EP3843562A1 - Capsule à utilisation variable pour pipe à eau - Google Patents

Capsule à utilisation variable pour pipe à eau

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Publication number
EP3843562A1
EP3843562A1 EP18782879.3A EP18782879A EP3843562A1 EP 3843562 A1 EP3843562 A1 EP 3843562A1 EP 18782879 A EP18782879 A EP 18782879A EP 3843562 A1 EP3843562 A1 EP 3843562A1
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Prior art keywords
air inlet
side wall
air
capsule
plate
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German (de)
English (en)
Inventor
Klaus Hagen
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Af Development Holding Ltd
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Af Development Holding Ltd
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A24—TOBACCO; CIGARS; CIGARETTES; SIMULATED SMOKING DEVICES; SMOKERS' REQUISITES
    • A24D—CIGARS; CIGARETTES; TOBACCO SMOKE FILTERS; MOUTHPIECES FOR CIGARS OR CIGARETTES; MANUFACTURE OF TOBACCO SMOKE FILTERS OR MOUTHPIECES
    • A24D1/00—Cigars; Cigarettes
    • A24D1/14—Tobacco cartridges for pipes
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A24—TOBACCO; CIGARS; CIGARETTES; SIMULATED SMOKING DEVICES; SMOKERS' REQUISITES
    • A24F—SMOKERS' REQUISITES; MATCH BOXES; SIMULATED SMOKING DEVICES
    • A24F1/00—Tobacco pipes
    • A24F1/30—Hookahs
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A24—TOBACCO; CIGARS; CIGARETTES; SIMULATED SMOKING DEVICES; SMOKERS' REQUISITES
    • A24F—SMOKERS' REQUISITES; MATCH BOXES; SIMULATED SMOKING DEVICES
    • A24F40/00—Electrically operated smoking devices; Component parts thereof; Manufacture thereof; Maintenance or testing thereof; Charging means specially adapted therefor
    • A24F40/20—Devices using solid inhalable precursors
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A24—TOBACCO; CIGARS; CIGARETTES; SIMULATED SMOKING DEVICES; SMOKERS' REQUISITES
    • A24F—SMOKERS' REQUISITES; MATCH BOXES; SIMULATED SMOKING DEVICES
    • A24F40/00—Electrically operated smoking devices; Component parts thereof; Manufacture thereof; Maintenance or testing thereof; Charging means specially adapted therefor
    • A24F40/40—Constructional details, e.g. connection of cartridges and battery parts
    • A24F40/42—Cartridges or containers for inhalable precursors
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A24—TOBACCO; CIGARS; CIGARETTES; SIMULATED SMOKING DEVICES; SMOKERS' REQUISITES
    • A24F—SMOKERS' REQUISITES; MATCH BOXES; SIMULATED SMOKING DEVICES
    • A24F40/00—Electrically operated smoking devices; Component parts thereof; Manufacture thereof; Maintenance or testing thereof; Charging means specially adapted therefor
    • A24F40/40—Constructional details, e.g. connection of cartridges and battery parts
    • A24F40/48—Fluid transfer means, e.g. pumps
    • A24F40/485—Valves; Apertures
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D25/00—Details of other kinds or types of rigid or semi-rigid containers
    • B65D25/02—Internal fittings
    • B65D25/10—Devices to locate articles in containers
    • B65D25/108—Devices, e.g. plates, presenting apertures through which the articles project
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D51/00—Closures not otherwise provided for
    • B65D51/24—Closures not otherwise provided for combined or co-operating with auxiliary devices for non-closing purposes
    • B65D51/245—Closures not otherwise provided for combined or co-operating with auxiliary devices for non-closing purposes provided with decoration, information or contents indicating devices, labels

Definitions

  • 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
  • both the air inlet and the air-smoke medium outlet have a plurality of through holes and / or slots.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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
  • the air and smoke medium outlet plate 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
  • 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.
  • the air inlet and / or air / smoke medium outlet become fixed with the after being filled by the user / operator
  • 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
  • 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.
  • Velcro fastener to assign the upper edge of the side wall, which is easily possible because the upper edge has a widened edge area
  • 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.
  • valves 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.
  • Air speed which is beneficial for the smoke formation process.
  • 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
  • the air inlet plate is sealed during storage, it may be advantageous to use the capsules for special bearings or the like
  • Sales boxes are assigned to the capsule shape
  • Capsules must be stored safely before slipping, so do not change their position so that the smoke medium in the capsule cannot be influenced.
  • the invention additionally provides that the sales cartons have six or twelve bearing recesses, which is useful sizes for the Sales can be predetermined.
  • the sales cartons have six or twelve bearing recesses, which is useful sizes for the Sales can be predetermined.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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
  • FIG. 5 shows a thread between the air inlet plate and the side wall
  • FIG. 6 shows a connection with a Velcro fastener between
  • 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
  • FIG. 9 shows a sales carton in perspective
  • FIG. 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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 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
  • this air inlet plate 5 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.
  • the air inlet plate 5 has not yet been applied to the air inlet 2 but still represents a detail.
  • 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
  • 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.
  • 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
  • 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.
  • this film 23 is slit open so that the necessary air can penetrate into the heating chamber 33 via the slots 44.
  • 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
  • a sales carton 25 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.
  • 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.
  • 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 ′′.
  • 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
  • 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.

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Abstract

L'invention concerne une capsule (1) faite d'un matériau résistant à la chaleur, destiné à contenir une substance à fumer destinée à subir une extraction, notamment du tabac comprenant ou non d'autres additifs aptes à être chauffés, la capsule étant destinée à une pipe à eau électronique (30). La capsule comporte une entrée d'air (2) et une sortie air-substance à fumer (3) ainsi qu'une paroi latérale (4) maintenant une distance mutuelle entre les deux. L'entrée d'air (2) et la sortie air-substance à fumer (3) disposent toutes deux d'une pluralité d'orifices (6, 8, 10) et/ou de fentes (7, 9, 1) de passage. L'entrée d'air (2) et/ou la sortie air-substance à fumer (3) dotées des orifices de passage (6, 8, 10) ont une forme plate et sont reliées par l'utilisateur de façon amovible à la paroi latérale (4) et réalisées de manière à pouvoir être réutilisées, la paroi latérale (4) étant conçue pour dans le même temps conserver la distance entre la plaque d'entrée d'air (5) et la plaque de sortie air-substance à fumer (12).
EP18782879.3A 2018-08-29 2018-08-29 Capsule à utilisation variable pour pipe à eau Pending EP3843562A1 (fr)

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