Personal vaporizer system

Abstract

The present application discloses a personal vaporizer system with an e-liquid reservoir isolated from the atomizer. The isolation of the e-liquid reservoir from the atomizer eliminates particles contamination of the e-liquid held in the reservoir and chemical reactions between the atomizer and the e-liquid. Since the residence time of “fresh” e-liquid in the atomizer is only the necessary to vaporize a very small amount of e-liquid, particles contamination of the produced vapor and chemical reactions between the e-liquid and atomizer components are dramatically reduced. This represents a huge health benefit for the consumer, compared to all others personal vaporizers with an e-liquid reservoir. The disclosed system can be used in any type of personal vaporizer, for example in the electronic cigarette market.

Claims

1. A personal vaporizer system comprising: the mouthpiece; the body of the vaporizer with a hole without any guide material that allows the passage of the e-liquid contained in the e-liquid reservoir to the atomizer compartment, caused from the difference of pressure between the inner part of said body of the vaporizer and the e-liquid reservoir, when the consumer causes an intentional suction on the mouthpiece; a sleeve that can be made from polymers, ceramics or metals; the atomizer; the base of the vaporizer comprising an mechanical and electrical connection to a power source; a power source; a e-liquid reservoir.

2. The personal vaporizer system according to claim 1, wherein the mouthpiece is held to the body of the vaporizer by a mechanical joint.

3. The personal vaporizer system according to claim 1, wherein the mechanical joint is a mechanical gasket in the shape of a torus.

4. The personal vaporizer system according to claim 1, comprising an e-liquid reservoir in the space between the external part of the body of the vaporizer and the internal part of the sleeve.

5. The personal vaporizer system according to claim 1, comprising a mechanical and electrical connection between the atomizer and the base of the vaporizer.

6. The personal vaporizer system according to claim 1, comprising a mechanical connection between the body of the vaporizer and the base of the vaporizer.

7. The personal vaporizer system according to claim 1, wherein the thinner part of the base of the vaporizer has threads.

8. The personal vaporizer system according to claim 1 comprising a metallic pin inside the thinner part of the base of the vaporizer.

9. The personal vaporizer system according to claim 8, wherein the metallic pin is electrically insulated from the internal part of the base of the vaporizer by an electrically insulating mechanical joint.

10. The personal vaporizer system according to claim 1, wherein the mouthpiece comprises an internal sleeve extension.

11. The personal vaporizer system according to claim 1, wherein the sleeve is made from polytetrafluoroethylene and/or polyethylene terephthalate and/or polyacrylonitrile.

12. The personal vaporizer system according to claim 1, wherein the sleeve is made from standard glass, borosilicate glass, fused quartz.

13. The personal vaporizer system according to claim 1 , wherein the sleeve is made from steel, aluminum, titanium and any other metal or metal alloy for food application.

14. The personal vaporizer system according to claim 1, wherein the external body comprises at least one light indicator.

15. The personal vaporizer system according to claim 1, wherein the electrical resistance of the atomizer varies between 0.2 and 10 Ohm.

16. The personal vaporizer system according to claim 1, wherein the electrical resistance of the atomizer varies between 0.5 and 5 Ohm.

17. Use of the personal vaporizer system described in claim 1 used as electronic cigarette.

18. A method for operating the personal vaporizer system described in claim 1, comprising the following steps: the e-liquid reservoir is filled with e-liquid through the hole in without any guide material the top of the inner part of the body of the vaporizer; the e-liquid is maintained on the e-liquid reservoir; the user injects e-liquid into the top of the atomizer based on the difference of pressure between the internal part of the body of the vaporizer and the e-liquid reservoir, by an intentional suction in the mouthpiece caused by the user; a small quantity of e-liquid is injected into the top and inner part of the body of the vaporizer; the electrical resistance of the said personal vaporizer system vaporize the e-liquid; the user receive the vaporized liquid through the mouthpiece.

19. The personal vaporizer system according to claim 2, wherein the mechanical joint is a mechanical gasket in the shape of a torus.

20. The personal vaporizer system according to claim 2, comprising an e-liquid reservoir in the space between the external part of the body of the vaporizer and the internal part of the sleeve.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

(1) Without intent to limit the disclosure herein, this application presents attached drawings of illustrated embodiments for an easier understanding.

(2) FIG. 1 illustrates an embodiment of the personal vaporizer system where the reference numbers indicate the following elements: 1—mouthpiece; 2—body of the vaporizer; 3—sleeve; 4—hole; 5—atomizer; 6—mechanical connection; 7—base of the vaporizer; 8—metallic pin; 9—mechanical joint; 10—internal sleeve extension; 11—compartment; 12—thinner part.

(3) FIG. 2 illustrates an exploded view of an embodiment of the personal vaporizer system where the reference numbers indicate the following elements: 1—mouthpiece; 2—body of the vaporizer; 3—sleeve; 4—hole; 5—atomizer; 6—mechanical connection; 7—base of the vaporizer; 8—metallic pin; 9—mechanical joint; 10—internal sleeve extension; 12—thinner part; 13—air holes

MODE(S) FOR CARRYING OUT EMBODIMENTS

(4) Referring to the drawings, herein are described optional embodiments in more detail, which however are not intended to limit the scope of the present application.

(5) The personal vaporizer system comprises five parts, namely: the mouthpiece (1); the body of the vaporizer (2) with a hole that cause a difference of pressure between the inner part of said body of the vaporizer and the e-liquid reservoir; a sleeve (3) that can be made from polymers such as polytetrafluoroethylene, Polyethylene terephthalate, Polyacrylonitrile or any other polymer for food industry application, ceramics such as standard glass, borosilicate glass, fused quartz and metals, like aluminium, titanium and their alloys and/or metals alloys such as steel. the atomizer (5) that can be an industrial atomizer or a handmade one; the base of the vaporizer (7) that physically and electrically connects the e-liquid reservoir to the power source; a power source; a e-liquid reservoir.

(6) The mouthpiece (1) is held to the body of the vaporizer (2) by a mechanical joint (9), which can be for example a mechanical gasket in the shape of a torus, for which it is usually known as a o-ring. The space between the external part of the body of the vaporizer (2) and the internal part of the sleeve (3) forms the e-liquid reservoir. The atomizer (5) has a mechanical connection (6) to the base of the vaporizer (7), for example by a screw or rivet. The body of the vaporizer (2) has also a mechanical connection (6) to the base of the vaporizer (7), for example by a screw or rivet. The thinner part (12) of the base of the vaporizer (7) can have threads that allow the connection of the personal vaporizer system in a power source system, like a battery holster or other. Inside the thinner part (12) of the base of the vaporizer (7) is a metallic pin (8), electrically insulated from the internal part of the base of the vaporizer (7) by a mechanical joint (9). The external part of the thinner part (12) of the base of the vaporizer (7) and the metallic pin (8) make the electrical connection to the power source.

(7) This power source ensure that the personal vaporizer system is provided with the enough amount of energy to heat the electrical resistance, which typically varies from 0.2 to 10 Ohm but in some preferred embodiments can vary between 0.5 and 5 Ohm, that will burn the e-liquid. This power source can be a battery or an alkaline battery. In the case of using a battery, this battery can be charged through a connection with a wall socket, a port on a computer like a USB port and/or by the use of a solar cell.

(8) The external body of the personal vaporizer system can further comprise at least one light indicator, for example a LED lamp, which can be, for example, activated each time the user puffs through the mouthpiece (1).

(9) The procedure for injecting fresh e-liquid into the top of the atomizer is based on the difference of pressure between the internal part of the body of the vaporizer (2) and the e-liquid reservoir, created by the user when he intentionally puffs through the mouthpiece (1), creating suction. Using the difference of pressure to move the e-liquid from the e-liquid reservoir to the atomizer (5), without using any juice guide material like: silica cables, stainless steel meshes, stainless steel cables, ceramic tubes, ceramic rods or cotton wires used in all others systems, guarantees no particles contamination or chemical reactions between the materials from the atomizer (5) and the e-liquid contained in the e-liquid reservoir.

(10) In the body of the vaporizer (2) there is a hole (4), putting the personal vaporizer in a position that when the e-liquid cover the hole, slightly upside-down, and the user makes a puff in the mouthpiece (1), this cause a difference of pressure between the inner part of body of the vaporizer (2) that contains the atomizer (5) and the e-liquid reservoir, that injects a small quantity of e-liquid into the top and inner part (11) of the body of the vaporizer (2). The design of the mouthpiece (1), with an internal sleeve extension (10), avoids that the e-liquid goes directly to the mouth of the user, holding it in the compartment (11), formed by the external part of the extension sleeve (10) of the mouthpiece and the internal part of the body of the vaporizer (2). When the user puts the personal vaporizer in the standard position used to vaporize the e-liquid will fall directly into the top of the atomizer. After vaporizing this small amount of e-liquid the user can repeat the process having always fresh e-liquid to vaporize.

(11) Naturally, the present embodiments are not in anyway limited to the embodiments described in this document and a person with average knowledge in the field will be able to predict many possible changes to it without deviating from the main idea, as described in the claims.