ELECTRONIC SMOKING SUBSTITUTIVE DEVICE

• US 20160050976A1
• Filed: 04/09/2014
• Published: 02/25/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 04/10/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Alessandro Righetti, Sino Business Limited
• Original Assignee: Sino Business Limited
• Inventors: RIGHETTI, Alessandro
• Application Number:
  US14/783,701
• Publication Number:
  US 20160050976A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: A24B 15/16 of tobacco substitutes
• CPC Class Codes: A24B 15/167 in liquid or vaporisable form, e.g. liquid compositions for electronic cigarettes
• CPC Class Codes: A24F 40/10 Devices using liquid inhalable precursors
• CPC Class Codes: A24F 40/42 Cartridges or containers for inhalable precursors
• CPC Class Codes: A61K 47/10 Alcohols; Phenols; Salts thereof, e.g. glycerol; Polyethylene glycols [PEG]; Poloxamers; PEG/POE alkyl ethers

Abstract

The electronic smoking substitutive device comprises a tubular body (2) of rigid material, inside which a rechargeable electric battery and an atomizer suitable to be powered by said electric battery are arranged. Activation means (5) allow to operate the heating of said atomizer by the electric battery. A tank (10) containing an inhalable substance in aqueous solution is suitable to be placed in disposable manner in contact with said atomizer.

Claims

1. An electronic smoking substitutive device, comprising:

a tubular body of rigid material;

a rechargeable electric battery arranged inside said tubular body;

an atomizer associated with said tubular body and suitable to be powered by said electric battery;

a tank for an inhalable substance in aqueous solution, suitable to be placed in removable manner in contact with said atomizer;

an activation means for said atomizer, associated with said tubular body for activating heating of said atomizer by means of said electric battery;

a disposable mouthpiece of plastic material for inhaling an atomized inhalable substance, suitable to be axially associated with one end of said tubular body and said disposable mouthpiece comprising a chamber in an interior thereof to define said tank of the inhalable substance in aqueous solution, said chamber being pre-filled with a predetermined quantity of said inhalable substance, suitable to allow a predetermined number of inhalations, and closed in a hermetic manner, at one end suitable to be placed close to said atomizer, through a means which can be opened on use.

2. A device according to claim 1, wherein said activation means comprises a push button arranged in an intermediate position on said tubular body and suitable to be operated by pressure for activating the heating of said atomizer.

3. A device according to claim 1, wherein said means which can be opened on use comprises a tear-off removable peel suitable to close a front opening of said chamber of the tank.

4. A device according to claim 1, wherein said means which can be opened on use comprises a lid for frontally closing said chamber of said tank, suitable to be pierced by an insertion means associated with said atomizer.

5. A disposable tank of inhalable solution for an electronic smoking substitutive device, the disposable tank comprising:

a disposable container of plastic material suitable to be axially associated with one end of a tubular body of said device and defining a mouthpiece for inhaling an inhalable substance vaporized by said device, said container comprising a chamber in an interior thereof, said chamber being pre-filled with a predetermined quantity of said inhalable substance in aqueous solution, suitable to allow a predetermined number of inhalations, and closed in a hermetic manner, at one end turned in use towards an inside of said device, through means which can be open on use.

6. A disposable tank according to claim 5, wherein said chamber pre-filled with the predetermined quantity of said inhalable substance in aqueous solution is shaped in a central portion of said container and has a front opening closed in a hermetic manner, before the use, by said means which can be open on use.

7. A disposable tank according to claim 5, wherein externally to said chamber prefilled with the predetermined quantity of said inhalable substance in aqueous solution, inside a casing, is provided at least one longitudinal channel for aspiration of said inhalable vaporized substance.

8. A disposable tank according to claim 6, wherein said means which can be open on use comprises a tear-off removable peel suitable to close said front opening of said chamber.

9. A disposable tank according to claim 6, wherein said means which can be open on use comprises a lid for the front closure of said chamber, suitable to be pierced by an insertion means associated with an atomizer of the device.

10. A disposable tank according to claim 7, wherein said casing defines at one end, close to a bottom of said chamber prefilled with said inhalable substance in aqueous solution, a vane for housing a seal element, suitable to prevent leakages of the vaporized substance.

11. A disposable tank according to claim 7, further comprising:

a closure element which is suitable to be inserted in an entrance of said casing defining said mouthpiece and centrally has a hole for the aspiration of the vaporized inhalable substance.

12. A disposable tank, according to claim 5, wherein said inhalable substance in aqueous solution comprises natural glycol constituted by 1,3-propandiole.

13. A disposable tank according to claim 12, wherein said 1,3-propandiole is obtained through a biologic process starting from corn sugars.

14. A disposable tank according to claim 12, wherein said 1,3-propandiole is present in a quantity comprised between 32% and 98% in weight.

15. A disposable tank according to claim 5, wherein the disposable container is provided inside a sealed small bag.

16. A process comprising:

using a disposable tank pre-filled with a predetermined quantity of inhalable substance in aqueous solution combined with an electronic smoking substitutive device, said electronic smoking substitutive device comprising a tubular body of rigid material, a rechargeable electric battery arranged inside said tubular body, an atomizer associated with said tubular body and suitable to be powered by said electric battery, an activation means for said atomizer and a disposable mouthpiece of plastic material for inhaling an atomized inhalable substance, suitable to be axially associated with one end of said tubular body, said activation means being associated with said tubular body for activating heating of said atomizer by means of said electric battery, said disposable tank being placed in a removable manner in contact with said atomizer, said disposable mouthpiece comprising a chamber in an interior thereof to define said disposable tank of the inhalable substance in aqueous solution, said chamber being pre-filled with said predetermined quantity of said inhalable substance, suitable to allow a predetermined number of inhalations, and closed in a hermetic manner, at one end suitable to be placed close to said atomizer, through a means which can be opened on use.