SYSTEM FOR VAPORIZING PLANT MATERIAL
In one embodiment, a system for vaporizing plant material is disclosed. The system includes: a vaporization container for housing plant material therein; a flame diffusing element for converting thermal energy from an external source to a useable form of thermal energy sufficient to release vapor of plant material; a flame diffusing element holder coupled proximate to a first end of the flame diffusing element and coupled proximate to the first end of the vaporization container; a housing for housing and coupling with the vaporization container; and, an insulating element substantially surrounding the vaporization container within the housing, wherein the insulating element is for decreasing thermal energy acting on the housing when the system is in a fully assembled configuration.
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TECHNICAL FIELDThe present invention relates to the field of plant material, and more specifically to the field of systems for vaporizing plant material.
BACKGROUNDPeople have been smoking tobacco, other herbs and plantlike materials for centuries. Throughout history people smoked by inhaling the smoke from tobacco, herbs and other materials produced by plants in cigarettes, pipes, and cigars. It is understood that the term “plant material” used throughout this application includes, but is not limited to, tobacco, herbs, medicinal herbs, and a plurality of other plant materials. For centuries, people would use a flame, produced by a lighter, match, or other flame producing device, to burn plant material resulting in smoke that would be breathed into a person's mouth and lungs.
However, inhaling smoke from burned plant material has negative health effects. Additionally, because of the large amount of medical literature demonstrating the negative health effects of smoking, smoking now also has a negative perception in certain segments of society. As a result, recently vaporization has been used to replace smoking while providing many of the same benefits of smoking.
Vaporizing is the act of vaporizing the active ingredients in plant material for inhalation. To vaporize plant material, thermal energy or heat is applied to plant material causing a vapor with the active ingredients in the plant material to be released from the plant material. During vaporization, the plant material is not burned or combusted and therefore no smoke or a minimum amount of smoke is released.
One major issue with vaporizers is that the vaporizers are battery-powered. Thus, one major problem is that when a vaporizer is needed, the battery is not sufficiently charged to vaporize the plant material. Another major problem experienced with vaporizers is that many people desire to have a wood element proximate to the vaporizer. However, the wood element may be damaged by the heat produced by certain vaporizers.
As a result, there exists a need for improvements over the prior art and more particularly for a more efficient and better vaporizer.
SUMMARYA system for vaporizing plant material is disclosed. This Summary is provided to introduce a selection of disclosed concepts in a simplified form that are further described below in the Detailed Description including the drawings provided. This Summary is not intended to identify key features or essential features of the claimed subject matter. Nor is this Summary intended to be used to limit the claimed subject matter's scope.
In one embodiment, a system for vaporizing plant material is disclosed. The system includes: a vaporization container for housing plant material therein; a flame diffusing element for converting thermal energy from an external source to a useable form of thermal energy sufficient to release vapor of plant material; a flame diffusing element holder coupled proximate to a first end of the flame diffusing element and coupled proximate to the first end of the vaporization container; a holding container for housing and coupling with the vaporization container; and, an insulating element substantially surrounding the vaporization container within the housing, wherein the insulating element is for decreasing thermal energy acting on the housing when the system is in a fully assembled configuration.
Additional aspects of the disclosed embodiment will be set forth in part in the description which follows, and in part will be obvious from the description, or may be learned by practice of the disclosed embodiments. The aspects of the disclosed embodiments will be realized and attained by means of the elements and combinations particularly pointed out in the appended claims. It is to be understood that both the foregoing general description and the following detailed description are exemplary and explanatory only and are not restrictive of the disclosed embodiments, as claimed.
The accompanying drawings, which are incorporated in and constitute part of this specification, illustrate embodiments of the invention and together with the description, explain the principles of the disclosed embodiments. The embodiments illustrated herein are presently preferred, it being understood, however, that the invention is not limited to the precise arrangements and instrumentalities shown, wherein:
The following detailed description refers to the accompanying drawings. Whenever possible, the same reference numbers are used in the drawings and the following description to refer to the same or similar elements. While disclosed embodiments may be described, modifications, adaptations, and other implementations are possible. For example, substitutions, additions or modifications may be made to the elements illustrated in the drawings, and the methods described herein may be modified by substituting reordering, or adding additional stages or components to the disclosed methods and devices. Accordingly, the following detailed description does not limit the disclosed embodiments. Instead, the proper scope of the disclosed embodiments is defined by the appended claims.
The disclosed embodiments improve upon the problems with the prior art by providing a system or vaporizer for vaporizing plant material. The system improves over the prior art by providing an insulating element that prevents a wood or wood like housing from being damaged from the heat released from a vaporizer when the vaporizer is in a fully assembled configuration. In one embodiment, the insulating element may comprise an air gap between a vaporization container and the internal surface of the system's housing. In another embodiment, the insulating element may comprise a tubular shaped body positioned between the vaporization container and the housing. In the insulating element comprises insulating properties that prevents or decreases heat from being transferred to the wood housing. The system also improves over the prior art by providing a flame diffusing element for converting thermal energy from an external source to a useable form of thermal energy sufficient to release vapor of plant material. The flame diffusing element includes a body having a first end and an opposing second end, a central port having a terminating end within the body, and a plurality of radial ports extending perpendicularly radially outward from a longitudinal axis of the central port and in fluid communication with the central port and environment external to the vaporizing element.
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In operation, when the system is fully assembled, a user will place plant material into the chamber of the vaporization container before fully assembling the system. Next, a user will fully assemble the system. To fully assemble the system, the user will couple the vaporization container to the housing. As mentioned above, in one embodiment, the attaching element may be either permanently attached or removably attached to the housing. Next, if a tubular shaped insulating element is used, a user will position the tubular shaped insulating element surrounding the vaporization container within the housing. Next, a user will couple the flame diffusing element within the flame diffusing element holder, and then couple the flame diffusing element holder to the first end of the vaporization container. To disassemble the system, a user will perform the above steps in reverse.
To operate the system, a user will use a lighter, or some other flame producing device, to provide a flame proximate to the first end of the flame diffusing element holder. Next, a user will use his or her mouth to apply a suction force to the second end of the housing to pull ambient air and the flame into the flame diffusing element. As the flame is sucked into the central port of the flame diffusing element, the configuration of the radial ports perpendicular to the central port causes no flame to enter the vaporization container while allowing the thermal energy, heat or hot air to enter the vaporization container. The heated or hot air vaporizes the plant material releasing vapor produced by the plant material (while not burning the plant material). The vapor released by the plant material will then be sucked through the channel 815 of the housing and into a user's mouth.
The insulating element 135, 905 substantially surrounds the vaporizing container when the system is fully assembled. In one embodiment, the insulating element may comprise a tubular shape body that substantially surrounds the vaporization container (see
In the fully assembled state, the filtering element 120 is positioned proximate to the second end of the vaporization container. As mentioned above, the filtering element prevents debris or plant material from leaving the system or entering into a user's mouth. In the fully assembled state, second threaded section 541 of the vaporization container is received by the threads of the inside threaded section 755 of the coupling element. In the fully assembled configuration, the threads of the outside threaded section 749 is received by the threaded section 841 of the second receiving cavity of the housing such that the body of the vaporization container is received within the first receiving cavity of the housing.
Although the subject matter has been described in language specific to structural features and/or methodological acts, it is to be understood that the subject matter defined in the appended claims is not necessarily limited to the specific features or acts described above. Rather, the specific features and acts described above are disclosed as example forms of implementing the claims.
Claims
1. A system for vaporizing plant material comprising:
- a vaporization container for housing plant material therein;
- a flame diffusing element for converting thermal energy from an external source to a useable form of thermal energy sufficient to release vapor of plant material;
- a flame diffusing element holder coupled proximate to a first end of the flame diffusing element and coupled proximate to the first end of the tubular vaporization container;
- a housing for receiving and coupling with the vaporization container; and,
- an insulating element substantially surrounding the vaporization container within the housing, wherein the insulating element is for decreasing thermal energy acting on the housing when the system is in a fully assembled configuration.
2. The system for vaporizing plant material of claim 1, wherein said system further includes a filtering element for preventing debris from leaving the system.
3. The system for vaporizing plant material of claim 1, wherein said filtering element comprises a disc shaped screen.
4. The system for vaporizing plant material of claim 1, wherein said insulating element comprises a tubular shaped body having insulating properties.
5. The system for vaporizing plant material of claim 4, wherein said tubular shaped body comprises ceramic.
6. The system for vaporizing plant material of claim 4, wherein said tubular shaped body comprises polymeric materials.
7. The system for vaporizing plant material of claim 1, wherein said insulating element comprises an air gap between said housing and said vaporization container when the system is in fully assembled configuration.
8. The system for vaporizing plant material of claim 1, wherein the flame diffusing element comprises:
- a body having a first end and an opposing second end;
- a central port having a termination end within the body;
- a plurality of radial ports extending radially outward from a longitudinal axis of the central port and in fluid communication with the central port and environment external to the vaporizing element.
9. A system for vaporizing plant material comprising:
- a vaporization container for housing plant material therein;
- a flame diffusing element for converting thermal energy from an external source to a useable form of thermal energy sufficient to release vapor of plant material;
- a housing for receiving and coupling with the vaporization container;
- an insulating element for substantially surrounding the vaporization container within the housing container, wherein the insulating element is for decreasing thermal energy acting on the housing when the system is in a fully assembled configuration.
10. The system for vaporizing plant material of claim 9, wherein said insulating element comprises a tubular shaped body having insulating properties.
11. The system for vaporizing plant material of claim 10, wherein said tubular shaped body comprises ceramic.
12. The system for vaporizing plant material of claim 10, wherein said tubular shaped body comprises polymeric materials.
13. The system for vaporizing plant material of claim 9, wherein said insulating element comprises an air gap between said housing and said vaporization container when the system is in the fully assembled configuration.
14. The system for vaporizing plant material of claim 9, wherein the flame diffusing element comprises:
- a body having a first end and an opposing second end;
- a central port having a termination end within the body; and,
- a plurality of radial ports extending radially outward from a longitudinal axis of the central port and in fluid communication with the central port and environment external to the vaporizing element.
15. A system for vaporizing plant material comprising:
- a vaporization container for housing plant material therein;
- a flame diffusing element for converting thermal energy from an external source to a useable form of thermal energy sufficient to release vapor of plant material, the flame diffusing element having a body having a first end and an opposing second end, a central port having a termination end within the body, and a plurality of radial ports extending radially outward from a longitudinal axis of the central port and in fluid communication with the central port and the environment external to the vaporizing element;
- a flame diffusing element holder coupled proximate to a first end of the flame diffusing element and coupled proximate to the first end of the tubular vaporization container;
- a housing for receiving and coupling with the vaporization container; and,
- an insulating element for substantially surrounding the tubular vaporization container within the tubular housing container, wherein the insulating element is for decreasing thermal energy acting on the housing when the system is in a fully assembled configuration.
16. The system for vaporizing plant material of claim 15, wherein said filtering element comprises a disc shaped screen.
17. The system for vaporizing plant material of claim 15, wherein said insulating element comprises a tubular shaped body having insulating properties.
18. The system for vaporizing plant material of claim 17, wherein said tubular shaped body comprises ceramic.
19. The system for vaporizing plant material of claim 17, wherein said tubular shaped body comprises polymeric materials.
20. The system for vaporizing plant material of claim 15, wherein said insulating element comprises an air gap between said housing and said vaporization container when the system is in the fully assembled configuration.
Type: Application
Filed: Feb 22, 2017
Publication Date: Aug 23, 2018
Inventors: Alexander Zuleta (Miami, FL), Juan Manuel Gomez (Miami, FL)
Application Number: 15/438,862