Multi-Heating Element Vaporizer with Selective Circuit Switching
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Solution Overview
Problem
Cannabis, tobacco, and e-cig inhalation devices typically allow for the inhalation of only one type of substance at a time, requiring users to reload or switch devices for different strains or flavors, leading to inconvenience and the need for multiple devices or cartridges.
Innovation Solution
A selectively activate-able heating-elements system with two-or-more heating-elements, a circuit-switching-element, and electrical pathways, allowing users to pre-load and selectively inhale multiple substances without reloading or switching devices, using a variety of switching methods such as switches, push buttons, or a GUI with an IC.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If a single heating-element is used in the inhalation device, then the device structure remains simple, but the user must reload or switch devices for different strains or flavors, leading to inconvenience and loss of time
Solution Approach 1:
The patent divides the heating system into multiple independent heating-elements (first heating-element and second heating-element), each capable of heating different substances. This segmentation allows users to access multiple substances without reloading or switching devices, directly resolving the contradiction by enabling instant switching between different heated substances through circuit-switching control
Solution Approach 2:
The inhalation device is designed with multi-functionality by incorporating multiple heating-elements that can independently heat different substances. The system provides universal access to multiple strains or flavors through a single device, eliminating the need to carry multiple devices or cartridges while maintaining simple operation through electronic switching
2Adaptability or versatility
If multiple heating-elements are incorporated into the inhalation device, then users can selectively inhale multiple substances without reloading, but the device complexity increases due to additional components such as circuit-switching-elements and electrical pathways
Solution Approach 1:
The patent employs dynamic circuit-switching control to manage multiple heating-elements. The circuit-switching-element can selectively activate different heating-elements based on user input, providing adaptability for multiple substances while maintaining manageable complexity through electronic control rather than permanent physical connections for each substance
Solution Approach 2:
The circuit-switching-element acts as an intermediary between the user and the multiple heating-elements. This mediator component simplifies the interaction by providing a single control interface that manages the complexity of switching between multiple heating-elements and substances, reducing the perceived device complexity for the user
3Ease of operation
If multiple heating-elements with separate substance-fillable cavities are used, then users can pre-load multiple substances, but the volume of the device increases to accommodate multiple cavities
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a nested structure where multiple substance-fillable cavities are integrated within a single device housing. The first and second heating-elements with their respective cavities are arranged in a compact, space-efficient configuration that allows multiple substances to be pre-loaded without proportionally increasing the overall device volume
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
Enables users to conveniently inhale multiple strains or flavors of substances from a single device, reducing the need for multiple devices or cartridges and enhancing user interaction through various switching mechanisms.
Implementation Method 1
Two-or-more heating-elements, separate substance-fillable cavities for each existing heating-element
Data Source
AI summary
The electronic system for vaporizing smokable materials for personal inhalation includes two or more heating elements for vaporizing cannabis, tobacco, e-cigarette fluid and other inhalable materials. Includes a power source and two or more heating elements, each connected to a multi-heating-element circuit-switching-element that allows individual control of the duration and amount of heat applied to each heating element. Each heating element applies heat to one smokable material, which can be contained in a cartridge. The multi-heating-element circuit-switching-element can be a slide switch, push button, rotary encoder, pressure switch, infrared switch, a voice activated switch or a graphical user interface attached to a integrated circuit. The power source can be a battery.