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US 7,490,613 B2Granted
Smoking device with self-contained ignition means
OwnerGeorge Iordaninventor
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Abstract
A smoking device having a self-contained ignition mechanism. The device is in the form of a smoking pipe having a stem and a bowl, a mouthpiece extends through the stem and is connected below the bottom of the bowl; contained substantially within the stem is an igniter and a fuel tank for generating a flame in response to an actuator located on the side of the stem. The igniter generates a torch-like flame which extends into the combustion chamber at a point above the mouth piece pipe at ignite combustible material placed in the bowl.
Claims7
A smoking device comprising:
- a combustion chamber comprising a bowl for containing combustible material to be burned;
- a mouth piece pipe communicating with the combustion chamber;
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- a piezoelectric torch flame ignition device extending into the combustion chamber above the mouth piece pipe and below the bowl for generating a torch flame capable of extending into the combustion chamber in a direction generally perpendicular to the mouth piece pipe and across the bottom of the combustion chamber to ignite combustible material within the combustion chamber.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.