Portable Vaporizer Flame Heating Adjustable Dosage
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional vaporizers face limitations such as high power consumption, inconvenient portability, and inability to adjust the dosage of vaporizable substances, leading to inefficient and inflexible vaporization experiences.
Innovation Solution
A portable vaporization device with a housing, storage compartment, flame generator, and a feeding mechanism that allows users to heat any desired amount of vaporizable substance using a conductive-based heating surface and wires, enabling adjustable dosages and improved portability.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Temperature
If electronic heating elements are used to vaporize substances, then vaporization temperature can be controlled, but power consumption increases and requires frequent recharging
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces the electronic heating element with a flame-based heating system. The flame generator produces a flame that directly heats the vaporizable substance in the chamber, eliminating the need for electrical power while maintaining effective vaporization temperatures. This substitution resolves the contradiction by achieving the heating function through a non-electrical mechanism.
2Use of energy by moving object
If gas-powered heating is used, then portability is improved, but the user cannot adjust the dosage of vaporizable substances
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a movable plunger that can be positioned at different locations within the vaporization chamber by the user. By adjusting the plunger's position, the user controls the amount of vaporizable substance that comes into contact with the flame, thereby adjusting the dosage. This dynamic adjustment mechanism resolves the contradiction by providing dosage control in a portable gas-powered device.
3Ease of operation
If pre-filled cartridges with heating elements are used, then metered dosage is provided, but each cartridge requires special manufacturing with embedded heating coils
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts the heating element (flame generator) from the cartridge and makes it a separate, reusable component of the vaporizer device. The cartridge itself is simplified to contain only the vaporizable substance without embedded heating coils. This separation resolves the contradiction by maintaining dosage control through the plunger mechanism while greatly simplifying cartridge manufacturing.
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
The device provides a personalized and interactive vaporizing experience by allowing users to adjust the dosage of vaporizable substances and enhances portability, overcoming the limitations of existing vaporizers.
Implementation Method 1
a flame generator; a tube accommodating the flame generator, the tube a conductive-based heating element
Implementation Method 2
the spring configured to be actuable on the pusher to apply force on the pusher
Data Source
AI summary
Embodiments are directed to a portable vaporization device whereby the vaporization device extracts active compounds from various liquids, fluids, oils, and waxes for inhalation and may heat up any desired amount of a vaporizable substance. The vaporization device has a button that ignites the liquefied gas to produce a flame. The vaporization device has a button to start the feeding mechanism, which pushes the vaporizable substance against a tube that the flame is heating to turn the vaporizable substance more viscous where it then runs down the tube into a series of wires, further heating the vaporizable substance, turning the vaporizable substance into vapor. The dosage of the vaporization device may be set to provide a lower amount of vapor to a greater amount of vapor. The button may be pushed to produce as much vapor as desired.