Smoking appliance

A smoking appliance comprising:

• (a) housing means including structure defining a cooling chamber;
• (b) smoke introduction means for introducing smoke into the cooling chamber;
• (c) smoke withdrawal means for withdrawing smoke from the cooling chamber;
• (d) solid-phase cooling medium means including a sealed, reusable, freezable cartridge defining a plurality of flow paths therethrough for the travel of smoke as smoke moves through the cooling chamber from the vicinity of the smoke introduction means to the vicinity of the smoke withdrawal means;
• and,
• (e) support means for supporting the solid-phase cooling medium means within the cooling chamber for cooling smoke as it passes through the chamber from the smoke introduction means to the smoke withdrawal means.

A smoking appliance comprising:

• (a) housing means including structure defining a cooling chamber;
• (b) smoke introduction means for introducing smoke into the cooling chamber;
• (c) smoke withdrawal means for withdrawing smoke from the cooling chamber;
• (d) support means for supporting a solid-phase cooling medium within the cooling chamber for cooling smoke as it passes through the chamber from the smoke introduction means to the smoke withdrawal means;
• (e) the smoke introduction means and the smoke withdrawal means communicating with the cooling chamber at spaced locations therein;
• (f) the support means including a container operable to support the cooling medium at a position between the spaced locations;
• and,
• (g) formation means on the interior of the housing means for engaging the container to position the cooling medium at a location between the upper and lower end regions of the cooling chamber.

A smoking appliance comprising:

• (a) housing means including structure defining a cooling chamber;
• (b) smoke introduction means for introducing smoke into the cooling chamber;
• (c) smoke withdrawal means for withdrawing smoke from the cooling chamber;
• (d) support means for supporting a solid-phase cooling medium within the cooling chamber for cooling smoke as it passes through the chamber from the smoke introduction means to the smoke withdrawal means;
• (e) the smoke introduction means and the smoke withdrawal means communicating with the cooling chamber at spaced locations therein;
• (f) the support means including a container operable to support the cooling medium at a position between the spaced locations;
• and,
• (g) the container having side wall portions which cooperate with the cooling medium to define a plurality of flow paths for the smoke as it travels through the cooling medium from the smoke introduction means to the smoke withdrawal means.

A smoking appliance comprising:

• (a) housing means including structure defining a cooling chamber;
• (b) smoke introduction means for introducing smoke into the cooling chamber;
• (c) smoke withdrawal means for withdrawing smoke from the cooling chamber;
• (d) support means for supporting a solid-phase cooling medium within the cooling chamber for cooling smoke as it passes through the chamber from the smoke introduction means to the smoke withdrawal means;
• (e) the smoke introduction means and the smoke withdrawal means communicating with the cooling chamber at spaced locations therein;
• (f) the support means including a contianer operable to support the cooling medium at a position between the spaced locations;
• and,
• (g) the support means including container means for receiving and supporting the cooling medium, the container means having a perforated bottom wall which is operative to restrain ash particles from coming into contact with the cooling medium.

A smoking appliance, comprising:

• (a) housing means including structure defining a cooling chamber;
• (b) smoke introduction means for introducing smoke into the cooling chamber at a first location therein;
• (c) smoke withdrawal means for withdrawing smoke from the cooling chamber at a second location spaced from the first location;
• (d) support means for supporting a solid-phase cooling medium means in the form of pieces of ice in the cooling chamber at a position between the first and second locations for defining a plurality of flow paths therethrough for the travel of smoke as the smoke moves from the first location to the second location during use of the appliance;
• and,
• (e) the smoke introduction means, the smoke withdrawal means, and the support means being arranged such that the first location is near but spaced above the lower end of the cooling chamber, and the cooling chamber is provided with means for withdrawing therefrom such water as may tend to collect in the lower end of the cooling chamber due to melting of the pieces of ice so that the level of water which may tend to collect in the lower end of the cooling chamber need not rise to the level of the first location.