Smoking device for smoking through a liquid
View Patent ↗The invention provides a portable hookah for smoking a smokable substance such as tobacco or medical marijuana. The device has a water jar with a handle and a perforated semispherical cover that supports a tubular cartridge. The lower end of the cartridge is inserted into the water jar so that it is immersed into the water that fills the water jar, and the upper end of the cartridge is located in the cover and contains a compartment for the heating and smoking substances. The water jar has on its outer surface a helical groove for winding and supporting a hose, the distal end of which has a mouthpiece for the smoker and is fixed to the water jar for storage and transportation. The water jar may be reusable or disposable.
1. A smoking device for smoking through a liquid comprising:
a container for a liquid having an interior, a closed bottom, a side wall with an outer surface, an open upper end, a handle that extends radial outward from the side wall, a pipe union that extends radially outward from the side wall in communication with the interior of the container for a liquid, and a continuous groove at least on the outer surface of the side wall;
a cover that has means for removably connecting the cover to the container for a liquid;
a cartridge sealingly inserted into the container for a liquid through the cover, the cartridge comprising a smoking-substance compartment for placing a smoking substance and a heating-substance compartment for placing a heatingsubstance located above the smoking-substance compartment, the heating-substance compartment has a perforated bottom with perforations opened into the smoking-substance compartment, and the smoking-substance compartment has perforated bottom with perforation opened into the interior of the cartridge; and
a hose that is wound into the continuous groove formed on the outer surface of the side wall and has a proximal end connected to the pipe union, wherein the container for a liquid is a jar that has a cylindrical shape, the continuous groove comprises a helical groove, the jar has a thread near the upper open end and said means for removably connecting the cover to the container for a liquid comprising a thread formed on the cover for engaging the thread of the jar, and
the cover has a cylindrical portion that contains said thread formed on the cover for engaging the thread of the jar and a semispherical top portion with an interior and with openings that connect the atmosphere with the interior of the semispherical portion.
2. The smoking device of claim 1 , wherein the smoking-substance compartment and the heating-substance compartment have perforations that are open into the interior of the semispherical top portion.