System and method for volatilizing organic compounds

• US 9,315,890 B1
• Filed: 11/19/2010
• Issued: 04/19/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 11/19/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Markus Frick, Richard Hicksted
• Original Assignee: Markus Frick, Richard Hicksted
• Inventors: Frick, Markus, Hicksted, Richard
• Primary Examiner(s): Ross, Dana
• Assistant Examiner(s): Sims, III, James
• Application Number:
  US12/950,917
• Time in Patent Office: 1,978 Days
• Field of Search: 219/488, 128/203.26, 128/203.27, 128/200.14, 128/200.21, 128/204.14, 128/204.17, 128/200.11, 128/200.24, 128/202.21, 128/203.12, 128/203.15, 128/203.16, 128/203.17, 392/386, 392/387, 392/390, 392/397
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: A61L 9/03 Apparatus therefor
• CPC Class Codes: C23C 14/26 by resistance or inductive heating of the source
• CPC Class Codes: C23C 16/4481 by evaporation using carrier gas in contact with the source material C23C16/4486 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 33/0004 Personal or domestic articles
• CPC Class Codes: F21W 2131/30 Lighting for domestic or personal use
• CPC Class Codes: F21Y 2115/10 Light-emitting diodes [LED]

Abstract

An electronic device for volatilizing organic matter is described. The electronic device includes a housing, a removable transparent tube, a heating element, a setting profile, a memory and a processor. The removable transparent tube has a chamber distal end within the housing. The heating element is proximate to the chamber distal end of the transparent tube. The chamber distal end holds vaporizable organic matter. The settings profile includes a first wattage setting and a first timer setting for the heating element and the heating element vaporizes the vaporizable material. The memory stores the settings profile. The processor is operatively coupled to the memory module and controls the heating element according to the settings profile.

Claims

1. An electronic device for volatilizing organic-compounds associated with a solid material, the electronic device comprising:

a transparent tube that allows for infrared electromagnetic transmittance to pass through the transparent tube, the transparent tube including an inner wall, an outer wall, an open end, a distal end and a vaporization chamber that interfaces with the inner wall;

a first screen disposed on a first side of the vaporization chamber;

a removable second screen disposed on an opposite side of the vaporization chamber, wherein the solid material is received between the first screen and the removable second screen;

an infrared heating element surrounding the outer wall of the portion of the vaporization chamber, wherein the infrared heating element includes a coiled resistance wire that surrounds the outer wall of the transparent tube;

a settings profile that includes a first wattage setting and a first timer setting for the heating element, wherein the heating element volatilizes at least one compound corresponding to the solid material in the vaporization chamber by transmitting electromagnetic energy from the coiled resistance wire through the transparent tube and to the vaporization chamber;

a memory that stores the settings profile;

a processor operatively coupled to the memory module that controls the heating element according to the settings profile;

a power supply controlled by the processor;

a user switch communicatively coupled to the processor, wherein the user switch activates the heating element according to the settings profile to volatilize the active compound in the chamber; and

wherein the volatilized compound is configured to travel from the distal end of the transparent tube having the vaporization chamber to the open end of the transparent tube.

2. The electronic device of claim 1 wherein the coiled resistance wire is configured to emit infrared energy at an electromagnetic frequency range between 1,000 nm-20,000 nm.

3. The electronic device of claim 2 wherein the processor is configured to initially power the coiled resistance wire to a target temperature and a temperature sensor that is used to determined when the target temperature has been reached.

4. The electronic device of claim 3 wherein the processor is configured to reduce the power delivered to the coiled resistance wire to a secondary power level after the target temperature has been reached.

5. The electronic device of claim 2 wherein the electronic device is configured to be powered a plurality of times.

6. The electronic device of claim 1 further comprising a first setting profile configured to provide a high initial power and then configured to reduce the power setting over a period of time.

7. The electronic device of claim 1 further comprising a plurality of settings profile, in which a first settings profile is associated with a first vaporization period and a second setting profile is associated with a second vaporization period, wherein the first vaporization period precedes a second vaporization period.

8. A method of volatilizing organic compounds associated with a solid material with an electronic device, the method comprising:

enabling a vaporization chamber to receive at least one organic compound, wherein the vaporization chamber occupies a portion of a transparent tube that allows for infrared electromagnetic transmittance to pass through the transparent tube, the transparent tube having an inner wall, an outer wall, an open end, a distal end and the vaporization chamber on the distal end interfacing with the inner wall;

receiving the solid material between a first screen and a removable second screen, wherein the first screen is disposed on a first side of the vaporization chamber and the removable second screen is disposed on an opposite side of the vaporization chamber;

surrounding the outer wall of the portion of the transparent tube that houses the vaporization chamber with an infrared heating element, wherein the infrared heating element includes a coiled resistance wire that surrounds the outer wall of the transparent tube;

storing a settings profile in a memory, wherein the settings profile includes a first wattage setting and a first timer setting for the heating element that surrounds the vaporization chamber of the transparent tube;

activating the heating element with a user switch;

initiating the settings profile;

powering the activation of the heating element;

controlling the activation of the heating element according to the settings profile; and

volatilizing at least one compound corresponding to the solid material in the volatilization chamber by transmitting electromagnetic energy and heat from the coiled resistance wire through the transparent tube and to the vaporization chamber, wherein the volatilized compound travels from the distal end of the transparent tube having the vaporization chamber to the open end of the transparent tube.

9. The method of claim 8 wherein the coiled resistance wire emits infrared energy at an electromagnetic frequency range between 1000 nm-20,000 nm.

10. The method of claim 9 further comprising enabling a processor to initially power the coiled resistance wire to a target temperature and a temperature sensor that is used to determine when the target temperature has been reached.

11. The method of claim 10 further comprising enabling the processor to reduce the power delivered to the coiled resistance wire to a secondary power level after the target temperature has been reached.

12. The method of claim 9 further comprising powering the electronic device a plurality of times.

13. The method of claim 8 further comprising heating the organic compound with a first settings profile that provides a high initial power and then reducing the power setting over a time period.

14. The method of claim 8 further comprising providing a plurality of settings profiles, in which the first settings profile is associated with a first vaporization period and a second settings profile is associated with a second vaporization period, wherein the first vaporization period precedes a second vaporization period.

15. An electronic device for volatilizing compounds associated with a solid material, the electronic device comprising:

a transparent tube that allows for infrared electromagnetic transmittance to pass through the transparent tube, wherein the transparent tube has an inner wall an outer wall, an open end, a distal end and a vaporization chamber on the distal end that interfaces with the inner wall;

a first screen disposed on a first side of the vaporization chamber;

a removable second screen disposed on an opposite side of the vaporization chamber, wherein the solid material is received between the first screen and the removable second screen;

an infrared heating element surrounding the outer wall of the portion of the vaporization chamber, wherein the infrared heating element includes a coiled resistance wire that surrounds the outer wall of the transparent tube;

a settings profile that includes a first wattage setting and a first timer setting for the heating element, wherein the heating element volatilizes at least one compound corresponding to the solid material in the vaporization chamber by transmitting electromagnetic energy from the coiled resistance wire though the transparent tube and to the vaporization chamber; and

wherein the volatilized compound is configured to travel from the distal end of the transparent tube having the vaporization chamber to the open end of the transparent tube.

16. The electronic device of claim 15 further comprising a processor that initially powers the coiled resistance wire to a target temperature and a temperature sensor that is used to determined when the target temperature has been reached.

17. The electronic device of claim 16 wherein the processor reduces the power delivered to the coiled resistance wire to a secondary power level after the target temperature has been reached.

18. The electronic device of claim 16 wherein the electronic device is powered a plurality of times.

19. The electronic device of claim 15 further comprising a first setting profile that provides a high initial power and then reducing the power setting over a period of time.

20. The electronic device of claim 15 further comprising a plurality of settings profile, in which the first settings profile is associated with a first vaporization period and a second setting profile is associated with a second vaporization period, wherein the first vaporization period precedes a second vaporization period.