E-CIGARETTE PERSONAL VAPORIZER

• US 20150245664A1
• Filed: 02/27/2015
• Published: 09/03/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 02/28/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: AYR Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Beyond Twenty Ltd.
• Inventors: MEMARI, Kaveh, BENNETT, Adrian, MURISON, Ian, MARSH, Stephen
• Granted Patent: US 10,285,442 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• 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 40/48 Fluid transfer means, e.g. pumps
• CPC Class Codes: A24F 40/485 Valves; Apertures
• CPC Class Codes: A24F 40/50 Control or monitoring
• CPC Class Codes: A24F 40/60 Devices with integrated user interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: A24F 40/90 Arrangements or methods specially adapted for charging batteries thereof
• CPC Class Codes: A24F 40/95 structurally associated with cases
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2209/045 for filling, e.g. for filling reservoirs
• CPC Class Codes: B65B 3/04 Methods of, or means for, filling the material into the containers or receptacles
• CPC Class Codes: B65B 37/06 by pistons or pumps
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 25/005 Side walls formed with an aperture or a movable portion arranged to allow removal or insertion of contents B65D5/16, B65D7/40 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G01F 23/00 Indicating or measuring liquid level or level of fluent solid material, e.g. indicating in terms of volume or indicating by means of an alarm
• CPC Class Codes: G09F 2023/0025 on containers
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 50/10 using inductive coupling
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 7/00 Circuit arrangements for charging or depolarising batteries or for supplying loads from batteries
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 7/0042 characterised by the mechanical construction
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 7/0044 specially adapted for holding portable devices containing batteries H02J7/0045 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 7/0063 with circuits adapted for supplying loads from the battery
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 7/35 : with light sensitive cells

Abstract

A re-fillable and re-chargeable e-cigarette PV in which the PV indicates consumption of e-liquid using a visual indicator that extends or moves along the body.

Claims

1. A re-fillable and re-chargeable e-cigarette PV in which the PV indicates consumption of e-liquid using a visual indicator that extends or moves along the body.

2. The e-cigarette PV of claim 1 in which the visual indicator moves or extends down the body of the PV away from the mouthpiece

3. The e-cigarette PV of claim 1 in which the visual indicator moves or extends fully to indicate that a single dose of nicotine has been consumed.

4. The e-cigarette PV of claim 3 in which the single dose is defined by a user.

5. The e-cigarette PV of claim 3 in which the single dose corresponds approximately to the nicotine in a single cigarette.

6. The e-cigarette PV of claim 1 in which the visual indicator is a row of LEDs or other indicators and each indicator changes appearance when a single inhalation occurs.

7. The e-cigarette PV of claim 1 in which the visual indicator is a row of LEDs or other indicators and each indicator changes appearance when inhalations corresponding to smoking a single cigarette occurs.

8. The e-cigarette PV of claim 1 in which a heating coil is arranged longitudinally along the long axis of the PV.

9. The e-cigarette PV of claim 1 in which a user can control the airflow through the PV by manually altering the size of air inlet vents in the PV.

10. The e-cigarette PV of claim 1 in which the e-liquid includes nicotine and the PV is not a medicinal device but instead a device that in normal use replaces cigarettes, with the e-liquid being vapourised in the PV and the vapour inhaled to replicate or replace the experience of smoking a cigarette.