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Hookah with simplified lightingRelated Patent Categories: Tobacco, Tobacco Users' Appliance, Device Used For Smoking, Combined Or Convertible, With Igniter And/or Match ScratcherHookah with simplified lighting description/claimsThe Patent Description & Claims data below is from USPTO Patent Application 20050279371, Hookah with simplified lighting. Brief Patent Description - Full Patent Description - Patent Application Claims
[0001] The invention relates in general to an article for a smoker. [0002] More precisely, the invention relates to a hookah or a water pipe comprising a filter bottle provided with a suction outlet, a bowl designed to contain a combustible mix to be smoked, and a plunger tube connecting the bowl to the inside of the bottle and dipping into the water contained in the bottle to filter the descending smoke when the hookah is in use. [0003] Articles of this type have been known and used in Africa and in Asia for centuries. [0004] Filtering of the smoke by the water contained in the bottle, the low content of tobacco in the combustible mix and the relatively cool "distillation" temperature of this mix, are all major advantages of the hookah to replace more widespread tobacco consumption habits throughout the world and for which the dangers are now well known. [0005] However, the use of a traditional hookah in a modern environment raises some difficulties because it requires the manipulation of incandescent fast lighting natural or chemically manufactured coal in order to start and maintain heating of the mix. [0006] Not only does this manipulation induce risks of burns and fire, particularly if the embers drop because the hookah falls over, but also combustion gases and smoke from the embers (including carbon monoxide) can be irritating for the smoker or persons around him. [0007] The purpose of the invention in this context is a hookah that is easy to use and does not suffer from the disadvantages mentioned above. [0008] Consequently, the hookah according to the invention, which complies with the generic definition given in the preamble above, is essentially characterised in that, apart from the filter bottle, the bowl and the plunger tube, it also includes a supporting structure, an energy source and a heat generator, the supporting structure holding the bottle, the energy source and the heat generator in a relatively stable position, and the heat generator being located above the bowl and supplied with the energy source during use to heat the combustible mix to a suitable temperature for distillation. [0009] The supporting structure advantageously comprises a base, this base possibly delimiting an internal volume inside which the energy source is housed, and that may have a resting surface on which the bottle is placed. [0010] For example, the energy source may consist of a reserve of combustible gas, in which case the heat generator typically comprises a burner connected to the gas reserve through a pipe, the pipe and the burner possibly being held in place by two uprights of the supporting structure. [0011] Preferably, the burner includes a pot, an internal metallic grill facing the pot and an external metallic grill facing the bowl, the internal and external grills being separated from each other by a space inside which the burned gas flame is formed. [0012] For example, the supporting structure includes a cap inside which the burner is housed, and therefore protects the environment from any accidental direct contact with it. [0013] Furthermore, the stability of the hookah according to the invention can be optimised by an arrangement such that the supporting structure consisting of the base and the cap combined is approximately in the shape of a pyramid. [0014] The cap can be separated from the base support surface by a space inside which the bottle and the bowl can easily be inserted together, to facilitate access to the bowl when loading the mix. [0015] As a variant, the cap may be installed free to move in rotation or in translation with respect to the base. [0016] For example, the base may be provided with a drilling through which there is at least one projecting gas lighter or a gas flow adjustment valve, from the internal volume of this base. [0017] Finally, the hookah according to the invention also comprises a plug closing the bottle during use, this plug being fitted with the suction outlet and a smoke overflow evacuation valve. [0018] Other characteristics and advantages of the invention will become clearer from reading the following description given for guidance and that is in no way limitative, with reference to the attached drawing in which the single FIGURE is a diagrammatic sectional view of the hookah according to the invention. [0019] As mentioned above, such a hookah traditionally includes a filter bottle 1, a bowl 21 and a plunger tube 22. [0020] The filter bottle 1, usually but not necessarily made of glass, is half-filled with water and has a suction outlet 10 connected through a fast coupling fitting to a long flexible pipe terminated by an end piece that the smoker puts in its mouth, these latter elements not being shown. [0021] During use, this bottle is closed by a plug 6, for example carrying the suction outlet 10 through which the plunger tube 22 passes, and provided with a valve 7 that the smoker uses to blow into the bottle 1 when he wants to evacuate the smoke overflow. [0022] The bowl 21 is designed to contain the combustible mix M to be smoked and is prolonged by the plunger tube 22, the lower end of which is submersed in the water contained in the bottle 1 during use, and that will filter the descending smoke. [0023] The hookah according to the invention also comprises a supporting structure 3, an energy source 4 and a heat generator 5. [0024] The function of the supporting structure 3 is to hold the bottle 1, the energy source 4 and the heat generator 5 in a relatively stable position. Continue reading about Hookah with simplified lighting... Full patent description for Hookah with simplified lighting Brief Patent Description - Full Patent Description - Patent Application Claims Click on the above for other options relating to this Hookah with simplified lighting patent application. ###  How KEYWORD MONITOR works... a FREE service from FreshPatents1. Sign up (takes 30 seconds). 2. Fill in the keywords to be monitored. 3. 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