A water pipe smoking assembly for smoking herbal substances includes a set of walls in the housing that define a chamber and a plurality of compartments. First and second ports in a top of the housing open into the chamber. A bowl in the chamber has an open end that is flush with the first port. A first tube extends from the bowl to proximate to a lower limit of the chamber. A second tube is selectively engageable to the housing and extends from the second port. An herbal substance for smoking is positionable in the bowl. A user draws on the second tube so that smoke generated in the bowl is drawn through the first tube, through water partially filling the chamber, which filters the smoke, and then through the second tube and into the mouth and lungs of the user.

A water pipe smoking assembly for smoking herbal substances includes a set of walls in the housing that define a chamber and a plurality of compartments. First and second ports in a top of the housing open into the chamber. A bowl in the chamber has an open end that is flush with the first port. A first tube extends from the bowl to proximate to a lower limit of the chamber. A second tube is selectively engageable to the housing and extends from the second port. An herbal substance for smoking is positionable in the bowl. A user draws on the second tube so that smoke generated in the bowl is drawn through the first tube, through water partially filling the chamber, which filters the smoke, and then through the second tube and into the mouth and lungs of the user.

The present invention includes a check valve on or about the stem of hookah that re-directs wetted smoke through the conduit that primarily supplies dry smoke into a hookah bottle.

The present invention includes a check valve on or about the stem of hookah that re-directs wetted smoke through the conduit that primarily supplies dry smoke into a hookah bottle.

A piercing system includes a cap mountable on an aerosol-generating device. The aerosol-generating device includes an aerosol-generating element with a body and a receptacle for receiving a cartridge housing an aerosol-forming substrate. The cap may be engageable with the body. The cap has a frame comprising a cavity arranged for receiving the cartridge. The cap includes a piercing element disposed within the cavity and configured to pierce a wall of the cartridge. The cap may be movable, relative to the body, between a first position and a second position, where in the second position, the piercing element is engaged with the cartridge to pierce the cartridge.

A piercing system includes a cap mountable on an aerosol-generating device. The aerosol-generating device includes an aerosol-generating element with a body and a receptacle for receiving a cartridge housing an aerosol-forming substrate. The cap may be engageable with the body. The cap has a frame comprising a cavity arranged for receiving the cartridge. The cap includes a piercing element disposed within the cavity and configured to pierce a wall of the cartridge. The cap may be movable, relative to the body, between a first position and a second position, where in the second position, the piercing element is engaged with the cartridge to pierce the cartridge.

A piercing system for use in aerosol-generating devices may be used to form one or more openings in a shisha cartridge. The piercing system includes a piercing assembly and stem pipe. The stem pipe may be incorporated as part of an aerosol-generating device. The piercing assembly comprises a body with a through opening. The opening may be coaxial with the hollow tube of the stem pipe. The piercing assembly comprises a plurality of piercing elements at its upstream end. The piercing elements are configured for piercing a cartridge. The piercing assembly may be operated by placing a cartridge onto the piercing assembly and pressing down on the cartridge.

A piercing system for use in aerosol-generating devices may be used to form one or more openings in a shisha cartridge. The piercing system includes a piercing assembly and stem pipe. The stem pipe may be incorporated as part of an aerosol-generating device. The piercing assembly comprises a body with a through opening. The opening may be coaxial with the hollow tube of the stem pipe. The piercing assembly comprises a plurality of piercing elements at its upstream end. The piercing elements are configured for piercing a cartridge. The piercing assembly may be operated by placing a cartridge onto the piercing assembly and pressing down on the cartridge.

A shisha device configured to pierce a cartridge comprising aerosol-forming substrate. The shisha device is configured to prevent piercing of the cartridge until the cartridge is inserted into a receptacle of the device. Piercing of the cartridge may require a step separate from insertion of the cartridge into the receptacle of the shisha device. That is, the shisha device may be configured such that insertion of the cartridge into the receptacle of the device, without more, does not cause the cartridge to be pierced.

A shisha device configured to pierce a cartridge comprising aerosol-forming substrate. The shisha device is configured to prevent piercing of the cartridge until the cartridge is inserted into a receptacle of the device. Piercing of the cartridge may require a step separate from insertion of the cartridge into the receptacle of the shisha device. That is, the shisha device may be configured such that insertion of the cartridge into the receptacle of the device, without more, does not cause the cartridge to be pierced.