Fillable vaporizer cartridge and method of filling
AssigneeJUUL Labs, Inc.
InventorsSteven Christensen, Aaron Keller, James Monsees, Ariel Atkins
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Abstract
Methods of filling a tank reservoir of an electronic cigarette or cartridge for an electronic cigarette with a vaporizable material so that air is not entrapped within the cartridge. In particular, described herein are methods of filing a tank volume of a cartridge for an electronic cigarette from a bottom or side surface opposite a wick so that the wick remains at least partially dry and can vent air during filling until the tank volume is full.
Claims42
A method of filling a tank volume of a vaporizer cartridge with a liquid vaporizable material, the method comprising:
- positioning a first end of the tank volume above a second end of the tank volume, wherein a wick is positioned proximate to the first end and an elastomeric material is positioned proximate to the second end, and wherein opposing ends of the wick are in communication with the tank volume;
- inserting a needle through the elastomeric material and into the tank volume;
- injecting, through the needle, a liquid vaporizable material into the tank volume;
- and
- venting air out of the tank volume through the wick thereby allowing filling of the tank volume with the liquid vaporizable material.
A method of filling a tank volume of a vaporizer cartridge with a liquid vaporizable material, the method comprising:
- positioning a first side of the vaporizer cartridge above a second side of the vaporizer cartridge, wherein a wick is positioned proximate to a first end of the vaporizer cartridge and an elastomeric material is positioned proximate to a second end of the vaporizer cartridge, wherein the first side and the second side respectively extend between the first end and the second end, and wherein opposing ends of the wick are in communication with the tank volume;
- inserting a needle through the elastomeric material and into the tank volume;
- injecting, through the needle, the liquid vaporizable material-into the tank volume;
- and
- venting air out of the tank volume through the wick thereby allowing filling of the tank volume with the liquid vaporizable material.
A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions, which when executed by at least one data processor, result in operations comprising:
- positioning a first side of a vaporizer cartridge above a second side of a vaporizer cartridge, wherein a wick is positioned proximate to a first end of the vaporizer cartridge and an elastomeric material is positioned proximate to a second end of the vaporizer cartridge, wherein the first side and the second side respectively extend between the first end and the second end, and wherein opposing ends of the wick are in communication with a tank volume of the vaporizer cartridge;
- inserting a needle through the elastomeric material and into the tank volume;
- injecting, through the needle, the liquid vaporizable material-into the tank volume;
- and
- venting air out of the tank volume through the wick thereby allowing filling of the tank volume with the liquid vaporizable material.
A system, comprising:
- at least one data processor;
- and
- at least one memory storing instructions which, when executed by the at least one data processor, result in operations comprising:
- positioning a first side of a vaporizer cartridge above a second side of a vaporizer cartridge, wherein a wick is positioned proximate to a first end of the vaporizer cartridge and an elastomeric material is positioned proximate to a second end of the vaporizer cartridge, wherein the first side and the second side respectively extend between the first end and the second end, and wherein opposing ends of the wick are in communication with a tank volume of the vaporizer cartridge;
- inserting a needle through the elastomeric material and into the tank volume;
- injecting, through the needle, the liquid vaporizable material-into the tank volume;
- and
- venting air out of the tank volume through the wick thereby allowing filling of the tank volume with the liquid vaporizable material.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.