Did You Know...
...that in 1800 ether was first used by partyers as a fun diversion? Sniffing the gas led to hilarious and raucous laughter as people watched each other become more and more intoxicated and silly. Several doctors independently realized the value ether would have to anesthetize surgery patients. Of those who claimed rights to the "discovery," none had a happy ending. One had a seizure and died defending his rights. Another spent his life in an asylum because he had been denied acclaim. A third became addicted to chloroform and, in a New York City jail, he soaked a cloth in the drug, severed an artery and bled to death.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7356870 | Water pipe cleaning apparatus and method The present invention is a method and apparatus for cleaning the surfaces of a water pipe. The present invention includes a major unit and a minor unit that are magnetically coupled. The pipe cleaning apparatus cleans the surfaces of a water pipe as it is moved in c... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7350523 | Tobacco smoking pipe A cigar shaped tobacco smoking pipe having a draw piece (14) with a band (12) adapted by proper sizing or screw thread to receive either end of a bowl piece (16). A bore (18) communicates with a smoking cavity (20), a chamber (1... | 04/01/2008 |
| 6418936 | Tobacco pipe A tobacco pipe (10) having a hollow stem (12) threaded to a manifold (20) on top of which a turret (30) is rotatably mounted. Turret (30) is of greater weight than that of manifold (20), so that any one of a plurality of turret magazines (33) remains stat... | 07/16/2002 |
| 6073633 | Safety smoking pipe with internal ash-cleaning and tobacco-packing mechanisms The safety smoking pipe includes first and second parts telescopically receivable one within the other and rotatable relative to one another. The first part includes an elongated tube having a screen adjacent one end. The second part includes an elongated... | 06/13/2000 |
| 5967147 | Water pipe bowl stem valve apparatus and method A valved stem apparatus for use on a water pipe used for smoking. The valved stem is formed as an elongated hollow stem provided with a first open end, sized for mechanically interfacing with a pipe bowl assembly component of the water pipe, and with a se... | 10/19/1999 |
| 5850838 | Folding smoking pipe with combined mouthpiece and bowl cover A smoking pipe includes a rotatable coupling between a base including a bowl and mouthpiece. The mouthpiece rotates to a first position covering the bowl and to a second position distant from the bowl for use of the smoking pipe. The collapsed form of the... | 12/22/1998 |
| 5848596 | Smoking assembly for holding a pipe, lighter, and smoking material A complete smoking assembly including a housing that defines a first chamber for storing smoking material and a aperture, a top cover associated with the housing, and a lighter contained substantially within the housing for emitting through the aperture a... | 12/15/1998 |
| 5465738 | Smoking system A smoking system for holding a smoking device, tobacco, filters and a cleaning rod, all in a convenient compact container. The smoking system includes a receptacle having bored within it a number of cavities to hold the smoking device, tobacco, filters an... | 11/14/1995 |
| 4936321 | Vehicle ash receiver with ash discharging device An arrangement that for receiving smoking residue that comprises an ash receiver body (22) that receives a cigarette with its burning end close to tube (28). A discharging device (30) that removes smoke and incinerates ashes from the receiver by wind rush... | 06/26/1990 |
| 4788988 | Smoking device A smoking device is disclosed whereby smoke and other gases of combustion can be diluted with air to a pre-selected mixture before being inhaled by a smoker. This is achieved by the use of a carbureting tube which can introduce a metered amount of air int... | 12/06/1988 |
| 4524782 | Tobacco smoking pipe having self-contained cleaning assembly A unique pipe configuration including a magazine in which a supply of tobacco may be stored, so that a smoker will not be required to waste excess time and effort to continuously replenish the pipe with new tobacco when a plug of tobacco therein has been ... | 06/25/1985 |
| 4484590 | Pipe with tobacco storage A pipe for smoking tobacco with a separate storage compartment for additional tobacco, this compartment being formed as an integral portion of the pipe structure, and a tobacco burning bowl which is selectively positionable between a first smoking positio... | 11/27/1984 |
| 4478228 | Tobacco smoking pipe A unique pipe configuration including a magazine in which a supply of tobacco may be stored, so that a smoker will not be required to waste excess time and effort to continuously replenish the pipe with new tobacco when a plug of tobacco therein has been ... | 10/23/1984 |
| 4328795 | Smokeless tobacco pipe A tobacco pipe which directs all of the smoke it produces through the person smoking the pipe prior to release of the smoke to the atmosphere. Storage chambers within the pipe may contain different types of burning material and may be repeatedly accessed ... | 05/11/1982 |
| 4294267 | Pocket pipe An integral smoking pipe is provided. The pipe includes a burning chamber or bowl, a tobacco storage chamber and a resin collecting chamber or clean-out area. The resin collecting chamber and the burning chamber communicate through one or more common aper... | 10/13/1981 |
| 4275746 | Combined incense burner and pipe An elongated rectangular box includes a removable bottom wall which carries an intermediate vertical wall running the length of the box. The intermediate wall divides the box into two compartments for storing a supply of stick incense. An incense burner i... | 06/30/1981 |
| 4252135 | Smoking apparatus A smoking pipe having a rectangular, metal bowl with a cylindrical bore within which is received an insert having at opposite ends concavities of differing volumes such that either a small or a large bowl cavity is provided for receipt of smoking material... | 02/24/1981 |
| 4244383 | Smoking device A smoking device comprising a reversible smoking bowl in combination with a stem of said smoking device. The reversible bowl comprises two smoking compartments in coaxial alignment with each other and with the stem. Both compartments are of the same diame... | 01/13/1981 |
| 4223687 | Combination smoking device and a lighter for smoking material A combination smoking device and a lighter for the smoking material in which the combustion area for the smoking material has a mouth piece swingable from an inoperative position into an operative position and in which an auxiliary supply of smoking mater... | 09/23/1980 |
| 4216786 | Smoking device A smoking device is provided which includes a base having compartments for holding tobacco or the like and a lighter. At one end of the base is a rotatable, longitudinally extending and hollow burning chamber having an elongated longitudinal opening in on... | 08/12/1980 |
| 4203455 | Liquid-cooled smoking device A liquid-cooled smoking device includes a plurality of superposed chambers, the lowermost one of which defines an ash receptacle for collecting ash deposits entrained within the smoke. The receptacle is separated from the upper liquid-coolant chamber thro... | 05/20/1980 |
| 4190062 | Smoking device A smoking device comprises a housing having a cavity for the storage of smoking substance, a flame generator and a bowl body rotatably supported in the housing in communication with the cavity. The bowl body has a smoking chamber therein, a first opening ... | 02/26/1980 |
| 4183365 | Water pipe or bong A water pipe or bong for smoking tobacco comprising a base to which there is affixed one end of an upright, hollow cylinder, thereby leaving an open end which can be received against one's mouth so that smoke can be inhaled by applying a suction action to... | 01/15/1980 |
| 4171703 | Multiple bowl arrangement for water pipe or bong A multiple bowl arrangement for a water pipe, bong or other smoking device in the form of a mounting base in place of the conventional bowl and a turret or magazine with multiple bowls rotatably mounted on the base so that each bowl is brought into succes... | 10/23/1979 |
| 4161954 | Smoking apparatus A smoking apparatus comprising a pipe bowl for holding burning smoking material, means for connecting the pipe bowl to a means for containing water, means for drawing smoke from the pipe bowl through water contained in the water-containing means before it... | 07/24/1979 |
| 4151849 | Rotatable refillable tobacco pipe In a tobacco pipe, a tobacco storage chamber is integrally formed as a part of what otherwise would be the pipe stem, and the bowl is rotatably attached to the tobacco chamber so that to refill the empty bowl, the bowl is rotated from its normal position ... | 05/01/1979 |
| 4148326 | Automatic loading bong A smoking device such as a bong, or water pipe, for smoking rare and expensive tobacco whereby the smoke is filtered by a liquid substance such as water before it is inhaled by the user. The bong includes a smoking bowl for holding the tobacco and allowin... | 04/10/1979 |
| 4148328 | Safety smoker A base member has a recess in its top surface, and the bottom wall of the recess has a vertical socket arranged to hold a cigarette upright. A flexible tube is connected into the base member for communication with the socket and has a smoking tip whereby ... | 04/10/1979 |
| 4134410 | Liquid-filtered smoking device having liquid-surge preventing means incorporated therein A liquid-filtered smoking device includes a container within which is disposed a liquid filter medium. Smoke is introduced into the device through one or more tubular members and is withdrawn therefrom, under inhalation conditions, through another tubular... | 01/16/1979 |
| 4080972 | Pipe with storage chamber and method of making same A pipe having an internal storage chamber is formed from a single block of wood. A peg located in the passageway between the storage chamber and a smoking bowl has the dual function of permitting the feeding of tobacco and modulating the air mixture for c... | 03/28/1978 |
| 4044781 | Smoking device A smoker's accessory comprising a water pipe having an inhalation chamber and a bowl assembly connected thereto and including a hopper for herb to be smoked and a manually operated valve and bowl cavity member for dispensing a measured quantity of herb to... | 08/30/1977 |
