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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8109275 | Combination smoking device and lighter A pipe lighter includes a lighter apparatus coupling with an inhaler apparatus. The inhaler apparatus includes a crucible unit coupled with the housing sidewall of the lighter housing and a tubular inhaling guider extended from the crucible unit, wherein the crucibl... | 02/07/2012 |
| 7694685 | Auto igniting smoking pipe A smoking pipe comprising an elongated body with a bowl cavity formed on one end in which a bowl assembly is disposed. Located inside the elongated body is a gas lighter with an activation switch and flame opening located on one end. The lighter is positioned in the... | 04/13/2010 |
| 7490613 | Smoking device with self-contained ignition means 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 igni... | 02/17/2009 |
| 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 |
| 7234470 | Electromagnetic mechanism for positioning heater blades of an electrically heated cigarette smoking system An electrical smoking system includes a lighter having a plurality of electrical heater elements and a system for electrically actuating the heater elements. The lighter is adapted to receive a cigarette with the heater elements at least partially superposing a port... | 06/26/2007 |
| 6536442 | Lighter integral with a smoking article A lighter integral with a smoking article includes a gas burner and a tube for receiving a smokable material, such as a cigarette. The gas burner generates a stable pre-mixed flame that is used to heat the material to be smoked. The smokable material may ... | 03/25/2003 |
| 6532965 | Smoking article using steam as an aerosol-generating source A non-burning cigarette holder is comprised of an upstream cylindrical section of a low heat conducting material and a downstream cylindrical section of a relatively high heat conducting material. The upstream cylindrical section has a first upstream cham... | 03/18/2003 |
| 6349728 | Portable cigarette smoking apparatus A puff-on-demand cigarette smoking apparatus for decreasing unnecessary tobacco burning as well as decreasing the generation of side stream smoke. The portable cigarette smoking apparatus can be used to smoke traditional cigarettes and includes a reusable... | 02/26/2002 |
| 6014974 | Multi-purpose accessory for smokers A multi-purpose accessory is a substantially parallelepiped rigid casing (1) able to house a packet (3) of cigarettes and a cigarette lighter (4). The casing has a major surface with a shaped depression (6) for resting the cigarette. An end portion of the... | 01/18/2000 |
| 6012459 | On-board lighter system for smoker's accessory A hand-held cigarette smoking device for capturing sidestream smoke with an on-board cigarette lighter. The device has a cigarette combustion chamber, a sidestream smoke filtration chamber, a plenum for conducting sidestream smoke from a lit cigarette in ... | 01/11/2000 |
| 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 |
| 5752527 | Smoker's accessory A smoker's accessory for filtering cigarette smoke includes an exhaust fan, a smoke filter cartridge having a cigarette tube with an open end through which the burning end of the cigarette is placed, a porous tubular filter element at an end of the cigare... | 05/19/1998 |
| 5687745 | Exhaust gas scrubbing device An exhaust gas scrubbing device has a first chamber having an exhaust gas inlet. A second chamber has an exhaust gas outlet. A partition separates the first and the second chamber. A liquid is contained in the first and second chambers. A conveying device... | 11/18/1997 |
| 5598853 | Ignition device and apparatus for filtering and purifying side-stream and second-hand tobacco smoke An ignition-filtering system including a multi-stage filtering apparatus with a gravitationally activated ignition device to permit complete isolation of the lighting and smoking process. The ignition-filtering system filters second-hand smoke exhaled by ... | 02/04/1997 |
| 5529078 | Smoker's box A smoker's box for reducing pollution caused by smoking a cigarette. A housing has a first and second portion, the first portion defining a cavity, and the second portion defining a fan chamber. A venting channel allows gases to pass between the first and... | 06/25/1996 |
| 5472001 | Smokeless cigarette filter device A smokeless cigarette filter device has a barrel fabricated out of molded, heat resistant durable material. A structure on a first end of the barrel is for covering the mouth and nose of a smoker. An element is provided for holding a cigarette within the ... | 12/05/1995 |
| 5417227 | Smoker's pipe A smoker's pipe (10) has a section (22) which is rotatable relative to a section (66). A combustion chamber is formed by and between the two sections (22, 66). A tobacco holder (36) or a cigarette (C) is located within the pipe(10). A movable portion of a... | 05/23/1995 |
| 5396907 | Device for containing secondary smoke A device including a housing, a mouthpiece, a bellows, and an igniter is provided to contain secondary smoke. A cigarette may be sealed in the housing of the device and lit by the igniter. Once the cigarette is lit, when a smoker draws a breath through th... | 03/14/1995 |
| 5388595 | Second-hand smoke filtering device A second-hand smoke filtering device having a hollow body; a cigarette holder disposed within the body and further having a holding chamber for the dual purpose of accepting a cigarette therein and for holding second-hand smoke; an igniter mechanism dispo... | 02/14/1995 |
| 5069230 | Smoke generating apparatus An annular wall extending from a bottom wall foundation of a rotating burner assembly encloses a combustion zone into which combustible material is fed. An energized heating element mounted on an internally concave, heat insulating surface of the annular ... | 12/03/1991 |
| 4854856 | Container opener and lighter combination A combination lighter and container opener includes an elongated handle which has a container opener member at one end. The other end of the handle has a pair of rolled under and inwardly turned flanges oriented to permit the frictional wedging engagement... | 08/08/1989 |
| 4774970 | Smoking appliance and method A smoker's appliance including a passageway upstream from the site of the tobacco, a passageway downstream thereof and means for elevating the upstream passageway's temperature to provide superheated area to the site of combustion. Downstream from the sit... | 10/04/1988 |
| 4621649 | Cigarette packet with electric lighter The cigarette packet has an electric lighter for the cigarettes contained in the packet. The lighter is arranged at the closed end of the packet, which is positioned opposite the end from where the cigarettes are pulled out of the packet, and comprises an... | 11/11/1986 |
| 4580583 | Smoke generating device A rotor assembly driven by a motor, supports a burner element within a combustion chamber from which smoke is withdrawn. Combustible material stored in a hopper chamber is gravitationally fed into the combustion chamber with an inflow of air induced by ro... | 04/08/1986 |
| 4570646 | Method and apparatus for smoking The present invention comprises a method and apparatus for smoking. The smoking apparatus is specifically designed for use by smokers in smoking cigarettes. Moreover, the smoking apparatus may be referred to as a generally closed smoking system because sm... | 02/18/1986 |
| 4413638 | Safety cigarette bottle A safety cigarette bottle for smoking cigarettes or the like. The bottle provides for safely smoking a cigarette to prevent a potential building fire and provides for clean housekeeping while smoking. The bottle includes a cigarette lighter with lighter c... | 11/08/1983 |
| 4373223 | Container opener A container opener comprises an elongated plastic body having a hollow internal chamber, open at one end, such that a disposable cigarette lighter may be snugly inserted into the chamber. The opener has a recessed opening at the opposite end with its inne... | 02/15/1983 |
| 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 |
| 4310007 | Self igniting cigarette A cigarette and a pack in which it is retailed, the cigarette, in one design of the invention, including an oxidizing and reducing agent on its end adjacent a layer of potassium nitrate treated tobacco, so that the cigarette end is contacted against a cat... | 01/12/1982 |
| 4276892 | Smoking device with self contained lighting apparatus A smoking device with a self lighting apparatus contained within the structure adjacent its hollow smokable substance containing bowl. The self lighting device comprises a pressurized fuel supply, a first delivery tube extending from the fuel supply and t... | 07/07/1981 |
| 4262682 | Combination cigarette holder and lighter A novel cigarette holder is provided in combination with a lighter having a housing and which, upon activation, produces a flame at a predetermined position. The cigarette holder device is directly mounted to the cigarette lighter housing internally or ex... | 04/21/1981 |
| 4259970 | Smoke generating and dispensing apparatus and method Comminuted material conveyed from a hopper by a blower induced airstream accumulates on a screen. When a measured amount of material accumulates on the upstream side of the screen, a burner is energized to effect combustion of the material, producing smok... | 04/07/1981 |
| 4250899 | Cigarette puncher A cigarette puncher comprising a body member having a clip portion and a punch support portion, an elongated guide slot in the body member has a width permitting the snug insertion of the end of a cigarette therein and an elongated punch member is mounted... | 02/17/1981 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 4178945 | Cigarettes having an individual lighting means, and method of making thereof A cigarette, small cigar or the like includes an individual lighting device which is applied to the fore end of the tube or tubular cover of the cigarette. The lighting device includes an essentially annular outer component which is adjacent to the fore e... | 12/18/1979 |
| 4146042 | Smoking pipe and lighter system A uniquely designed smoking pipe having a removable lighter mounted within the body of the pipe itself. The pipe components and design provide cleaning features, a variable volume tobacco bowl, and compatible use of the pipe with the lighter unit.... | 03/27/1979 |
| 4133318 | Water pipe A tubular water pipe embodying an electrical heating element in its base operable by use of a momentary on/off switch forming a part thereof and divided into separate chambers. The lower chamber collects smoke of a burning product such as tobacco and the ... | 01/09/1979 |
| 4066088 | Smoke reducer for cigarette smokers A lighter-extinguisher for cigarettes and the like which permits smokers to enjoy smoking with reduced possibility of annoying non-smokers, reduced waste of smoking materials, and with no staining of fingers or scattering of ashes. A cigarette-package-siz... | 01/03/1978 |
