Smoke filter apparatus
AssigneeSquid Roach, Inc.
InventorEdward T. Nista
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Abstract
A smoke filter apparatus comprising a segmented conduit formed of a plurality of nesting sections and comprising one or more filters. The filters may comprise a preferred filter sequence, wherein the preferred filter sequence comprises a metal screen filter, a charcoal filter, and an acetate filter.
Claims15
A smoke filter apparatus to modify a particulate or gas phase of a smoke from a smoked material, wherein the smoke filter apparatus comprises:
- a plurality of nesting stems, wherein the plurality of nesting stems form a segmented conduit through which the smoke from the smoked material passes;
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- one or more filters within the segmented conduit, wherein the one or more filters are held by one or more grommets.
The smoke filter apparatus according to 0, wherein the plurality of nesting stems comprises a first nesting stem, a second nesting stem, a third nesting stem, and a fourth nesting stem, wherein the first nesting stem comprises a first upstream end and a first downstream end, wherein the second nesting stem comprises a second upstream end and a second downstream end, wherein the third nesting stem comprises a third upstream end and a third downstream end, and wherein the fourth nesting stem comprises a fourth upstream end and a fourth downstream end, wherein the first downstream end of the first nesting stem is held by a first friction fitting within the second upstream end of the second nesting stem, wherein the second downstream end of the second nesting stem is held by a second friction fitting within the third upstream end of the third nesting stem, and wherein the third downstream end of the third nesting stem is held by a third friction fitting within the fourth upstream end of the fourth nesting stem.
The smoke filter apparatus according to 0, wherein the one or more grommets comprise barbless grommets and barbed grommets.
The smoke filter apparatus according to 0, wherein the one or more grommets form one or more compressible bulges within at least a subset of the plurality of nesting stems.
The smoke filter apparatus according to 0, wherein a first of the plurality of nesting stems comprises a receiver for a combustion or vaporization chamber in which the smoked material may be combusted or vaporized.
The smoke filter apparatus according to 0, wherein the plurality of nesting stems are formed of a flexible composite.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.