EP3843562A1

EP3843562A1 - Variable-use capsule for a hookah

Info

Publication number: EP3843562A1
Application number: EP18782879.3A
Authority: EP
Inventors: Klaus Hagen
Original assignee: Af Development Holding Ltd
Current assignee: Af Development Holding Ltd
Priority date: 2018-08-29
Filing date: 2018-08-29
Publication date: 2021-07-07
Also published as: CN113038843A; US20210321663A1; JP2021536248A; JP7230180B2; WO2020043225A1

Abstract

A capsule (1) made of a heat-resistant material serves for storing a smoking medium provided for extraction, in particular for storing tobacco with or without other heatable additives for an electronic hookah (30), with an air inlet (2) and an air/smoking medium outlet (3), and with a side wall (4) fixing both of these at a distance from each other, wherein both the air inlet (2) and the air/smoking medium outlet (3) have a plurality of through-holes (6, 8, 10) and/or through-slits (7, 9, 1). The air inlet (2) and/or the air/smoking medium outlet (3) with the through-holes (6, 8, 10) are plate-shaped and are designed to be connected releasably to the side wall (4) by the user and to be reusable, wherein the side wall (4) is at the same time also designed to maintain the distance between air inlet plate (5) and air/smoking medium outlet plate (12).

Description

DESCRIPTION

Variable use capsule for a hookah

The invention relates to a capsule made of a heat-resistant material for holding a smoke medium intended for extraction, especially a capsule for holding tobacco without or with other heatable ingredients for an electronic hookah with an air inlet and an air-smoke medium outlet and one at a distance from one another fixing

Side wall, wherein both the air inlet and the air-smoke medium outlet have a plurality of through holes and / or slots.

In addition, the invention relates to a capsule made of a heat-resistant material for holding a smoke medium intended for extraction, in particular a capsule for holding tobacco without or with other heatable additives for an electronic hookah with an air inlet and an air-smoke medium outlet and both in Distance from each other fixing side wall, both the air inlet and the air-smoke medium outlet having a plurality of through holes and / or slots.

Oriental hookahs and electrically operated vaporizers, also known as shisha, are becoming increasingly popular. Traditional hookahs do not use a defined smoke medium, such as tobacco, rather the ingredients are not clearly declared. The qualitative and legally compliant fitting of hookahs is not guaranteed due to the manual filling. Because traditional hookahs with glowing coals are heated, they should in principle only be operated outdoors or in rooms with guaranteed fresh air supply, otherwise there is a realistic risk of carbon monoxide poisoning. Electronic cigarettes or flookahs use a liquid that is vaporized by an integrated electrical or electronic heater. In view of these aspects, it is almost impossible to simulate the traditional smoking experience and feeling with the previously known devices. From DE 10 2015 121 435.0 a water pipe with a capsule is known which is inserted from below into the heating chamber, from which the smoke medium is then heated in the direction

Intake pipe arrives and from there into the water tank. Such capsules can contain tobacco or non-tobacco-containing smoke medium in a wide variety of variants, e.g. B. as a solid, dry, fermented or moist medium with and without tea or nicotine, in various intensities and flavors or with additives. The capsule is simply inserted into the heating chamber and can then be removed just as easily after use and disposed of properly. The heating element in the chamber and the capsule have a shape which is matched to one another, so that the capsule can be easily pushed into the heating element and locked there. Both the air inlet side and the smoke medium outlet side have bores or holes or slots which allow the air to enter and the mixture to exit. The closures made of heat-resistant material covering the inlet and the smoke medium outlet are firmly connected to the side wall, so that the ingredients can no longer be changed for the smoker. This can be expedient or even necessary for special reasons, so that the smoker then has no choice but to throw away a capsule that is not of interest because of the smoke medium composition or to recycle it in some other way. Another disadvantage is that such a capsule can only be used once, so that a relatively large number of such remaining capsules additionally pollute the environment.

The invention is therefore based on the object of developing a variably usable and easy-to-use capsule for electronic hookahs. According to a first embodiment of the invention, the object is achieved in that the air inlet and / or air-smoke medium outlet with the through holes are plate-shaped and are detachably connected to the side wall by the consumer and are reusable, the side wall also being the distance from the air inlet plate and air-smoke medium outlet plate is formed.

With such a capsule, a reusable container is created which, due to its shape and stability, can be safely inserted and removed several times into the heating coil of the heating chamber and then used again after cooling and emptying. The possibility of the air inlet plate contributes to this

Sufficiently rigid and stable is to be connected to the side wall, which in turn is designed in such a way that, due to its stability, it unites

Multiple use enables. The air and smoke medium outlet plate, on the other hand, can be connected to the side wall in such a way that they form a stable unit, because it does not necessarily have to be used for filling and

Emptying process to be removable. So does the smoker B. determines that the composition of the smoke medium does not suit his taste, he can remove the content and replace it with one of his preferred content. In addition, after the capsule has been used once, it can now be emptied and refilled and fed to a second and / or third and fourth smoking process. Due to the design of the capsule, i.e. the

There is no risk of denting or damaging the capsule on the side wall and the two plates.

According to a second embodiment of the invention, the

The object of the invention is achieved in that the air inlet and / or air-smoke medium outlet with the through holes are plate-shaped and are designed to be non-detachably connectable to the side wall by the consumer and are not reusable, the side wall also at the same time Distance from air inlet plate and air-smoke medium outlet plate is formed.

This variant is therefore about the capsule being closed after the individual filling and, as it were, as

Disposable capsule is formed. For this purpose, the air inlet and / or air / smoke medium outlet become fixed with the after being filled by the user / operator

Fixed side wall, so that an opening would be possible with the application of certain force.

According to an expedient embodiment, it is provided that the air inlet plate has an external thread which is designed to correspond to the internal thread on the upper edge of the side wall. The necessary tightness can be achieved via such a screw cap and also ensures that the consumer can easily

Remove the air inlet plate and then refill the capsule.

Another possibility of connecting the air inlet plate to the side wall is that in which the air inlet plate is connected to the upper edge of the

Side wall is locked or in addition to the thread is locked. So if the smoker had been a little careless when filling or reinserting the capsule, the second type of connection, i.e. locking, would still ensure that the capsule can be used successfully. In addition, the latching would be regarded as an inseparable connection.

The same applies if the air inlet plate is clicked with the upper edge of the side wall or is clicked in addition to the thread. Of course, it is also possible to just click or click, depending on which one

Connection type proves to be advantageous in use.

Another way of connecting the air inlet plate and

Side wall is the one that connects the air inlet plate to the top of the Side wall is releasably connected via a Velcro fastener, so that only the air inlet plate has to be pressed onto this wall in order to achieve the necessary connection.

With such a Velcro fastener, the grid part of the

Velcro fastener to assign the upper edge of the side wall, which is easily possible because the upper edge has a widened edge area

is trained. This provides a sufficiently effective area for the connection, which ensures that the air inlet plate after the

Put on and press on the smoke medium securely fixed in the capsule.

The through holes or through slots must be dimensioned so that the smoke medium in the capsule does not trickle out or even flow. Appropriate additives are not easy. In order to prevent this, the invention provides that the

Air inlet plate has through holes which are closed in a predetermined arrangement in the passive state and are designed to be passable for the smoke medium via the pressure when the smoker applies a suction force.

It is conceivable to use small valves, which thus also offer the possibility of using such a capsule several times. With the multitude of for

Such valves must of course not be too expensive to use.

One possibility of such “valves” is that in which the through holes are closed in the passive state via a film bursting at a given pressure. After opening once, the film will not 100% close the through holes again, but such a limited sealing film is certainly sufficient.

A supplementary solution provides that the air inlet plate and the air / smoke medium outlet plate are equipped with through holes or through slots which are created by the smoker when drawn in by the smoker Pressure are designed to open. It is normally sufficient if the through holes in the air inlet plate, which is arranged at the bottom in the housing of the water pipe, are designed to be closable, but it may also be expedient to assign such arrangements to the air / smoke medium outlet plate.

In order to allow the pressure to act in a targeted manner on the film, for example, it is expedient to place the through holes preferably in the

Make the air inlet plate funnel-shaped in the direction of the smoke medium. This funnel-shaped formation also leads to an increase in

Air speed, which is beneficial for the smoke formation process.

In order to be able to easily handle the air inlet plate, which is the one that is to be detachably connected to the side wall, the invention provides that the air inlet plate is equipped with an outside seated handle that is designed to be foldable. Because it is designed to be foldable, it cannot hinder the other components, after being opened

especially in the case of the twist lock, ie the thread, can positively influence the opening and also the closing process of the air inlet plate.

Although according to the embodiment described above

In particular, the air inlet plate is sealed during storage, it may be advantageous to use the capsules for special bearings or the like

supply. According to the invention it is provided that the capsule

Sales boxes are assigned to the capsule shape

Have bearing recesses and have a lid with advertising space. This guarantees that the filled in the sales box

Capsules must be stored safely before slipping, so do not change their position so that the smoke medium in the capsule cannot be influenced.

In order to at the same time also specify sales sizes in an expedient form, the invention additionally provides that the sales cartons have six or twelve bearing recesses, which is useful sizes for the Sales can be predetermined. Of course, there is also the possibility to create sales box sizes corresponding to the amount of cigarettes, but this will usually not be necessary and expedient.

It was pointed out earlier that the smoker generally wants to smoke his specific smoke medium composition, which is expediently recognizable for him when he buys such a sales box that the air inlet plate, the lid and / or the

Bearing recesses have the same or almost the same coloring, so that he knows first of all that all capsules stored in the sales carton have the same content or just have a certain content and he does not need to be mixed in or knows from the start what the respective capsules are, which additives he wants to make.

If reusability is not expedient, but the handling of the capsule is necessary and the separate disposal of the capsule and its contents is desirable, the invention sees an expedient solution for this in that it is connected to the side wall and equipped with tabs that can be broken off for opening, the side wall at the same time the distance between the air inlet plate and the air-smoke medium outlet plate is also formed.

The invention is characterized in particular by the fact that a capsule is created for electronic hookah smoking, which is very versatile and which enables the consumer, that is to say the smoker, to find the composition of the smoking medium which he is just looking for and which he wants to smoke. In addition, he can easily free such a capsule from the ashes of the smoke medium and refill it himself and then use it again or several times, which leads to a significant relief for the environment. It is also possible that the capsule when merging Air inlet and / or air smoke medium outlet is firmly closed with the side wall.

Further details and advantages of the subject matter of the invention emerge from the following description of the associated drawing, in which a preferred exemplary embodiment is shown with the necessary details and individual parts. Show it:

1 shows a hookah in side view with two capsules,

FIG. 2 shows a capsule with the air-smoke medium outlet side,

FIG. 3 the capsule seen from the air inlet side,

FIG. 4 shows a capsule with an air inlet plate before it is connected to the side wall,

5 shows a thread between the air inlet plate and the side wall, FIG. 6 shows a connection with a Velcro fastener between

Air inlet plate and side wall,

FIG. 7 shows a partial view of an air inlet plate in section,

Figure 8 shows a section through the air inlet plate with particular

shaped through holes,

FIG. 9 shows a sales carton in perspective,

10 shows an alternative fixing of the plate and side wall and FIG. 11 shows a plate according to FIG. 10.

The subject of FIG. 1 is a hookah 30 which can be fitted with a capsule 1, T. The hookah 30, also referred to as a shisha, has an elongated housing. The upper part is formed by the water tank 31, the water level in this tank being identified by 37. This

Water tank 31 can be opened via a tank lid 36 when it comes to exchanging the water in it, for example. A hose 38 or a plurality of hoses 38, 39 can be connected via the connection 34 in order to then be actuated by the smoker via the mouthpiece 40. The electronic part 32 is arranged between the water tank 31 and the lower heating chamber 33. In the heating chamber 33, the capsules 1, 1 'are heated to such an extent via a heating coil (not shown here) that the tobacco or the smoke medium contained in the capsule 1, 1' is extracted with and without additives. The base of the heating chamber 33 is formed by a base plate 14, which at the same time can also be assigned to the overall housing. With 44 the slots in the heating chamber 33 are designated through which the air is sucked into the heating chamber 33. The capsule T shows the air-smoke medium outlet 3, which has a number of through holes and is designed as an air-smoke medium outlet plate 12. On the other side of the capsule T, the air inlet 2 is not recognizable, but clearly the upper edge 13, which here has a certain width, in order to make it easier to connect the air inlet plate 5 of the air inlet 2 to the side wall 4.

Figure 2 shows a corresponding capsule 1 in an enlarged view, wherein the air-smoke medium outlet 3 and the air and smoke medium outlet plate 12 can be seen here. This plate has a plurality of through holes 6 ″, 8 ″, 10 ″. The upper edge 13, which the side wall 4 has in the region of the air inlet 2, can also be seen here.

FIG. 3, on the other hand, shows the air inlet 2 or the air inlet plate 5, here through holes 6, 8, 10 as well as through slots 7, 9, 11

are reproduced. In order to be able to handle this air inlet plate 5 more easily, it is assigned a handle 15 which is designed to be foldable. This

Handle 15 is advantageous if the air inlet plate 5 is provided with a thread or is connected to the side wall 4 in some other way.

In the illustration in FIG. 4, the air inlet plate 5 has not yet been applied to the air inlet 2 but still represents a detail. However, it can already be seen that the upper edge 13 of the side wall 4 has a widened edge surface 21, in order to connect the air inlet plate 5 and To facilitate side wall 4. Further details will be given later

received.

It can also be seen in FIG. 4 that the air-smoke medium outlet plate 12 is provided with through holes 6 ″, 8 ″, 10 ′ in order to be able to extract the smoke released in the interior of the capsule 1 simply and quickly. This air and smoke medium outlet plate 12 is firmly connected to the edge of the side wall 4, while, as can be seen in FIG. 4, the air inlet plate 5 still has to be connected to the side wall 4.

There are several options for the connection between air inlet plate 5 and side wall 4, which are shown in the following figures. In Figure 5, the air inlet plate 5 is provided with an external thread 16 which is designed to correspond to the internal thread 17 of the side wall 4, so that the air inlet plate 5 can be screwed in easily and quickly, preferably with the aid of the handle 15. It goes without saying that then

widened edge surface 21 is not required.

Figure 6 shows an embodiment, namely that in which the widened upper edge 13, ie. H. over the widened edge surface 21

It is possible to attach a Velcro fastener 19, for example, the grid part 20 of which is assigned to the widened edge surface 21, for example. A click closure is designated by 22, which either additionally or alone ensures that the air inlet plate 5 is connected to the side wall 4 in a sufficiently tight manner.

FIGS. 7 and 8 show designs of the air inlet plate 5 and also of the air and smoke medium outlet plate 12, to which through holes 6, 8 and 6 'are assigned, which are closed by a film 23. At the start of the smoking program or when the smoker starts to suck, there is a corresponding pressure, via which this film 23 is slit open so that the necessary air can penetrate into the heating chamber 33 via the slots 44. at 8, these through holes 6, 6 'are funnel-shaped, so that an acceleration process can be generated in these through holes 6, 6'. These special designs can have not only the through holes 6, 8, 10 in the air inlet plate 5, but also in the air / smoke medium outlet plate 12.

The capsules 1, 1 'shown in FIGS. 2-4 must be secure

are transported and should also be sold, d. H. packaged well. This takes place in that, according to FIG. 9, a sales carton 25 is used which has a large number of bearing recesses 26 which are adapted to the shape of the capsules 1, so that these capsules 1, 1 'can be securely stored therein. Via the cover 27, for example, a sales box 25 provided with twelve bearing recesses 26 can be easily closed, the cover 27 itself being provided with an advertising surface 28. In addition, this cover 27 has a special coloring 29 which corresponds to the coloring of the air inlet plate 5 and, if possible, also to the coloring of the bearing recesses 26, 26 ″, 26 ″. When buying a corresponding sales box 25, the smoker can thus immediately recognize whether and which type of composition of smoke medium has been chosen for the capsules. He can then easily put together how he can change or refine this basic composition of smoke medium with additives so that his taste is exactly met. This is easily possible because in the capsules 1, 1 'shown here, the air inlet plate 5 is detachably connected to the upper edge 13 or the side wall 4.

FIG. 10 and FIG. 11 show a solution in which recesses 46, 47 recessed in the upper edge 13 are assigned to the air inlet plate 5, into which tongues 48, 49, which can be inserted there, a connection of the air inlet plate 5 and

Effect side wall 4 or upper edge 13 quickly and easily. If the capsule 1 is to be reusable, the tongues 48, 49 are made of bendable material; If the capsules 1 are to be used only once, the tongues 48, 49 are designed to be easily broken off.

Claims

PATENT CLAIMS

1. capsule made of a heat-resistant material for holding a smoke medium intended for extraction, especially capsule (1) for holding tobacco without or with other heatable additives for an electronic hookah (30) with an air inlet (2) and an air smoke medium Outlet (3) and a side wall (4) that is fixed at a distance from each other, both the air inlet (2) and the air / smoke medium outlet (3) via a plurality of through holes (6, 8, 10) and / or - slots (7, 9, 11),

characterized,

that the air inlet (2) and / or air-smoke medium outlet (3) with the

Through holes (6, 8, 10) are plate-shaped and detachably connected to the side wall (4) by the consumer and are designed to be reusable, the side wall (4) also being the distance from

Air inlet plate (5) and air-smoke medium outlet plate (12) while

is trained.

2. Capsule made of a heat-resistant material for holding a smoke medium intended for extraction, especially capsule (1) for holding tobacco without or with other heatable additives for an electronic hookah (30) with an air inlet (2) and an air-smoke medium Outlet (3) and a side wall (4) that is fixed at a distance from each other, both the air inlet (2) and the air / smoke medium outlet (3) via a plurality of through holes (6, 8, 10) and / or - slots (7, 9, 11),

characterized,

that the air inlet (2) and / or air-smoke medium outlet (3) with the

Through holes (6, 8, 10) are plate-shaped and designed so that they cannot be releasably connected to the side wall (4) by the consumer and are not reusable, the side wall (4) also being the distance from Air inlet plate (5) and air-smoke medium outlet plate (12) is formed.

3. capsule according to claim 1,

characterized,

that the air inlet plate (5) has an external thread (16) which is designed to correspond to an internal thread (17) on the upper edge (13) of the side wall (4).

4. capsule according to at least one of the preceding claims,

characterized,

that the air inlet plate (5) is locked with the upper edge (13) of the side wall (4) or in addition to the thread (16, 17).

5. capsule according to at least one of the preceding claims,

characterized,

that the air inlet plate (5) clicks with the upper edge (13) of the side wall (4) or is clicked in addition to the thread (16, 17).

6. capsule according to claim 1,

characterized,

that the air inlet plate (5) is detachably connected to the upper edge (13) of the side wall (4) via a Velcro fastener (19).

7. capsule according to claim 6,

characterized,

that the raster part (20) of the Velcro fastener (19) is assigned to the upper edge (13) of the side wall (4), which has a widened edge surface (21).

8. Capsule according to claim 1 or 2,

characterized,

that the air inlet plate (5) has through holes (6, 8, 10) which are closed in a predetermined arrangement in the passive state and upon application of suction by the smoker via the pressure for the

Smoke medium are designed to be passable.

9. capsule according to claim 8,

characterized,

that the through holes (6, 8, 10) are closed in the passive state via a film (23) bursting at a predetermined pressure.

10. Capsule according to claim 8,

characterized,

that the air inlet plate (5) and the air-smoke medium outlet plate (12) are equipped with through-holes (6, 8, 10) or through-slots (7, 9, 11) which are designed to open when sucked by the smoker due to the pressure generated are.

11. Capsule according to claim 1 or 2,

characterized,

that the through holes (6, 8, 10) are preferably funnel-shaped in the air inlet plate (5) in the direction of the smoke medium.

12. Capsule according to claim 1 or 2,

characterized,

that the air inlet plate (5) is equipped with an outside seated handle (15) which is designed to be foldable.

13. Capsule according to claim 1 or 2,

characterized,

that the capsule (1) is to be assigned to sales cartons (25) which have bearing recesses (26) adapted to the capsule shape and have a lid (27) with advertising space (28).

14. Capsule according to claim 13,

characterized,

that the sales boxes (25) have six or twelve bearing recesses (26).

15. Capsule according to claim 13,

characterized,

that the air inlet plate (15), the cover (27) and / or the bearing recesses (26) have the same or almost the same color (29).

16. Capsule according to claim 2,

characterized,

that the capsule is equipped with tongues (48, 49) that can be broken off, the side wall (4) at the same time also maintaining the distance between the air inlet plate (5) and the air-smoke medium outlet plate (12).