Smoking pipe conditioner
Abstract
Abstract A SUPPORT FOR CRADLING A SMOKING PIPE WITH ITS BOWL PORTION OPENING UPWARDLY AND INCLUDING A BLOWER ASSEMBLY OPERABLE TO BLOW VARIABLE QUANTITIES OF AIR DOWN INTO THE BOWL OF A PIPE CRADLED FROM THE SUPPORT. THE BLOWER ASSEMBLY INCLUDES AN ELECTRIC DRIVE MOTOR AND THE SUPPORT INCLUDES A NORMALLY OPEN PRESSURE SENSITIVE SWITCH WHICH IS AUTOMATICALLY CLOSED UPON THE PLACEMENT OF A PIPE ON THE SUPPORT IN POSITION TO BE CRADLED THEREBY. FURTHER, THE PRESSURE SENSITIVE SWITCH IS SERIALLY DISPOSED IN AN ELECTRICAL CIRCUIT ELECTRICALLY CONNECTING THE ELECTRIC MOTOR FOR THE BLOWER ASSEMBLY TO A SUITABLE SOURCE OF ELECTRICAL POTENTIAL WHEREBY THE BLOWER ASSEMBLY WILL BE ACTUATED ANY TIME A PIPE IS CRADLED BY THE SUPPORT
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- 👤 Herman F Keller
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