# US 10,368,585 B2 · E-cigarette personal vaporizer > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,368,585 B2 - Document ID: US10368585B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 15/989,524 - Filed: 2018-05-25 - Published: 2018-09-27 - Granted: 2019-08-06 - Earliest claimed: 2014-02-28 - Assignees: Ayr Ltd. - Applicants: Ayr Ltd. - Inventors: Kaveh Memari; Adrian Bennett; Ian Murison; Stephen Marsh - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10368585B2 ## CPC - A24F 40/95: structurally associated with cases - A24F 15/015: with means for refilling of liquid inhalable precursors - A24F 40/40: Constructional details, e.g. connection of cartridges and battery parts - A24F 40/48: Fluid transfer means, e.g. pumps - A24F 40/485: Valves; Apertures - A24F 40/50: Control or monitoring - A24F 40/60: Devices with integrated user interfaces - A24F 40/90: Arrangements or methods specially adapted for charging batteries thereof - B65B 3/04: Methods of, or means for, filling the material into the containers or receptacles - B65B 37/06: by pistons or pumps - B65D 25/005: {Side walls formed with an aperture or a movable portion arranged to allow removal or insertion of contents (B65D5/16, B65D7/40 take precedence)} - G01F 23/00: Indicating or measuring liquid level or level of fluent solid material, e.g. indicating in terms of volume or indicating by means of an alarm - H02J 7/00: Circuit arrangements for charging or discharging batteries or for supplying loads from batteries - H02J 7/35: with light sensitive cells - H02J 7/70: characterised by the mechanical construction - H02J 7/731: {specially adapted for holding portable devices containing batteries (H02J7/751 takes precedence)} - H02J 50/10: using inductive coupling - A24F 40/10: Devices using liquid inhalable precursors - A61M 2209/045: for filling, e.g. for filling reservoirs - G09F 2023/0025: {on containers} - H02J 7/855: {with circuits adapted for supplying loads from the battery} - A24F: SMOKERS' REQUISITES; MATCH BOXES; SIMULATED SMOKING DEVICES (inhaling appliances for medical purposes, shaped like cigars, cigarettes or pipes A61M15/06) - B65B: MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING (bundling and pressing devices for cigars A24C1/44; devices for tensioning and securing binders adapted to be supported by the article or articles to be bound B25B25/00; applying closure members to bottles, jars or similar containers B67B1/00-B67B6/00; concurrent cleaning, filling and closing of bottles B67C7/00; emptying bottles, jars, cans, casks, barrels or similar containers B67C9/00) - B65D: CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES - G01F: MEASURING VOLUME, VOLUME FLOW, MASS FLOW OR LIQUID LEVEL; METERING BY VOLUME - H02J: ELECTRIC POWER NETWORKS; CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS OR SYSTEMS FOR SUPPLYING OR DISTRIBUTING ELECTRIC POWER; SYSTEMS FOR STORING ELECTRIC ENERGY - A61M: DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY (introducing media into or onto the bodies of animals A61D7/00; means for inserting tampons A61F13/26; devices for administering food or medicines orally A61J; containers for collecting, storing or administering blood or medical fluids A61J1/05); DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROM THE BODY (surgery A61B; chemical aspects of surgical articles A61L); DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR {(Electrotherapy, e.g. producing anaesthesia by the use of alternating or intermittent currents A61N1/36021)} - G09F: DISPLAYING; ADVERTISING; SIGNS; LABELS OR NAME-PLATES; SEALS ## Abstract A user-replaceable e-liquid reservoir for dispensing e-liquid, the reservoir being inserted into, or otherwise attached to, a portable, personal e-cigarette device and engaging with an electrical or electronic pump fluid transfer system in the device, the device including: an electrical or electronic pump, being configured to transfer e-liquid from the e-liquid reservoir to an atomizing unit in the device, the pump delivering a pre-defined or variable quantity of e-liquid from the reservoir; and in which the reservoir is not user-refillable. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A re-fillable and re-chargeable inhalable vapor dispensing system including (i) a user-replaceable e-liquid reservoir for dispensing e-liquid and (ii) an e-liquid filling device; in which the reservoir is inserted into, or otherwise attached to, the e-liquid filling device and engages with an electrical or electronic fluid transfer system in the e-liquid filling device, the fluid transfer system being configured to transfer e-liquid from the e-liquid reservoir to a fluid storage chamber configured to supply e-liquid to an atomizing unit; and in which the reservoir includes no heating element. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The re-fillable and re-chargeable inhalable vapor dispensing system of claim 1 in which the atomising unit is in a portable vaporiser that is docked or otherwise attached to the filling device. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The re-fillable and re-chargeable inhalable vapor dispensing system of claim 1 in which the filling device includes a battery or other electrical power source and is configured to re-charge a portable battery in a portable vaporiser that is docked or otherwise attached to the filling device. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The re-fillable and re-chargeable inhalable vapor dispensing system of claim 1 in which the e-liquid capacity of the user replaceable reservoir is at least three times greater than the e-liquid capacity of a chamber directly feeding the atomizing unit. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The re-fillable and re-chargeable inhalable vapor dispensing system of claim 1 in which the reservoir stores no more than 10 mL of e-liquid. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The re-fillable and re-chargeable inhalable vapor dispensing system of claim 1 in which the reservoir includes an overflow channel that enables excess e-liquid that is pumped up from the reservoir but is not stored in the atomising unit to be captured and returned to the reservoir. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The re-fillable and re-chargeable inhalable vapor dispensing system of claim 1 in which the reservoir is designed in normal use to permit e-liquid to escape or to be withdrawn only if the reservoir is correctly positioned in the filling device. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The re-fillable and re-chargeable inhalable vapor dispensing system of claim 1 and in which the system is configured to implement a nicotine reduction or cessation program, the system including a counter/measuring system for counting the number of times the atomising unit has been refilled from the e-liquid reservoir. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The re-fillable and re-chargeable inhalable vapor dispensing system of claim 1 in which the system includes a portable vaporiser that is configured to enable vaping equivalent to smoking 1 cigarette. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The re-fillable and re-chargeable inhalable vapor dispensing system of claim 9 in which the portable vaporiser includes indicators that show when e-liquid equivalent to a single cigarette is present in the system and when that e-liquid equivalent to a single cigarette has been consumed. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The re-fillable and re-chargeable inhalable vapor dispensing system of claim 1 in which the fluid transfer system is a peristaltic pump. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The re-fillable and re-chargeable inhalable vapor dispensing system of claim 1 in which the reservoir includes a unique identification chip. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) The re-fillable and re-chargeable inhalable vapor dispensing system of claim 1 in which the reservoir stores a record of the amount of e-liquid pumped from it. ### Claim 14 (depends on 1) The re-fillable and re-chargeable inhalable vapor dispensing system of claim 1 in which the filling device detects the level of e-liquid or the quantity of e-liquid in the reservoir. ### Claim 15 (depends on 1) The re-fillable and re-chargeable inhalable vapor dispensing system of claim 1 in which the filling device detects or measures or infers the amount of e-liquid in the reservoir and prompts the user for a new reservoir when the amount falls below a set threshold. ### Claim 16 (depends on 1) The re-fillable and re-chargeable inhalable vapor dispensing system of claim 1 in which the filling device is configured to enable automated re-ordering of fresh reservoirs. ### Claim 17 (depends on 1) The re-fillable and re-chargeable inhalable vapor dispensing system of claim 1 in which the system wirelessly sends or transmits e-liquid consumption data. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The re-fillable and re-chargeable inhalable vapor dispensing system of claim 17 in which the system wirelessly sends or transmits e-liquid consumption data that shows how e-liquid consumption varies according to one or more of the following parameters: part of the day/night, daily, weekly, seasonal, weather, time, location, temperature and any other factor. ### Claim 19 (depends on 1) The re-fillable and re-chargeable inhalable vapor dispensing system of claim 1 in which the filling device is lockable remotely from a smartphone app. ### Claim 20 (depends on 1) The re-fillable and re-chargeable inhalable vapor dispensing system of claim 1 in which the filling device is a desktop filling station. ### Claim 21 (depends on 20) The re-fillable and re-chargeable inhalable vapor dispensing system of claim 20 in which the filling device is a desktop filling station that a personal vaporiser docks into. ### Claim 22 (depends on 1) The re-fillable and re-chargeable inhalable vapor dispensing system of claim 1 in which the e-liquid is an inhalable, atomisable substance that includes nicotine. ### Claim 23 (depends on 1) The re-fillable and re-chargeable inhalable vapor dispensing system of claim 1 in which the e-liquid is an inhalable, atomisable substance that does not include nicotine.