GLASS AND CERAMIC TIP FOR CIGARETTES

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

Described herein is novel subject matter for tip designS to be utilized with a hand-rolled cigarette to allow users to enjoy a smoking experience due to a cleaner version of smoke entering a user's lungs

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

A better understanding of the features, advantages and principles of the present disclosure will be obtained by reference to the following detailed description that sets forth illustrative embodiments, and the accompanying drawings of which:

FIG. 1 illustrates a front view of a pre-rolled cigarette and tip according to some exemplary embodiments;

FIG. 2 illustrates smoke paths for inhaled smoke in a glass tip that has a cigarette inserted according to some embodiments;

FIG. 3 is a top view of a glass tip for smoking a hand-rolled cigarette according to some embodiments;

FIG. 4A is a top view of a glass tip for smoking a cigarette according to some embodiments;

FIG. 4B is another top view of a glass tip for smoking a cigarette according to some embodiments;

FIG. 5 illustrates an exploded view of a smoking article according to exemplary embodiments;

FIG. 6 illustrates a top view of a tip according to exemplary embodiments;

FIG. 7 illustrates a side view of a tip according to exemplary embodiments; and

FIG. 8 illustrates a side view of a smoking article according to exemplary embodiments.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

The following detailed description and provides a better understanding of the features and advantages of the inventions described in the present disclosure in accordance with the embodiments disclosed herein. Although the detailed description includes many specific embodiments, these are provided by way of example only and should not be construed as limiting the scope of the inventions disclosed herein.

The subject matter described herein refers to a novel and unique glass tip to provide an ultimate smoking experience for a user or smoker. The subject matter described herein is designed to cool the inhaled smoke and to further minimize runners or canoeing of the cigarette. In these cases, the lit end of a cigarette burns too quickly and unevenly, which causes the cigarette to smoke faster on one side (which makes it uneven). This results in the cigarette being burned unevenly down one side leaving the other side unburned and may lead to wasted material. The user will find the smoking of these cigarettes less enjoyable. Canoeing refers to when the cigarette looks like when one side is burned and the other has material and paper unburned in the shape of a canoe.

With the glass tip described herein, inhaled smoke will depart or leave the glass tip near a user's or smoker's mouth at a much lower temperature compared to prior glass tips. The prior straight glass tips result in the inhaled smoke or vapor having a much higher temperature and this may be irritating to a smoker's throat.

The subject matter described herein includes two circular winding smoke paths (e.g., double chambers) in the glass tip that start at opposite sides of a top of the glass tip. The subject matter may be referred to as a double-chambered vortex glass Rotini design. In a Rotini glass tip, the inhaled smoke circulates thru the glass freely but takes a longer path as compared to travelling straight from a top of a glass tip to a bottom of a glass tip. This increases the inhaled smoke's travel time through the glass tip. This is significant because a normal burning temperature of a smoking substance (e.g., tobacco) may be 750 degrees fahrenheit with no inhalation and may increase up to 1,300 degrees fahrenheit when a user or smoker is drawing in or inhaling the smoke.

The inhaled smoke travels down the cigarette and then spirals through the double-chambered vortex Rotini glass tip which cools down the temperature of the inhaled smoke. Because each of the chambers includes an area near an outside surface of the glass tip and are spiraling, the inhaled smoke is cooled down. The increase in travel length of the inhaled smoke also cools down the inhaled smoke. These provide significant benefits and lower inhaled smoke temperatures than a straight glass tip.

FIG. 1 illustrates a front view of a glass tip for smoking a hand-rolled cigarette according to some embodiments. In FIG. 1, the glass tip 100 includes a top surface 101, a bottom surface 102, a cylinder 105, a first chamber or channel 110 and/or a second chamber or channel 115. In some embodiments, a top surface 101 may have an opening into which a cigarette may be inserted. In some embodiments, a top surface 101 of the glass tip 100 may have a circular shape although other shapes may be utilized (e.g., depending on the shape of the cigarette). In some embodiments, the glass tip 100 may have a length that is longer than a width.

In some embodiments, a cylinder 105 of the glass tip 100 may have a first chamber or channel 110 and a second chamber or channel 115. In some embodiments, the first chamber or channel 110 and the second chamber or channel 115 may be connected or coupled to an opening of the top surface 101 of the glass tip 100 in order to allow inhaled smoke to enter into the first chamber 110 and the second chamber 115. In many embodiments, the inhaled smoke enters in both the first chamber or channel 110 and/or the second chamber or channel 115.

In some embodiments, the glass tip 100 may have an approximate height of 33 millimeters (mm). In some embodiments, the glass tip 100 may have a height ranging from 20 millimeters to 60 millimeters. In some embodiments, the glass tip 100 may have an approximate width of 12.5 millimeters. In some embodiments, the glass tip 100 may have a width ranging from 7.5 millimeters to 17.5 millimeters. In some embodiments, the glass tip 100 may have a diameter of approximately 12.5 millimeters. In some embodiments, the glass tip 100 may have a diameter of ranging from 7.5 millimeters to 17.5 millimeters.

In some embodiments, the first chamber or channel 110 and the second chamber or channel 115 of the glass tip may each have a diameter or width of approximately 3.85 millimeters. In some embodiments, the first chamber or channel 110 and the second chamber or channel 115 may each have a diameter or width ranging from 2 to 6 millimeters. In some embodiments, the first chamber or channel 110 and the second chamber or channel 115 may have a same or a similar diameter or width. In some embodiments, the first chamber or channel 110 and the second chamber or channel 115 may have different diameters.

In some embodiments, the tip 100 may be made of a glass material or a ceramic material. In some embodiments, the tip 100 may be made of a borosilicate glass, soda lime glass, quartz glass, black glass, clear glass, colored glass, iridescent glass, miron glass, acrylic glass, float glass or polycarbonate glass. In some embodiments, the tip 100 may be made of a plastic material (e.g., a clear material), a fused quartz material, a ceramic material, or a biodegradable hemp and corn starch material. The tips may be utilized to smoke tobacco, hemp, cannabis, hash or other regulated smoking materials.

In some embodiments, the first chamber or channel 110 and the second chamber or channel 115 may begin near a top surface 101 of the glass tip and end at a bottom 102 of the glass tip. In exemplary embodiments, one or more ridges 112 may be visible when viewing the glass tip 100. In exemplary embodiments, the one or more ridges 112 may internally divide the first chamber or channel 110 from the second chamber or channel 115. In exemplary embodiments, the first chamber or channel 110 may wind around a center axis of the glass tip 100. In some implementations, this first chamber or channel 110 may appear to form a helix shape on an interior of the glass tip 100. This allows a portion of the smoke that is inhaled through the first chamber or channel 100 to be close to an outside surface of the glass tip and thus this inhaled smoke may be cooled as it passes through the first chamber or channel 110. In exemplary embodiments, the second chamber or channel 115 may also wind around a center axis of the glass tip 100. In some implementations, the second chamber or channel 115 may also form a helix shape in an interior of glass tip 100. This allows a portion of the smoke that is inhaled through the first chamber or channel 100 to be close to an outside surface of the glass tip and thus this inhaled smoke may be cooled as it passes through the second chamber or channel 115. In exemplary embodiments, the first chamber or channel 110 and the second chamber or channel 115 may appear to form a double helix. In some implementations, the first chamber or channel 110 and the second chamber of channel 115 may spiral down an interior of the cylinder 105 of the glass tip. In some implementations, the first chamber 110 may start on a first side 107 of a top of the glass tip cylinder 105, have an opening on that side that extends to a divider (which may be a center divider) and then may spiral down and end on a second side 108 of a bottom of the glass tip cylinder 105. In some implementations, the second chamber or cylinder 115 may start on a second side 108 of a top of a glass tip cylinder 105, have an opening on that side (which is opposite the opening for the first chamber 110) and may end on a first side 107 of a bottom of a glass tip cylinder 105. The subject matter described herein also provides a longer distance for inhaled smoke to travel as compared to straight glass tips and thus a larger surface area to cool the inhaled smoke. In some embodiments, a user inhales the smoke through a bottom surface 102 of the glass tip 100. This is a significant advantage over the existing straight glass tips because inhaled smoke at a lower temperature causes less damage to a smoker's lungs. If the glass tip 100 was being utilized by a user with a cigarette, and the smoking was viewed from the side of the glass tip 100, a viewer would see smoke on most of the surface area of the tip 100 except for the ridges 112 that divide the first chamber or channel 110 was separate from the second chamber or channel 115.

FIG. 2 illustrates smoke paths for inhaled smoke in a glass tip that has a cigarette inserted according to some embodiments. FIG. 2 illustrates a first smoke path 210 for inhaled smoke to travel and a second smoke path 215 for inhaled smoke to travel. In some embodiments, the first smoke path 210 may correspond to the first chamber 110 in FIG. 1 and the second smoke path 215 may correspond to the second chamber 215 for inhaled smoke to travel. FIG. 2 also illustrates a cigarette 220 including a smoking material 221 and further illustrates where a lit end 225 of a cigarette may located or positioned. In exemplary embodiments, the cigarette 220 may be connected to the glass tip 205 via paper glue and/or via a sticker in order to create seal and prevent the cigarette 220 from moving in the glass tip 205. As is illustrated in FIG. 2, the inhaled smoke for one path may enter into a glass tip 205 at one side of a top end of a glass tip and may then enter into a second smoke path 215. In this embodiment, the second smoke path 215 (and corresponding chamber 115) may wind around an exterior surface of an interior of the glass tip 205 a plurality of times before exiting the glass tip 100 at a bottom of the glass tip 205 (and being inhaled by the user or smoker). The exit location of the second smoke path is illustrated by reference number 215 on the left side of FIG. 2. In some embodiments, the inhaled smoke may enter a glass tip 205 at a top end of a glass tip and enter into a first smoke path 210. In some embodiments, the first smoke path 210 may correspond to a first chamber 110 and may wind around different portions of an exterior surface on an interior of the glass tip as compared to the second smoke path (e.g., they may be opposed to each other and/or on opposite sides). In these embodiments, the inhaled smoke from the first smoke path may exit the glass tip 205 at a bottom part of the glass tip (as shown by reference number 210 on the left hand side of FIG. 2) and then may be inhaled by the user.

FIG. 3 is a top view of a glass tip for smoking a hand-rolled cigarette according to some embodiments. In this figure, the first chamber 310 (and corresponding first smoke path) and the second chamber 315 (and corresponding second smoke path) of the glass tip 200 are shown. This provides an illustration of where the inhaled smoke may enter the glass tip. In exemplary embodiments, the first chamber 310 and the second chamber 315 may be divided by divider 301. In these implementations, the divider 301 may initially separate the first chamber 310 and the second chamber 315 as they begin to curve around a center axis of the glass tip. In exemplary embodiments, a bottom of a glass tip may also have an opening for the first chamber and an opening for the second chamber which have a divider 301 to separate the first chamber 310 and the second chamber 315.

FIG. 4A is a top view of a glass tip for smoking a cigarette according to some embodiments. Against this show a chamber divider 410 separating a first chamber 405 and a second chamber 415. FIG. 4B is another top view of a glass tip for smoking a cigarette according to some embodiments. In FIGS. 4A and 4B, the glass tip 400 may have a first chamber 405 and a second chamber 415 that are separated by a chamber divider 410. The chamber divider 410 may also be made of the same material or the similar material as the glass tip 400 (e.g., the divider and the glass tip may be made of borosilicate glass, soda lime glass, quartz glass, black glass, clear glass, colored glass, iridescent glass, miron glass, acrylic glass, float glass or polycarbonate glass, a plastic material (e.g., a clear material), a fused quartz material, a ceramic material, or a biodegradable hemp and corn starch material). In some embodiments, utilizing FIG. 2 and FIGS. 4A and 4B, a user may inhale smoke through a bottom end of the tip 200. In some embodiments, the smoke that enters the first channel 405 may exit the tip 400 through the smoke channel 210 (see FIG. 2) following the first path and the smoke that enters the second channel 415 may exit the tip 400 through the smoke channel 215 following the second path. This circuitous, circular and/or winding path allows the smoke to cool down to a desired temperature before entering the user's mouth and throat. This is because the glass tip dissipates as smoke is passed through it before it hits the user's lungs.

Other smoking tips may also cool smoke before it enters a user's lungs. FIG. 5 illustrates an exploded view of a smoking article according to exemplary embodiments. FIG. 6 illustrates a top view of a tip according to exemplary embodiments. FIG. 7 illustrates a side view of a tip according to exemplary embodiments; and FIG. 8 illustrates a side view of a smoking article according to exemplary embodiments. In exemplary embodiments, a smoking article 500 may include a smoking substance (not shown), paper 505 (in which the smoking substance is contained, positioned or placed), a band 510, a screen or filter 516, a tip 515 made of a heat resistant material, and/or a plug 520. In some implementations, the smoking substance may include tobacco and/or hemp. In other implementations, the substance may include cannabis and/or hashish.

In exemplary embodiments, the paper or covering 505 may be ultra-thin paper. In some implementations, the ultra-thin paper 505 may be made of high-quality material that is free of heavy metal and/or pesticide contamination. In exemplary embodiments, the paper 505 may also be a tobacco-based paper and/or tobacco leaves. In exemplary embodiments, the paper 505 including the smoking substance may be rolled into a cigarette. In exemplary embodiments, the paper may create a circular or oval cigarette or joint.

In exemplary embodiments, the paper 505 including the smoking substance may be placed into a smoking tip 515. In exemplary embodiments, a band 510 may hold the paper 505 (and smoking substance) in place in the smoking tip 515. In some implementations, the band 510 may include a logo or design on an outside surface and/or an adhesive on an inside surface of the band 510. In some implementations, the band 510's adhesive may adhere to the paper 505 at a top inside portion and/or to a surface of the smoking tip 515 at a bottom inside portion. In some implementations, the band 510 may ensure that the tip 515 and paper 505 never separate and maintain a perfect air-tight seal.

In exemplary embodiments, the smoking tip 515 may be made of one material and be one piece. In exemplary embodiments, the smoking tip 515 may be made of a ceramic material or other heat resistant material. The use of ceramics in the tip allows a hotter burning temperature of the smoking substance and also prevents a user from being burned or having too hot of a temperature to be felt on user's fingers, which are holding the smoking article. In exemplary embodiments, a plug 520 may connected to a bottom end of a smoking tip 515 so that no smoking substance may fall out and no foreign articles or liquids or smoke may come into the smoking article 500.

In exemplary embodiments, a plug 520 of a smoking article 500 may protect a ceramic tip 515 from damage. In addition, in exemplary embodiments, a plug 520 may also protect a smoking substance from outside contaminants and may keep air outside of the smoking substance to preserve a freshness of the smoking substance. This design also results in the paper not being soggy and for there to be no soggy paper crutches. In exemplary embodiments, a plug 520 may be made of food grade protective silicone or rubber.

In exemplary embodiments, a screen 516 may be positioned on an inner portion of a tip 520. FIG. 6 illustrates a top view of a screen according to exemplary embodiments. In exemplary embodiments, a screen 605 may be integrated into the smoking tip 600. In exemplary embodiments, a screen 605 may be inserted into a smoking tip 600. In exemplary embodiments, the integrated screen 605 may circular or oval in shape, although in some implementations other shapes may be utilized to match a shape of the smoking tip 600. In exemplary embodiments, the integrated screen 605 may include a plurality of holes 607. In exemplary embodiments, the plurality of holes or openings 607 may be formed in a circular pattern with one or more holes in the center. In exemplary embodiments, the plurality of holes 607 may also have a diameter of 1 or 1.1 millimeter, although the diameter may range from 0.5 to 1.5 millimeters. In some implementations, the plurality of holes 607 in the integrated screen 605 may allow inhaled smoke to pass through but keeps the smoking substance and/or other similarly-sized particles from being inhaled into a consumer utilizing the new and novel smoking article 500 (see FIG. 5). In some implementations, the screen 605 inclusion of a plurality of holes 607 may provide true-coarse particulate filtering without clogging during inhalation.

FIG. 7 illustrates a side view of a smoking tip according to exemplary embodiments. In exemplary embodiments, the smoking tip 700 may be a one-piece tip having two sections with two diameters. In other words, a top part or section of the ceramic smoking tip 710 may have larger width and a bottom part of the ceramic smoking tip 705 may have a smaller width. In some implementations, a width of a top portion of smoking tip 710 may be 12 millimeters in diameter, or in alternative embodiments, may range from 8 to 18 millimeters in width. In some implementations, a width of a bottom portion 705 of a smoking tip may be 10 mm in width. In some implementations, a width of a bottom portion of the smoking tip 705 may range in 6 mm in width to 14 millimeters in width. In some implementations, a larger width of a top section 710 of a smoking tip allows a user with a better surface grip for holding the ceramic tip, which may be referred to as a handlebar. In addition, in some implementation, a larger width of a top portion or section allows a larger width of cigarette to be utilized with the smoking article. In some implementations, a smaller width of the bottom portion 705 of the smoking tip may allows a smaller amount of smoke to enter into a user's lung. A smaller width of the bottom portion 705 of the smoking tip also may provides a user a sensation of sipping of a straw which is more of a comfortable feeling or a sensation of a user. In exemplary embodiments, a top section 710 of a smoking tip 700 may be 20 millimeters in length, or may range from 15 mm to 25 millimeters in length. In exemplary embodiments, a bottom section of a smoking tip may be 15 millimeters in length, or may range from 10 to 20 millimeters in length.

FIG. 8 illustrates a side view of a smoking article according to exemplary embodiments. In exemplary embodiments, the smoking article 800 may include a cover portion 805, a paper 810 including a smoking substance (the smoking substance not shown), a ceramic tip 820, and a plug 825. In exemplary embodiments, the ceramic tip 820 may include a top portion 821 and a bottom portion 822. In some implementations, a cover portion 805 may be 5 millimeters in length or may range from 3 to 7 millimeters in length. In exemplary embodiments, a cover portion 805 may be clear so a smoker can see the paper 810. In exemplary embodiments, a cover portion 805 may cover the paper 810 and smoking substance and prevent the paper from being crushed. In some implementations, the cover portion 805 may be slightly longer than the paper 810 and have a slightly larger width or diameter than the paper. In some implementations, an adhesive may keep the cover portion 805 in place with respect to the paper 810, the ceramic tip 820 and/or the band. In some implementations, the paper 810 including the smoking substance may be 85 millimeters in length or may range from 70 to 100 millimeters in length. In some implementations, the width of the top portion 805, the paper 810 including the smoking substance and the top portion 821 of the tip 820 may have a same diameter or width in order to fit together (and be held by the band (not shown in FIG. 8). In some implementations, the tip 820 of the smoking article may be 30 millimeters in length or may range from 20 millimeters to 40 millimeters in length. In some implementations, the plug may be 7.7 millimeters in length, or may range from 6 to 9 millimeters in length. In exemplary embodiments, a width or diameter of a bottom portion 822 of the tip 820 may be the same as a width or diameter of the plug 825.

In exemplary embodiments, a tip for a smoking article may include a tip body, the tip body including a first top opening coupled to a first channel and a second top opening coupled to a second channel, wherein the first top opening is separated from the second top opening by a first glass divider at a top of the tip body, the tip body further including a first bottom opening coupled to the first channel and a second bottom opening coupled to the second channel, wherein the first bottom opening is separated from the second bottom opening by a second glass divider. In exemplary embodiment, the first channel rotates about a vertical axis passing through a center of the tip body as the first channel traverses from a top of the tip body to a bottom of the tip body and the second channel rotates about the vertical axis passing through the center of the tip body as the second channel traverses from the top of the tip body to the bottom of the tip body. In exemplary embodiments, the first channel traverses the tip body on opposite sides of the tip body as the second channel. In exemplary embodiments, the tip body, the top divider and the bottom divider is made of a clear or transparent material to allow a user to see inhaled smoke. In exemplary embodiments, the tip has a height ranging from 30 millimeters to 50 millimeters. In exemplary embodiments, the tip has a diameter ranging from 7.5 millimeters to 17.5 millimeters. In exemplary embodiments, the first channel and the second channel has a diameter or width ranging from 2 millimeters to 6 millimeters.

In exemplary embodiments, a tip for a smoking article may include a cylindrical tip body, the cylindrical tip body made of a ceramic material, a top part of the cylindrical tip body having a wider diameter than a lower part of the cylindrical tip body, a top surface of the cylindrical tip body including an integrated screen for filtering out coarse particulates; a band or a cigar band configured to keep the smoking article from moving away from the round cylindrical tip body and to maintain a seal from outside air at a connection point of the smoking article and the cylindrical tip body; and a plug, the plug connected to a bottom surface of the round cylindrical tip body to keep contaminants out of the cylindrical tip body. In exemplary embodiments, the plug is made of good grade protective silicone. In exemplary embodiments, the integrated screen includes a plurality of holes, the holes having a diameter of less than 1.1 millimeters. In exemplary embodiments, the plurality of holes each are circular and may form a circle around a center hole. In exemplary embodiments, a diameter of the top part of the tip is between 11 and 13 millimeters. In exemplary embodiments, a diameter of the bottom part of the tip is between 9 and 11 millimeters. In exemplary embodiments, a length of the cylindrical tip body is between 30 and 40 millimeters and a length of a plug ranges from 6 to 9 millimeters.

A person of ordinary skill in the art will recognize that any process or method disclosed herein can be modified in many ways. The process parameters and sequence of the steps described and/or illustrated herein are given by way of example only and can be varied as desired. For example, while the steps illustrated and/or described herein may be shown or discussed in a particular order, these steps do not necessarily need to be performed in the order illustrated or discussed.

The various exemplary methods described and/or illustrated herein may also omit one or more of the steps described or illustrated herein or comprise additional steps in addition to those disclosed. Further, a step of any method as disclosed herein can be combined with any one or more steps of any other method as disclosed herein.

Unless otherwise noted, the terms “connected to” and “coupled to” (and their derivatives), as used in the specification and claims, are to be construed as permitting both direct and indirect (i.e., via other elements or components) connection. In addition, the terms “a” or “an,” as used in the specification and claims, are to be construed as meaning “at least one of.” Finally, for ease of use, the terms “including” and “having” (and their derivatives), as used in the specification and claims, are interchangeable with and shall have the same meaning as the word “comprising.

The processor as disclosed herein can be configured with instructions to perform any one or more steps of any method as disclosed herein.

As used herein, the term “or” is used inclusively to refer items in the alternative and in combination.

As used herein, characters such as numerals refer to like elements.

Embodiments of the present disclosure have been shown and described as set forth herein and are provided by way of example only. One of ordinary skill in the art will recognize numerous adaptations, changes, variations and substitutions without departing from the scope of the present disclosure. Several alternatives and combinations of the embodiments disclosed herein may be utilized without departing from the scope of the present disclosure and the inventions disclosed herein. Therefore, the scope of the presently disclosed inventions shall be defined solely by the scope of the appended claims and the equivalents thereof.

	Number	Date	Country
	63541269	Sep 2023	US
	63523013	Jun 2023	US

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