"Rail travel at high speeds is not possible because passengers, unable to breathe, would die of asphyxia."
Dionysius Lardner, Professor of Natural Philosophy and Astronomy at University College, London ; 1830
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8037888 | Reconfigurable smoking pipe Disclosed herein is a reconfigurable smoking pipe and a method of using the same for single handed operation. The reconfigurable smoking pipe comprises a base unit, a lighter holder, a bowl, a smoke chamber, a carburetor, a mouthpiece, and a plug. The base unit comp... | 10/18/2011 |
| 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 |
| 6715494 | Two-piece smoking pipe vaporization chamber with directed heat intake A method of using a two-piece smoking pipe vaporization chamber with directed heat intake is disclosed comprising applying a material from which vapor is to be extracted over the surface of a lower screen member. The method further comprises forming a vaporization c... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6354301 | Two-piece smoking pipe vaporization chamber with directed heat intake A two-piece smoking pipe vaporization chamber with directed heat intake is disclosed. The two-piece smoking pipe vaporization chamber with directed heat intake comprises a lower chamber member having a bowl portion formed therein to hold materials from wh... | 03/12/2002 |
| 6196232 | Magnetic smoking pipe The smoking pipe of the present invention generally includes a base and a mouthpiece. The base includes a bowl for placement of loose tobacco and also includes a channel that extends from the bowl out the front of the base. The base further includes a per... | 03/06/2001 |
| 6073632 | Compact spherical portable water pipe for use with a standard beverage bottle A smoking pipe formed of a spherical body having a top cavity for receiving combustibles, a shank tube receiving cavity, and a mouthpiece tube receiving cavity. An air passage connects the shank tube receiving cavity and the top cavity, and an air passage... | 06/13/2000 |
| 4577645 | Reduced moisture smoker's pipe An improved smoker's pipe of the dry bowl type. The pipe is comprised of a hollow stem having a mouthpiece mounted at one end and a bowl assembly mounted at the other end. In one embodiment of the pipe the bowl assembly includes an outer bowl removably mo... | 03/25/1986 |
| 4527571 | Smoking pipe assembly A key chain pipe assembly having a bowl, stem, and storage container which forms a cylinder when assembled in one mode for attaching to a key chain or the like and the parts can be disassembled and reassembled in another mode to form a pipe for smoking.... | 07/09/1985 |
| 4224953 | Pipe A pipe to be used for smoking with a bowl, where the tobacco being smoked is burned, having three cavities or chambers defined therein. One of the chambers is a burning chamber wherein the tobacco to be smoked is burned, beneath the burning chamber is a s... | 09/30/1980 |
| 4213469 | Smoker's pipe having a hollow pipe body formed from metallic half sections A smoker's pipe includes a hollow pipe body configured to define a hollow bowl seat portin and a hollow stem portion, a thin metal support bowl positioned within the hollow bowl seat portion, a clay tobacco-burning bowl positioned within the thin metal su... | 07/22/1980 |
| 4204551 | Smoking pipe accessory for automobile gearshift lever A smoking-pipe, usable as a replacement for a normal gearshift knob in an automobile includes a main body having a cavity, inside which a removable ventilated cartridge used to contain tobacco or other smokable material fits slidingly. A flexible smoke-tu... | 05/27/1980 |
| 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 |