Vaping and smoking device and capsules
AssigneeN2B Limited
InventorYossef Raichman
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Abstract
Apparatus and methods are described for use with a smoking device that includes at least first and second electrodes. A capsule includes an absorbent material having a liquid material containing one or more active agents absorbed therein. A housing is disposed around the absorbent material, the housing being an electrical insulator, and the housing defining one or more lateral windows. Metallic foil surrounds the housing, the metallic foil being configured to be heated via resistive heating by the first electrode driving a current to the second electrode through the metallic foil, such as to vaporize liquid material within the absorbent material that is disposed at the one or more lateral windows. Other applications are also described.
Claims20
Apparatus for use with a smoking device that includes at least first and second electrodes, the apparatus comprising:
- a capsule comprising:
- an absorbent material having a liquid material containing one or more active agents absorbed therein;
- a housing disposed around the absorbent material, the housing being an electrical insulator, and the housing defining one or more lateral windows;
- and
- metallic foil surrounding the housing, the metallic foil being configured to be heated via resistive heating by the first electrode driving a current to the second electrode through the metallic foil, such as to vaporize liquid material within the absorbent material that is disposed at the one or more lateral windows,
- wherein the capsule further comprises a covering that covers the metallic foil, the covering defining openings via which the electrodes are configured to make electrical contact with the metallic foil.
Apparatus for use with a smoking device that includes at least first and second electrodes, the apparatus comprising:
- a capsule comprising:
- an absorbent material having a liquid material containing one or more active agents absorbed therein;
- a housing disposed around the absorbent material, the housing being an electrical insulator, and the housing defining one or more lateral windows;
- and
- metallic foil surrounding the housing, the metallic foil being configured to be heated via resistive heating by the first electrode driving a current to the second electrode through the metallic foil, such as to vaporize liquid material within the absorbent material that is disposed at the one or more lateral windows, wherein:
- at least a portion of the capsule is configured to be flattened by the smoking device prior to the metallic foil being heated by the smoking device,
- the absorbent material is configured such that the liquid material flows toward the one or more lateral windows via capillary flow;
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- the absorbent material is configured such that the flattening of the portion of the capsule increases capillary flow of the liquid material through the absorbent material.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.