Hookahs, heating units, and related methods
A hookah device having a heating unit, a head for holding a cooking element, a pipe, and a base. The heating unit for use with the hookah device can be provided with a base and a lid and vents along a bottom wall, a sidewall, and a top wall to facilitate circulation of fresh air and heated air. Surface ornamentations can be provided with the base and the lid.
1. A hookah device comprising:
a heating unit comprising a base having a structure defining a combustion chamber and a lid, the base comprising:
a sidewall having a wall structure, an exterior surface and an interior surface defining a thickness and a wall height;
surface ornamentations formed with the exterior surface, the interior surface, or both;
a bottom wall attached to the sidewall;
at least one air vent formed through the sidewall to expose the combustion chamber to fresh air flow; and
a thermal vent formed through the sidewall at a location proximate the between the interior surface and the exterior surface, said thermal vent having a top end opening at a top edge of the sidewall and a bottom end opening at an exterior surface of the bottom wall; and
the lid comprising a top wall and a rim.
2. The hookah device of claim 1 , wherein a groove is provided at an interior surface of the bottom wall, said groove sized and shaped for air flow.
3. The hookah device of claim 1 , wherein the top wall of the lid comprises at least one top vent.
4. The hookah device of claim 1 , wherein the surface ornamentations are formed with both the interior surface and the exterior surface.
5. The hookah device of claim 4 , wherein the surface ornamentations comprise twelve internal projections, twelve external projections, twelve internal concave facets, and twelve external concave facets.
6. The hookah device of claim 5 , wherein an internal projection and an external projection together define a knuckle and wherein the thermal vent extends through the sidewall at the knuckle.
7. The hookah device of claim 4 , wherein the surface ornamentations comprise ten internal projections, ten external projections, ten internal concave facets, and ten external concave facets.
8. The hookah device of claim 1 , wherein the base comprises at least four spaced apart air vents and at least four spaced apart thermal vents.
9. The hookah device of claim 1 , further comprising a handle extending from the rim of the lid.
10. The hookah device of claim 1 , wherein the surface ornamentations of the base comprise spaced apart arcuate surfaces and surface ornamentations of the lid comprise spaced apart projections.
11. A method of manufacturing a hookah comprising:
forming a base comprising a water bowl;
placing a pipe having a downstem into the base;
attaching a tobacco bowl at an end of the pipe, said tobacco bowl having a first opening having a larger dimension than a second opening;
placing a cooking element into the tobacco bowl at the first opening;
placing a heating unit above the tobacco bowl, the heating unit comprising a heating unit base having a structure defining a combustion chamber and a lid, the heating unit base comprising:
a sidewall having a wall structure, an exterior surface and an interior surface defining a thickness and a wall height;
surface ornamentations formed with the exterior surface, the interior surface, or both;
a bottom wall attached to the sidewall;
at least one air vent formed through the sidewall to expose the combustion chamber to fresh air flow; and
a thermal vent formed through the sidewall at a location between the interior surface and the exterior surface, said thermal vent having a top end opening at a top edge of the sidewall and a bottom end opening at an exterior surface of the bottom wall; and
the lid comprising a top wall and a rim.
12. The method of claim 11 , further comprising attaching a hose onto an end of a hose port, said hose port being in communication with an interior of the water bowl.
13. The method of claim 11 , wherein the heating unit base comprises at least four spaced apart air vents and at least four spaced apart thermal vents.
14. The method of claim 11 , wherein the surface ornamentations of the base comprise spaced apart arcuate surfaces and surface ornamentations of the lid comprise spaced apart projections.
15. A heating unit for use with a hookah device comprising a base having a structure defining a combustion chamber and a lid for placement onto the base;
wherein the base comprises:
a sidewall having a wall structure, an exterior surface and an interior surface defining a thickness and a wall height;
surface ornamentations formed with the exterior surface, the interior surface, or both;
a bottom wall attached to the sidewall;
at least one side air vent formed through the sidewall to expose the combustion chamber to fresh air flow; and
a thermal vent formed through the sidewall between the interior surface and the exterior surface, said thermal vent having a top end opening at a top edge of the sidewall and a bottom end opening at an exterior surface of the bottom wall; and
wherein the lid comprises:
a top wall having at least one top vent; and
a rim depending from the top wall; and
wherein the rim comprises surface ornamentations.
16. The heating unit of claim 15 , wherein the base comprises at least four spaced apart air vents and at least four spaced apart thermal vents.
17. The heating unit of claim 15 , wherein the surface ornamentations of the base comprise spaced apart arcuate surfaces and surface ornamentations of the lid comprise spaced apart projections.