Apparatus and method for an oral nicotine dispensing system
AssigneeSkyX IP Holdings I LLC
InventorsMartin Steinbauer, Jeff Chagnon, Sylvere Azoulai, Kylie Halperin, Christopher Russell
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Abstract
An apparatus and method for an oral nicotine dispensing system. The apparatus includes storing a plurality of a pods in a magazine within a body, receiving a fingerprint scan from a user via a fingerprint scanner coupled to the body, authenticating the fingerprint scan, de-activating a locking mechanism to allow access to at least a pod upon successful authentication of the fingerprint scan, and dispensing, using at least a drive mechanism, the at least a pod from the magazine through an opening of the body.
Claims18
An apparatus for dispensing of oral nicotine pods, wherein the apparatus comprises:
- a body;
- a magazine assembly disposed within the body and comprising:
- a magazine having a wheel shape, comprising:
- an inner cylinder, a plurality of spokes extending radially from the inner cylinder, and a plurality of compartments formed between the plurality of spokes such that a single compartment is defined by a space between adjacent spokes;
- a pod disposed in a compartment;
- and
- a lock disk coupled to a base of the inner cylinder;
- a magnet;
- a drive mechanism coupled to the magazine assembly and configured to guide at least one pod of the plurality of pods into a dispensing position;
- and
- an aperture located on the body and configured to allow for dispensing of the at least one pod from the dispensing position to an exterior environment,
- wherein the magazine assembly further comprises a ferrous component and the magnet is positioned to interact with the ferrous component to convert the locking disk from a locked to an unlocked state and vice versa.
A method for oral nicotine pod dispensing, the method comprising:
- providing a dispenser comprising a magnet;
- providing a magazine assembly, the magazine assembly comprising:
- a magazine having a wheel shape, comprising:
- an inner cylinder, a plurality of spokes extending radially from the inner cylinder, and a plurality of compartments formed between the plurality of spokes such that a single compartment is defined by a space between two adjacent spokes;
- a pod disposed in a compartment;
- a lock disk coupled to a base of the inner cylinder;
- and
- a ferromagnetic component;
- inserting the magazine assembly into a body of the dispenser, wherein the insertion causes the magnet to interact with the ferromagnetic component to convert the lock disk from a locked to an unlocked state;
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- subsequently dispensing the pod from the magazine through an aperture in the body.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.