Secondary smoke catcher
OwnerJohn R. Ross, Jr.inventor
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Abstract
A smoke catcher device which catches essentially 100% of secondary smoke products such as cigarettes, cigars and pipes. The device comprises a housing having an interior space. The smoke product is installed in the housing such that the burning end of the product is in the interior space and the lip end is on the ouside of the housing. The housing also comprises a smoke intake opening and an exhaust port. The secondary smoke is exhausted through an appropriate filter system or to a smoke dump place. In use a smoker sucks smoke through the lip end of the smoke product and exhales the smoke into the smoke intake opening.
Claims11
A smoke catcher device for catching the secondary smoke from smoke products, such as cigarettes, cigars and pipes, and from the mouth of a smoker of said smoke product comprising:
- a housing having an enclosed interior space and comprising:
- a means for installing one of said smoke products in said housing such that the burning end of said smoke product is inside said interior space and the lip end of said smoke product extends outside said interior space,
- a smoke intake opening for permitting said smoker to exhale into said interior space smoke sucked by said smoker from said one of said smoke products, and
- an exhaust port, and
- an exhaust means for exhausting the contents of said interior space to a smoke dump place or through one or more filters.
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