Method and apparatus for cooling smoking devices

Abstract

A uniquely shaped and sized mold to create specially sized ice cubes. These cubes fit into most gravity type water pipes. The custom shapes of the molds creates ice formations that are tubular with a partial closed end but for an aperture that directs a path for the rising smoke to travel while contacting the maximum surface area of the ice formation. By using one to four ice formations, the user controls the temperature of the rising smoke, understanding that each cube reduces the temperature by nine to eleven percent. In effect, it allows the upper chamber of almost any standard smoking device to be a cooling chamber when these ice formations are inserted.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . An apparatus for creating ice formations for cooling smoke rising through a smoking device, the apparatus comprising:
 a mold defining at least one compartment, each compartment comprising:   two coaxial sidewalls spaced apart to define a tubular void extending with a uniform cross-section for at least half of a length an outermost sidewall of the two coaxial sidewalls, wherein at least half of a length along an innermost sidewall of the two coaxial sidewalls defines a cavity; and   an aperture mass spanning the innermost sidewall of the two coaxial sidewalls so as to define an upper elevation of the cavity, wherein an upper elevation of the aperture mass is greater than an upper elevation of the outermost sidewall, wherein the aperture mass defines a void that interconnects diametrically opposing sides of the tubular void.   
     
     
         2 . The apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein the aperture mass provides one or more voids having a bottom elevation below upper elevation of the outermost sidewall. 
     
     
         3 . The apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein the cavity is cylindrical. 
     
     
         4 . The apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein the tubular void is fluidly decoupled from the cavity. 
     
     
         5 . The apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein the mold is made of silicone and has a thickness of approximately three millimeters. 
     
     
         6 . A method of cooling rising smoke through a smoking device, the method comprising:
 filling with a liquid in a plurality of compartments of the mold of  claim 1  to the upper elevation of the outermost sidewall;   freezing the liquid in the plurality of compartment so as to form a plurality of ice formations; and   placing the plurality of ice formations into an output conduit of the smoking device.   
     
     
         7 . The method of  claim 6 , wherein the plurality of ice formations defines a stacked arrangement wherein each aperture of each ice formation serially aligns. 
     
     
         8 . The method of  claim 7 , wherein each of the plurality of ice formations have an outer diameter that is at least eight percent of an inner diameter of the output conduit.