Atomizer Apparatus for Contamination-Free Cannabis Sampling
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Solution Overview
Problem
Cannabis dispensaries face challenges in allowing customers to inspect and smell cannabis flower samples without direct contact, which can lead to contamination and rapid loss of potency due to large display container openings.
Innovation Solution
An atomizer with a bulb and stem configuration that allows users to inspect and dispense the fragrance of the substance without direct handling, featuring a removable actuator for refilling and a flared end for fragrance dispersal, while maintaining the sample's potency.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If customers are allowed to inspect and smell cannabis samples directly in display containers, then customers can view and smell the product, but customers contaminate the sample container with bodily fluids and rapid loss of potency occurs
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces an intermediary sampling mechanism where customers use a separate sampling device or container to transfer and inspect samples, rather than directly accessing the main display container. This intermediary system allows customers to smell and view products while preventing direct contact with the main container, thus avoiding contamination and potency loss.
Solution Approach 2:
The display system is segmented into a main sealed container for storage and a separate sampling area or device for customer inspection. This segmentation allows the main container to remain closed and protected while providing a dedicated sampling interface that prevents contamination of the primary product storage.
2Ease of operation
If display containers have large openings for customer access, then customers can easily inspect samples, but samples quickly lose their potency
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts the sampling function from the main display container by providing a separate sampling mechanism or small opening that allows customers to access samples without opening the main container. This extraction enables easy inspection while maintaining the sealed environment of the primary container, preventing potency loss.
Solution Approach 2:
A separate sampling device or transfer mechanism acts as an intermediary between the sealed main container and the customer. This intermediary allows sample transfer for inspection while keeping the main container closed, thus preventing exposure to air and light that would cause potency degradation.
3Ease of operation
If customers bring noses and mouths into close proximity to display areas, then customers can smell samples effectively, but bodily fluids are transferred to the container surfaces
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces an intermediary sampling device or container that customers use to hold and smell samples. This intermediary allows effective olfactory inspection while maintaining physical distance between the customer's face and the main display container, preventing transfer of bodily fluids to the container surfaces.
Solution Approach 2:
Instead of customers directly interacting with the original sample in the display container, the system provides a copy or duplicate sample in a separate container for inspection. This copying approach allows effective smelling and viewing while the original sample remains protected in its sealed container.
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
Enables customers to view and smell cannabis flower samples without contamination risks and preserves the sample's potency by allowing fragrance dispensing without direct contact and minimizing exposure to the container surfaces.
Implementation Method 1
an actuator coupled to the bulb and actuable to expel a fragrance of the substance from the stem
Data Source
AI summary
An atomizer including a bulb defining a hollow cavity configured to contain a substance therein, a stem extending from the bulb, and an actuator coupled to the bulb, the actuator being actuable to expel a fragrance of the substance from the stem.