Patent ID: 7658197

Claim:
A smoking pipe comprising: a pipe body having an orifice for engaging a smoker's mouth and an internal bore that communicates with said orifice; said pipe body carrying a bowl portion that has a combustion chamber for accommodating tobacco to be smoked, which bowl portion communicates with said internal bore of said pipe body; and an elongate cleaning valve mounted adjustably in said bore; said valve having a longitudinal channel and being alternatable between a first, closed position wherein said channel extends communicably between said combustion chamber and said orifice to define a passageway through said pipe body for transmitting smoke from said combustion chamber and through said orifice to the smoker when tobacco is being burned in said combustion chamber and a second, open position wherein said channel is uncovered and exposed by said body to be accessible for cleaning wherein the said valve includes an elongate shank that is axially rotatably mounted in an elongated bore formed in said pipe body.