Cigarette substitute

Abstract

A look-alike substitute for a cigarette, from which a smokeless aroma of burning tobacco or other fragrances can be inhaled and a smoke-simulating aromatized powder can be blown out, comprises a first chamber lined with a scratch-releasable, flavor-coated paper and a second chamber filled with micrometric powder. Directionally opposite check-valves in the inlet or outlet port of the respective chambers prevent inhalation of the powder. The release of the aroma is triggered by scratching the paper with a wire brush. The flavor-holding compound is laid in helicoidal or parallel beads in order to increase the aromatized surface area. The powder is held between the threads of an axially helicoidal spline spanning the second chamber.

What is claimed is:  
     
         1 . A simulated smoking device for non-burning use comprises: 
 a vessel defining a hollow interior;    a sheet located within said interior being adapted to carry an aromatic substance thereon;    an oblong implement sized and shaped to penetrate into said interior and having a first abrasive end to scrape against said substance, thereby releasing said substance.    
     
     
         2 . The device of  claim 1 , wherein said interior is divided by a septum into a first chamber and a second chamber; 
 said septum being penetrated by a valved opening encouraging a unidirectional flow therethrough.    
     
     
         3 . The device of  claim 2 , wherein said aromatic substance is located within said first chamber.  
     
     
         4 . The device of  claim 2 , which further comprises a smoke-simulating powder located in said second chamber.  
     
     
         5 . The device of  claim 4 , wherein said device further comprises a spline located within said second chamber.  
     
     
         6 . The device of  claim 2 , wherein said unidirectional flow goes from said first chamber to said second chamber, thereby allowing exhalation.  
     
     
         7 . The device of  claim 4 , wherein a portion of said smoke-simulating powder is selected from the group consisting of talc and diatomaceous earth.  
     
     
         8 . The device of  claim 1 , wherein said sheet is formed to have a plurality of spaced apart thickened portions thereby increasing the surface area of said sheet.  
     
     
         9 . The device of  claim 8 , wherein said plurality of thickened portions are formed by a helicoidal bead.  
     
     
         10 . The device of  claim 2 , wherein said implement is slidingly mounted to said device.  
     
     
         11 . The device of  claim 2 , wherein said implement is, rotatively mounted to said device.  
     
     
         12 . The device of  claim 1 , wherein said abrasive end comprises a plurality of bristles.  
     
     
         13 . The device of  claim 1 , wherein said vessel comprises a distal terminus formed into an unevenly shaped mesh grid.  
     
     
         14 . The device of  claim 2 , wherein said device further comprises said vessel having a substantially cylindrical side wall; and 
 said side wall being formed to have at least one valved port therethrough in communication with said first chamber.    
     
     
         15 . The device of  claim 14 , wherein said valved port opens when a pressure in said first chamber is reduced, thereby allowing inhalation.  
     
     
         16 . A simulated cigarette comprises: 
 a substantially cylindrically shaped oblong vessel formed to have an interior passageway; and    valved means operating on said passageway for directing an inhalation flow past an aromatic substance, and an exhalation flow past a smoke simulating substance.    
     
     
         17 . The simulated cigarette of  claim 16 , wherein said aromatic substance is abrasively releasable.  
     
     
         18 . The simulated cigarette of  claim 17 , which further comprises means for abrasively scraping said aromatic substance.  
     
     
         19 . The simulated cigarette of  claim 16 , wherein said vessel further comprises a distal terminus formed into an unevenly shaped mesh grid.