Smoking Apparatus Having Diffuser

Abstract

A smoking apparatus for vaporizing a smoking product such as tobacco and herb products. The smoking apparatus is preferably made entirely out of glass. The smoking apparatus comprises a bowl at a first end that receives the smoking product through an open top end, a screen support area immediately below the bowl having one or more screen supports, a product support pellet that rests on the screen supports to support the smoking product, a hollow stem in fluid flow communication with the bowl to allow the user to draw vapor from the bowl and a diffuser removably received in the open top end of the bowl for diffusing heat across the smoking product to vaporize it. The diffuser has a diffusing element made out of the frit. No metal contacts the product, vapor or user. The smoking apparatus can be a pipe or an adapter for a water pipe.

1 . A smoking apparatus for vaporizing a smoking product, comprising:
 a bowl at or near a first end of said smoking apparatus, said bowl having an open top end configured to receive the smoking product therethrough;   a hollow stem towards a second end of said smoking apparatus, said stem in fluid flow communication with said bowl for a user to draw air and vaporized product from said bowl through said stem;   a screen support area disposed below said bowl, said screen support comprising one or more screen supports;   a product support on said one or more screen supports, said product support configured to receive and support the smoking product thereon; and   a diffuser having a first end and a second end, said second end removably received in said open top end of said bowl, said diffuser sized and configured to engage said bowl and be in spaced apart relation to the smoking product on said product support, said diffuser configured to allow a user to draw air and heat into said bowl and to diffuse heat across the smoking product so as to vaporize the smoking product.   
     
     
         2 . The smoking apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein said product support is a pellet having a substantially planar upper surface on which to receive the smoking product, said product support and said one or more screen supports cooperatively configured to allow air and vapor to pass around said product support pellet to said stem. 
     
     
         3 . The smoking apparatus of  claim 2 , wherein said pellet is made out of glass. 
     
     
         4 . The smoking apparatus of  claim 3 , wherein said pellet is removably received on said screen supports. 
     
     
         5 . The smoking apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein said bowl, said stem, said one or more screen supports, said product support and said diffuser are made out of glass. 
     
     
         6 . The smoking apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein said diffuser comprises a diffusing element made out of frit at or near said first end of said diffuser, said diffusing element having a plurality of apertures therein. 
     
     
         7 . The smoking apparatus of  claim 6 , wherein said diffusing element has a porosity of 150 to 250 μm. 
     
     
         8 . The smoking apparatus of  claim 6 , wherein said diffusing element is fixedly secured in said diffuser. 
     
     
         9 . The smoking apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein said smoking apparatus is configured as a pipe. 
     
     
         10 . The smoking apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein said smoking apparatus is configured as an adapter. 
     
     
         11 . A smoking apparatus for vaporizing a smoking product, comprising:
 a bowl at or near a first end of said smoking apparatus, said bowl having an open top end configured to receive the smoking product therethrough;   a hollow stem towards a second end of said smoking apparatus, said stem in fluid flow communication with said bowl for a user to draw air and vaporized product from said bowl through said stem;   a screen support area disposed below said bowl, said screen support comprising one or more screen supports;   a product support pellet on said one or more screen supports, said product support pellet having a substantially planar upper surface on which to receive and support the smoking product, said product support pellet and said one or more screen supports cooperatively configured to allow air and vapor to pass around said product support pellet to said stem;   a diffuser having a first end and a second end, said second end removably received in said open top end of said bowl, said diffuser sized and configured to engage said bowl and be in spaced apart relation to the smoking product on said product support; and   a diffusing element fixedly secured inside said diffuser at or near said first end thereof, said diffusing element made out frit having a plurality of apertures therein, said diffusing element configured to allow a user to draw air and heat into said bowl through said diffuser and to diffuse heat across the smoking product so as to vaporize the smoking product.   
     
     
         12 . The smoking apparatus of  claim 11 , wherein said bowl, said stem, said one or more screen supports, said product support pellet and said diffuser are made out of glass. 
     
     
         13 . The smoking apparatus of  claim 12 , wherein said smoking apparatus is configured as a pipe. 
     
     
         14 . The smoking apparatus of  claim 12 , wherein said smoking apparatus is configured as an adapter. 
     
     
         15 . The smoking apparatus of  claim 11 , wherein said diffusing element has a porosity of 150 to 250 μm.