Vaporizer with improved ventilation

• US 10,159,285 B2
• Filed: 03/31/2017
• Issued: 12/25/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 03/31/2017
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Zipline Innovations LLC
• Original Assignee: Zipline Innovations LLC
• Inventors: Watson, James Matthew
• Primary Examiner(s): Harvey, James
• Application Number:
  US15/475,455
• Publication Number:
  US 20180279674A1
• Time in Patent Office: 634 Days
• CPC Class Codes: A24F 40/485 Valves; Apertures
• CPC Class Codes: A24F 7/02 with detachable connecting members

Abstract

Disclosed is a tip and a corresponding vaporizer with improved ventilation. The vaporizer can include a mouthpiece and, at an opposite end, a vent opening that allows for better ventilation of the vaporizer and improved comfort and flavor during use. The vaporizer tip can also include holes that allow air to flow inside the tip and around the coil to further improve ventilation and comfort of use.

Claims

1. A vaporizer comprising:

a body having opposing first and second ends;

a power source disposed within the body;

an air hole defined within the body at the first end;

a tip coupled to the body proximate the second end, the tip having a heating element capable of being activated by the power source upon selective activation by a user, the tip further including an opening fluidly communicating with the air hole through the body; and

a cap having a mouthpiece, the mouthpiece being disposed proximate the second end and including an orifice adapted to receive suction to obtain gases or vapors from the tip.

3. The vaporizer of claim 1, wherein the opening directs at least part of the ventilation path through a central axis of the heating element.

4. The vaporizer of claim 1, wherein the tip further comprises a stem, and wherein the opening is defined within the stem.

5. The vaporizer of claim 1, further comprising a reclaim chamber coupled to the body, the reclaim chamber having a reclaim opening and the tip having a base, a cross-sectional area of the reclaim opening being smaller than a cross-sectional area of the base.

6. The vaporizer of claim 5, wherein the tip includes tip threads and the body includes body threads, and wherein the tip threads couple to the body threads to couple the reclaim chamber between the tip and the body.

7. The vaporizer of claim 1, wherein the tip includes a stem and tip threads, and wherein the tip threads are disposed on an end of the stem.

8. The vaporizer of claim 1, further comprising a rim adapted to removably receive the cap.

9. The vaporizer of claim 1, wherein the tip is a quartz crystal atomizer tip.

10. The vaporizer of claim 1, further comprising a reclaim chamber coupled to the body, the reclaim chamber including an O-ring adapted to removably receive the cap.

11. The vaporizer tip of claim 1, wherein the heating element is a coil.

2. A method of using a vaporizer comprising:

removing a cap from a body, the cap having a mouthpiece;

contacting a tip of the vaporizer against a product to be consumed;

placing the cap onto the body;

activating a heating element in the tip;

inhaling the product, causing air to flow in a ventilation path from a first end of the vaporizer through the body and cap of the vaporizer and out through the mouthpiece; and

causing the ventilation path to flow through an opening in the tip such that the ventilation path flows through a central axis of the heating element.

15. The method of claim 2, further comprising removably coupling the cap to a rim of the vaporizer.

16. The method of claim 2, further comprising decoupling the tip from the body, thereby allowing the removal of a reclaim chamber.

17. The method of claim 16, further comprising recoupling the tip to the body to thereby couple the reclaim chamber therebetween.

12. A vaporizer tip comprising:

a base;

a heating element disposed within the base, the heating element having a central axis extending longitudinally through the heating element;

an opening directing a ventilation path into the base and through at least the central axis of the heating element; and

a stem coupled to the base, the stem including tip threads adapted to couple to threads of a vaporizer body to couple a reclaim chamber to the vaporizer tip.

13. The vaporizer tip of claim 12, wherein the heating element is a coil and wherein the central axis is through the central longitudinal axis of the coil.

14. The vaporizer tip of claim 12, wherein the stem has the opening defined therein.