to the vessel at said first opening;
- said chimney including a tube and a metallic second chimney ring fixed to a medial end of the tube;
- whereby
- said first chimney ring may be selectively mated with said second chimney ring,
- said chimney includes a percolation module having a metallic medial end adapted for selectively removable connection to the first chimney ring, a metallic distal end adapted for electively removable connection to the second chimney ring, a generally planar base, an elongate standpipe, and a percolation chamber;
- said base defines medial and distal faces and an outer perimeter disposed within and fluidly sealed against an interior wall of said tube;
- said base includes a standpipe opening formed therethrough;
- said standpipe is disposed within the tube and connected at a medial first end to the distal face of the base so as to circumvolve the standpipe opening;
- said percolation chamber is disposed within the tube and is fluidly coupled to a distal second end of the standpipe, and
- said percolation chamber includes a plurality of percolation apertures formed therethrough medially of said second end of the standpipe.
A modular apparatus for smoking comprising:
- a reservoir defining an interior volume and having first and second openings, said second opening arranged for selective mating with a hollow down stem;
- and
- an elongate chimney threaded to the first opening, said chimney defining a flue fluidly coupled to the interior volume,
- said chimney includes a percolation module having a medial end adapted for selective threaded engagement to said first opening, a distal end adapted for selective threaded engagement to said medial end of said mouthpiece module, a generally planar base, an elongate standpipe, and a percolation chamber;
- said base defines medial and distal faces and an outer perimeter disposed within and fluidly sealed against an interior wall of said tube;
- said base includes a standpipe opening formed therethrough;
- said standpipe is disposed within the tube and connected at a medial first end to the distal face of the base so as to circumvolve the standpipe opening;
- said percolation chamber is disposed within the tube and is fluidly coupled to a distal second end of the standpipe, and
- said percolation chamber includes a plurality of percolation apertures formed therethrough medially of said second end of the standpipe.
A method of manufacturing a water pipe comprising the steps of:
- forming a vessel that defines an interior volume and has first and second openings,
- forming an elongate tubular chimney;
- threading the chimney onto the first opening of the vessel;
- forming the first opening to define a circumferential vessel wall;
- forming the chimney with a medial end defining a circumferential chimney wall;
- forming first chimney and second chimney rings;
- fixing the first chimney ring to the vessel about the vessel wall;
- fixing the second chimney ring to the medial end of the chimney about the chimney wall;
- threading the second chimney ring onto the first chimney ring;
- bonding the first chimney ring to the vessel using an adhesive;
- and
- bonding the second chimney ring to the chimney using an adhesive.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.