Electronic vaporiser system
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1. An electronic cigarette vaporiser system that includes an electronic vaporiser, a heating element in the electronic vaporiser and a microcontroller;
- in which the microcontroller monitors or measures or uses data relating to external or ambient temperature and uses that as a control input, in which the electronic vaporiser system includes (i) a user-replaceable, e-liquid cartridge that is attached to or integral with at least 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
(iv) the heating element that 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 includes a heating element and a microcontroller; the microcontroller monitors or measures external or ambient temperature and uses that as a control input. The control input automatically controls the power delivered to the heating element to ensure that the heating element operates at its optimal temperature. Where ambient temperatures are monitored or measured as very cold, then the power to the heating element is automatically increased to compensate.
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1. An electronic cigarette vaporiser system that includes an electronic vaporiser, a heating element in the electronic vaporiser and a microcontroller;
- in which the microcontroller monitors or measures or uses data relating to external or ambient temperature and uses that as a control input, in which the electronic vaporiser system includes (i) a user-replaceable, e-liquid cartridge that is attached to or integral with at least 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
(iv) the heating element that 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)
- in which the microcontroller monitors or measures or uses data relating to external or ambient temperature and uses that as a control input, in which the electronic vaporiser system includes (i) a user-replaceable, e-liquid cartridge that is attached to or integral with at least 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
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