Tabletop Vaporizer Air Heating Assembly Liquid Solid Carrier Materials
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional vaporizers are limited to vaporizing only solids and face challenges with controlled heating, leading to inefficient and unhealthy combustion byproducts, as well as limitations in the types of carrier materials that can be used.
Innovation Solution
A tabletop vaporizer design featuring a support member with an air heating assembly, including a radiating element and chamber, capable of vaporizing both liquids and solids, with a heating element and adjustable heat control to prevent burning, using a titanium construction to minimize harmful inhalation of metals.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If conventional combustion methods are used to vaporize carrier materials, then the vaporization process is effective, but harmful combustion byproducts are generated that are detrimental to health
Solution Approach 1:
The patent changes the temperature parameter from combustion levels to controlled vaporization levels, and changes the phase of the carrier material from solid to liquid form, enabling thermal vaporization without combustion and eliminating harmful byproducts
Solution Approach 2:
The patent utilizes phase transition by requiring the carrier material to be in liquid form with specific viscosity characteristics, which enables efficient thermal vaporization while preventing combustion and harmful byproduct generation
2Object-generated harmful factors
If water-based steam vaporization is used to eliminate combustion products, then harmful byproducts are eliminated, but the device becomes unwieldy and inefficient
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts the water component from the vaporization system entirely, using only the liquid carrier material itself as the vapor source, thereby eliminating the unwieldy water-based steam system while maintaining efficiency
Solution Approach 2:
The patent uses liquid carrier material with specific viscosity properties as an intermediary substance that enables efficient heat transfer and vaporization without requiring water, thus achieving both efficiency and elimination of harmful byproducts
3Temperature
If conventional thermal elements heat air through solid carrier materials, then vaporization occurs, but the device is limited to solids and controlled heating is problematic causing burning
Solution Approach 1:
The patent changes the physical state parameter of the carrier material from solid to liquid, and adjusts the viscosity parameter to a specific range, enabling versatile use with different liquid materials while achieving precise temperature control without burning
Solution Approach 2:
The patent utilizes the liquid phase of carrier materials with controlled viscosity, which allows for uniform heat distribution and precise temperature control during vaporization, preventing burning and enabling use of various liquid substances
4Device complexity
If only solid carrier materials are vaporized in conventional devices, then the vaporization process is simple, but the range of usable materials is greatly limited
Solution Approach 1:
The patent creates a universal vaporization system that can handle various liquid carrier materials with different viscosities by controlling temperature and flow parameters, greatly expanding material versatility while maintaining process simplicity
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
Enables efficient and controlled vaporization of both liquid and solid carrier materials, reducing harmful byproducts and expanding the range of usable materials, while ensuring safe and consistent heat delivery.
Implementation Method 1
A heating element is carried within the tubular member of the radiating element
Implementation Method 2
The heated air forms a vapor carrying desired active compounds and elements from the carrier material
Data Source
AI summary
A vaporizer for thermally vaporizing solid or liquid carrier materials is taught. The vaporizer includes a support member, and an air heating assembly carried by the support member. The air heating assembly includes a radiating element having a central tubular member with an upper end wall defining a reservoir for liquid carrier materials and a lower end wall spaced apart from the upper end wall defining an air chamber therebetween. A chamber element is received about the radiating element to close the air chamber and direct airflow therethrough. A heating element is carried within the tubular member of the radiating element. A hand piece including a vaporization chamber is couplable to an exit aperture of the chamber element.