On-demand, portable convection vaporizer
AssigneePax Labs, Inc.
InventorsMatthew J. Taschner, Alexander Gould, Nicholas J. Hatton, Esteban L. Duque, Ariel Atkins, James Monsees, Adam Bowen, Kevin Lomeli
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Abstract
On-demand, hand-held vaporizer that operates primarily by convection. The vaporizer is configured to permit very rapid (e.g., within a few seconds) heating of air drawn through an oven chamber to a predetermined or selectable vaporizing temperature to vaporize a material (e.g., loose leaf plant material, etc.) that is held in the oven chamber. The vaporizer provides efficient transfer of air being heated as well as rapid delivery of vaporizable material to a user.
Claims36
A vaporizer comprising:
- a vaporizer body comprising an outer housing;
- a heater within the vaporizer body, the heater having at least one opening through which air is passed and heated;
- an oven chamber in which a vaporizable material is held configured to be heated by the air heated by the heater, causing the vaporizable material to at least partially vaporize into the heated air;
- a controller coupled to the heater and configured to cause the heater to heat to a temperature;
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- a mouthpiece configured to deliver the heated air and vaporized material.
A vaporizer comprising:
- a vaporizer body comprising an outer housing and an inner structural housing contained within the outer housing and defining a cavity;
- an air inlet extending through a portion of the outer housing and into the cavity of the inner structural housing, through which air enters into the cavity;
- a heater suspended within the cavity of the inner structural housing, the heater having one or more openings through which the air is passed, the heater and the plurality of openings generating turbulence in the air as the air is passed over and through the heater for heating;
- an oven chamber within the cavity of the inner structural housing and in which a vaporizable material is held configured to be heated by the air heated by the heater, causing the vaporizable material to vaporize into the heated air;
- a controller coupled to the heater and configured to cause the heater to heat to a predetermined temperature upon air flow to the heater being detected;
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- a mouthpiece configured to deliver the heated air and vaporized material.
A method comprising:
- sensing a draw on a mouthpiece of a vaporizer;
- applying energy to a heater of the vaporizer;
- monitoring an air temperature of heated air from the heater;
- limiting an oven temperature of an oven chamber of the vaporizer by modifying the energy applied to the heater;
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- regulating a heater temperature of the heater to control the heater temperature in response to changes in resistance of the heater.
A vaporizer comprising:
- a vaporizer body comprising an outer housing;
- a heater within the vaporizer body, the heater configured to disturb the flow of and heat air flowing in the region of the heater;
- an oven chamber fluidly coupled to the heater in which a vaporizable material is held, configured to be heated by the air heated by the heater, causing the vaporizable material to vaporize into the heated air;
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- a mouthpiece configured to deliver the heated air and vaporized material.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.