PORTABLE VAPORIZER
First Claim
1. A vaporizer to provide a user with a vapor from a botanical material, said vaporizer comprising:
- a housing;
a heater substantially within said housing including an electrical energy storage device, a user-operable switch, a heating element, and an electrical circuit including said electrical energy storage device, said user-operable switch, and said heating element, where said electrical circuit is adapted to provide energy from the electrical energy storage device to said heating element when said user-operable switch is actuated; and
a passageway with said housing, said passageway including an air inlet, a heater section to provide thermal contact with air within said heater and said heating element, a receptacle for containing a botanical material, and an air outlet,such that the user may actuate said user-operable switch and inhale through said outlet to draw air external to said vaporizer to sequentially, heat air in contact with said heating element to a heated air temperature, at least partially vaporize the botanical material with the heated air, then provide at least a portion of the vaporized botanical material through said outlet to the user.
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Abstract
A vaporizer and method of vaporizing a botanical material is described. Embodiments of the apparatus include a self-contained, fully enclosed, battery operated vaporizer having an air inlet and a mouthpiece. The vaporizer includes a window for viewing a botanical material contained therein and a heating element that is also visible through the window and through an air inlet. The vaporizer also includes a push-button switch that rapidly provides power to heat air, which is then drawn through the botanical material by inhaling. Embodiments of the method include utilizing a push-button switch for heating vaporizer air and viewing the glow of the heating element as a signal that the vaporizer is ready for use.
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23 Claims
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1. A vaporizer to provide a user with a vapor from a botanical material, said vaporizer comprising:
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a housing; a heater substantially within said housing including an electrical energy storage device, a user-operable switch, a heating element, and an electrical circuit including said electrical energy storage device, said user-operable switch, and said heating element, where said electrical circuit is adapted to provide energy from the electrical energy storage device to said heating element when said user-operable switch is actuated; and a passageway with said housing, said passageway including an air inlet, a heater section to provide thermal contact with air within said heater and said heating element, a receptacle for containing a botanical material, and an air outlet, such that the user may actuate said user-operable switch and inhale through said outlet to draw air external to said vaporizer to sequentially, heat air in contact with said heating element to a heated air temperature, at least partially vaporize the botanical material with the heated air, then provide at least a portion of the vaporized botanical material through said outlet to the user. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method of providing a vapor of a botanical material using a vaporizer, said method comprising:
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manually actuating the vaporizer, where said where said vaporizer includes stored electric energy, a receptacle for containing the botanical material, and a flow passageway extending from an inlet, through a manually actuatible heater to accept the stored electric energy and heat air, through the receptacle, to an outlet; and inhaling through the outlet, such that air is drawn external to the vaporizer into the passageway and sequentially, has the air temperature increased in the heater, heats and extract a vapor from the botanical material, and provides the vapor to the user. - View Dependent Claims (12)
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13. A vaporizer to provide a user with a vapor from a botanical material, said vaporizer comprising:
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a heating element, and a passageway including an air inlet; a heater section to provide thermal contact with air within said heater and said heating element; a receptacle for containing a botanical material; a window to transmit thermal radiation from the heater section to the user, and an air outlet, such that the user has a visual cue that inhaled air may be heated to a temperature sufficient to vaporize the botanical material. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A method of providing a vapor of a botanical material using a vaporizer, said method comprising:
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manually actuating the vaporizer, where said vaporizer includes a receptacle for containing the botanical material, and a flow passageway extending from an inlet, through a heater to heat air, through the receptacle, to an outlet, and a window to allow a user to view thermal radiation from said heater; and when a user perceives a glow from the heater through the window, inhaling through the outlet, such that the user has a visual cue that inhaled air may be heated to a temperature sufficient to vaporize the botanical material. - View Dependent Claims (23)
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