A vaporizer is a device that is capable of vaporizing materials having different viscosities to generate vapor. In some cases, an atomizer, of a vaporizer, heats a material to generate vapor that is then inhaled by a user. The temperature of the vapor can affect usability and/or efficacy of the vaporizer.
According to some possible implementations, a device may include an inlet end having a first opening that is configured to connect to an atomizer device. The device may include an outlet end having a second opening that is configured to permit a user to inhale a vapor generated by the atomizer device. The device may include a first baffle that is configured to direct a flow of the vapor towards a first internal surface of the device in a first direction towards the outlet end and away from the inlet end. The device may include the first internal surface that is configured to impede the flow of the vapor in the first direction. The device may include a second baffle that is configured to direct the flow of the vapor towards a second internal surface of the device in a second direction towards the inlet end and away from the outlet end. The device may include the second internal surface that is configured to impede the flow of the vapor in the second direction and cause the flow of the vapor to be directed towards the outlet end of the device. The second baffle, and/or a surface of the second baffle, may be configured at an angle in order to increase the opening size along the surface and expand the vapor. A greater width of the chamber of the device may be near the outlet end of the device.
According to some possible implementations, a device may include an inlet end having a first opening. A flow of vapor, generated by an atomizer device, may enter the inlet end of the device via the first opening. The device may include a first baffle that is configured to direct the flow of the vapor towards a first internal surface of the device in a first direction towards an outlet end of the device and away from the inlet end of the device. The flow of the vapor may be directed by the first baffle based on entering the inlet end of the device. The device may include the first internal surface that is configured to impede the flow of the vapor in the first direction. The flow of the vapor may be impeded by the first internal surface based on being directed by the first baffle. The device may include a second baffle that is configured to direct the flow of the vapor in a second direction towards the inlet end of the device and away from the outlet end of the device. The flow of the vapor may be directed by the second baffle based on being impeded by the first internal surface. The device may include a second internal surface that is configured to impede the flow of the vapor in the second direction. The flow of the vapor may be impeded by the second internal surface of the device based on being directed by the second baffle. The flow of the vapor may be directed in the first direction based on being impeded by the second internal surface. The device may include the outlet end having a second opening. The flow of the vapor may exit the outlet end of the device via the second opening based on being directed in the first direction.
According to some possible implementations, a cap for a vaporizer device may include an inlet that is configured to permit a flow of a vapor, generated by the vaporizer device, to enter the cap. The cap for the vaporizer device may include a set of internal surfaces that is configured to impede the flow of the vapor. The cap for the vaporizer device may include a set of baffles that is configured to direct the flow of the vapor towards the set of internal surfaces and towards an outlet of the cap. The cap for the vaporizer device may include the outlet that is configured to permit the flow of the vapor to exit the cap.
The following detailed description of example implementations refers to the accompanying drawings. The same reference numbers in different drawings may identify the same or similar elements.
A user may use a vaporizer device to inhale vapor generated by the vaporizer device. For example, the vaporizer device may heat a solution to generate vapor that can then be inhaled by the user. In some cases, the vaporizer device may generate vapor having a temperature that causes the inhalation process to be unpleasant for the user, that causes the inhalation process to be impossible for the user, and/or the like. As a result, the usability and/or efficacy of the vaporizer device may be negatively affected.
Some implementations described herein provide a cooling device that permits a temperature of a flow of vapor, generated by an atomizer device of a vaporizer device, to be reduced during operation of the vaporizer device. For example, and as described elsewhere herein, the cooling device may include a set of baffles and a set of internal structures that are configured to direct and/or impede a flow of vapor to permit the flow of vapor to experience a reduction in temperature as the flow of vapor is disposed within the cooling device. In this way, some implementations described herein improve a user experience associated with vaporizer devices, improve usability of vaporizer devices, improve practicality of vaporizer devices, improve efficacy of vaporizer devices, reduce a need for water-cooling of the vapor, and/or the like.
The material may include a solution, an oil, a liquid, a solid, a mixture, and/or the like. For example, the ingredient may include one or more of propylene glycol, glycerol, water, nicotine, a flavoring, a chemical, and/or the like. While implementations herein describe vaporization of a material to generate a vapor, it should be understood that implementations described herein are applicable to other types of devices that generate other types of substances such as aerosols, gases, mist, and/or the like.
Mouthpiece 102 may include a device that is configured to permit a user to inhale vapor generated by vaporizer device 100. For example, a mouth of the user may establish direct or indirect contact with mouthpiece 102 to permit the user to inhale vapor generated by vaporizer device 100. Mouthpiece 102 may be comprised of a material such as polycarbonate plastic, polyethylene plastic, polypropylene plastic, polystyrene plastic, an aluminum alloy, a titanium alloy, a carbon fiber plastic, glass, ceramic, and/or the like.
Cooling device 104 includes a device that is configured to cause a reduction in temperature of vapor generated by vaporizer device 100. For example, vapor generated by atomizer device 106 may enter cooling device 104 via an inlet end, may experience a reduction in temperature while being disposed within cooling device 104, and may exit cooling device 104 via an outlet end.
Cooling device 104 may be comprised of a material such as polycarbonate plastic, polyethylene plastic, polypropylene plastic, polystyrene plastic, an aluminum alloy, a titanium alloy, a carbon fiber plastic, glass, ceramic, and/or the like. Further, cooling device 104 may be comprised of any type of material that is associated with thermal conductivity properties that permit a reduction in temperature of vapor that passes through cooling device 104. For example, cooling device 104 may be comprised of any type of material, or a set of materials, that permits heat of vapor to be absorbed and/or dissipated by cooling device 104. Cooling device 104 may be referred to as a cooling device, a device, a cap, a cooling cap, a cooling drip cap, a multi-pass cooling drip cap, a multi-pass device, and/or the like.
Atomizer device 106 may include a device that is configured to vaporize a material to generate vapor. For example, atomizer device 106 may include an atomizer, a cartomizer, a clearomizer, and/or the like. Atomizer device 106 may include a set of coils (e.g., a single coil, two coils, four coils, etc.) connected to a positive terminal and a negative terminal of battery 108. For example, atomizer device 106 may include a top coil, a top feeding coil, a bottom coil, and/or the like. The set of coils may be comprised of stainless steel, nickel, and/or the like.
Battery 108 includes a device that is configured to provide electric power to atomizer device 106. For example, battery 108 may include a nickel-cadmium (NiCd) battery, a nickel-metal hydride (NiMH) battery, a lithium-ion (Li-ion) battery, and/or the like.
During operation of vaporizer device 100, battery 108 may provide electric power to atomizer device 106. Atomizer device 106 (e.g., the set of coils of atomizer device 106) may generate heat which causes vaporization of a material. The vapor may pass through cooling device 104 and mouthpiece 102, thereby permitting a user to inhale the vapor generated by atomizer device 106.
Vaporizer device 100 may be substantially cylindrical in shape. As a non-limiting example, vaporizer device 100 may include a diameter of fourteen (14) millimeters (mm) and a length of one hundred and fifteen (115) mm. Continuing the example, mouthpiece 102 may include a diameter of fourteen (14) mm, and a length of fifteen (15) mm. Continuing the example, cooling device 104 may include a diameter of fourteen (14) mm, and a length of twenty two (22) mm. Continuing the example, atomizer device 106, and a suitable housing, may include a diameter of fourteen (14) mm, and a length of nineteen and three quarters (19.75) mm. Continuing the example, battery 108, and a suitable housing, may include a diameter of fourteen (14) mm, and a length of fifty two and a quarter (52.25) mm.
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First baffle 206 may include a frustoconical shape, a conical shape, a pyramidal shape, and/or the like. For example, first baffle 206 may taper inwardly from inlet end 202 towards outlet end 204. Alternatively, first baffle 206 may include a substantially cylindrical shape, may not taper inwardly, and/or may include another type of shape.
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Second baffle 210 may include a frustoconical shape, a conical shape, a pyramidal shape, and/or the like. For example, second baffle 210 may taper outwardly from outlet end 204 towards inlet end 202. Alternatively, second baffle 210 may include a substantially cylindrical shape, may not taper inwardly, and/or may include another type of shape.
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During operation of vaporizer device 100, a user may interact with vaporizer device 100 to cause atomizer device 106 to generate vapor. Additionally, the user may interact with mouthpiece 102 to generate suction to cause a flow of vapor from atomizer device 106 towards mouthpiece 102.
The flow of vapor may enter cooling device 104 via inlet end 202 of cooling device 104. For example, the flow of vapor may flow in a first direction towards outlet end 204 and away from inlet end 202. The vapor, when entering cooling device 104, may include a temperature that is substantially the same temperature as when atomizer device 106 generated the vapor.
First baffle 206 may direct the flow of vapor towards first internal surface 208 based on the flow of vapor entering cooling device 104 via inlet end 202. For example, first inner surface 206c of first baffle 206 may direct the flow of vapor in the first direction towards first bottom surface 208a of first internal surface 208. Additionally, second bottom surface 212a of second internal surface 212 may direct the flow of vapor towards first bottom surface 208a of first internal surface 208 based on the flow of vapor entering cooling device 104 via inlet end 202.
First internal surface 208 may impede the flow of vapor based on first baffle 206 directing the flow of vapor towards first internal surface 208. For example, first bottom surface 208a of first internal surface 208 may impede the flow of vapor, thereby reducing a velocity of the flow of vapor in the first direction. In this way, some implementations described herein increase an amount of time, measured from a first time at which the flow of vapor exits atomizer device 106 and a second time at which the flow of vapor enters mouthpiece 102, than as compared to situations where the flow of vapor is relatively unimpeded. By increasing the amount of time, some implementations described herein permit a reduction in temperature of the vapor.
First baffle 206 and second baffle 210 may direct the flow of vapor towards second internal surface 212 based on first internal surface 208 impeding the flow of vapor. For example, first outer surface 206d of first baffle 206 and second inner surface 210c of second baffle 210 may direct the flow of vapor towards second top surface 212b of second internal surface 212 based on first bottom surface 208a of first internal surface 208 impeding the flow of vapor in the first direction. Additionally, first baffle 206 and second baffle 210 may direct the flow of vapor in a second direction towards inlet end 202 and away from outlet end 204. Put another way, the flow of vapor may flow in the second direction between first outer surface 206d of first baffle 206 and second inner surface 210c of second baffle 210.
In this way, some implementations described herein increase an amount of surface area of thermally conductive material that contacts the flow of vapor. Additionally, in this way, some implementations described herein permit a reduction in temperature of the vapor by permitting heat to be absorbed and/or dissipated by first baffle 206, first internal surface 208, second baffle 210, and/or second internal surface 212.
Second internal surface 212 may impede the flow of vapor based on first baffle 206 and second baffle 210 directing the flow of vapor towards second internal surface 212. For example, second top surface 212b of second internal surface 212 may impede the flow of vapor, thereby reducing a velocity of the flow of vapor in the second direction. In this way, some implementations described herein permit a further increase in an amount of time during which the flow of vapor is disposed within cooling device 104 and/or is in contact with thermally conductive surfaces of cooling device 104, thereby permitting further reduction in temperature of the flow of vapor.
Second baffle 210 and sidewall 216 of cooling device 104 may direct the flow of vapor towards internal opening 214 based on the flow of vapor being impeded by second internal surface 212. For example, second outer surface 210d of second baffle 210 and sidewall 216 may direct the flow of vapor towards internal opening 214 based on the flow of vapor being impeded by second top surface 212b of second internal surface 212. Put another way, the flow of vapor may flow in the second direction between second outer surface 210d of second baffle 210 and sidewall 216.
Second baffle 210 may taper inwardly from second inlet edge 210a towards second outlet edge 210b. In this way, some implementations described herein permit expansion of vapor as the flow of vapor flows from second internal surface 212 towards internal opening 214. In other words, a volumetric area between sidewall 216 and second baffle 210 may be greater at a position near internal opening 214 than as compared to another position near second internal surface 212. Put yet another way, a first horizontal distance between sidewall 216 and second outlet edge 210b of second baffle 210 may be greater than a second horizontal distance between sidewall 216 and second inlet edge 210a of second baffle 210. By permitting expansion of the vapor, some implementations described herein permit further reduction in temperature of the flow of vapor.
By permitting expansion of the vapor towards outlet end 204 of second baffle 210 with diverging sidewalls, the vapor additionally slows in speed. This may increase the time that the vapor stays in the cooling chamber (i.e., cooling device 104) and allows for additional time for thermal conduction. Second baffle 210 may be referred to as a diffuser. In other words, second baffle 210 may taper inwardly towards outlet end 204 thereby forming a diffuser.
The flow of vapor may flow through internal opening 214 based on being directed in the second direction by second baffle 210 and sidewall 216. In this way, the flow of vapor may exit cooling device 104 via outlet end 204 and enter mouthpiece 102. A temperature of the vapor when the vapor exits cooling device 104 may be less than a temperature of the vapor when the vapor entered cooling device 104. Thereby, some implementations described herein may improve usability of vaporizer device 100, enhance a user experience associated with vaporizer device 100, improve efficacy of vaporizer device 100, and/or the like.
Additionally, in this way, a temperature of the vapor may be reduced without requiring water, or another type of cooling material, to be used to reduce the temperature of the vapor. Thereby, some implementations described herein improve the design of vaporizer devices, improve a user experience associated with vaporizer devices, reduce the size of vaporizer devices, reduce the need for maintenance of vaporizer devices, and/or the like.
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Some implementations described herein reduce a temperature of vapor generated by an atomizer device. By implementing a set of baffles and a set of internal surfaces configured to direct the flow vapor through a cooling device, some implementations described herein increase an amount of time during which the vapor is disposed within the cooling device, increase exposure of the vapor to thermally conductive surfaces of the cooling device, and/or permit the vapor to expand. In this way, some implementations described herein increase usability of vaporizer devices, improve a user experience, increase efficacy of vapor delivery, and/or the like.
The foregoing disclosure provides illustration and description, but it is not intended to be exhaustion or to limit the implementations to the precise form disclosed. Modifications and variations are possible in light of the above disclosure or may be acquired from practice of the implementations.
Even though particular combinations of features are recited in the claims and/or disclosed in the specification, these combinations are not intended to limit the disclosure of possible implementations. In fact, many of these features may be combined in ways not specifically recited in the claims and/or disclosed in the specification. Although each dependent claim listed below may directly depend on only one claim, the disclosure of possible implementations includes each dependent claim in combination with every other claim in the claim set.
No functionality used herein should be construed as critical or essential unless explicitly described as such. Also, as used herein, the articles “a” and “an” are intended to include one or more items, and may be used interchangeably with “one or more.” Furthermore, as used herein, the term “set” is intended to include one or more items (e.g., related items, unrelated items, a combination of related and unrelated items, etc.), and may be used interchangeably with “one or more.” Where only one item is intended, the term “one” or similar language is used. Also, as used herein, the terms “has,” “have,” “having,” or the like are intended to be open-ended terms. Further, the phrase “based on” is intended to mean “based, at least in part, on” unless explicitly stated otherwise.
This application claims priority under 35 U.S.C. § 119 to U.S. Provisional Application No. 62/432,834, filed on Dec. 12, 2016, the contents of which are incorporated by reference in their entirety.
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