| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 131194000 | Heat exchanging and/or insulating | 21 |
| 20090032034 | Vaporization pipe with flame filter - A vaporizer device that uses a flame for vaporizing flavor and psychoactive compounds from smoking materials such as tobacco. The present device has a filter unit | 02-05-2009 |
| 20090065011 | Distillation-based smoking article - A smoking article comprises: a combustible heat source; an aerosol-generating substrate downstream of the combustible heat source; and a heat-conducting element around and in contact with a rear portion of the combustible heat source and an adjacent front of the aerosol-generating substrate. The aerosol-generating substrate extends at least about 3 mm downstream beyond the heat-conducting element. | 03-12-2009 |
| 20090090373 | Cigarette Having Configured Lighting End - The lighting end or tip of the smoking article is configured in such a manner that the entire front or upstream face thereof does not lie in a plane that is generally perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the smoking article. For example, at least a portion of the front face of the smoking article lies in a plane (e.g., a generally flat plane) that is positioned about 40° to about 50° relative to the longitudinal axis of that smoking article. As such, the overall nature or character of the mainstream aerosol generated by a smoking article can be altered. This shape may include an ellipse, or may include a first section in a plane not perpendicular to the longitudinal axis and a second section in a plane perpendicular to the longitudinal axis. Alternatively, the face of the lighting end may have a shape such that its surface area is greater than the cross-sectional area of the smoking article. | 04-09-2009 |
| 20090095311 | Aerosol Electronic Cigarette - An aerosol electronic cigarette includes a battery assembly, an atomizer assembly and a cigarette bottle assembly and also includes a shell (a) which is hollow and integrally formed. Said battery assembly connects with said atomizer assembly and both are located in said shell (a). Said cigarette bottle assembly is located in one end of the shell (a), which is detachable. Said cigarette bottle assembly fits with said atomizer assembly. Said shell (a) has through-air-inlets (a | 04-16-2009 |
| 20090260641 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR VAPORIZATION OF A SUBSTANCE - A smoking device for generating and releasing smoking vapor free from contamination into the mouth of a user comprising a mouthpiece for providing vapor for inhalation to a user including a tubular casing containing a heater for heating a smoking substance at a substantially constant low temperature by regulating the flow of fuel by a thermal regulator and further having means for visual indication of the operation of the device. | 10-22-2009 |
| 20090260642 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR VAPORIZATION OF A SUBSTANCE - A smoking device for generating and releasing smoking vapor free from contamination into the mouth of a user comprising a mouthpiece for providing vapor for inhalation to a user including a tubular casing containing a heater for heating a smoking substance at a substantially constant low temperature by regulating the flow of fuel by a thermal regulator and further having means for visual indication of the operation of the device. | 10-22-2009 |
| 20090320863 | ELECTRICALLY HEATED SMOKING SYSTEM - An electrically heated smoking system for receiving an aerosol-forming substrate. includes at least one heating element for heating the substrate to form an aerosol, a power supply for supplying power to the heating element, electrical hardware connected to the power supply and the heating element, and an interface for establishing a communications link with a host. The communications link may be a USB link and the host may be a personal computer. | 12-31-2009 |
| 20100024834 | CONTAINER COMPRISING VAPORISABLE MATTER FOR USE IN A VAPORISING DEVICE FOR VAPORISING A VAPORISABLE CONSTITUENT THEREOF - A disposable sachet ( | 02-04-2010 |
| 20100059070 | Volatilization Device - A device for delivering volatilized material to a user comprises a heat delivery component ( | 03-11-2010 |
| 20100200006 | Tobacco-Containing Smoking Article - A smoking article may include a cigarette incorporated within an electrically powered aerosol generating device that acts as a holder for that cigarette. The smoking article possesses at least one form of tobacco. The smoking article also possesses a mouth-end piece that is used by the smoker to inhale components of tobacco that are generated by the action of heat upon components of the cigarette. A representative smoking article possesses an outer housing incorporating a source of electrical power (e.g., a battery), a sensing mechanism for powering the device at least during periods of draw, and a heating device (e.g., at least one electrical resistance heating element) for forming a thermally generated aerosol that incorporates components of tobacco. During use, the cigarette is positioned within the device, and after use, the used cigarette is removed from the device and replaced with another cigarette. | 08-12-2010 |
| 20100218778 | COOLING FIN PIPE SMOKER - A cooling find smoker pipe having a plurality of parallel fins spaced apart a predetermined distance on the generally tubular housing of the pipe to cool the tobacco smoke from the pipe when the end user takes a drag on the pipe mouthpiece attached to the housing. The housing comprises a two piece construction of a cap and a tobacco bowl screwed together to form the chamber to fill with tobacco wherein the male threads are located on the exterior of the bowl and the corresponding female threads are located within the cap. | 09-02-2010 |
| 20100258139 | NON-COMBUSTIBLE SMOKING ARTICLE WITH CARBONACEOUS HEAT SOURCE - A non-combustible smoking article includes an aerosol-generating part including an aerosol-generating substance configured to generate aerosol by heating, and a heat source physically separated from the aerosol-generating part and disposed at an tip end of the aerosol-generating part, and configured to heat the aerosol-generating substance by combustion heat, in which the heat source includes at least one carbonaceous strip. | 10-14-2010 |
| 20110088707 | SMOKING ARTICLE HAVING EXOTHERMAL CATALYST DOWNSTREAM OF FUEL ELEMENT - A smoking article having a heat source at a first end of the smoking article and a catalyst adjacent to the heat source. The catalyst is capable of catalyzing carbon monoxide from the heat source to carbon dioxide and water. A filter segment is located at a second end of the smoking article opposite the first end with an aerosol generating segment disposed between the catalyst and the filter segment. | 04-21-2011 |
| 20110094523 | SMOKING SYSTEM HAVING A LIQUID STORAGE PORTION - A smoking system includes a capillary wick for holding liquid, at least one air inlet, at least one air outlet and a chamber between the air inlet and air outlet. The air inlet, the air outlet and the chamber are arranged so as to define an air flow route from the air inlet to the air outlet via the capillary wick so as to convey aerosol formed from the liquid to the air outlet. The smoking system further includes at least one guide for channeling the air flow in the air flow route, so as to control particle size in the aerosol. The smoking system optionally includes at least one heater for heating the liquid in at least a portion of the capillary wick to form the aerosol. | 04-28-2011 |
| 20110192408 | NON-COMBUSTION FLAVOR INHALATION ARTICLE - A non-combustion flavor inhalation article includes a heating device including a heater to be heated to a temperature between 80 and 140° C., and a roll including a tobacco sheet to be disposed in contact with the heater. | 08-11-2011 |
| 20120042885 | SEGMENTED SMOKING ARTICLE WITH MONOLITHIC SUBSTRATE - A cigarette includes lighting and mouth ends. It may include a smokable segment disposed at the lighting end. It also includes a mouth-end segment; an aerosol-generation system disposed between the lighting and mouth ends, which includes (i) a heat-generation segment adjacent the smokable segment, including a heat source configured to be activated by combustion of a smokable material and an insulation layer, and (ii) an aerosol-generating segment including a monolithic substrate with aerosol-forming material disposed between, but physically separate from, each of the heat generation segment and the mouth end; a piece of outer wrapping material that provides an overwrap around at least a portion of the aerosol-generating segment, the heat-generation segment, and at least a portion of the smokable segment; those segments being connected together by the overwrap to provide a cigarette rod; that is connected to the cigarette rod using tipping material. | 02-23-2012 |
| 20140069444 | Electronic pipe - An electronic pipe is provided. The electronic pipe includes a first pipe section having an electronic module and a first connector element that communicates with the electronic module. A second pipe section is structured to be removeably attachable to the first pipe section, the second pipe section including a combustible material reservoir having a passageway that communicates with a mouthpiece receiver, with an aperture located on a surface of the second pipe section, the aperture communicating with the combustible material reservoir so that a fluid exterior to the electronic pipe can pass into the aperture, through the combustible material reservoir and into the passageway that communicates with the mouthpiece receiver and a second connector element structured to removeably couple to the first connector element, with both connector elements structured to transmit an electric current from the battery to a heating element located within the combustible material reservoir. | 03-13-2014 |
| 20140083439 | METHOD FOR PREPARING FUEL ELEMENT FOR SMOKING ARTICLE - The invention provides a method for making a fuel element for a smoking article including the steps of mixing a metal-containing catalyst precursor with a filler material or graphite or a combination thereof to form a pre-treated fuel element component; optionally calcining the pre-treated fuel element component in order to convert the catalyst precursor to a catalytic metal compound; after the optional calcining step, combining the pre-treated fuel element component with a carbonaceous material and a binder to produce a fuel element composition; and forming the fuel element composition into a fuel element adapted for use in a smoking article. Examples of metal-containing catalyst precursors include iron nitrate, copper nitrate, cerium nitrate, cerium ammonium nitrate, manganese nitrate, magnesium nitrate, and zinc nitrate. Fuel elements treated according to the invention, and smoking articles including such fuel elements, are also provided. | 03-27-2014 |
| 20160143353 | HOOKAH BOWL AND HEAT MANAGEMENT ACCESSORY - A system for facilitating smoking of tobacco from a hookah having a bowl with an interior space for holding organic matter to be smoked by a user, a heating platform for resting on the bowl with a central surface including a depression with at least one surrounding wall such that a heating source will not slide off the central surface, at least one perimeter vents arranged in a pattern around the central surface such that air can pass back and forth between an area above the central surface and below the central surface and at least one exterior vent located in at least one perimeter wall located around an exterior of the heating platform and a cap with at least one exterior vent, at least one upper vent, at least one movement control extension and at least one rest for resting on the heating platform. | 05-26-2016 |
| 20160198762 | HOOKAH HEAT MANAGEMENT ACCESSORY | 07-14-2016 |
| 131196000 | Spaced inner bowl | 1 |
| 20100275937 | HUBBLE-BUBBLE DEVICE - The various embodiments herein provide an efficient head for hubble-bubble device used in smoking and using tobacco with the capability of immediate tobacco replacement and easy regulation of the distance between charcoal and tobacco. A hubble-bubble device comprises the holder, the charcoal container arranged on top of the holder and the tobacco tray arranged on a bottom section of the holder. The tobacco tray is in the form of a drawer which provides for insertion and removal of the tobacco tray from the holder thereby facilitating quick replacement of the tobacco. | 11-04-2010 |
