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;
- said lid comprising a top wall and a lid sidewall;
- 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 base sidewall each at a radial position relative to a central part of the bottom wall and along a perimeter of the base sidewall;
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- two or more spaced apart thermal conduits formed through the bottom wall of the base each at a radial position relative to the central part of the bottom wall and along the perimeter of the base sidewall.
The heating unit of claim 15, further comprising a removable handle extending from the lid sidewall, and wherein the two removable handles point generally in a same direction.
A heating unit for use with a hookah device comprising:
- a two part housing comprising a lid located on top of a base having a seam therebetween;
- said lid comprising a top wall and a lid sidewall comprising a plurality of vents;
- said base comprising a bottom wall and a base sidewall comprising a plurality of vents;
- 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 acting as louvers when moving the vent cover relative to the top wall.
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;
- a combustion chamber defined by the top wall, the bottom wall, the base sidewall, and the lid sidewall;
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- 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.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.