E-cigarette personal vaporizer
AssigneePhilip Morris Products S.A.
InventorsKaveh Memari, Adrian Bennett, Ian Murison, Stephen Marsh
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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.
Claims27
A portable, personal, battery powered, nicotine delivery system comprising:
- (a) a portable charger including a main battery;
- (b) a user-replaceable, consumable item that includes nicotine;
- (c) a personal vaporizing device (PV) that is storable in and removable from the portable charger and includes a secondary battery that is re-charged from the main battery;
- in which the user-replaceable, consumable item is configured to be pressed on to the end of the PV by an end-user and to securely engage with the PV;
- and in which the portable charger includes a recess positioned along one side of the portable charger that is configured to receive the PV;
- and in which the recess is configured to be exposed along its length;
- and in which the portable charger is generally rectangular in shape when viewed from the side, with a major axis passing through the generally rectangular shape;
- and in which the portable charger is further configured to receive the PV only when the PV is presented to the portable charger at an angle to the major axis of the portable charger, and not when the PV is presented to the portable charger parallel to the major axis of the portable charger;
- and in which the portable charger includes a spring biased mechanism that engages with an end section of the PV, locking the PV into position in the portable charger.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.