Portable Vaporizer Ceramic Liner Dosing Mechanism
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing portable vaporizers for marijuana concentrates lack user control over dosage and suffer from undesirable degradation of active ingredients due to direct contact with metal coils, leading to oxidation issues.
Innovation Solution
A portable vaporizer design featuring a removable and refillable cartridge with a ceramic-lined heating crucible and a rotatable mouthpiece for controlled dosing, allowing the heating coil to be pre-heated and preventing direct contact with the concentrate, thus mitigating oxidation and enhancing extraction efficiency.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Use of energy by moving object
If concentrate material directly contacts metal coils of the heating element, then heating efficiency is improved, but active ingredient degradation and coil oxidation occur
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a ceramic liner as an intermediary barrier between the metal heating coils and the concentrate material. The ceramic liner allows thermal energy to pass through to heat the concentrate while preventing direct contact, thereby eliminating oxidation of the coils and degradation of active ingredients. This mediator resolves the contradiction by maintaining heating efficiency while protecting both the heating element and the concentrate.
Solution Approach 2:
The heating element is constructed as a composite structure combining metal coils (for thermal conductivity and heating efficiency) with a ceramic liner (for chemical inertness and oxidation resistance). This composite design allows the system to achieve both high heating efficiency and protection against harmful chemical reactions, resolving the technical contradiction between performance and durability.
2Device complexity
If one-time use cartridges are used, then device simplicity is improved, but user control over concentrate strength and dosing options are limited
Solution Approach 1:
The cartridge design incorporates a rotatable mouthpiece that dynamically adjusts the dosing position, allowing users to control the amount of concentrate delivered. This dynamic element transforms a static, fixed-dose cartridge into an adaptable system where users can precisely control dosing strength while maintaining the overall simplicity of the device structure.
Solution Approach 2:
The cartridge is segmented into functional zones: a storage chamber for concentrate, a heating chamber with controlled access, and a rotatable mouthpiece for dosing control. This segmentation allows independent optimization of each function while maintaining overall device simplicity, enabling both ease of use and user control over concentrate strength.
3Productivity
If non-liquid concentrate materials are heated directly, then vaporization is achieved, but the materials fail to soften and extraction efficiency is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The heating system performs preliminary softening of non-liquid concentrate materials before vaporization. By applying gentle heat first to soften the material, the system prepares it for more efficient extraction and vaporization in subsequent steps. This preliminary action resolves the contradiction by improving both vaporization efficiency and extraction efficiency through a two-stage heating process.
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 precise dosing and reduced degradation of active ingredients, improving the vaporization process by allowing non-liquid concentrates to soften and facilitating efficient extraction while protecting the heating coils from oxidation.
Implementation Method 1
a heating coil enclosed within the ceramic liner allowing the heating coil to be heated without being exposed
Implementation Method 2
This design allows the non-liquid concentrate materials to soften and facilitate extraction of the concentrate material
Implementation Method 3
portable vaporizer for measured dosing of medical and recreational marijuana concentrate products
Data Source
AI summary
A portable vaporizer is described herein. The portable vaporizer includes a heating assembly having a base and a heating crucible. An extension adapter is coupled to the base of the heating assembly and slidably received within the chamber body. A cartridge receiver is coupled to the chamber body and receives a cartridge therein. A plunger having a head and a threaded shaft is received within the cartridge. The threaded shaft includes a flat edge. A cover having a bore is coupled to the cartridge receiver. The threaded shaft is threadably received through the bore. A mouthpiece having a central bore is received over the threaded shaft. A detent radially extends into the central bore and engages with the flat edge of the threaded shaft. A rotation of the mouthpiece causes an axial movement of the head of the plunger within the cartridge with respect to the cover.