DE102020110547A1 - Device and method for cleaning a shisha and / or a shisha hose - Google Patents

Abstract

A device for cleaning a hookah (2) and / or a hookah hose should be characterized by at least one first connection for at least one first end of a hookah hose or a hookah hose connector (6), a generator for generating at least one cleaning active substance, the device being set up to feed the cleaning-active substance into the hookah or into the hookah hose.

Description

Technical area

The invention relates to a device and a method for cleaning a shisha and / or a shisha hose.

State of the art

Shishas are popular water pipes. The user draws in the smoke generated via a mouthpiece, which is connected to the base body of the shisha via a hose. The hose is usually made of leather, but it can also be made of latex, rubber, silicone or plastic.

The inside of the hoses becomes soiled very quickly, whereby, for example, biofilms can also form, which represents a health risk. The inside of the hookah can also get dirty easily.

The hoses cannot be cleaned adequately with conventional methods. A further complication with hoses made of leather is that water-based cleaning agents should not be used because water makes the leather brittle.

The problem of contaminated shisha hoses has already been described in the prior art, for example in Hani et al. BMC Res Notes (2018) 11: 446. However, not all users want to switch to the plastic hoses recommended there and intensive cleaning with hot water is often impractical and even harmful with leather hoses.

Object of the invention

The object of the present invention is to overcome the disadvantages of the prior art.

Solution of the task

The subjects of the independent claims lead to the solution of the problem. Advantageous refinements are described in the subclaims.

A device according to the invention for cleaning a hookah and / or a hookah hose comprises at least one first connection for at least a first end of a hookah hose or a hookah hose connector and a generator for generating at least one cleaning-active substance, the device being set up to feed the active cleaning substance into the hookah or the hookah hose.

As explained below, the detergent-active substance is preferably ozone. However, other cleaning-active substances and corresponding mixtures can also be considered. If ozone is mentioned in the following, other cleaning-active substances can also be considered in addition or as an alternative.

Like most hoses, hookah hoses usually have two ends. The mouthpiece is mounted on a first end, the opposite second end is connected to a connection piece on the base body of the shisha.

If the hose is to be cleaned on its own, its second end is dismantled by removing it from the connection piece on the hookah. The first end of the hose can be connected to the connection of the device according to the invention as described.

Of course, the hose - i.e. its second end - can also remain on the hookah if necessary. In this case the hookah is cleaned together with the hose. For this purpose, for example, the mouthpiece of the hose can be removed and the free first end of the hose can be connected to the connection of the device according to the invention. The second end of the hose remains connected to the connector. The active cleaning substance then cleans both the hose and the hookah itself. This can be particularly advantageous because some active cleaning substances such as ozone also remove odors that are sometimes to be removed from the hookah.

Furthermore, it can be provided to clean the hookah alone and not the hose. For this purpose, a fluid-technical connection is created between the device and the connection piece on the hookah, for which purpose a cleaning hose provided separately is used in particular. This can consist of particularly durable and biofilm-resistant material. However, other hoses, lines, etc. can also be considered, for example also disposable hoses.

The generator can be an ozone generator. The ozone generator preferably generates ozone from the air, so that neither a process gas nor water is necessary. This can be, for example, an ozone generator that works with the aid of cold plasma or UV light or the known corona discharge. However, it can also be thought of electrolytically generating the ozone from water, with part of the ozone escaping from the water as a gas and being transferred to it the hose can be routed. In this way, the hose is gently and thoroughly cleaned.

The ozone can also be generated by corona discharge or by means of UV light, these processes are known.

It can also be thought of running water enriched with ozone through the shisha hose and / or through the shisha in order to clean it. The cleaning-active substance can therefore also be present or generated in the form of a mixture, in particular in the form of an aqueous solution, and can be used for cleaning.

In those exemplary embodiments in which a liquid, in particular water, is to be enriched with the active cleaning substance and introduced into the shisha and / or into the shisha hose, it is preferable to connect the device to a water supply.

In general, thought can be given to generating the cleaning-active substance, in particular ozone, in the flow. That is, preferably air or, in some exemplary embodiments, a liquid, in particular water, is enriched with the cleaning-active substance, while the air or the liquid flows through the generator to generate at least one cleaning-active substance.

It can therefore be thought of a device that can work in flow mode. Furthermore, a method can be thought of which generates the cleaning-active substance in the flow.

The generator for generating at least one cleaning-active substance is preferably set up to enrich air or a liquid with the cleaning-active substance in flow-through operation.

In all of the exemplary embodiments, a device for generating a volume flow can be provided, which takes the air enriched with ozone or generally with the cleaning-active substance or, for example, correspondingly enriched water from the device according to the invention into the hose to be cleaned and / or into the initiates cleaning shisha. Such a device can be a propeller, a turbine, a fan or the like. The volume flow is preferably an air flow, but it can also be a liquid flow, in particular a water flow.

The generator can also be a plasma generator. In particular, a plasma generator can be thought of which generates a cold atmospheric pressure plasma. The resulting ions and / or the resulting ozone can clean the hose in the same way as described above for the ozone and the ozone generator. As also mentioned, the entire shisha can of course be cleaned in this way.

The device can comprise a second connection for connecting a second end of the hookah hose or a hookah opening. Thus, for example, a circuit can be generated so that the cleaning-active substance or a certain volume portion of air or water containing the cleaning-active substance is passed several times in succession through the hose and / or through the hookah, which can increase the efficiency of the cleaning . The cleaning-active substance can act longer on the hose and / or on the shisha, so to speak, due to the circuit described above. Furthermore, significantly less active cleaning substance is produced and consumed by such a cycle (cycle cleaning) than if it is simply drained into the surrounding area after passing through the hose (continuous cleaning).

The device can furthermore comprise a device for inactivating the cleaning-active substance, wherein this device can be connected to the second connection. This is preferably a fluid-technical connection. The device can be operated in such a way that the above-described circuit for cleaning the hose is first run through for a predetermined time. After this time has elapsed, the device for inactivation can then be switched on in order to inactivate the cleaning-active substance. This is advantageous if the active cleaning substance is aggressive and / or harmful to health, and it should be avoided that larger amounts are released into living spaces, for example. As a result of the circuit described above, in particular in combination with the inactivation described above, the device can be operated safely in living spaces, even if the active cleaning substance is harmful to health.

If the hookah is to be cleaned alone or together with the hookah hose by the circuit described above, the cleaning-active substance can be introduced into the hookah, for example via the hookah hose, in order to clean both components. Furthermore, a cleaning hose can be connected between the hookah and the cleaning device for the purpose of cleaning the circuit. The active cleaning substance enters the hookah through the hookah hose, cleans the hookah hose and the inside of the hookah, and leaves the hookah Shisha then again via the cleaning hose to be directed to the device again. There the cycle described above begins anew. If only the hookah, ie not the hookah hose, is to be cleaned, the hookah hose can be replaced by a further cleaning hose or the like in the above-described constellation. The hookah is then connected to the cleaning device via two cleaning hoses.

The present invention also comprises a method for cleaning a shisha and / or a shisha hose, which is described below. Features that are described in relation to the method can also be transferred to the device described above and vice versa.

• - Anschliessen des zumindest einen Endes des Shisha-Schlauchs oder des Shisha-Schlauchstutzens an den zumindest einen ersten Anschluss
• - Starten des Generators
• - Einleiten der reinigungs-aktiven Substanz in den Shisha-Schlauch.

A method according to the invention for cleaning a shisha hose by means of a device as described above comprises the following steps:

• - Connecting the at least one end of the hookah hose or the hookah hose connector to the at least one first connection
• - Starting the generator
• - Introduction of the active cleaning substance into the hookah hose.

As described above in relation to the device according to the invention, the cleaning-active substance can be introduced into the hookah via the hookah hose in order to clean both the hookah and the hookah hose at the same time.

The method described above can also be used to clean the hookah alone (and not the hookah hose at the same time). For this purpose, the method described above is carried out as described, with the cleaning hose already mentioned in relation to the device being used instead of the hookah hose, for example, which is connected to the hookah.

The method can therefore be used to clean either the hookah alone or the hookah hose alone or the hookah and the hookah hose together.

The second end of the hookah hose or the hookah opening can be connected to the second connection, a circuit being generated and / or the cleaning-active substance being passed into the device for inactivation and being able to be at least partially inactivated there. This has already been described with regard to the device according to the invention.

The inactivation can be a chemical reaction, for example. For example, ozone can be inactivated by introducing it into a basic solution, as it decomposes. Furthermore, a decomposition of ozone can be caused by exposure to UV radiation of certain wavelengths. Inactivation can also consist of at least partially holding the active cleaning substance in a filter so that it is no longer released into the ambient air.

An advantage of the present invention is that the cleaning is preferably carried out with air which is enriched with the active cleaning substance. Since no water-based cleaning agent is used, all types of shisha hoses, especially those made of leather, can be cleaned without any problems. In some cases, especially if the hose to be cleaned is not sensitive to water, water that has been enriched with the active cleaning substance can also be used.

Figure list

• 1 eine Kreislaufreinigung einer Shisha 2;
• In 2 eine Durchlaufreinigung einer Shisha 2;
• In 3 eine Kreislaufreinigung eines Shisha-Schlauchs 3 und in
• In 4 eine Durchlaufreinigung eines Shisha-Schlauchs 3.

Further advantages, features and details of the invention emerge from the following description of preferred exemplary embodiments and with reference to the drawings; these show in:

• 1 a circuit cleaning of a shisha 2 ;
• In 2 a continuous cleaning of a shisha 2 ;
• In 3 a circuit cleaning of a shisha hose 3 and in
• In 4th a continuous cleaning of a shisha hose 3 .

Embodiment

In 1 is a device according to the invention 1 with a first connection 4th and a second port 7th to see. The first connection 4th is with a first ending 5 of the hookah hose 3 tied together. A second ending 8th of the hookah hose 3 is with a hookah hose connector 6th on the base of the shisha 2 tied together. A hookah opening 9 is via a cleaning hose 10 with the second connection 7th tied together.

In 2 is the continuous cleaning of a shisha 2 shown. The difference to the arrangement according to 2 is that the cleaning hose 10 does not exist.

In 3 is a circuit cleaning of a shisha hose 3 shown. The first ending 5 of Hose 3 is with the first connection 4th connected, the second end 8th with the second connection 7th .

In 4th is a continuous cleaning of the in 3 Shisha hose shown 3 shown.

Unnumbered arrows within the hose 3 and the shisha 2 show how air is flowing through them, which is enriched with the active cleaning substance.

Referring to the 1 until 4th explains the mode of operation of the device according to the invention 1 as follows.

The device 1 generates ozone from the ambient air, for example. Air enriched with ozone is then fed into the hose through the first connection along the unnumbered arrows 3 and, if necessary, then into the shisha 2 initiated.

The cleaning and disinfection intended by the present invention takes place there.

In the 1 and 3 a circuit cleaning is shown, whereby the air several times the hose 3 and possibly the shisha 2 can happen and thus clean.

In the 2 and 4th a continuous cleaning is shown. After the air enriched with the active cleaning substance, the hose 3 ( 4th ) or the hose 3 and the shisha 2 ( 2 ) has happened, it escapes into the environment.

There are numerous alternatives to the devices according to FIGS 1 until 4th conceivable, as well as additional features.

The device 1 may comprise means for inactivation (not shown). This can be switched on, for example, after a certain volume of air has left the device 1 through the first connection 4th leave or through the second connection 7th has reached again or, alternatively, after the device 1 was switched on for a certain period of time. The device for inactivation is preferably designed so that the cleaning-active substance, which via the second connection 7th into the device 1 occurs, is inactivated. In contrast to the embodiments according to 2 and 4th this prevents the active cleaning substance from being released into the environment.

Regarding the 1 and 2 it should be mentioned that of course the hose connector 6th the shisha 2 also directly with the first connection 4th the device 1 can be connected. Such a preferably fluid-technical connection can be created in any way, for example with a cleaning hose.

List of reference symbols

1

Device for cleaning

2

Shisha

3

Shisha hose

4th

First connection

5

First end

6th

Shisha hose connector

7th

Second connection

8th

Second ending

9

Hookah opening

10

Cleaning hose

QUOTES INCLUDED IN THE DESCRIPTION

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Non-patent literature cited

• Hani et al. BMC Res Notes (2018) [0005]

Claims (10)

Device (1) for cleaning a hookah (2) and / or a hookah hose (3), characterized by at least one first connection (4) for at least one first end (5) of a hookah hose or a hookah hose connector (6 ) and a generator for generating at least one cleaning-active substance, the device (1) being set up to feed the cleaning-active substance into the hookah (2) or into the hookah hose (3). Device (1) according to Claim 1 , characterized in that the generator is an ozone generator. Device (1) according to Claim 1 , characterized in that the generator is a plasma generator. Device (1) according to one of the preceding claims, characterized by a second connection (7) for connecting a second end (8) of the hookah hose (3) or a hookah opening (9). Device (1) according to Claim 4 , characterized by a device for inactivating the cleaning-active substance, this device being connected to the second connection (7). Device (1) according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the generator for generating at least one cleaning-active substance is set up to enrich air or a liquid with the cleaning-active substance in flow-through operation. Method for cleaning a shisha (2) and / or a shisha hose by means of a device according to at least one of the Claims 1 until 5 , characterized by the following steps: - connecting the at least one end of the hookah hose or the hookah hose connector to the at least one first connection - starting the generator - introducing the cleaning substance into the hookah hose. Procedure according to Claim 7 , characterized in that the second end of the hookah hose (3) or the hookah opening (9) is connected to the second connection (7), the cleaning-active substance being passed into the device for inactivation and at least partially inactivated there will. Method according to one of the Claims 7 or 8th , characterized in that the active cleaning substance is generated in the flow. Method according to one of the Claims 7 until 9 , characterized in that air or a liquid is enriched with the active cleaning substance.

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