US3256890A

US3256890A - Cigarette holder fitted with removable filter cartridge

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Publication number: US3256890A
Application number: US292951A
Authority: US
Inventors: Jany Jose
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1963-04-02
Filing date: 1963-07-05
Publication date: 1966-06-21
Anticipated expiration: 1983-06-21

Description

June 21, 1966 J. JANY 3,256,890

CIGARETTE HOLDER FITTED WITH REMOVABLE FILTER CARTRIDGE Filed July 5, 1963 FIG.2

as k /4 13 United States Patent 1 Claim. 61431-173 Numerous articles in medical journals and papers delivered at Medical Society meetings have brought in to sharp focus the effect of cigarette smoking on human beings.

The present invention is intended to create a new cigarette holder characterized in that it contains a removable cartridge containing a chemical filtering fluid, in order to remove from the cigarette smoke the elements which might-prove injurious to the lungs and membranes of the human body and the health of the smoker in general.

Another object of this invention is to provide a suitable valvular device fitted in the holder section which prevents inadvertent loss of fluid from the cartridge and also provides a cooling chamber for tobacco smoke passing therethrough.

In the drawings:

FIG. 1 is side view of the assembled cigarette holder;

FIG. 2 is a longitudinal section through the assembled cigarette holder, with the various components thereof in place.

FIG. 3 is an exploded longitudinal section through the cigarette holder shown in FIG. 1, with the cartridge which has a pair of end caps attached thereto, detached from the mouthpiece and the holder section of the cigarette holder.

In the drawings, the same reference numerals designate the same parts throughout the various views.

One embodiment of the construction shown in FIGS. 1, 2 and 3, comprises a tubular tapered mouthpiece 10, which is removably attached to a transparent tubular body made of a plastic material, or glass. One end of the tubular cartridge is fitted over hollow cylindrical projection of the mouthpiece, having a diameter smaller than the diameter of the mouthpiece, whereby the cartridge may be assembled to this latter in the position shown in FIGS. 1 and 2.

The opposite end of the cartridge is supported by a similar hollow cylindrical projection 18 which the cigarette holder 19 is provided of as shown in the assembled position of FIGS. 1 and 2. The cartridge is filled with a fluid 13, to a level indicated by the line 14, shown in FIGS. 1 and 3, which is substantially parallel to and located below the longitudinal axis of the cartridge, the cartridge being nominally sealed, except for a plurality of tubular passages leading thereto, as hereinafter described.

The cigarette holder which is attached to one end of the cartridge consists of a tubular body 19, one end of which having a hollow cylindrical projection 18 integral therewith, for receiving one end of the cartridge in the assembled position shown in FIGS. 1 and 2.

The tubular holder section has a valvular device 16 consisting of a plurality of spaced

circular baffles

24, 25, 26 inserted therein, saiddevice having one end placed against the bottom 20 of the hollow cylindrical projection 18, and, on the opposite end forming a cupped tubular cigarette receiving portion 22 defined by the last baflie 28, constituting its bottom wall, and provided with a central hole 29.

Each of the

baflles

25, 26 has a

small opening

23, 27 therethrough, the openings being staggered relative to one another, thus forcing the smoke passing through the central opening29 through the bottom wall of the cigaice rette receiving portion of the valvular device to take a circuitous path, from the holder section to the cartridge. A tubular connector 30 is inserted in and attached to the rear bafiie 24 of the valvular device 19, the connector projecting through the rear wall 20 of the hollow cylindrical neck 18, of the holder member, said connector being located diametrically opposite the opening 23 through the adjoining baflle 25. p

A pipe 32 projects from the free end of the mouthpiece 10 within the hollow collar 15 and comprises a continuation of the axial channel 33 as shown in FIGS. 2 and 3.

The suction pipe allows the smoke, after it passes through the fluid in the cartridge, to pass therethrough to the mouth of the smoker.

Under normal conditions, where the level of the fluid is below the suction pipe 32, as shown in FIG. 1 the smoke after passing through the fluid would pass through the upper area of the cartridge above the fluid 13, thence through the suction pipe 32. Because of the length of the pipe 32 and its position above the level in the fluid in the cartridge, it is not likely that fluid will 'flow into the channel 33 even though the holder may be tilted in ordinary use.

The size of the openings through the

baffles

24, 25, 26 in the holder section 19, of the cigarette holder is relatively small, the openings being staggered relative to the circumferential wall of the holder so as to restrict the passage of fluid from the cartridge into the holder end of the holder section. -While a small amount of fluid might seep through the connector 30, connecting the holder section with the cartridge, this would be trapped in the area 33, between the adjoining baflles, and prevented from passing'to the cigarette end of the holder section by the staggering of the

openings

23, 27 through the bafiles, as the opening 27 through the bafile 25 is located quite a distance above the connector tube, thus preventing the passage of fluid from the area 33 through the opening 27.

When the holder is in use, the suction generated through the mouthpiece of the holder, which passes through the suction pipe of the cartridge, generates a partial vacuum in the cartridge. This partial vacuum tends to draw the smoke duly cooled when it passes across the valvular system 16, from the cigarette through the fluid, the fluid thereby absorbing nicotine, tars and other possibly harmful ingredients, which are contained in the smoke, the harmful ingredients being restrained by the fluid. The small diameter of the suction pipe and its position, above the level of the fluid in the cartridge, prevent the passage of fluid from the cartridge to the mouth of the user.

The viscosity of the fluid in the cartridge assists in restraining the fluid from entering the connector 30 and therefore the holder section of the smoking device.

Before assembly to the mouthpiece and the holder section, the tubular cartridge has a pair of

tubular caps

34, 35 made of a plastic material, fitted into ends thereof, so that when a new cartridge is required, it is necessary but totake said caps. away from a single cartridge and then to fit it over the cylindrical projection with which both the mouthpiece and the holder are provided.

When the holder is in actual use, the cartridge is used until the fluid contained therein becomes discolored and relatively dark, due to the accumulation of nicotine, tars and other ingredients extracted from thetobacco smoke. The discoloration would show up through the transparent tubular body of the cartridge. When this occurs, the mouthpiece 10 and the cigarette holder section of the holder would be removed from the cartridge and a new cartridge containing a fresh supply of fluid substituted therefor, the mouthpiece and the holder section being attached to the new cartridge in the positions shown in FIGS. 1 and 2.

In order to replace a cartridge, after the fluid in it is discolored, one of the caps 34 attached to one end of the new tubular cartridge shown in FIG. 3, is removed, and the end of the tubular cartridge is inserted on the hollow cylindrical projection 15 of the mouthpiece, the other cap remaining in place. After that, the second cap 35 is removed from the cartridge, and the end of the tubular cartridge inserted in the hollow cylindrical projection 18 of the holder, the fluid thus being prevented from leaking out of the cartridge.

The cartridge is then in the assembled position shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 with the fluid level 14 substantially as indicated therein.

It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that my present invention is not limited to the specific details described above and shown in the drawings, and that various modifications are possible in carrying out the features of the invention and the operation, assembly, and method of utilization thereof, without departing from the spirit and scope of the appended claim.

What I claim is:

A cigarette holder combination comprising a tubular mouthpiece having a tubular projection extending therefrom, a disposable filter cartridge consisting of a length of transparent tubing of constant cross-section removably supported at one end by said mouthpiece with said tubular projection projecting into said cartridge, said cartridge being partially filled with a liquid of a predetermined composition for removing deleterious matter from smoke, a tubular cigarette holder section having a rear wall with an opening therethrough, said cigarette holder section removably supporting the other end of the filter cartridge; and a valvular device slidingly received in said cigarette holder section and consisting of an elongated tubular member having therewithin a plurality of equally-spaced baffles each having an opening therethrough, said openings being staggered relative to one another, said valvular device having a hollow cylindrical projection integral therewith and projecting through said opening in said rear Wall of said cigarette holder section into said cartridge.

References Cited by the Examiner UNITED STATES PATENTS 214,586 4/1879 Riedel 131-173 933,360 9/1909 Carabias 131173 1,890,920 12/1932 Strawn 131210 1,914,466 6/1933 Spragins 131-212 2,387,381 10/1945 Zuckerman 131210 X 2,805,670 9/1957 Wang 131-173 X 3,062,220 11/1962 Brothers 131210 X FOREIGN PATENTS 86,246 11/1921 Austria. 13,747 1851 Great Britain.

SAMUEL KOREN, Primary Examiner.

JOSEPH S. REICH, ABRAHAM G. STONE,

Assistant Examiners.