US20190387790A1 - Hookah Bowl - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to the field tobacco smoking devices and more specifically to the field of hookahs.
- hookah smoking combines community and relaxation into a single event. Rarely does one witness a group smokers crowded about a single cigarette, cigar, or pipe. Though hookahs are often designed with a single smoke outlet; the presence of multiple hoses, each capable of simultaneous use, emanating from a single smoking instrument is unique to the hookah. Multiple hose hookahs form the centerpieces of hookah clubs in which hookah smokers gather to unwind and converse with other community members. A hookah combines fashion, art, and function into a single device.
- a basic hookah includes a base, a pipe, at least one hose with a mouthpiece, and a bowl.
- the hookah bowl holds the hookah tobacco, frequently “massell.”
- Massell is a mixture of tobacco, molasses, and often a flavor or fruit extract. The molasses and fruit extract add a substantial amount of moisture to the massell that is missing in conventional tobacco. This added moisture makes massell more sensitive to the elements relative to conventional tobacco; prolonged exposure to air evaporates much of the moisture of massell and reduces its flavor.
- massell allows a smoker a more recreational, flavored smoke than the tobacco of cigars, cigarettes, pipes, and the like.
- An experienced hookah smoker will know to loosely distribute massell into a pile within the hookah bowl to allow heat to evenly circulate through the pile.
- the heat that ignites the massell derives from coals positioned above the hookah bowl.
- the coals and massell preferably never contact one to the other.
- a common method of placing coals proximate to the massell involves spreading a foil upon the top of a hookah bowl, punching holes in the foil, and then placing the coals onto the foil. The heat from the lighted coals travels through the holes in the foil to ignite portions of the massell. Particulates from the massell travel in the smoke created by the ignition down through the hookah bowl into the hookah pipe.
- the hookah pipe is the body of a hookah and is usually fabricated from brass, tin, or stainless steel.
- the pipe transports the massell smoke from the bowl to the hookah base, which is a cavern containing water.
- the base of the hookah is typically fabricated of glass or plastic and tends to be the most expressive portion of the hookah, ranging from translucent to wildly-colored.
- the massell smoke is cooled by the water within. The cooled massell smoke then returns to the back to the pipe, though not through the same entrance by which the massell smoke enters the base. From the pipe, the massell smoke travels through the hose and out of the mouthpiece.
- hookah bases often are manufactured of delicate materials with intricate surface designs. The application of chemicals having the strength to clean massell constituents can harm the hookah bases and relegate more expensive hookahs to the shelf or restrict them to use with a narrow range of massell products.
- a tobacco bowl that can be used to halt the flow of massell constituents beyond the tobacco bowl.
- a tobacco bowl that protects the other hookah components would expand the range of use of hookahs with tobacco products, extend the life of hookahs, and minimize the necessity of (and severity of chemicals needed to) cleaning hookahs.
- the present invention is directed to a hookah bowl.
- the hookah bowl includes a tobacco platform and a bowl shell.
- the bowl tobacco platform includes a substantially radial platform aperture network flanking a central solid portion.
- the aperture network includes one or more holes in the platform that allows tobacco smoke to seep further into the hookah bowl and on to the hookah stem.
- the hookah bowl shell is positioned below the bowl platform and houses a reservoir placed below the aperture network such that drippings from the platform fall into the reservoir.
- the reservoir includes a floor laterally-enclosed within the shell and a central spire, extending from the floor toward the platform and positioned centrally within a projection of the aperture network.
- the projection includes a projection sidewall formed around a dry smoke aperture that leads to the hookah.
- a hookah stem contact port lies beneath the spire.
- FIG. 1 is an upper perspective view of the bowl of the present invention.
- FIG. 2 is a lower perspective view of the bowl of the present invention.
- FIG. 4 is an upper, separated perspective view of the bowl of the present invention.
- FIG. 5 is a lower, separated perspective view of the bowl of the present invention.
- FIG. 6 is an upper, cutaway perspective view of the bowl of the present invention.
- FIG. 4 is a view of
- FIG. 7 is an upper, cutaway, exploded perspective view of the bowl of the present invention.
- FIG. 8 is an upper perspective view of the platform of the present invention.
- FIG. 9 is a top, plan view of the platform of the present invention.
- FIG. 10 is a lower, plan view of the platform of the present invention.
- FIG. 11 is an upper perspective view of the shell of the present invention.
- FIG. 12 is a top, plan view of the platform of the shell of the present invention.
- FIG. 13 is a lower, plan view of the platform of the shell of the present invention.
- FIG. 14 is a side, exploded view of the bowl of the present invention.
- FIG. 15 is a revealed, exploded view of the bowl of the present invention.
- FIG. 16 is a partially exposed view of the bowl of the present invention.
- FIG. 17 is a partially exposed view of the bowl of the present invention.
- FIG. 18 is an upper, exploded view of the bowl of the present invention.
- FIG. 19 is an upper, perspective view of the bowl of the present invention.
- FIG. 20 is a lower, perspective view of the bowl of the present invention.
- FIG. 21 is a side, revealed view of the bowl of the present invention.
- FIG. 22 is a side, revealed view of the bowl of the present invention.
- FIG. 23 is a side, partially-exposed view of the bowl of the present invention.
- FIG. 24 is an upper, perspective view of the bowl of the present invention.
- the present invention is directed to a hookah bowl.
- the hookah bowl may be manufactured of any material suitable for the creation of hookah bowls.
- the preferred material for the construction of the present invention includes a metal to permit substantial re-usability of the hookah bowl and sustained constant heating of the tobacco bowl. Because metals are often disfavored in the use of tobacco, because an forgetful user may place his hand in direct contact with the tobacco bowl, bumpers 190 constructed of a pliable plastic are used in the preferred embodiment to shield human hands from direct contact with a heated bowl 100 .
- the preferred bowl 100 is separable into at least two portions, a platform 110 and a shell 120 .
- the bowl 100 may constructed as a unitary structure, however, when a separable bowl 100 leads to advantageous features.
- a bowl 100 that is removable as depicted in FIGS. 1-7 permits direct access into the interior of the bowl 100 that would otherwise lack a direct route for cleaning many surface portions of the bowl.
- the point of separation is not a necessary feature of the present invention either, although the preferred separation is depicted in FIGS. 1-7 .
- the platform 110 of the present invention is the portion of the hookah bowl that accepts tobacco or other substance for smoking.
- the platform of the present invention may include any configuration that achieves the purposes of the present invention; because a traditional hookah bowl configuration is generally acceptable, except with certain features of the present invention, the traditional hookah bowl configuration is largely utilized.
- the preferred platform 110 includes a fence 102 , a floor 104 , 106 , and an aperture network 112 .
- the fence 102 ensures that tobacco placed upon the platform stays on the platform—without being urged over the side. Hookahs are often top-heavy smoking implements and carrying hookahs frequently includes a swaying top.
- the platform 110 includes an aperture network 112 which is simply a network of one of more apertures.
- the present disclosure discusses apertures as a “network” for the simple reason that the number and size of the apertures are less important than the fact that one or more are present and configured roughly around the bowl platform.
- 4-8 holes circularly arranged at an approximate midpoint between the center of the platform and the fence works admirably; however, the hookah arts now feature multiple aperture solutions, including a one continuous aperture about a raised surface or multiple apertures arranged throughout the platform floors, etc. Any of the these configurations capable of being used with the present invention is acceptable, except as will be explained in greater detail later, the position of apertures in concert with the spire is significant in achieving the advantages of the present invention.
- the floor(s) of the platform 110 are of key concern. Specifically, the platform 110 utilizes an inner floor 106 and an outer floor 104 . In bowls 100 as depicted in FIGS. 1-7 , the inner floor 106 and other floor 104 are readily demarcated by a raised protrusion 108 in which the preferred aperture network is arranged. In embodiments lacking a basis of demarcation the difference between the inner floor 106 and the outer floor 104 hangs on the question of aperture location.
- the inner floor 106 lacks apertures that (i) permit access through the platform and on to the hookah, and (ii) is positioned directly above (or substantially above) the sole means of gaseous transport from the tobacco bowl to the hookah stem. To properly understand the significance of the inner floor 106 , the advantages of the present invention should be analyzed.
- hookah tobacco When smoking a hookah a user combusts coal positioned above a tobacco bowl that then heats tobacco placed within the bowl. The tobacco is usually covered so that the sole direction of travel for the tobacco smoke is down into the hookah body. Hookah tobacco is very unusual tobacco; hookah tobacco is a mixture of tobacco and various flavorings and binding agents and other specialty, proprietary materials. Furthermore, massell, unlike cigarette tobacco, comes commercially to end users via a variety of small and medium sized sources, many of which are amateurs in the field of hookah tobacco. Constituents of massell may be resistant to burning by nature or because of the poor processes of the manufacturer.
- hookah bases can be manufactured of opulent materials that make replacement a non-option for a conventional budget. So much of the mess of hookah smoking results from the breaking down, physical and chemical, of the massell.
- the present invention combats the effects above by creating a “trap” for the descending massell.
- the aperture network 112 is positioned above the shell, and more specifically, above the reservoir 150 of the shell 120 .
- the reservoir 150 is a void contained, preferably wholly, within the shell 120 and includes a floor 124 and is bounded by a shell wall 122 . Because the preferred aperture network 112 circularly traverses the platform 110 , the preferred void of the reservoir 150 circularly traverses the shell 120 .
- Previous attempts to combat unwanted massell drippage utilizes a blistered aperture system that requires massell components to be positioned at a substantial altitude in order to have access to the physical apertures leading into the stem. Because gas, e.g.
- the raised floor of such tobacco bowls had some good results.
- massell is adherent and can be formed into a ‘blob’ that has substantial altitude because the massell can be self-supporting and formed into shapes that position much of the massell over the raised apertures.
- Massell is sold in volumes having a quantity that can result in shapes that tower far above, relatively speaking, the raised apertures.
- blistered apertures have some good effect on the solution offered by the present invention, the present invention can utilize raised apertures in concert with the features of the preferred embodiment to achieve a superior result.
- the floor 124 circumscribes a central spire 140 , in some embodiments, that projects well above the floor 124 to provide the dry smoke aperture 142 that serves as the entry point for dry smoke entering the hookah stem.
- the spire 140 of the present invention in the preferred embodiment results in a hollow cylindrical component raised above the shell interior floor 124 .
- the sides of the spire 140 position the entry to the dry smoke aperture 142 in a position whereby smoke is unlikely to enter by gravity-induced motion.
- the aperture positions and size, as well as the spire position and size (and the shape and dimensions of the dry smoke aperture) prevent massell constituents from dripping into the spire 140 .
- the preferred size of the apertures is approximately five mm and are separated across a center line from another aperture spanning a distance of approximately 20-30 mm. This 20-30 mm is location of the inner platform floor 106 and the space between the apertures and the fence 102 (or other outer perimeter) of the bowl constitutes the platform outer floor 104 .
- the aperture complex includes apertures that have a cross-section that is less than the cross-section of the reservoir 150 , so that drippings that travel directly downward fall squarely in the reservoir. In other words, if the aperture network were projected directly downward, no part of the projection would contact any part of the shell 120 other than the reservoir floor 124 . Naturally, this expresses a preferred construction and it is a matter preference as to whether drippings fall directly the reservoir floor 124 or whether it contacts the exterior of the spire 140 or the shell wall 122 before falling to the reservoir floor 124 . The significant feature is that drippings do not enter the dry smoke aperture 142 because of the construction of the shell components.
- the shell wall 122 is preferably a vertical component that extends almost entirely to the lower portions of the platform 110 .
- the smoke that descends into the reservoir 150 has no such restraint.
- the smoke from the platform 110 descends through the aperture network 112 into the reservoir 150 , and then back upwards to the apex of the spire 140 for entry into the spire 140 and the dry smoke aperture 142 .
- the preferred distance is a spire height of 70-95% of the distance between the reservoir floor 124 and the platform 110 .
- the central concern is that drippings are shielded from entering a hookah stem and a hookah base at the earliest point possible, and in a manner whereby the drippings can be removed readily and without damage to the more expensive, sensitive components of a hookah.
- the spire 140 is intended to be the entry point from the bowl into the stem, and therefore the spire is an ideal point for blocking sizable physical materials from entering the stem.
- the spire need not be the sole means for preventing the influx of sizable particles.
- the spire is accompanied by a barrier 180 descending from the platform 110 .
- the barrier wall 182 serves as an obstruction that prevents lateral motioning of falling drippings/particles into the spire 150 .
- Particles do not necessarily fall vertically. Often there is a horizontal component. A spire that is centrally positioned in the shell 120 , and wholly within a projection of the aperture network 112 , may still receive particles, particularly lighter particles (because they are more affected by air) coupled with a spire 140 that is positioned closer to the reservoir floor 124 . The likely position of a falling particle is not linear, but rather a statistical average that resembles a cone in three dimensions or a triangle in two dimensions. So a barrier 180 that descends, and is positioned within a downward projection of the aperture network 112 , should be positioned exterior to an upward projection of the spire 140 .
- a barrier with a lower position that is positioned beneath an upper position of the spire 140 it may even be advantageous to have a barrier with a lower position that is positioned beneath an upper position of the spire 140 .
- the barrier 180 overlaps the spire 140 such that smoke is required to undergo a highly serpentine path to enter the dry smoke aperture 142 , see in particularly FIG. 6 .
- the preferred barrier 180 is positioned within the aperture network 112 , but outside of the spire 140 .
- the barrier may be physically affixed to the platform and bear a shape similar to that of the spire.
- the preferred barrier hangs downward occupying a distance of less than 50% of the distance between the reservoir floor 124 and the platform 110 .
- the preferred reservoir 150 is sized and shaped to house a spire 140 , a barrier 180 , and flanks the spire. There are, however, reservoirs 150 that may be ideally centrally-positioned with an annular spire 150 that is positioned directly below the platform outer floor 104 . The depicted embodiment is preferred because centrally positioning fluid flow components make for simpler manufacturing and cleaning.
- the preferred reservoir 150 is wholly sectioned off from direct exposure to the exterior environment, such that access to the reservoir must be indirect through by way of the apertures within platform and through the spire.
- the reservoir leads to the spire which in turn leads to the dry smoke aperture 142 .
- the dry smoke aperture 142 is the starting point of the dry smoke's descent into the stem.
- the dry smoke aperture should be aligned with the dry smoke conduit of the stem, or to whatever component the bowl is affixed.
- the bowl 100 is generally affixed by its port 160 .
- the particular means of affixation is not a necessary part of the present invention, and any means of affixation capable of retaining the hookah bowl in place will suffice.
- a rubber gasket affix the outside of a stem to the interior of the hookah stem port.
- the outside of the stem bear an elastic grommet that affixes the exterior of the bowl to the interior of the hookah stem.
- the base of the bowl either the inner lower portion or outer lower portion, serves as the connection point, i.e., port, for the hookah bowl.
- the port 160 may be internal in Lebanese hookah embodiments, as shown in FIGS. 1-13 , or external as is common in Egyptian hookah as shown in FIGS. 14-18 .
- the port 160 is at some portion beneath the apex of the spire.
- the present invention may be fashioned in an Egyptian embodiment and utilize a spire 140 with a peripheral inlets 146 .
- the spire 140 can be a unitary structure, or for purposes of cleaning, can be separable.
- the spire 140 depicted in FIGS. 14-18 is both separable and includes peripheral inlets 146 . Because dripping tobacco constituents originating from the platform 102 of the bowl 100 will in the overwhelming majority of circumstances will have a greater vertical velocity than downward velocity, entry to the dry smoke aperture 142 of the spire 140 may be advantageously positioned on the side of the spire.
- the spire 140 includes multiple inlets 146 positioned near the apex of the spire 140 .
- the inlets be oriented with a downward slant, as considered from the center to the sidewall of the spire, such that the portion of the inlet 146 facing the reservoir 150 is positioned beneath the portion of the inlet facing the dry smoke aperture 142 . It is preferred that the inlets are positioned above the middle point of the spire 140 , and to the extent that the spire includes a removable, upper spire cap 144 , it is preferred that the inlets 146 are positioned on the spire cap 144 .
- the spire cap 144 can be removable from the spire proper such that both the upper and lower portions of the dry smoke aperture 142 can be cleaned—particularly in embodiments where the platform 110 is removable from the shell 120 .
- multiple means of fasteners may be utilized.
- Preferred embodiments utilize a combination of threading and pressure-fit seals 130 . Downward radial actuation of the threaded platform upon the threaded shell deforms the seal 130 to form an air-tight fit that also results in an interference fit that maintains the platform upon the shell. In other embodiments, the platform and shell may be joined entirely by the seal 130 .
- the present invention may further include a bifurcated full platform embodiment 100 that includes the platform 110 and shell 120 of the present invention, yet the platform 110 contains the entire outer periphery of the reservoir 150 .
- the present invention in all embodiments positions a spire 140 holding the dry smoke conduit 142 beneath the platform floor 105 , whether including an inner floor 106 and outer floor 106 or not, and within a downward projection of the platform apertures 112 .
- One benefit of the full platform embodiment 100 is that the portion of the bowl occupied by the platform constitutes what is generally considered as the visible portion of the bowl.
- the platform 110 of the full platform can be entirely manufactured of an inexpensive ceramic or other decorative material.
- the shell 120 can be manufactured entirely of a durable metal.
- the platform 110 can be entirely of one material capable of close contact with fire and high temperatures, while the shell 120 can be entirely manufactured of a material suited to close contact with smoke. Platforms 110 can be repeatedly replaced as the situation arises, while the shell 120 can be maintained, perhaps even for life.
- the preferred embodiment is as depicted whereby the shell 120 is constructed entirely of one material, but nonetheless utilizes regular exterior features 170 , shown here as circumscribing, protruding rings, and the platform is constructed almost entirely of a ceramic with a metal lower that serves two functions: to emulate the regular features 170 that are on both the shell 120 and platform 110 , and to permit effective attachment of the shell to the platform.
- the platform 110 of the full platform embodiment bears the entire outer periphery of the reservoir 150 .
- the platform outer wall 116 forms the periphery of the reservoir below the portion of the platform beneath the platform floor 105 or outer floor 104 to the portion of the platform outer wall adjacent to the shell floor 124 .
- the shell floor 124 is merely the portion of the shell that is closest to a platform subfloor 114 which is a portion of the platform generally horizontal on the lowest part of the platform.
- the inner boundary of the reservoir 150 is bounded entirely by the spire wall 145 of the spire 140 .
- the preferred spire 140 includes a sidewall 145 having two directions, a lower vertical portion and an upper angled portion.
- the lower portion of the spire 140 and in particular the vertical portions, have a ribbed exterior with spire cavities 148 that retain massell drippings. Because the massell portions entering the reservoir typically includes a highly viscous fluid that upon reaching room temperature can solidify. Upon solidification, the gel can adhere to the spire to prevent dislocation at portions adjacent to the spire.
- the shell subfloor 114 supports the lower portion of the viscous liquid at rest, and in the full platform embodiment, the lower horizontal portion of the reservoir may largely be associated with the platform rather than the shell 110 .
- the spire 140 can include a shoulder 147 with a different outer diameter than the spire 140 that penetrates the platform 110 .
- the spire shoulder 147 is meant to provide support to the platform during its affixation to the shell—in addition to threading.
- the shoulder 147 can include the regular, exterior features 170 .
- the interior of the spire sidewall 145 is preferably a continuously smooth surface from the shoulder 147 to interior portions above the shoulder 147 . Such allows the interior of the spire to accommodate the upper portions of a hookah stem.
- the platform 110 and the shell 120 of the present invention can be connected in any manner conceivable for the indefinite retention between the two components.
- the means of affixation can be a pressure-fit seal.
- the affixation means includes threading.
- the platform 110 and shell 120 may be permanently affixed to form an integral component.
Abstract
The present invention includes a hookah bowl having a reservoir that catches massell constituents before they accumulate in a hookah stem or base. The reservoir is positioned below bowl apertures and around a bowl spire that leads to a stem.
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- This application is a continuation of, and claims priority under 35 U.S.C. § 120 from, U.S. patent application 16/015,185 titled Hookah Bowl and filed Jun. 22, 2018 and the disclosure of which are hereby incorporated by reference.
- The present invention relates to the field tobacco smoking devices and more specifically to the field of hookahs.
- Of the many proud traditions of Ottoman culture, few have achieved the world-wide fame of hookah smoking. Once confined to the Middle East and Near East regions, the hookah's notoriety was invigorated by Napoleon's invasion of Egypt and the stream of curious Westerners which followed thereafter. Painters, such as Eugene Delacroix and Jean-Leon Gerome, when depicting Oriental styles typically included a hookah as a symbol of the depicted culture. The hookah was elevated from a regional curiosity to a universal symbol of sophistication.
- The hookah, which has maintained a constant popularity in the Middle East, presently enjoys in American culture a unique, niched function. Hookah smoking combines community and relaxation into a single event. Rarely does one witness a group smokers crowded about a single cigarette, cigar, or pipe. Though hookahs are often designed with a single smoke outlet; the presence of multiple hoses, each capable of simultaneous use, emanating from a single smoking instrument is unique to the hookah. Multiple hose hookahs form the centerpieces of hookah clubs in which hookah smokers gather to unwind and converse with other community members. A hookah combines fashion, art, and function into a single device.
- A basic hookah includes a base, a pipe, at least one hose with a mouthpiece, and a bowl. The hookah bowl holds the hookah tobacco, frequently “massell.” Massell is a mixture of tobacco, molasses, and often a flavor or fruit extract. The molasses and fruit extract add a substantial amount of moisture to the massell that is missing in conventional tobacco. This added moisture makes massell more sensitive to the elements relative to conventional tobacco; prolonged exposure to air evaporates much of the moisture of massell and reduces its flavor. When properly protected, massell allows a smoker a more recreational, flavored smoke than the tobacco of cigars, cigarettes, pipes, and the like. An experienced hookah smoker will know to loosely distribute massell into a pile within the hookah bowl to allow heat to evenly circulate through the pile.
- The heat that ignites the massell derives from coals positioned above the hookah bowl. The coals and massell preferably never contact one to the other. A common method of placing coals proximate to the massell involves spreading a foil upon the top of a hookah bowl, punching holes in the foil, and then placing the coals onto the foil. The heat from the lighted coals travels through the holes in the foil to ignite portions of the massell. Particulates from the massell travel in the smoke created by the ignition down through the hookah bowl into the hookah pipe.
- The hookah pipe is the body of a hookah and is usually fabricated from brass, tin, or stainless steel. The pipe transports the massell smoke from the bowl to the hookah base, which is a cavern containing water. The base of the hookah is typically fabricated of glass or plastic and tends to be the most expressive portion of the hookah, ranging from translucent to wildly-colored. Within the cavern of the hookah base, the massell smoke is cooled by the water within. The cooled massell smoke then returns to the back to the pipe, though not through the same entrance by which the massell smoke enters the base. From the pipe, the massell smoke travels through the hose and out of the mouthpiece.
- There are presently two prominent versions of hookah structures: the Lebanese style and the Egyptian style. Although the aficionado will explain that there are many differences between the two styles, the practical layman would quickly note the obvious difference: the connection point between the pipe and the hookah bowl. The Egyptian style hookah pipe tapers upward into what is generally referred to as a male connection. The Egyptian style hookah bowl includes a female connection which receives the pipe's male connection. In the Lebanese style hookah the bowl has the tapered male connection and the pipe has the female connection to accept the Lebanese style hookah bowl. In both styles, to allow a more airtight connection a collar is generally added to fit around the male connection.
- The use to which hookahs are put tarnishes them in a way not faced by other tobacco implements. Massell is wildly different from other forms of tobacco. Massell is wet, sticky, and vibrant; and when smoked, the constituents of massell litter the bowl, stem, and base. Bowls are almost an afterthough; their costs are insubstantial in relation to the other hookah components, and subsequent to smoking the exterior of the bowls could require cleaning with damp cloth (or chemical-based cleaner). The stems of hookahs should be cleaned subsequent to use, but because stems are often elongate components with minimal interior space, stems are infrequently cleaned—and often cleaned inadequately. Because stems are often made of metal, prolonged contact with the chemicals of massell, including those having underwent ignition-based chemical reactions, can accelerate the deterioration of the stems. Hookah bases often are manufactured of delicate materials with intricate surface designs. The application of chemicals having the strength to clean massell constituents can harm the hookah bases and relegate more expensive hookahs to the shelf or restrict them to use with a narrow range of massell products.
- What is needed is a tobacco bowl that can be used to halt the flow of massell constituents beyond the tobacco bowl. A tobacco bowl that protects the other hookah components would expand the range of use of hookahs with tobacco products, extend the life of hookahs, and minimize the necessity of (and severity of chemicals needed to) cleaning hookahs.
- The present invention is directed to a hookah bowl. The hookah bowl includes a tobacco platform and a bowl shell. The bowl tobacco platform includes a substantially radial platform aperture network flanking a central solid portion. The aperture network includes one or more holes in the platform that allows tobacco smoke to seep further into the hookah bowl and on to the hookah stem. The hookah bowl shell is positioned below the bowl platform and houses a reservoir placed below the aperture network such that drippings from the platform fall into the reservoir. The reservoir includes a floor laterally-enclosed within the shell and a central spire, extending from the floor toward the platform and positioned centrally within a projection of the aperture network. The projection includes a projection sidewall formed around a dry smoke aperture that leads to the hookah. A hookah stem contact port lies beneath the spire.
- The hookah may include a spire that is bifurcated into separable parts. The spire can include peripheral inlets rather than an open top that accepts dry smoke.
- These aspects of the invention are not meant to be exclusive. Furthermore, some features may apply to certain versions of the invention, but not others. Other features, aspects, and advantages of the present invention will be readily apparent to those of ordinary skill in the art when read in conjunction with the following description, and accompanying drawings.
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FIG. 1 is an upper perspective view of the bowl of the present invention. -
FIG. 2 is a lower perspective view of the bowl of the present invention. -
FIG. 3 is a side, revealed view of the bowl of the present invention. -
FIG. 4 is an upper, separated perspective view of the bowl of the present invention. -
FIG. 5 is a lower, separated perspective view of the bowl of the present invention. -
FIG. 6 is an upper, cutaway perspective view of the bowl of the present invention.FIG. 4 is a view of -
FIG. 7 is an upper, cutaway, exploded perspective view of the bowl of the present invention. -
FIG. 8 is an upper perspective view of the platform of the present invention. -
FIG. 9 is a top, plan view of the platform of the present invention. -
FIG. 10 is a lower, plan view of the platform of the present invention. -
FIG. 11 is an upper perspective view of the shell of the present invention. -
FIG. 12 is a top, plan view of the platform of the shell of the present invention. -
FIG. 13 is a lower, plan view of the platform of the shell of the present invention. -
FIG. 14 is a side, exploded view of the bowl of the present invention. -
FIG. 15 is a revealed, exploded view of the bowl of the present invention. -
FIG. 16 is a partially exposed view of the bowl of the present invention. -
FIG. 17 is a partially exposed view of the bowl of the present invention. -
FIG. 18 is an upper, exploded view of the bowl of the present invention. -
FIG. 19 is an upper, perspective view of the bowl of the present invention. -
FIG. 20 is a lower, perspective view of the bowl of the present invention. -
FIG. 21 is a side, revealed view of the bowl of the present invention. -
FIG. 22 is a side, revealed view of the bowl of the present invention. -
FIG. 23 is a side, partially-exposed view of the bowl of the present invention. -
FIG. 24 is an upper, perspective view of the bowl of the present invention. - Referring first to
FIG. 1 , a basic embodiment of thehookah bowl 100 is shown. The present invention is directed to a hookah bowl. The hookah bowl may be manufactured of any material suitable for the creation of hookah bowls. The preferred material for the construction of the present invention includes a metal to permit substantial re-usability of the hookah bowl and sustained constant heating of the tobacco bowl. Because metals are often disfavored in the use of tobacco, because an forgetful user may place his hand in direct contact with the tobacco bowl,bumpers 190 constructed of a pliable plastic are used in the preferred embodiment to shield human hands from direct contact with aheated bowl 100. - The
preferred bowl 100 is separable into at least two portions, aplatform 110 and ashell 120. Thebowl 100 may constructed as a unitary structure, however, when aseparable bowl 100 leads to advantageous features. For example, abowl 100 that is removable as depicted inFIGS. 1-7 permits direct access into the interior of thebowl 100 that would otherwise lack a direct route for cleaning many surface portions of the bowl. The point of separation is not a necessary feature of the present invention either, although the preferred separation is depicted inFIGS. 1-7 . Even in unitary bowls, it is nonetheless worthwhile for purposes of explanation to discuss the bowl in the conceptual components of aplatform 110 and ashell 120. - The
platform 110 of the present invention is the portion of the hookah bowl that accepts tobacco or other substance for smoking. The platform of the present invention may include any configuration that achieves the purposes of the present invention; because a traditional hookah bowl configuration is generally acceptable, except with certain features of the present invention, the traditional hookah bowl configuration is largely utilized. Thepreferred platform 110 includes afence 102, afloor aperture network 112. Thefence 102 ensures that tobacco placed upon the platform stays on the platform—without being urged over the side. Hookahs are often top-heavy smoking implements and carrying hookahs frequently includes a swaying top. Theplatform 110 includes anaperture network 112 which is simply a network of one of more apertures. The present disclosure discusses apertures as a “network” for the simple reason that the number and size of the apertures are less important than the fact that one or more are present and configured roughly around the bowl platform. For the preferred embodiment of the present invention 4-8 holes circularly arranged at an approximate midpoint between the center of the platform and the fence works admirably; however, the hookah arts now feature multiple aperture solutions, including a one continuous aperture about a raised surface or multiple apertures arranged throughout the platform floors, etc. Any of the these configurations capable of being used with the present invention is acceptable, except as will be explained in greater detail later, the position of apertures in concert with the spire is significant in achieving the advantages of the present invention. - The floor(s) of the
platform 110 are of key concern. Specifically, theplatform 110 utilizes aninner floor 106 and anouter floor 104. In bowls 100 as depicted inFIGS. 1-7 , theinner floor 106 andother floor 104 are readily demarcated by a raisedprotrusion 108 in which the preferred aperture network is arranged. In embodiments lacking a basis of demarcation the difference between theinner floor 106 and theouter floor 104 hangs on the question of aperture location. Theinner floor 106 lacks apertures that (i) permit access through the platform and on to the hookah, and (ii) is positioned directly above (or substantially above) the sole means of gaseous transport from the tobacco bowl to the hookah stem. To properly understand the significance of theinner floor 106, the advantages of the present invention should be analyzed. - When smoking a hookah a user combusts coal positioned above a tobacco bowl that then heats tobacco placed within the bowl. The tobacco is usually covered so that the sole direction of travel for the tobacco smoke is down into the hookah body. Hookah tobacco is very unusual tobacco; hookah tobacco is a mixture of tobacco and various flavorings and binding agents and other specialty, proprietary materials. Furthermore, massell, unlike cigarette tobacco, comes commercially to end users via a variety of small and medium sized sources, many of which are amateurs in the field of hookah tobacco. Constituents of massell may be resistant to burning by nature or because of the poor processes of the manufacturer. So much of the massell can be lost by dripping down into the stem of the conventional hookah creating a mess that clogs, deforms, tarnishes, and/or interferes with the airflow within a hookah stem. Clogged stems can require a hookah to be disassembled during use or otherwise be unavailable for use. The adherent substances in massell, when isolated in the harsh environment of the stem, can solidify into a substance that can only be removed with harsh chemicals that further tarnish the stem. The same deleterious results can occur with greater or lesser effect in the hookah base. Hookah bases can be manufactured of opulent materials that make replacement a non-option for a conventional budget. So much of the mess of hookah smoking results from the breaking down, physical and chemical, of the massell.
- The present invention combats the effects above by creating a “trap” for the descending massell. The
aperture network 112 is positioned above the shell, and more specifically, above thereservoir 150 of theshell 120. Thereservoir 150 is a void contained, preferably wholly, within theshell 120 and includes afloor 124 and is bounded by ashell wall 122. Because thepreferred aperture network 112 circularly traverses theplatform 110, the preferred void of thereservoir 150 circularly traverses theshell 120. Previous attempts to combat unwanted massell drippage utilizes a blistered aperture system that requires massell components to be positioned at a substantial altitude in order to have access to the physical apertures leading into the stem. Because gas, e.g. from ignited tobacco, has little to no trouble in negotiating heights, the raised floor of such tobacco bowls had some good results. However, massell is adherent and can be formed into a ‘blob’ that has substantial altitude because the massell can be self-supporting and formed into shapes that position much of the massell over the raised apertures. Massell is sold in volumes having a quantity that can result in shapes that tower far above, relatively speaking, the raised apertures. However, because blistered apertures have some good effect on the solution offered by the present invention, the present invention can utilize raised apertures in concert with the features of the preferred embodiment to achieve a superior result. - From the drippings that descend into the
shell 120, they then fall into thereservoir 150 and preferably thefloor 124. Because of the height between theapertures 112 and thefloor 124 that may exist in some hookah bowls, drippage may accrue on thewall 122 or thespire 140 as the falling massell constituents achieve a horizontal vector component because of motioning of the hookah, slanted surfaces, etc. Thefloor 124 circumscribes acentral spire 140, in some embodiments, that projects well above thefloor 124 to provide thedry smoke aperture 142 that serves as the entry point for dry smoke entering the hookah stem. - The
spire 140 of the present invention in the preferred embodiment results in a hollow cylindrical component raised above the shellinterior floor 124. The sides of thespire 140 position the entry to thedry smoke aperture 142 in a position whereby smoke is unlikely to enter by gravity-induced motion. Here, the aperture positions and size, as well as the spire position and size (and the shape and dimensions of the dry smoke aperture) prevent massell constituents from dripping into thespire 140. The preferred size of the apertures is approximately five mm and are separated across a center line from another aperture spanning a distance of approximately 20-30 mm. This 20-30 mm is location of theinner platform floor 106 and the space between the apertures and the fence 102 (or other outer perimeter) of the bowl constitutes the platformouter floor 104. The aperture complex includes apertures that have a cross-section that is less than the cross-section of thereservoir 150, so that drippings that travel directly downward fall squarely in the reservoir. In other words, if the aperture network were projected directly downward, no part of the projection would contact any part of theshell 120 other than thereservoir floor 124. Naturally, this expresses a preferred construction and it is a matter preference as to whether drippings fall directly thereservoir floor 124 or whether it contacts the exterior of thespire 140 or theshell wall 122 before falling to thereservoir floor 124. The significant feature is that drippings do not enter thedry smoke aperture 142 because of the construction of the shell components. Theshell wall 122 is preferably a vertical component that extends almost entirely to the lower portions of theplatform 110. - Although drippings may be caught in the
reservoir 150, and preferably retained on thereservoir floor 124, the smoke that descends into thereservoir 150 has no such restraint. The smoke from theplatform 110 descends through theaperture network 112 into thereservoir 150, and then back upwards to the apex of thespire 140 for entry into thespire 140 and thedry smoke aperture 142. The higher thespire 140 rises, the lower the likelihood that tobacco constituents can access thedry smoke aperture 142. So, it is preferred that the spire rise at least 25% of the distance between thereservoir floor 124 and theplatform 110. The preferred distance is a spire height of 70-95% of the distance between thereservoir floor 124 and theplatform 110. - The central concern is that drippings are shielded from entering a hookah stem and a hookah base at the earliest point possible, and in a manner whereby the drippings can be removed readily and without damage to the more expensive, sensitive components of a hookah. The
spire 140 is intended to be the entry point from the bowl into the stem, and therefore the spire is an ideal point for blocking sizable physical materials from entering the stem. However, the spire need not be the sole means for preventing the influx of sizable particles. As shown in the embodiment ofFIGS. 1-13 , the spire is accompanied by abarrier 180 descending from theplatform 110. Thebarrier wall 182 serves as an obstruction that prevents lateral motioning of falling drippings/particles into thespire 150. - Particles do not necessarily fall vertically. Often there is a horizontal component. A spire that is centrally positioned in the
shell 120, and wholly within a projection of theaperture network 112, may still receive particles, particularly lighter particles (because they are more affected by air) coupled with aspire 140 that is positioned closer to thereservoir floor 124. The likely position of a falling particle is not linear, but rather a statistical average that resembles a cone in three dimensions or a triangle in two dimensions. So abarrier 180 that descends, and is positioned within a downward projection of theaperture network 112, should be positioned exterior to an upward projection of thespire 140. In some cases, it may even be advantageous to have a barrier with a lower position that is positioned beneath an upper position of thespire 140. Essentially, thebarrier 180 overlaps thespire 140 such that smoke is required to undergo a highly serpentine path to enter thedry smoke aperture 142, see in particularlyFIG. 6 . - The
preferred barrier 180 is positioned within theaperture network 112, but outside of thespire 140. The barrier may be physically affixed to the platform and bear a shape similar to that of the spire. The preferred barrier hangs downward occupying a distance of less than 50% of the distance between thereservoir floor 124 and theplatform 110. - The
preferred reservoir 150 is sized and shaped to house aspire 140, abarrier 180, and flanks the spire. There are, however,reservoirs 150 that may be ideally centrally-positioned with anannular spire 150 that is positioned directly below the platformouter floor 104. The depicted embodiment is preferred because centrally positioning fluid flow components make for simpler manufacturing and cleaning. Thepreferred reservoir 150 is wholly sectioned off from direct exposure to the exterior environment, such that access to the reservoir must be indirect through by way of the apertures within platform and through the spire. - The reservoir leads to the spire which in turn leads to the
dry smoke aperture 142. Thedry smoke aperture 142 is the starting point of the dry smoke's descent into the stem. The dry smoke aperture should be aligned with the dry smoke conduit of the stem, or to whatever component the bowl is affixed. Thebowl 100 is generally affixed by itsport 160. The particular means of affixation is not a necessary part of the present invention, and any means of affixation capable of retaining the hookah bowl in place will suffice. For Lebanese hookahs, it is preferred that a rubber gasket affix the outside of a stem to the interior of the hookah stem port. For Egyptian hookahs, it is preferred that the outside of the stem bear an elastic grommet that affixes the exterior of the bowl to the interior of the hookah stem. In either event the base of the bowl, either the inner lower portion or outer lower portion, serves as the connection point, i.e., port, for the hookah bowl. As previously discussed, theport 160 may be internal in Lebanese hookah embodiments, as shown inFIGS. 1-13 , or external as is common in Egyptian hookah as shown inFIGS. 14-18 . Theport 160 is at some portion beneath the apex of the spire. - Turning now to
FIGS. 14-18 , the present invention may be fashioned in an Egyptian embodiment and utilize aspire 140 with aperipheral inlets 146. Thespire 140 can be a unitary structure, or for purposes of cleaning, can be separable. Thespire 140 depicted inFIGS. 14-18 is both separable and includesperipheral inlets 146. Because dripping tobacco constituents originating from theplatform 102 of thebowl 100 will in the overwhelming majority of circumstances will have a greater vertical velocity than downward velocity, entry to thedry smoke aperture 142 of thespire 140 may be advantageously positioned on the side of the spire. In the depicted embodiment, thespire 140 includesmultiple inlets 146 positioned near the apex of thespire 140. Because, as previously mentioned, the statistical trajectory of falling particulates is conical, a higher placement of inlets decreases the likelihood that particulates can enter the spire. It is even more preferred that the inlets be oriented with a downward slant, as considered from the center to the sidewall of the spire, such that the portion of theinlet 146 facing thereservoir 150 is positioned beneath the portion of the inlet facing thedry smoke aperture 142. It is preferred that the inlets are positioned above the middle point of thespire 140, and to the extent that the spire includes a removable,upper spire cap 144, it is preferred that theinlets 146 are positioned on thespire cap 144. - The
spire cap 144 can be removable from the spire proper such that both the upper and lower portions of thedry smoke aperture 142 can be cleaned—particularly in embodiments where theplatform 110 is removable from theshell 120. In embodiments where theplatform 110 can be separated from theshell 120, multiple means of fasteners may be utilized. Preferred embodiments utilize a combination of threading and pressure-fit seals 130. Downward radial actuation of the threaded platform upon the threaded shell deforms theseal 130 to form an air-tight fit that also results in an interference fit that maintains the platform upon the shell. In other embodiments, the platform and shell may be joined entirely by theseal 130. - Turning now to
FIGS. 19-24 , the present invention may further include a bifurcatedfull platform embodiment 100 that includes theplatform 110 and shell 120 of the present invention, yet theplatform 110 contains the entire outer periphery of thereservoir 150. The present invention in all embodiments positions aspire 140 holding thedry smoke conduit 142 beneath theplatform floor 105, whether including aninner floor 106 andouter floor 106 or not, and within a downward projection of theplatform apertures 112. One benefit of thefull platform embodiment 100 is that the portion of the bowl occupied by the platform constitutes what is generally considered as the visible portion of the bowl. Theplatform 110 of the full platform can be entirely manufactured of an inexpensive ceramic or other decorative material. Theshell 120 can be manufactured entirely of a durable metal. Therefore, theplatform 110 can be entirely of one material capable of close contact with fire and high temperatures, while theshell 120 can be entirely manufactured of a material suited to close contact with smoke.Platforms 110 can be repeatedly replaced as the situation arises, while theshell 120 can be maintained, perhaps even for life. The preferred embodiment is as depicted whereby theshell 120 is constructed entirely of one material, but nonetheless utilizes regular exterior features 170, shown here as circumscribing, protruding rings, and the platform is constructed almost entirely of a ceramic with a metal lower that serves two functions: to emulate theregular features 170 that are on both theshell 120 andplatform 110, and to permit effective attachment of the shell to the platform. - The
platform 110 of the full platform embodiment bears the entire outer periphery of thereservoir 150. The platform outer wall 116 forms the periphery of the reservoir below the portion of the platform beneath theplatform floor 105 orouter floor 104 to the portion of the platform outer wall adjacent to theshell floor 124. In the present embodiment, theshell floor 124 is merely the portion of the shell that is closest to aplatform subfloor 114 which is a portion of the platform generally horizontal on the lowest part of the platform. The inner boundary of thereservoir 150 is bounded entirely by thespire wall 145 of thespire 140. Thepreferred spire 140 includes asidewall 145 having two directions, a lower vertical portion and an upper angled portion. Because horizontal travel of dripping massell components is greater towards the lower ends of thereservoir 150, angling is more important towards the upper portion of thespire 140. The lower portion of thespire 140, and in particular the vertical portions, have a ribbed exterior withspire cavities 148 that retain massell drippings. Because the massell portions entering the reservoir typically includes a highly viscous fluid that upon reaching room temperature can solidify. Upon solidification, the gel can adhere to the spire to prevent dislocation at portions adjacent to the spire. Theshell subfloor 114 supports the lower portion of the viscous liquid at rest, and in the full platform embodiment, the lower horizontal portion of the reservoir may largely be associated with the platform rather than theshell 110. - The
spire 140 can include ashoulder 147 with a different outer diameter than thespire 140 that penetrates theplatform 110. Thespire shoulder 147 is meant to provide support to the platform during its affixation to the shell—in addition to threading. Theshoulder 147 can include the regular, exterior features 170. The interior of thespire sidewall 145 is preferably a continuously smooth surface from theshoulder 147 to interior portions above theshoulder 147. Such allows the interior of the spire to accommodate the upper portions of a hookah stem. - The
platform 110 and theshell 120 of the present invention can be connected in any manner conceivable for the indefinite retention between the two components. As is shown in earlier figures, the means of affixation can be a pressure-fit seal. As is shown in later figures, e.g.,FIG. 24 , the affixation means includes threading. In other embodiments, theplatform 110 andshell 120 may be permanently affixed to form an integral component. - Although the present invention has been described in considerable detail with reference to certain preferred versions thereof, other versions would be readily apparent to those of ordinary skill in the art. Therefore, the spirit and scope of the appended claims should not be limited to the description of the preferred versions contained herein.
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1. A hookah bowl comprising:
a bowl tobacco platform defining a platform floor a substantially radial platform aperture network flanking a central solid portion, with a platform sidewall defining a reservoir, positioned directly below said aperture network from said platform floor to a platform base; and
a bowl shell defining (i) an integral central spire constituted of a spire sidewall, extending adjacently from said platform base toward said platform floor and positioned centrally between a projection of said aperture network, defining a dry smoke aperture, and (ii) a hookah stem contact port beneath said spire; and
wherein said reservoir includes an outer periphery formed exclusively by said platform and an inner periphery formed exclusively by said shell.
2. The bowl of claim 1 wherein said shell includes a shell shoulder, below said shell spire, having a spire diameter less than a shell diameter of said shell shoulder.
3. The bowl of claim 2 wherein said shell spire sidewall includes an interior surface continuous from said shoulder to said spire.
4. The bowl of claim 2 wherein said bowl shell is separable from said tobacco platform.
5. The bowl of claim 4 wherein said bowl shell is separable from said tobacco platform proximate to said shoulder.
6. The bowl of claim 1 wherein said bowl shell is separable from said tobacco platform.
7. The bowl of claim 6 wherein including repeating and exterior surface features positioned on both said shell and said bowl platform.
8. The hookah bowl of claim 1 further comprising a barrier wall descending from said platform into said peripheral reservoir.
9. The hookah bowl of claim 8 wherein said barrier wall descends below an apex of said spire.
10. The hookah bowl of claim 1 wherein said spire extends at least 50% of a height of said peripheral reservoir.
11. The hookah bowl of claim 10 wherein said spire extends at least 75% of a height of said peripheral reservoir.
12. The hookah bowl of claim 1 wherein said radial platform aperture network is a raised radial platform aperture network.
13. The hookah bowl of claim 1 wherein said spire sidewall includes an inward slant.
14. The hookah bowl of claim 13 wherein said spire includes exterior cavities circumscribing said spire.
15. A hookah bowl comprising:
a bowl tobacco platform defining a platform floor a substantially radial platform aperture network flanking a central solid portion, with a platform sidewall defining a reservoir, positioned directly below said aperture network from said platform floor to a platform base; and
a bowl shell, removably affixed to said platform, defining (i) an integral central spire constituted of a spire sidewall, extending adjacently from said platform base toward said platform floor and positioned centrally between a projection of said aperture network, defining a dry smoke aperture, (ii) a hookah stem contact port beneath said spire; and wherein said reservoir includes an outer periphery formed exclusively by said platform and an inner periphery formed exclusively by said shell, (iii) a shell shoulder, below said shell spire, having a spire outer diameter less than a shell outer diameter of said shell shoulder; and (iv) a spire interior surface continuous from said shoulder to said spire.
16. The hookah bowl of claim 15 wherein said reservoir includes an outer periphery formed exclusively by said platform and an inner periphery formed exclusively by said shell.
17. A hookah bowl comprising:
a bowl tobacco platform defining a platform floor a substantially radial platform aperture network flanking a central solid portion, with a platform sidewall defining a reservoir, positioned directly below said aperture network from said platform floor to a platform base; and
a bowl shell, separable from said platform, defining (i) an integral central spire constituted of a spire sidewall, extending adjacently from said platform base toward said platform floor and positioned centrally between a projection of said aperture network, defining a dry smoke aperture, and (ii) a hookah stem contact port beneath said spire.
18. The hookah bowl of claim 17 wherein said reservoir includes an outer periphery formed exclusively by said platform and an inner periphery formed exclusively by said shell.
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