Electronic vaporiser system
First Claim
1. An electronic cigarette vaporiser system that includes an electronic vaporiser, a heating element in the electronic vaporiser and further includes an electronics module that (i) detects characteristics of the delivery of power, current or voltage to the heating element and (ii) determines if those characteristics are associated with degradation of the heating element, in which the electronic vaporiser system includes (i) a user-replaceable, e-liquid cartridge, which 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 pressurized 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 that includes a heating element and further includes or co-operates with an electronics module that (i) detects characteristics of the delivery of power, current or voltage to the heating element and (ii) determines if those characteristics are associated with degradation of the heating element. A characteristic that is associated with degradation of the heating element is an increase or other change in the heating element resistance. The heating element resistance can be established by the electronics module sending a test current through the heating element that is sufficient to enable a measurement of resistance to be made.
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22 Claims
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1. An electronic cigarette vaporiser system that includes an electronic vaporiser, a heating element in the electronic vaporiser and further includes an electronics module that (i) detects characteristics of the delivery of power, current or voltage to the heating element and (ii) determines if those characteristics are associated with degradation of the heating element, in which the electronic vaporiser system includes (i) a user-replaceable, e-liquid cartridge, which 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 pressurized 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)
- and (ii) an e-liquid reservoir that is separate from the user-replaceable e-liquid cartridge; and
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