Method of making a disposable vial for packing tobacco to be smoked

• US 10,492,525 B2
• Filed: 05/11/2017
• Issued: 12/03/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 01/21/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Ryl, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Ryl, Inc.
• Inventors: Ou, Suk Hwan
• Primary Examiner(s): Wilson, Michael H.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Mayes, Dionne W
• Application Number:
  US15/593,242
• Publication Number:
  US 20170238604A1
• Time in Patent Office: 936 Days
• CPC Class Codes: A24F 1/28 Tubular pipes, e.g. in the form of cigars
• CPC Class Codes: A24F 1/32 Selection of materials for pipes
• CPC Class Codes: A24F 40/40 Constructional details, e.g. connection of cartridges and battery parts
• CPC Class Codes: A24F 5/10 Bowl-covers, attached and removable
• CPC Class Codes: C03B 23/049 by pressing C03B21/04 , C03B23/092, C03B23/26 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: C03B 23/097 by blowing
• CPC Class Codes: C03B 23/18 Re-forming and sealing ampoules
• CPC Class Codes: C03B 33/085 Tubes, rods or hollow products

Abstract

A vial for packing a substance to be smoked from the vial and a method of manufacturing the vial, the method of manufacturing including providing a glass vial, the glass vial having a first end portion and a second end portion connected by a tubular portion having a hollow interior, the first end portion being open and the second end portion being closed; applying heat to a section of the tubular portion to heat the section of the tubular portion; applying a pressure around the heated section of the tubular portion to collapse the section of the tubular portion into the hollow interior of the tubular portion; pressing the first end portion and the second end portion together until an exterior surface of the tubular portion surrounding the collapsed section is level with a remaining exterior surface of the tubular portion; and forming an opening in the second end portion.

Claims

1. A vial for packing a substance to be smoked from the vial, the vial comprising:

an end chamber having an open end, the end chamber having a first inner diameter that is continuous in size to the open end;

a receiving chamber extending from the end chamber, the receiving chamber is dimensioned to hold a substance therein and comprises a second inner diameter that is larger than the first inner diameter;

an elongated vapor chamber extending from the receiving chamber, the elongated vapor chamber having an inhalation port for outputting a vapor from a substance within the receiving chamber, the elongated vapor chamber having a length greater than a length of the receiving chamber, the elongated vapor chamber having a third inner diameter that is equal to the second inner diameter and an outer surface with no grooves, recesses or other indentations; and

a neck portion positioned between the receiving chamber and the elongated vapor chamber, the neck portion having a wall extending concentrically inward from an arcuate wall forming the receiving chamber and the elongated vapor chamber and having a neck opening that is axially aligned with the open end of the receiving chamber and the inhalation port of the elongated vapor chamber, wherein the neck opening and the inhalation port are substantially the same size, and wherein an exterior surface of the arcuate wall surrounding the neck portion is level with a remaining exterior surface of the arcuate wall forming the receiving chamber and the elongated vapor chamber.

2. The vial of claim 1 wherein a width of the neck portion is less than a length of the receiving chamber and the elongated vapor chamber.

3. The vial of claim 1 wherein the wall of the neck portion comprises a first side facing the receiving chamber and a second side facing the inhalation port, and wherein the first side forms a portion of the receiving chamber and the second side forms a portion of the elongated vapor chamber.

4. The vial of claim 1 wherein the receiving chamber, the elongated vapor chamber and the neck portion are integrally formed from a glass vial.

5. The vial of claim 1 wherein a screw threading is formed around an outer surface of the end chamber, wherein the screw threading is dimensioned to secure a cap to the open end of the end chamber.

6. A vial for packing a substance to be smoked from the vial, the vial comprising:

a receiving chamber having a first portion and a second portion, the first portion having an open end dimensioned to receive a substance to be packed and the second portion dimensioned to hold the substance within the receiving chamber, wherein the first portion comprises an outer surface with screw threading and a first diameter that is smaller than a second diameter of the second portion;

an elongated vapor chamber extending from the receiving chamber, the elongated vapor chamber having an inhalation port for outputting a vapor from a substance within the receiving chamber, the elongated vapor chamber having a length greater than the length of the receiving chamber and an outer surface with no grooves, recesses or other indentations; and

a neck portion positioned between the receiving chamber and the elongated vapor chamber, the neck portion having a wall extending inward from an arcuate wall forming the receiving chamber and the elongated vapor chamber and having a neck opening that is in communication with the open end of the receiving chamber and the inhalation port of the elongated vapor chamber, wherein the diameter of the neck opening and the inhalation port are substantially the same.

7. The vial of claim 6 wherein the vapor chamber comprises a third diameter that is equal to the second diameter of the receiving chamber.

8. The vial of claim 6 wherein the second portion of the receiving chamber comprises an outer diameter that is equal to an outer diameter of the elongated vapor chamber along the entire length of the receiving chamber.

9. The vial of claim 6 wherein a width of the neck portion is less than a length of the receiving chamber and the elongated vapor chamber.

10. The vial of claim 6 wherein the wall of the neck portion comprises a first side facing the receiving chamber and a second side facing the inhalation port, and wherein the first side forms a portion of the receiving chamber and the second side forms a portion of the elongated vapor chamber.

11. The vial of claim 6 wherein the receiving chamber, the elongated vapor chamber and the neck portion are integrally formed from a glass vial.

12. The vial of claim 6 wherein the screw threading is dimensioned to secure a cap to the open end of the end chamber.