Vaporizer cartridge

• US 10,701,976 B2
• Filed: 12/12/2017
• Issued: 07/07/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 12/12/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: VMR Products LLC (PAX Labs, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: VMR Products LLC (PAX Labs, Inc.)
• Inventors: Verleur, Jan Andries, Recio, Dan, Liu, Zhiyuan, Verleur, Hans
• Primary Examiner(s): Campbell, Thor S
• Application Number:
  US15/839,060
• Publication Number:
  US 20180160737A1
• Time in Patent Office: 938 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: A24F 15/015 with means for refilling of liquid inhalable precursors
• CPC Class Codes: A24F 40/10 Devices using liquid inhalable precursors
• CPC Class Codes: A24F 40/40 Constructional details, e.g. connection of cartridges and battery parts
• CPC Class Codes: A24F 40/42 Cartridges or containers for inhalable precursors
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 15/06 Inhaling appliances shaped like cigars, cigarettes or pipes
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2209/045 for filling, e.g. for filling reservoirs

Abstract

A refillable cartridge for a vaporizer is disclosed. The refillable cartridge includes a body housing a reservoir for storing a vaporizing product. The refillable cartridge further includes a lower ceramic pad with a through hole providing access to the reservoir. The refillable cartridge further includes a lid slidably fastened to the upper end of the body. The refillable cartridge further includes an upper ceramic pad positioned at a lower end of the lid. The upper ceramic pad seals the through hole when the lid is slid to a first position and uncovers the through hole when the lid is slid to a second position.

Claims

1. A refillable cartridge for a vaporizer, comprising:

a body having a wall defining a cavity, the body housing a reservoir for storing vaporizable material;

a cap including a lower ceramic pad positioned proximate an upper end of the body, the lower ceramic pad having a through-hole providing an access to the reservoir;

a lid adjacent to the cap and slidably fastened to the upper end of the body, the lid configured to slide in a linear direction that is substantially perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the cartridge; and

an upper ceramic pad positioned at a lower end of the lid, the upper ceramic pad sealing the through-hole when the lid is located at a first position and uncovering the through hole when the lid is slid to a second position.

2. The refillable cartridge according to claim 1, wherein the lid includes a mouthpiece having a passageway for providing an inhalable vapor to a vaporizer user from an atomizer within a vaporizer.

3. The refillable cartridge according to claim 1, further comprising an atomizer for converting the vaporizable material into a vapor for inhalation.

4. The refillable cartridge according to claim 1, wherein the cartridge does not contain an atomizer within the body for converting the vaporizable material into a vapor for inhalation.

5. The refillable cartridge according to claim 1, wherein, when the lid is in the first position, the upper and lower ceramic pads are biased toward one another to thereby create a seal between the upper and lower ceramic pads.

6. The refillable cartridge according to claim 1, wherein, when the lid is slid to the second position the through-hole is exposed to thereby provide the access to the reservoir for filling or refilling the reservoir with the vaporizable material.

7. The refillable cartridge according to claim 1, wherein the lower ceramic pad is disposed at an outer surface of the cap.

8. A method of refilling a refillable cartridge comprising:

providing a refillable cartridge according to claim 1;

sliding the lid in the linear direction to cause the lid to slide from the first position to the second position; and

providing through the through-hole the vaporizable material to the reservoir.

9. The method according to claim 8, further comprising sliding the lid from the second position back to the first position after providing the vaporizable material to the reservoir.

10. The refillable cartridge according to claim 1 further comprising a vaporizable material in the reservoir.

11. A kit comprising the refillable cartridge according to claim 1 and instructions for filling or refilling the reservoir.

12. The kit according to claim 11, further comprising a nozzle for supplying vaporizable material to the reservoir.

13. The kit according to claim 11, further comprising a vaporizable material.

14. The method according to claim 8, wherein the lower ceramic pad is disposed at an outer surface of the cap.