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US 12,453,368 B2Granted
Hookahs, heating units, and related methods
AssigneeStarbuzz Tobacco, Inc.
InventorRodney Masri
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Abstract
A hookah device having a heating unit, a head for holding a cooking element, a pipe, and a base. The heating unit for use with the hookah device can be provided with optimally placed vents along a bottom wall, a sidewall, and a top wall to facilitate circulation of fresh air and heated air. An optional thermometer can be mounted to the housing for recording a temperature reading with a combustion chamber of the heating unit.
Claims20
A heating unit for use with a hookah device comprising:
- a two part housing comprising a base and a lid;
- said base comprising a bottom wall and a base sidewall extending upwardly from the bottom wall and having an exterior surface, an interior surface, and an upper edge between the exterior surface and the interior surface, and wherein the base sidewall has a thickness measured between the exterior surface and the interior surface;
- said lid comprising a top wall and a lid sidewall extending downwardly from the top wall;
- said base sidewall and said lid sidewall having a seam therebetween;
- a combustion chamber defined by the top wall, the bottom wall, the base sidewall, and the lid sidewall;
- two or more spaced apart fresh air vents formed through the exterior surface and the interior surface of the base sidewall below the upper edge with each of the two or more spaced apart fresh air vents being located at a radial position relative to a central part of the bottom wall;
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- two or more spaced apart thermal conduits formed through the thickness of the base sidewall with each thermal conduit having an opening at the upper edge of the base sidewall and an opening at an exterior of the bottom wall.
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A heating unit for use with a hookah device comprising:
- a two part housing comprising a lid located on top of a base and a seam is located between the lid and the basethere;
- said lid comprising a top wall comprising a plurality of vents and a lid sidewall extending downwardly from the top wall, wherein the top wall at least partially covering a space defined by the lid sidewall;
- said base comprising a bottom wall and a base sidewall, said base sidewall having a height. a thickness defined between an exterior surface and an interior surface, a top edge between the interior surface and the exterior surface, and a plurality of vents formed through the exterior surface and the interior surface below the top edge;
- a combustion chamber defined by the top wall, the bottom wall, the base sidewall, and the lid sidewall;
- a vent cover positioned atop the top wall of the lid, said vent cover being rotatable relative to the top wall to act as louvers to expose or cover the plurality of vents on the top wall.
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A heating unit for use with a hookah device comprising:
- a two part housing comprising a lid mounted on top of a base and having a seam therebetween;
- said base comprising a bottom wall and a base sidewall and said lid comprising a top wall and a lid sidewall, wherein the lid sidewall is positioned atop and contacts the base sidewall;
- a combustion chamber defined by the top wall, the bottom wall, the base sidewall, and the lid sidewall;
- a vent cover located on top of the top wall and movable relative to the top wall to control opening sizes of top vents of the top wall for regulating gas flow;
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- a removable handle extending radially from the base sidewall, said handle being removably threaded to the base sidewall.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.