Electronic vaporiser system
First Claim
1. An electronic cigarette vaporiser system that includes a case and an electronic vaporiser that is stored in the case, and a heating element in the electronic vaporiser, wherein the system includes a non-contact sensor that detects release or withdrawal of the vaporiser from the case, in which the electronic vaporiser system includes (i) a user-replaceable, e-liquid cartridge that is attached to or integral with at least a part of the system, but is not user-refillable and includes no heating element;
- and (ii) an e-liquid reservoir that is separate from the user-replaceable e-liquid cartridge; and
(iii) an electric or electronic pump that is configured to withdraw e-liquid from the user-replaceable e-liquid cartridge and pump pressurised e-liquid to the e-liquid reservoir; and
wherein the heating element is not in the user-replaceable e-liquid cartridge but is instead in, or in e-liquid communication with, the e-liquid reservoir.
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Abstract
An electronic cigarette vaporizer system includes a case and a vaporizer that is stored in the case; the system includes a non-contact sensor that detects release or withdrawal of the vaporizer from the case. When withdrawal of the vaporizer is detected, then the vaporizer electronic circuitry changes state, e.g. to a ready mode, or a pre-heating mode in which an inhalation detector is activated or to a heating mode, where an atomizing unit in the vaporizer is at least partly activated so that the vaporizer is fully heated when the first inhalation is taken.
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23 Claims
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1. An electronic cigarette vaporiser system that includes a case and an electronic vaporiser that is stored in the case, and a heating element in the electronic vaporiser, wherein the system includes a non-contact sensor that detects release or withdrawal of the vaporiser from the case, in which the electronic vaporiser system includes (i) a user-replaceable, e-liquid cartridge that is attached to or integral with at least a part of the system, but is not user-refillable and includes no heating element;
- and (ii) an e-liquid reservoir that is separate from the user-replaceable e-liquid cartridge; and
(iii) an electric or electronic pump that is configured to withdraw e-liquid from the user-replaceable e-liquid cartridge and pump pressurised e-liquid to the e-liquid reservoir; and
wherein the heating element is not in the user-replaceable e-liquid cartridge but is instead in, or in e-liquid communication with, the e-liquid reservoir. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
- and (ii) an e-liquid reservoir that is separate from the user-replaceable e-liquid cartridge; and
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