GOPIPE^tm tobacco smoking pipes discussion

                The gopipe^tm is a cigar shaped tobacco smoking pipe having a draw piece with a band adapted by proper sizing or screw thread to receive either end of a bowl piece. A bore communicates with a smoking cavity,  a chamber, and a draw piece. Both ends of the detachable bowl piece are identically adapted, in any number of ways, including by identical tapers or screw threads to insert into the band. The pipe may be smoked with the pieces assembled either way.

PIPES  before the gopipe^tm

                There have been many attempts in the past to provide smokers a smoking device that satisfies the urge to smoke yet aids them in cutting down, is convenient to use and carry, and is affordable to purchase.

Smoking accessory retailers, mail order companies, and on-line brokers have extensive lines of smoking accessories including pipes.  What is a pipe?  It's an instrument for the enjoyment of burning tobacco. 

The pastime of pipe smoking has been in existence for centuries. Conventional tobacco pipes incorporate a bowl with a smoking cavity and a perpendicular bore attached to a separate stem. This conventional pipe is generally rather large to fit in a trouser pocket. Also the stem must be removed from the bowl for cleaning.  Most pipe stems are made of hard rubber or plastic which smokers tend to chew.

Generally the stem is frictionally engaged with the bowl, so that the stem must be removed from the bowl using an awkward twisting, pulling motion. The smoking cavity is filled with tobacco for smoking requiring an awkward scoop shovel motion.

Pipes are made from bamboo, bone, clay, crustacean shells, gourds, metal, nuts, porcelain, roots, wood, etc.  These pipes tend to be bulky, making them inherently difficult for the smoker to transport.

The most popular kinds of pipe have traditionally been made of woods like briar, which is the root of a Mediterranean shrub. It has been said that the wood is at its best at ages over 100 years making such pipes costly  to manufacture.  Traditional shapes are cut from hardwood burl and are therefore bulky and thus do not rest well in an ashtray nor slip into a pocket conveniently.

Meerschaum, also widely used in pipe making, is fine white clay from turkey. This "sea spay" was created over 150 million years ago by crustacean shells. After the dangerous mining process the rock is boiled for days to remove salt, then it is treated with oils and waxes to give strength to the brittle stone. Meerschaum pipes are usually adorned with intricate carvings, and change in color as they are used.  These pipes are also expensive to produce, bulky, and inconvenient to carry.

All pipes heretofore known suffer from one or more of a number of disadvantages:

a)          they create an uncomfortable  bulge in the pocket

b)          they require a separate container for the transporting of tobacco

c)          the tobacco must be scooped to fill the pipe

d)          if any, they have elaborate devices incorporated to store tobacco

e)          if any, they have elaborate devices incorporated to regulate air to smoke mixture

f)           they have no way to prevent debris from spilling

g)          they don’t sit well in a conventional ash tray

h)          they don’t aid the smoker in cutting down tobacco consumption

i)           they don’t clean easily and require disassembly to do so

j)           they appear clumsy in a smokers mouth

k)          they require considerable effort to put away after smoking

l)           they are expensive to manufacture.

GOPIPE^tm ADVANTAGES

                Advantages of the gopipe^tm tobacco smoking pipes become evident:

a)       it provides the smoker a sleek attractive pipe that looks, lights, and smokes like a cigar;

b)       a smoker can use it as a quit smoking aid, using it as a placebo and comfort the smoker yet remain unlit;

c)        the smoker can travel with the pipe in a conventional cigar case or conveniently into ones pocket;

d)       one can store tobacco without fear of spillage and one can put out the smoldering embers immediately and slip into a pocket without fear of spilling embers;

e)        the smoker needs no stands or special holders it fits easily into a conventional ash tray;

f)        the smoker does not have to view the smoking cavity while not in use;

       Further advantages are to provide a pipe that can be used easily and conveniently to smoke tobacco, which is simple to use and inexpensive to manufacture, which can be used by cigarette smokers, by cigar smokers, and by pipe smokers.  Still further advantages will become apparent. 

CONCLUSION

                 The gopipe^tm smoking pipe can be smoked easily and conveniently, can be extinguished just as easily, and can also be used to carry extra tobacco, eliminating the need for a separate container for the tobacco. The pleasing cigar shape and appearance make it an ideal placebo or prop for one to use in conjunction with aromatherapy when they do not wish to smoke and desire to quit tobacco. The ability to flip the bowl piece allows this pipe to travel well and to never be messy as the smoker has the ability to easily cover or reveal the smoking cavity. This feature also allows one to slip the pipe into a pocket without fear of spilling on or burning their clothing, also the odor and unsightliness of the smoking chamber is concealed. No special cases are required for this pipe but if so desired, it can be used with conventional cigar cases. This pipe is very easy and inexpensive to manufacture and can be fashioned from common and readily available components. Many embodiments of the pipe are possible that include other methods of adapting the congruent ends of the bowl piece to receive the draw piece.

SUMMARY

                The gopipe^tm comprises a cigar-shaped bowl piece with both ends adapted to insert into a band attached to a draw piece. The bowl piece is adapted being generally cigar shaped with congruent tapers at each end so that either end fits tightly into a tubular band sized to receive the bowl piece. In another fashion, each end of the bowl piece may be adapted to connect to the band being congruently threaded. The pipe has a smoking cavity in one end of the bowl piece connected to the bore. Also the pipe has a draw piece with a tubular band attached at one end that is adapted to receive either end of the bowl piece. This draw piece adaptation may be a sized tube that will receive the congruous tapers at each end of the bowl piece creating a snug union of the pieces by wedging either end of the bowl piece into the tube. In addition, the draw piece may have screw threads that screw onto either end of the bowl piece. Disconnecting the bowl piece from the draw piece reveals a chamber between the two ends and enclosed by the band