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Welcome to the home of 7Pipe Pro
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A Brief History of Lighter Pipes
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Contrary to some claims, the idea of putting a lighter and pipe together into one product is not new. In fact, the idea goes back at least 80 years, to the first recorded US patent of a lighter pipe. This marks the time at about the same period as the birth of Zippo.
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| There are at leat 4 US patents that specifically claim a lighter pipe. Most early patents featured wick and oil lighters and were incredibly inventive and complex. Whether the inventions made money is another research project altogether. |
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Later on, there was a patent which was basically just a casing for a metal pipe and a Bic lighter. The most recent example of a modern lighter pipe came out of an Oregon industrial design program. This pipe was actually marketed and sold worldwide, but since it was manufactured in the USA, the final retail price was too high for most customers.
We devote ourselves to advancing the design and capability of lighter pipes. At the same time, we acknowledge and appreciate our predecessors, who were the best and most creative inventors that America had.
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Click to our TECH page to
see the challenges of getting
glass inside of our lighter pipe. |
| 7pipe is the first lighter pipe to incorporate glass into the design. It allows for a pure smoke.7pipe is the first lighter pipe to incorporate glass into the design. |
| The GLASS lighter pipe |
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