System and method for cooling vapors to be inhaled

Abstract

An organic material such as tobacco can be smoked through a traditional smoking water pipe, also called a bong. The bong has a vertical cylindrical inhalation tube. The present invention provides a simple flexible ice mold that forms a cylindrical ice cube having a spiraled outer periphery. Various spiral patterns and mold sizes are disclosed. The inhaled smoke is exposed to about a 35% (at least about 25%) increased surface area of the ice cube with the ice cube resting in the vertical cylindrical inhalation tube. This cooler smoke is pleasing to the smoker.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . In a smoking water pipe having a vertical cylindrical inhalation tube rising from a water bulb, the water bulb having a downstem with a combustion bowl, an improvement comprising:
 a frozen cube of fluid sized to fit inside the vertical cylindrical inhalation tube;   said frozen cube of fluid having a height of at least a diameter of the vertical cylindrical inhalation tube;   said frozen cube of fluid having an outside peripheral wall;   said outside peripheral wall having a plurality of grooves; and   wherein said plurality of grooves provide an increased surface area of the outside peripheral wall of at least about 25% more than a comparable height circular cylinder having flat peripheral walls.   
     
     
         2 . The combination of  claim 1 , wherein said plurality of grooves further comprise a stack of symmetric cavities formed by ridges. 
     
     
         3 . The combination of  claim 2 , wherein each ridge has a channel which communicates with adjacent grooves. 
     
     
         4 . The combination of  claim 1 , wherein a height of the frozen cube of fluid ranges from about two to about seven inches. 
     
     
         5 . The combination of  claim 1 , wherein said plurality of grooves further comprise a spiral shape forming a continuous spiraled channel. 
     
     
         6 . The combination of  claim 1 , wherein said plurality of grooves further comprise a spiral zigzag shape. 
     
     
         7 . The combination of  claim 1 , wherein the outside peripheral wall has a cylindrical shape. 
     
     
         8 . A method to cool smoke inside a vertical inhalation tube of a smoking water pipe, the method comprising the steps of:
 forming a flexible ice mold with a living hinge supporting two half cavity chambers;   compressing each half cavity chamber together;   wrapping a flexible clamp around the closed two half cavity chamber;   forming a plurality of grooves on an inside wall of each half of the cavity chamber;   filling the cavity with a fluid;   freezing the fluid;   opening the closed cavity chambers;   placing a frozen fluid cube from the cavity chamber into the vertical inhalation tube; and   inhaling smoke from the vertical inhalation tube.   
     
     
         9 . An ice mold comprising:
 a first and a second half of a flexible chamber cavity;   each half of the chamber cavity has an inside wall with ridges;   each half of the chamber cavity has an outside wall with projecting studs;   one half of the chamber cavity has a flexible closure wrap;   said closure wrap has a plurality of receiving holes for the projecting studs; and   a closed mode of the ice mold comprises a positioning of the two halves of the chamber cavity together, and a positioning of the closure wrap around the two halves of the chamber cavity with the receiving holes securing the projecting studs.   
     
     
         10 . The combination of  claim 9 , wherein the two halves of the chamber cavity are joined by a living hinge connection. 
     
     
         11 . The combination of  claim 9 , wherein the first and second half of the chamber cavity includes a test fit section of the same size as the inside wall.