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US3269394A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Smoking accessory

Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1963-11-26
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Granted: 1966-08-30
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Expires: 1983-11-26
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Abstract

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Inventors

  • 👤 Jr Joseph A Curtis

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-10-29 21:27
CPC Classifications
A; A24; A24F; A24F13/00; A24F13/02; A24F13/04; A24F13/06; A24D; A24D3/00; A24D3/04; A24D3/045

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 389 words
A DEVICE FOR USE WITH EITHER A TIPPED OR UNTIPPED CIGARETTE TO REMOVE CONDENSABLE PRODUCTS OF COMBUSTION AND SOLID PARTICLES FROM THE SMOKE THEREOF AND TO VISUALLY INDICATE THE QUANTITY OF SAID PRODUCTS AND PARTICLES SO REMOVED, INCLUDING: (A) A CYLINDRICAL SHELL HAVING A FORWARD AND REAR END AND A TRANSVERSE CIRCUMFERENTIALLY EXTENDING BODY SHOULDER ON THE INTERIOR THEREOF INTERMEDIATE SAID ENDS, WITH THE INTERIOR OF SAID SHELL FORWARDLY OF SAID SHOULDER BEING DEFINED BY A SLIGHTLY FRUSTOCONICAL FIRST SURFACE THAT DIVERGES FORWARDLY AND OUTWARDLY AND OF EACH DIMENSIONS AS TO FRICTIONALLY GRIP EITHER A TIPPED OR UNTIPPED END OF A CIGARETTE WHICH IS MOVED REARWARDLY THEREIN, AND WITH THAT PORTION OF SAID SHELL INTERIOR REARWARDLY OF SAID BODY SHOULDER BEING DEFINED BY A SLIGHTLY FRUSTOCONICAL SECOND SURFACE WHICH DIVERGES REARWARDLY AND OUTWARDLY; (B) A FIRST PARTITION TRANSVERSELY DISPOSED IN SAID SHELL AND SUPPORTED BY SAID BODY SHOULDER, SAID PARTITION HAVING A CENTRALLY DISPOSED ORIFICE FORMED THEREIN WHICH FORMS SMOKE FROM SAID CIGARETTE PASSING THERETHROUGH INTO A REARWARDLY DIRECTED HIGH VELOCITY JET THAT DEPOSITS SAID PRODUCTS OF COMBUSTION AND PARTICLES ON A SURFACE DISPOSED WITHIN A PREDETERMINED RANGE REARWARDLY OF THAT PORTION OF SAID PARTITION IN WHICH SAID ORIFICE IS FORMED; (C) A SECOND PARTITION THAT INCLUDES AN EXTERIOR RING AND A REARWARDLY EXTENDING CENTER CONCAVE AREA THAT DEFINES SAID SURFACE, WHICH RING HAS A PLURALITY OF CIRCUMFERENTIALLY SPACED OPENINGS FORMED THEREIN; (D) A FRUSTO-CONICAL WALL THAT EXTENDS REARWARDLY FROM SAID RING, WHICH WALL IS OF SUCH ANGULATION AS TO FRICTIONALLY GRIP SAID SECOND SURFACE OF SAID SHELL WHEN SAID WALL IS MOVED FORWARDLY THEREIN, WITH SAID WALL BEING OF SUCH LENGTH AS TO POSITION SAID SURFACE OF SAID CONCAVE PORTION WITHIN SAID RANGE WHEN THE REAR EDGES OF SAID WALL AND SHELL ARE FLUSH, WHICH FIRST AND SECOND PARTITIONS COOPERATIVELY DEFINE A CONFINED SPACE THEREBETWEEN IN WHICH SAID PRODUCTS OF COMBUSTION AND SOLID PARTICLES MAY BUILD UP AFTER SEPARATION FROM THE SMOKE OF SAID CIGARETTE AND FROM WHICH SMOKE FREED OF SAID PRODUCTS OF COMBUSTION AND PARTICLES MAY PASS THROUGH SAID OPENINGS INTO THE MOUTH OF THE USER, WITH SAID SHELL, FIRST AND SECOND PARTITIONS, AND SAID WALL BEING FORMED OF A TRANSPARENT, WATER IMPERVIOUS, RIGID MATERIAL TO PERMIT THE QUANTITY OF SAID PRODUCTS OF COMBUSTION AND SOLID PARTICLES TO BE OBSERVED AFTER SAID CIGARETTE HAS BEEN CONSUMED.
Claim 2
Independent Claim 389 words
A DEVICE FOR USE WITH EITHER A TIPPED OR UNTIPPED CIGARETTE TO REMOVE CONDENSABLE PRODUCTS OF COMBUSTION AND SOLID PARTICLES FROM THE SMOKE THEREOF AND TO VISUALLY INDICATE THE QUANTITY OF SAID PRODUCTS AND PARTICLES SO REMOVED, INCLUDING: (A) A CYLINDRICAL SHELL HAVING A FORWARD AND REAR END AND A TRANSVERSE CIRCUMFERENTIALLY EXTENDING BODY SHOULDER ON THE INTERIOR THEREOF INTERMEDIATE SAID ENDS, WITH THE INTERIOR OF SAID SHELL FORWARDLY OF SAID SHOULDER BEING DEFINED BY A SLIGHTLY FRUSTOCONICAL FIRST SURFACE THAT DIVERGES FORWARDLY AND OUTWARDLY AND OF EACH DIMENSIONS AS TO FRICTIONALLY GRIP EITHER A TIPPED OR UNTIPPED END OF A CIGARETTE WHICH IS MOVED REARWARDLY THEREIN, AND WITH THAT PORTION OF SAID SHELL INTERIOR REARWARDLY OF SAID BODY SHOULDER BEING DEFINED BY A SLIGHTLY FRUSTOCONICAL SECOND SURFACE WHICH DIVERGES REARWARDLY AND OUTWARDLY; (B) A FIRST PARTITION TRANSVERSELY DISPOSED IN SAID SHELL AND SUPPORTED BY SAID BODY SHOULDER, SAID PARTITION HAVING A CENTRALLY DISPOSED ORIFICE FORMED THEREIN WHICH FORMS SMOKE FROM SAID CIGARETTE PASSING THERETHROUGH INTO A REARWARDLY DIRECTED HIGH VELOCITY JET THAT DEPOSITS SAID PRODUCTS OF COMBUSTION AND PARTICLES ON A SURFACE DISPOSED WITHIN A PREDETERMINED RANGE REARWARDLY OF THAT PORTION OF SAID PARTITION IN WHICH SAID ORIFICE IS FORMED; (C) A SECOND PARTITION THAT INCLUDES AN EXTERIOR RING AND A REARWARDLY EXTENDING CENTER CONCAVE AREA THAT DEFINES SAID SURFACE, WHICH RING HAS A PLURALITY OF CIRCUMFERENTIALLY SPACED OPENINGS FORMED THEREIN; (D) A FRUSTO-CONICAL WALL THAT EXTENDS REARWARDLY FROM SAID RING, WHICH WALL IS OF SUCH ANGULATION AS TO FRICTIONALLY GRIP SAID SECOND SURFACE OF SAID SHELL WHEN SAID WALL IS MOVED FORWARDLY THEREIN, WITH SAID WALL BEING OF SUCH LENGTH AS TO POSITION SAID SURFACE OF SAID CONCAVE PORTION WITHIN SAID RANGE WHEN THE REAR EDGES OF SAID WALL AND SHELL ARE FLUSH, WHICH FIRST AND SECOND PARTITIONS COOPERATIVELY DEFINE A CONFINED SPACE THEREBETWEEN IN WHICH SAID PRODUCTS OF COMBUSTION AND SOLID PARTICLES MAY BUILD UP AFTER SEPARATION FROM THE SMOKE OF SAID CIGARETTE AND FROM WHICH SMOKE FREED OF SAID PRODUCTS OF COMBUSTION AND PARTICLES MAY PASS THROUGH SAID OPENINGS INTO THE MOUTH OF THE USER, WITH SAID SHELL, FIRST AND SECOND PARTITIONS, AND SAID WALL BEING FORMED OF A TRANSPARENT, WATER IMPERVIOUS, RIGID MATERIAL TO PERMIT THE QUANTITY OF SAID PRODUCTS OF COMBUSTION AND SOLID PARTICLES TO BE OBSERVED AFTER SAID CIGARETTE HAS BEEN CONSUMED.

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