RU2430664C2 - Special tobacco cartridge for use in narghile - Google Patents

Abstract

FIELD: tobacco industry.

SUBSTANCE: tobacco cartridge may be used with narghile or other smoking devices, which have a cup for tobacco placement. The cartridge includes some tobacco placed inside the vessel, the lower end of which is designed to use the cartridge with the cup for the smoking device tobacco, and the upper end may be opened to provide access to tobacco for its ignition. The upper end of the vessel includes metal foil, which, after opening for provision of access to the tobacco for its ignition, may be folded down above and around the cup for tobacco to attach the cartridge to this cup.

EFFECT: improved convenience and reduction of labour intensiveness of narghile usage.

14 cl, 10 dwg

Description

The scope and background of this invention.

This invention relates to smoking devices, in particular to nargil, and to tobacco cartridges for use in such devices.

Nargile, sometimes called a hookah, is an eastern tobacco pipe in which smoke is drawn in through a water vessel using an elastic suction pipe that fits into the smoker's mouth. For hundreds of years, nargile has been used with minor changes in their basic design. Basically, they consisted of a water vessel to hold a certain amount of water, a cup or a tobacco nozzle, to place a certain amount of tobacco and to burn it to get smoke, and from a suction pipe that communicates with the vessel above the water level, to draw smoke from the nozzle for tobacco through water and an elastic suction pipe into the smoker's mouth.

The use of such nargile has also changed little over time. Thus, when you need to use a nargile, a certain amount of tobacco is placed in your hand in a tobacco cup, and then a hot coal, such as coal or wood, is placed above the tobacco in order to light the tobacco and, as a result, get smoke. After each such use of the nargile, it should be cleaned by pulling and throwing out the remnants of ash from tobacco and charcoal, and wash the cup.

The aforementioned actions are both laborious and inconvenient, like the laborious and inconvenient actions that were required to roll cigarettes in the early years of smoking cigarettes. Moreover, such nargil consume only water to filter out the undesirable constituents of the smoke that is produced by lighted tobacco. In addition, during the use of nargile, liquids tend to stand out and enter the water vessel, thereby requiring frequent washing of the water vessel.

The same time-consuming and inconvenient actions are required in relation to other smoking devices, such as a regular smoker's pipe.

Objectives and brief description of the present invention.

The aim of this invention is the provision of a smoking device, in particular nargile, which has advantages in the above relations. Another objective of this invention is the provision of a tobacco cartridge, especially suitable for smoking devices.

According to one feature of the present invention, there is provided a tobacco cartridge for use with a nargile or other smoking device that has a tobacco cup for containing tobacco, which consists of a certain amount of tobacco placed in a vessel; with the formed lower end of the vessel so that it is possible to use a cartridge with a tobacco cup for a smoking device, and an upper end that opens to provide access to the tobacco for ignition.

According to the following features, in the described preferred embodiment, the upper edge of the vessel includes a metal foil which, after opening to provide access to the tobacco for burning it, can be folded down above and around the tobacco cup to attach the cartridge to the tobacco cup. Preferably, the metal foil is aluminum.

According to the following features, in the described preferred embodiment, the lower edge of the vessel includes a metal base formed to be placed in the tobacco cup inside the smoking device and formed with a channel for passage of smoke from tobacco, when ignited, to the smoking device.

According to the following features, the cartridge includes a filter located under a certain amount of tobacco in it, and a large amount of combustible material, which, when ignited, can cause hot coal to ignite the tobacco.

Providing cartridge-shaped tobacco according to the aforementioned features of the present invention has several important advantages. Thus, it is possible to have all the necessary elements for using the smoking device included in a separate cartridge device to provide quick access during use of the smoking device.

This eliminates, or significantly reduces, the need for contact with tobacco by hand and the need to wash the smoking device after each use. Moreover, this helps to eliminate the ash residue from tobacco and coal substance after using the device.

Another advantage is the ability to use a filter in addition to water to filter tobacco smoke.

Thus, it becomes clear that the present invention provides nargile smokers and smokers of other devices with many of the benefits and amenities that were provided to cigarette smokers when the currently existing conventional rolled cigarettes were first introduced to eliminate the need to roll each cigarette.

According to the following features, in preferred embodiments of the invention described below, the amount of tobacco inside the cartridge is in the form of a disk. The cartridge further includes a metal disc with holes located under the tobacco disc. The metal disc that underlies preferably has recesses for separating accumulated liquids from tobacco during ignition. Once such liquids are separated from tobacco before entering the water of the water vessel, this feature helps in keeping the water container cleaner for a longer time.

According to a further feature of the present invention, there is provided a smoking device having a tobacco cup for containing a certain amount of tobacco for ignition to produce smoke, with a tobacco cartridge constructed according to the features described above, or any combination of such features.

Although the present invention is particularly used with respect to nargil, it will be appreciated if many of the benefits provided by some of the above features will occur during use of such a cartridge with respect to conventional smokers pipes, for example the benefit of eliminating the need to wash a cup of pipe after each use and / or the advantage of introducing a filter to separate unwanted elements before getting into the mouth of a smoker.

The following features and advantages of the present invention will become known from the description below.

Brief Description of the Drawings

The invention is described here only by way of example with reference to the accompanying drawings, where:

Figure 1 is a nargile comprising a tobacco cartridge constructed in accordance with this invention, ready for use;

Figure 2a is a cartridge in its original form;

Fig. 2b is a cartridge during first opening for use;

Fig. 2c represents various elements placed inside the cartridge;

Figa-3c are the different stages of using the cartridge in the stages of Figa-2c, in relation to the nargile of Fig.1;

Fig. 4 is an exploded view illustrating structural modifications of certain cartridge elements of Fig. 2c;

Figure 5 is an image of the cartridge, in the open state along line A of Figure 4; and

FIG. 6 is an enlarged perspective view of one of the metal disks in the cartridge of FIG. 4 along line BB of FIG. 4.

You must understand that the above drawings and description below are provided mainly in order to facilitate understanding of the conceptual aspects of the present invention and its possible variants, including what is currently considered the preferred option. In the interest of clarity and brevity, there have been no attempts to provide more details than necessary to enable one professional, using ordinary skill and drawing, to understand and experience the described invention. Further, it should be understood that the described options are provided only as an example and that it is possible to provide the invention in other forms and applications than those described here.

Description of Preferred Options

Figure 1 is a nargil comprising a cartridge constructed according to the present invention, mounted in an open state on a nargil, ready for use. 1, a tobacco cartridge constructed in accordance with this invention is generally designated 10 and is described in more detail below with respect to FIGS. 2a-2c, while a method for applying a cartridge to a nargil is described below with respect to FIGS. 3a-3c.

The nargile shown in FIG. 1 includes a water container 2, which serves as the basis for the nargile, and an upwardly extending rack 3 terminating at the upper end with a tobacco cup or nozzle 4 (FIG. 3a) for placing tobacco, in this case tobacco cartridge 10. The located tobacco cup 4 is a round tray 5 serving as a tobacco fixture to collect the ash residue of burnt tobacco, as well as a combustible substance (eg, a piece of coal or wood) that is ignited to produce a red-hot coal for igniting tobacco.

Nargile, shown in Figure 1, further includes a long elastic suction tube that communicates with the inside of the vessel 2 above the water level in it. The suction tube 6 is equipped at its outer end with a mouthpiece 7 for placement inside the smoker's mouth. The design is such that the smoker's suction process draws smoke from the lit tobacco inside the tobacco cup 4 through the water inside the vessel 2 and through the suction pipe 6 and the mouthpiece 7 into the smoker's mouth.

Nargile, shown in Figs. 1 and 3a, further includes an air inlet 8 having a valve with a manual override 9, to control the concentration of tobacco smoke that is drawn into the smoker's mouth. Thus, the control valve 9 to limit the air intake through the valve 8 increases the concentration of tobacco smoke, which is drawn into the smoker's mouth.

According to an important feature of the present invention, the tobacco that is placed inside the tobacco cup or tobacco nozzle 4 (FIG. 3 a) has the shape of a cartridge, generally designated 10. FIG. 1 illustrates a cartridge 10 after it has been attached to the tobacco nozzle 4 in the manner described below with respect to FIGS. 3-3c. Figure 2a illustrates the initial position of the cartridge; Fig.2b illustrates it in the open position; and FIG. 2c illustrates various elements included within the cartridge in its original position. Various cartridge elements, as shown in FIG. 2c, are also illustrated in more detail in FIGS. 4-6, with respect to modifications in the construction of certain elements included inside the cartridge, which will be described in more detail below.

Cartridge 10, in its original state, as shown in FIG. 2a, includes a certain amount of tobacco 11, as shown in FIGS. 2c and 4, inside the vessel. The vessel consists of a base at its lower end and a metal foil at its upper end. The vessel in its initial position holds a certain amount of tobacco 11, as well as several other elements used in the nargil, which will be described in more detail below with respect to Figs. 2c and 4.

The metal base 12 is designed to be placed in a tobacco cup 4. It is formed with multiple passage openings, as shown in 12a in FIG. 5, for passing tobacco smoke through them when ignited.

The metal foil 13 in the initial state of the cartridge, as shown in Fig. 2a, is closed so as to fit all the elements of the cartridge, but with the possibility of opening, as shown in Fig. 2b, to allow access to these elements, especially to tobacco 11 inside the cartridge , for burning tobacco. As will be described in more detail below, after the metal foil 13 has been opened, as shown in FIG. 2b, it can be rolled down over the tobacco cup 4, as shown in FIG. 3c, for attaching the cartridge and its contents to the tobacco cup . The metal foil 13, as well as the metal base 12 of the vessel described above, are preferably aluminum.

As shown in FIGS. 2c and 4, the metal base 12 and the metal foil 13 contain, in the original form of the cartridge, not only tobacco 11, but also a certain number of additional elements.

The amount of tobacco inside the cartridge 19 is in the form of a disk 11. The tobacco disk 11 is located between the metal disk with holes 14 located below and the metal disk with holes 15 located above it.

The cartridge 10 further includes a filter disk 16, which is located under the lower metal disk with holes 14, for filtering smoke drawn from the tobacco disk 11 even before it enters the water inside the container 2. The filter 16 can be made of any of the filter materials that are now commonly used in filter cigarettes to filter cigarette smoke.

The cartridge 10 further includes, above the upper metal disk with openings 15, a disk 17 made of a combustible substance such as coal or wood, which, when ignited, can turn into hot coal to ignite the tobacco disk 11, and thereby produce smoke that is inhaled by the smoker. Subsequently, the disc that produces coal 17 is located at the upper end of the stack of discs placed inside the cartridge and will be lit as soon as the metal foil 13 of the container is opened and wrapped around the tobacco cup 4 when the cartridge is attached to the nargil.

3a-3b illustrate a method for applying a cartridge 10 to a nozzle for tobacco 4 nargile. Thus, as shown in FIG. 3a, the cartridge, in its original closed form, as illustrated in FIG. 2a, is opened by the fingers of the user, which externally press on the metal foil 13 and then press the base into the nargile tobacco cup 4, as shown in FIG. .3a and 3b. The metal foil is further folded downward above the tobacco cup 4, as shown in FIG. 3c. This reveals a disk that produces coal 17 and all other elements included inside the cartridge 10.

The coal-producing element 17 can be ignited, which in turn sets the tobacco disk 11 on fire, causing it to produce smoke. Thus, the resulting smoke is drawn in through the metal disk with holes 14, located below the disk with the filter 16 and through the through holes 12a (Fig. 5) in the metal base 12 inside the water vessel 2. Thus, the smoke passes through the water vessel 2 before entering the suction pipe 6 and before drawing it into the smoker's mouth with the mouthpiece 7. As indicated earlier, the concentration of inhaled smoke can be varied by a control valve 9, which controls the air inlet 8.

After the tobacco disk 11 has been fully used, the metal foil 13 of the vessel can then be rolled up to its original closed state, as illustrated in FIG. 2a, thereby surrounding the ash residues of the burned tobacco disk 11 and the disk that produces coal 17, so as well as metal discs with openings 14, 15, placed under and above the tobacco disc 11, as well as a disc with a filter 16. This will conveniently throw away all of the above elements without having to wash the tobacco cup 4.

FIGS. 4-6 illustrate slight changes in the design of metal disks with holes corresponding to disks 14 and 15 in FIG. 2c. These metal discs, as set by reference numbers 24 and 25, respectively in FIG. 4, are formed not only with holes, as shown in 24a in FIG. 6, but also with annular channels, as shown in 24b in FIG. 6. The remaining cartridge elements shown in FIG. 4 are the same as those described above with respect to FIG. 2 c, and therefore have the same reference numbers for ease of understanding.

Thus, in the embodiment illustrated in FIGS. 4-6, the openings 24a located on the metal disk 24 also serve as passage openings for smoke received from the tobacco disk 11 during ignition. The annular channels 24b in the metal disk with holes serve to accumulate any liquids or drip from the burnt tobacco 11. Drops of liquid are thus retained inside the cartridge to eliminate together with the cartridge, instead of seeping into the vessel 2. This arrangement reduces the frequency at which water inside the vessel 2 requires replacement.

The upper metal disk 25 should preferably be of the same construction as the lower metal disk 24 to reduce initial equipment costs, as well as storage costs. The upper disk with holes 25 in Fig. 4 (as well as 15 in Fig. 2c) can be completely lowered, as a result of which the disk that produces coal 17 will be in direct contact with the tobacco disk 11 in the initial state of the cartridge (Fig. 2a), as well as in its open position during use (Fig.1, 3).

While the invention has been specifically described with respect to a cartridge for use with a nargile, it will be appreciated if such a cartridge or its elements can advantageously be used in other smoking devices, such as a regular smoker's pipe. Thus, with such use, such a cartridge will also provide the convenience of having all the elements in one form for one-time use and quick elimination, without the need to clean the tobacco nozzle after each use. In addition, providing a filter disk 17 will filter out many of the unwanted elements of the smoke drawn in by the smoker, and a disk with holes 24, especially if the channels 25b illustrated in FIG. 6 are included, which will collect liquids separated from tobacco, thereby separating them from smoke drawn into the smoker's mouth.

Claims (14)

1. A tobacco cartridge for use with a nargile or other smoking device having a tobacco cup for placing tobacco, including the amount of tobacco placed in the vessel, and said vessel, the lower end of which is configured to use the cartridge with the tobacco cup of the smoking device, and the upper the end is configured to provide access to tobacco for ignition, while the upper end of the vessel includes a metal foil, which, after opening, to provide access to tobacco for its Egan can be folded down over and around the cups for tobacco for attaching the cartridge to the cup for tobacco. 2. The tobacco cartridge according to claim 1, characterized in that said metal foil is an aluminum foil. 3. The tobacco cartridge according to claim 1, characterized in that the lower end of the vessel includes a metal base, designed to be placed in a tobacco cup of a smoking device and formed with through holes for passage of tobacco smoke into the smoking device when ignited. 4. The tobacco cartridge according to claim 1, characterized in that the specified amount of tobacco in the cartridge is in the form of a disk. 5. The tobacco cartridge according to claim 4, characterized in that said cartridge further includes a metal disk with holes located under the tobacco disk. 6. The tobacco cartridge according to claim 5, characterized in that said metal disk with holes is formed with channels for accumulating liquids separated from tobacco during ignition. 7. The tobacco cartridge according to claim 5, characterized in that said cartridge further includes a second metal disk with holes covering the tobacco disk. 8. The tobacco cartridge according to claim 7, characterized in that the said upper and lower discs are made of aluminum. 9. The tobacco cartridge according to claim 7, characterized in that said cartridge further includes a large amount of combustible material, which is located above said second disk with holes and which is configured to, when ignited, produce hot coal to ignite tobacco in the cartridge. 10. The tobacco cartridge according to claim 4, characterized in that said cartridge further includes a filter that is located under the indicated amount of tobacco in it. 11. The tobacco cartridge according to claim 1, characterized in that the vessel further comprises a filter, which is located under the amount of tobacco in it. 12. The tobacco cartridge according to claim 1, characterized in that the vessel further includes a large amount of combustible material, configured to, when ignited, produce hot coal to ignite the tobacco inside the cartridge. 13. A smoking device comprising a tobacco cup for containing the amount of tobacco and setting fire to produce smoke and a tobacco cartridge according to claim 1, placed in the specified tobacco cup. 14. The smoking device according to item 13, wherein said smoking device is a nargile, which includes a water vessel for placing the amount of water through which the smoke passes before it is drawn into the smoker's mouth.

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