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US 4,188,958 AGranted
Smoking pipe
OwnerLeon Whitfordinventor
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Abstract
A smoking pipe having a means for removing tars, and other particles from the smoke by the principle of occlusion by water vapor. The water vapor is produced by heat released from burning tobacco. The pipe also has a transparent bypass located on the stem to encase a filter for tars and other particles. The transparent character will allow observers to view the filtration process.
Claims5
Smoking pipe comprising:
- A. a bowl;
- B. a stem connected to said bowl;
- C. a smoke passageway beginning at the base of said bowl and running through said stem to a first compartment means, said smoke passageway exiting said first compartment means and running through the stem to a bit;
- D. an open second compartment means situated within said first compartment means for containing fluid;
- E. a removable plug to seal said second compartment means, said plug having at least one passageway running from said second compartment means to said first compartment means so that fluid from said second compartment means can travel to said first compartment means;
- F. a heating pin located within said bowl, said heating pin connected to a heating rod, said heating rod running through said stem and projecting into said second compartment means.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.