CN103717098A

CN103717098A - Portable tobacco vaporizer

Info

Publication number: CN103717098A
Application number: CN201280031095.2A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 亚历山大·罗宾森; 约瑟夫·泰勒; 马克·威廉姆斯
Original assignee: NWT Holdings LLC
Current assignee: NWT Holdings LLC
Priority date: 2011-06-24
Filing date: 2012-06-22
Publication date: 2014-04-09
Also published as: WO2012178028A3; EP2723203A2; WO2012178028A8; CA2839731A1; JP2014519850A; JP6041402B2; WO2012178028A2; EP2723203A4; US20120325227A1

Abstract

A vaporizer and method of vaporizing a botanical material, such as tobacco, is described. Embodiments of the apparatus include a self-contained, fully enclosed, battery operated vaporizer having an air inlet and a mouthpiece. The vaporizer includes a window for viewing a botanical material contained therein and a heating element that is also visible through the window and through an air inlet. The vaporizer also includes a push-button switch that rapidly provides power to heat air, which is then drawn through the botanical material by inhaling. Embodiments of the method include utilizing a push-button switch for heating vaporizer air and viewing the glow of the heating element as a signal that the vaporizer is ready for use.

Description

Portable tobacco evaporimeter

Technical field

Present invention relates in general to for consuming the field such as the evaporimeter of the vegetable materials such as tobacco, and relate more specifically to for using a kind of equipment and method of portable self-contained evaporimeter, this evaporimeter is enough to discharge volatile ingredient without burning in the situation that.

Background technology

Tobacco normally consumes by lighting tobacco, therefore needs consumer to suck existing combustion product and any volatile compound, for example nicotine.Because combustion product may be harmful to, therefore the suction of the tobacco of burning can produce undesirable health effect.

A kind of method of avoiding sucking combustion product is the temperature that tobacco is heated to the volatile compound that is enough to displace it without burning in the situation that.The prior-art devices that is often called " evaporimeter " adopts a continuous heating source conventionally, catalytic burner or resistance type heater that the flame that for example butane drives, butane drive.Thermal source in many such devices is to become conduction to contact with tobacco or the container that contains tobacco.This may produce high temperature, thereby causes near burning and charing of the tobacco of thermal source.

In addition, many prior art evaporimeters need the heat time of a few minutes, because they need to by the collector of the quality of tobacco and material, both be heated to the temperature of hope, then they just can extract volatile vapor.

In addition, because heating is normally continuous rather than heating as required, therefore many existing evaporimeter poor efficiencys ground is used their power, because the stable state that they often provide heat to maintain rising temperature, this does not also correspond to the vaporific set operation cycle of the intermittent suction of user.

The disclosure of invention

One embodiment of the present of invention are by providing a kind of shortcoming that the evaporimeter of the material of consumption has been overcome to prior art of holding completely.

Another embodiment of the present invention is by the shortcoming that provides a kind of evaporimeter to overcome prior art, and this evaporimeter has a top part, and this top part can be placed on one by removable mode and be used for holding in the bottom part of tobacco.In one embodiment, this top part and bottom part remain on appropriate location by magnet.

Another embodiment of the present invention has one for checking that the sealed steaming hair device of the window that is contained in tobacco has wherein overcome the shortcoming of prior art by providing a kind of.In one embodiment, this window also allows to check extracted steam and luminous from a heating element heater.

One embodiment of the present of invention are by providing a kind of sealed steaming hair device to overcome the shortcoming of prior art, and this sealed steaming hair device also allows to check luminous from a heating element heater by an air intake.

Another embodiment of the present invention is by providing a kind of evaporimeter to overcome the shortcoming of prior art, this evaporimeter has the heating element heater being suspended in a transparent heated chamber, and this transparent heated chamber allows the optical transmission by the heating element heater generation of this device.

Another embodiment of the present invention is by providing a kind of sealed steaming hair device to overcome the shortcoming of prior art, this sealed steaming hair device has the heating element heater being suspended in a transparent heated chamber, and this transparent heated chamber combines with material chambers and be concentric.

One embodiment of the present of invention comprise a kind of computer-controlled humidity control system, and this system allows suitable evaporating temperature.

Another embodiment of the present invention comprises a kind of evaporimeter, and this evaporimeter has the rechargeable battery that can be removed by user.

One aspect of the present invention is to provide evaporimeter and thinks that user provides the steam from a plant material, and this vegetable material can be tobacco.This evaporimeter comprises: a shell; A heater, in fact in this shell, comprise an apparatus for storing electrical energy, an exercisable switch of user, a heating element heater and a circuit that comprises this apparatus for storing electrical energy, the exercisable switch of this user and this heating element heater, wherein this circuit is adapted to when the exercisable switch of this user activated and to this heating element heater, provides energy from this apparatus for storing electrical energy.This evaporimeter further comprises a path with this shell, this path comprises an air intake, be used to provide with this heater in air and a heater section of the thermo-contact of this heating element heater, for holding a container for tobacco, an and air outlet slit.Therefore this user can activate the exercisable switch of this user and by this outlet, suck to draw the air of this evaporimeter outside, thereby according to priority by the air heat to contacting with this heating element heater heated air temperature, by this heated air, at least in part this vegetable material is evaporated, subsequently at least a portion of the tobacco of this evaporation is offered to this user by this outlet.

Another aspect of the present invention is to provide the method that evaporimeter of a kind of use provides the steam of a plant material.The method comprises: manually activate this evaporimeter, wherein this evaporimeter comprise the electric energy of storage, for holding a container of this vegetable material, and a flow passage, this flow passage from an entrance extend through for accept the electric energy of this storage and add a manually actuable of hot-air heater, by this container, arrive an outlet; And suck by this outlet.Therefore by the air intake of this evaporimeter outside in this path, and in this heater, make according to priority air themperature increase, heat this vegetable material and extract a kind of steam from this vegetable material, and this steam is offered to this user.

Another aspect of the present invention is to provide a kind of evaporimeter and thinks that user provides the steam from a plant material.This evaporimeter comprises a heating element heater, and a path, and this path comprises an air intake; A heater section, be used to provide with this heater in air and the thermo-contact of this heating element heater; A container, for holding a plant material; A window, is used for to this user, transmitting heat radiation from this heater section; An and air outlet slit.The air that this user obtains sucking can be heated to a visual cues of a temperature that is enough to this vegetable material to evaporate.

One aspect of the present invention is to provide the method that evaporimeter of a kind of use provides the steam of a plant material, wherein the method comprises: manually activate this evaporimeter, wherein this evaporimeter comprises for holding a container of this vegetable material, an and flow passage, this flow passage extends through a heater for adding hot-air, by this container, arrives an outlet from an entrance, and a window, be used for allowing a user to check the heat radiation from described heater; And when a user perceives from this heater luminous by this window, by this outlet, suck.Therefore the air that this user obtains sucking can be heated to a visual cues of a temperature that is enough to this vegetable material to evaporate.

These features are by of the present invention evaporimeter to obtain from following detailed description by various auxiliary regulation and the feature understood together with those of ordinary skill in the art, and the preferred embodiments of the present invention are only by example, with reference to accompanying drawing, to illustrate, wherein:

Brief description of drawings

Fig. 1 is the birds-eye perspective of an embodiment of an evaporimeter;

Fig. 2 is the top view of the evaporimeter of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is the left side view of the evaporimeter of Fig. 1;

Fig. 4 is the distal end view of the evaporimeter of Fig. 1;

Fig. 5 is the proximal end view of the evaporimeter of Fig. 1;

Fig. 6 is the birds-eye perspective of the evaporimeter of Fig. 1, and its middle and upper part part removes from bottom part;

Fig. 7 is the sectional view 7-7 of Fig. 2;

Fig. 8 is the sectional view 8-8 of Fig. 3;

Fig. 9 is the decomposition view of an embodiment of a heater block;

Figure 10 is a partly perspective view for the heater block of assembling;

Figure 11 is the view of Fig. 6, illustrates the Air Flow by evaporimeter;

Figure 12 is that of embodiment of Figure 11 analyses and observe perspective cross-sectional view; And

Figure 13 is the schematic diagram of an embodiment of the electronic component in evaporimeter.

Graphic middle with reference symbol indicate some parts of illustrating herein, aspect or feature, same parts, aspect or feature that one of them above graphic common reference symbol indication illustrates herein.

Working of an invention mode

Fig. 1 is the birds-eye perspective of an embodiment of a hand-held evaporimeter 100, and Fig. 2,3,4 and 5 is respectively the view of top side 106, left side 202, far-end 104 and the near-end 102 of this evaporimeter.

Evaporimeter 100 comprises a shell 101, and this shell has: at a mouthpiece 103 at near-end 102 places, this mouthpiece has the opening 311 that enters evaporimeter; An air intake 105 at far-end 104 places; And a window 107 on top side 106, by this window, can see the material being positioned in evaporimeter; An and press button 109 on right side 108.Left side 202 comprises a power switch 201, electric connector 305, a plurality of indicator lamp 307 and a recess 309.By the material of the form of evaporation, can be but be not limited to vegetable material, tobacco for example, and herein, relate to tobacco but be not limited to tobacco.

Shell 101 is to be formed by a kind of rigid material, and can comprise one or more metals or plastic sheet or layer.Therefore for instance, side 108,202 and end 102,104 comprise a housing 207 and a removable bottom panel 303, and top side 106 comprises an elongated portion 205 and a bezel 203, this bezel is outstanding and around window 107 above window 107.

Window 107 is a kind of scratch resistance material to visible transparent preferably, and for example can be and be not limited to glass, for example Pyrex or crystal quartz or fused silica material.

Evaporimeter 100 is preferably set size for hand-held, and can have following size: the height H from 20 to 30mm, for example height H of 25mm; Length L from 110 to 170mm, for example length L of 140mm; And the width W from 40mm to 60mm, for example width of 50mm.

Indicator lamp 307 can comprise a lamp or several different colours lamp (for example red, green and/or blue), is used to refer to whether evaporimeter 100 is being powered, remaining battery electric power in Temperature Setting and/or evaporimeter.

Generally, user can utilize the tobacco of recess 309 and window 107 belows to open shell 101, catches housing 207, and promotes press button 109.In certain embodiments, within several seconds of promotion press button 109, a heater in evaporimeter 100 (describing subsequently) sends visible ray by window 107 and by air intake 105, with indication, reached a suitable evaporating temperature, and user should suck by the opening 311 in mouthpiece 103.Suction action causes by air intake 105 and attracts air to enter, and wherein first air is heated and subsequently tobacco is evaporated in heater, and the steam of evaporation is sucked by mouthpiece by user.In addition, power switch 201 can comprise some settings, and for example power-off setting, low electric power are set and set for controlling the high temperature of the temperature of evaporimeter 100, and electric connector 305 allows an internal cell to recharge.

Fig. 6 is the birds-eye perspective of evaporimeter 100, illustrates evaporimeter and comprises a top part 210 and a bottom part 220.Top part 210 comprises elongated portion 205, bezel 203 and window 107.In addition, elongated portion 205 forms a plurality of surperficial 611, lips 613, recess 615, and comprises a plurality of magnets 621 and a window fixture 631.Window fixture 631 further comprises a plurality of flat surfaces 633 and a plurality of groove 635, and is fixed on elongated portion 205 with a plurality of screws 637, as being shown in further detail in Fig. 7.

Bottom part 220 comprises housing 207, bottom panel 303, mouthpiece 103, air intake 105, press button 109, power switch 201, electric connector 305, indicator lamp 307 and recess 309.As shown in Figure 7, air intake 105 is to be formed by a grid 703 and a woven wire 705, and this grid can be separated with housing 207, and this woven wire is used for preventing that pollutant from entering evaporimeter 100.In addition, bottom part 220 comprises a surface 601 and a protuberance 603.Surface 601 comprises a plurality of openings that enter enclosure, and be first opening 607 and second opening 605 that exposes a recessed bowl 640 in particular, this recessed bowl has a

upper face

604, and 601 and bottom webs 717 of this upper face and surface are continuous.

Surperficial 601 are or comprise a kind of material, and this material attracted to magnet 621.When top part 210 as in Fig. 1 is positioned in bottom part 220, magnet 621 attracted to top 601, make lip 613 contact protuberances 603, surface 611 contact surfaces 601,

surface

601 and 604 contact surfaces 633, and recess 615 and groove 635 be

contact surface

601 or 604 not, thereby provide a gap, this gap provides the Air Flow between

opening

605 and 607.

Being described in more detail an of embodiment that top part 210 and bottom part 220 are shown in Fig. 7 and Fig. 8 illustratively, Fig. 7 is the sectional view 7-7 of Fig. 2, Fig. 8 is the sectional view 8-8 of Fig. 3.

Top part 210 comprises window fixture 631, and this window fixture is attached to elongated portion 205 by a plurality of screws 637.Window fixture also can comprise a plurality of pads or O shape ring, is used for providing gas-tight seal for window 107.

The surface 601 of bottom part 220 is used a plurality of screws 701 to be fixed on housing 207.The grid 703 that forms air intake 105 is attached on housing 207, and a woven wire 705 places and be positioned in evaporimeter 100 against grid 703, is used for preventing that pollutant from entering evaporimeter.

Bottom part 220 also comprises a heater section 710, controls electronic component 720, and an energy storage section 730.Heater section 710 further comprises a heater block 711, this heater block comprises a lower core 702 and upper core 704, these cores form has a path 713, this path comprises a heating element heater 715, and bowl 640, this bowl has net 717 bottoms, bowl side 719, opening 605, a temperature sensor, discusses as shown and subsequently.

In one embodiment, heating element heater 715 is a resistance coil, for example nichrome, for example NICHROME ^tM, INCONEL ^tMor FeCrAl alloy, for example KANTHAL ^tM, and

core

702 and 704 pairs of visible rays are transparent, and can for example by Pyrex, crystal quartz or vitreous silica, be formed.Therefore,, when electric power is during in the interior dissipation of heating element heater 715, by window 107 and/or air intake 105, can see luminous.

Control electronic component 720 and comprise a circuit board 723, a programmable processor 725, an electric power controller 727 have been installed above, and for example, for controlling evaporimeter 100 and being other numerals and/or the analog circuit of evaporimeter 100 power supplies, power switch 201, electric connector 305 and indicator lamp 307.In addition, other switches, button and sensor, for example temperature sensor, can be dispersed throughout evaporimeter 100, and can be wired in control electronic component 720.Energy storage section 730 comprises a battery frame 733, and this battery frame is attached on housing 207 and battery 731.

In one embodiment, battery 731 is 7.4V, 800mAh battery, and discharge rate is 7C.

Fig. 9 is the decomposition view of heater block 711, this heater block comprises a bottom heat transfer pad 910, lower core 920, intermediate heat transfer pad 930, a plurality of electric power and control assembly 940, a upper core 950, and a top heat is transmitted pad 960.Lower core 920 and upper core 950 can for example be respectively and be not limited to lower core 702 and upper core 704.

Bottom pad 910 comprises an opening 911 and a slit 913.Lower core 920 comprises an opening that is positioned slit 913 tops 921, groove 922, heating element heater support member 923, circular recess with central network support member 925 934, a temperature sensor container 927, and around the element of container 926, an and heating element heater electric power container 928.Intermediate heat transfer pad 930 comprises an exterior section 931 and an interior section that net 717 is supported 935.

Electric power and control assembly 940 comprise heating element heater 715 and a temperature sensor 942, and this heating element heater is attached on a compression fitting 945 being connected on ground wire 947, and are attached on a compression fitting 943 being connected in power lead 949.Upper core 950 comprises opening 605 and bowl side 719.Top heat is transmitted pad 960 and is comprised an opening 961.

Pad 910,930 and 950 is preferably formed by a kind of high temperature aliment security level silicone rubber.Lower core 920 and upper core 950 are preferably formed by Pyrex or quartz crystal.Net 717 is preferably formed by stainless steel.Temperature sensor 942 is a thermal resistor that is coated with glass preferably, the G100K4000C1 model of for example being manufactured by essence amount electronics (Measurement Specialties) company of Virginia Hampton.

Figure 10 is a partly perspective view for the heater block 711 of assembling.As shown in figure 10, upper core 950 also comprises a groove 1001, heating element heater support member 1003, heating element heater electric power container 1005, a heating element heater grounding container 1003, and a temperature sensor container 1009.Heating element heater 715 is placed by

groove

922 and 1001, and is supported at middle part by heating element

heater support member

923 and 1003, and compression fitting 945 is clipped between

container

926 and 1007, and compression fitting 943 is clipped between container 928 and 1005.When assembling, path 713 is to be formed by the

groove

922 and 1001 coordinating.In addition, temperature sensor 942 is clipped between

temperature sensor container

927 and 1009, make near net 717 can a kind of gas of sensing temperature.

To the operation of evaporimeter 100 be discussed referring to Figure 11, Figure 12 and Figure 13 now, Figure 11 is the view of Fig. 6, illustrate the Air Flow by evaporimeter, Figure 12 be Fig. 1 embodiment analyse and observe perspective cross-sectional view, Figure 13 is the schematic diagram of an embodiment of the electronic component in evaporimeter.

Figure 11 and 12 illustrates the placement of tobacco M in bowl 640, and air and steam flowing by evaporimeter 100.In particular, Figure 11 shows the top part 210 removing from bottom part 220.This configuration makes it possible to approach bowl 640 to clean and to place fresh tobacco M, and other clean

internal surface

601 and 611, recess 615 and window fixture 631.

When assembling as shown in Figure 1 top part 210 and bottom part 220, recess 615 and 635 air ducts that form between bowl 640 and opening 607.In particular, Figure 11 illustrate surface 601 with 604 with surface 611 parts that contact with 633 (being illustrated as 601a), restriction or suppressed Air Flow, surface 601 does not contact recess 615 with other parts of 604 or 635(is illustrated as surperficial 601b simultaneously) and therefore an air flow passage is provided.Therefore,, as by arrow diagramming, show air stream and enter air intake 105, move up by bowl 640 and opening 605,601b moves between top part 210 and bottom part 220 surfacewise, move down by opening 607, and subsequently by opening 501.

Figure 12 illustrates from air intake 105 by the Air Flow of bowl 640.Air amount is by opening 911, along slit 913, upwards by opening 921, by path 713, air is by being heated with heating element heater 715 herein, upwards by net 717, enter bowl 640,601 arrive opening 607 and pass through the opening 311 of mouthpiece 103 surfacewise.

Figure 13 is the schematic diagram 1300 that illustrates the control electronic component 720 of evaporimeter 100.Therefore, for example and not limit, schematic diagram 1300 shows being connected between power switch 201, press button 109, indicator lamp 307, battery 731, programmable processor 725, electric power controller 727, temperature sensor 942 and heating element heater 715.

Except the process for tobacco is evaporated provides temperature, control, control electronic component 720 can also avoid evaporating device main body and internal part overheated and damage battery, computer or other internal parts.

Processor 725 is powered from battery 731, and is programmed to accept the input from power switch 201, press button 109 and temperature sensor 942, provides electric power, and provide a signal to electric power controller 727 to one or more indicator lamps 307.Electric power controller 727 accepts the command signal of self processor 725 to provide electric power from battery 731 to heating element heater 715.

Power switch 201 can have 2 or a plurality of setting, and for example "off" is set and " connection " set, or "off" is set, " low temperature " is set and " high temperature " is set.At power switch 201, in the situation that "off" is set, all electronic components in evaporimeter 100 are all de-energized.At power switch 201 in the situation that " connection ", " low temperature " or " high temperature " are set, processor 725 has connection temperature (TON), low temperature (TL) or the high temperature (TH) of respective stored, and these temperature are for controlling the target temperature of the temperature of being measured by temperature sensor 942.As described above, temperature sensor 942 was measured air themperature just before heated air flows through bowl 640.

Indicator lamp 307 can comprise the lamp of the indication of the operation that is programmed to provide evaporimeter 100.Therefore, limit for instance and not, indicator lamp 307 can comprise: a dark green colored lights, is powered to indicate evaporimeter 100 energising in low temperature is set; A bud green colored lights, is powered to indicate evaporimeter to be powered in high temperature is set; The blue lamp of flicker, is used to refer to evaporimeter and charges; A red colored lamp, is used to refer to battery electric power lower; And a whole red lamp, be used to refer to equipment overheat and automatically shut down.

In addition, at power switch 201, in the situation that " connection ", " low temperature " or " high temperature " setting and press button 109 are pressed, 725 pairs of electric power controllers 727 of processor provide signal to provide electric power from battery 731 to heating element heater 715.In certain embodiments, processor 725 uses such as control algolithms such as pid control algorithms to come, to heating element heater 715 power supplies, to make the temperature T of being measured by temperature sensor 942 maintain the temperature of being indicated by power switch 201.

Should be appreciated that, can optimize according to the evaporating temperature of hope the operation of evaporimeter 100.Therefore, the target temperature of temperature sensor 942 is selected to for effectively displacing volatile materials from tobacco or the other plant material paid close attention to.Although not have a mind to limit use of the present invention, effective evaporating temperature that Table I contains certain plants material, be grouped into there is low evaporating temperature, middle evaporating temperature or high evaporation temperature.These groups are only for reference, and see the evaporating temperature that each material can have a scope, and it can cross over different groups.Therefore for instance,, owing to being present in number and the type of the volatile materials in tobacco, tobacco crosses over low scope, middle scope and high scope.How evaporimeter 100 permission users evaporates biomaterial according to the Temperature Setting of evaporimeter 100 if controlling.

Table I. the evaporating temperature of frequently seen plants material

Generally, the target temperature of being measured by temperature sensor 942, in the scope from 145 ℃ to 205 ℃, and for example can be and is not limited to about 145 ℃, 150 ℃, 155 ℃, 160 ℃, 165 ℃, 170 ℃, 175 ℃, 180 ℃, 185 ℃, 195 ℃, 200 ℃ or 205 ℃.For a plurality of Temperature Settings, for example " low temperature " and " high temperature ", low temperature is set and may be suitable for evaporating such as low temperature volatile materials such as tobaccos, and has the temperature in the scope from 150 ℃ to 165 ℃, and the value having is for example 150 ℃, 155 ℃, 160 ℃ or 165 ℃.High temperature is set and may be suitable for evaporating such as higher temperatures volatile materials such as ginsengs, and has the temperature of 190 ℃ to 205 ℃, and the value having is for example 190 ℃, 195 ℃, 200 ℃ or 205 ℃.

The example of the use of evaporimeter

It is below the user's of evaporimeter 100 example.Referring to Fig. 1 and 3, at power switch 201, in " open position " in the situation that, user catches bottom part 220 with a hand, and thumb is placed in recess 309 to remove top part 210.Referring to Fig. 6, user can clean each inner surface and bowl 640 subsequently, and the fresh sample of a plant material is placed in bowl.Top part 210 securely can be positioned in bottom part 220 subsequently.

As shown in Fig. 6 and 7, user can watch window 107 to check the existence of vegetable material at any time.

Then, user is switched to suitable non-"off" by power switch 201 and sets (for example, " connection ", " low temperature " or " high temperature ").

Then, user presses press button 109.In several seconds, controlling electronic component 720 provides enough electric power to make near temperature sensor 942 air be elevated to the target temperature being for example stored in processor 725.User can see luminous from heating element heater 715 by window 107 and/or by air intake 105.For certain plants material, also can watch by window 107 steam of extraction.

In the situation that the visible indication of proper temperature, user can suck by mouthpiece 103 subsequently.By air intake air intake 105, by path 713, by the vegetable material in bowl 640, between groove 635 and surface 601,601 enter in opening 607 surfacewise, and by opening 311, arrive subsequently user's mouth subsequently.

The most of electric power that is provided to heating element heater 715 makes the air heat in path 713, and therefore when hot-air flows by vegetable material, with convection type, the vegetable material in bowl 640 is evaporated.

The surface contacting with heated air when mobile between surface 601 and top part 210 in heated air will be as " radiator ", thereby makes gas from the High-temperature cooling of heating element heater 715 to about room temperature.After sucking, user is release-push switch 109 subsequently, and this reduces by the electric power of heating element heater 715.

To understand, equipment described herein includes but not limited to some Digital and analog parts.To understand, and the invention is not restricted to the combination of any specific implementation, programming technique or analog or digital parts, and the present invention can be with implementing for implementing functional any appropriate device described herein or technology.

Run through this description the reference of " embodiment ", " embodiment " or " some embodiment " is meaned to specific features, structure or a characteristic in conjunction with this embodiment, describing comprise at least one embodiment of the present invention.Therefore, phrase " in one embodiment ", " in one embodiment " or " in certain embodiments " run through the appearance throughout of this description and not necessarily all relate to same embodiment.In addition, as one of ordinary skill in the art will appreciate that, in one or more embodiments, these specific features, structure or characteristic can any suitable method combinations.

Should understand, the present invention includes all various combinations that embody herein.Run through this description, term " comprise " should with " comprising ", " containing " or " being characterised in that " synonym, be inclusive or open, and do not get rid of element or the method step of additionally not mentioning." comprising " is technical term, and it means that the element of appointment is basic, but can add other elements, and still forms the structure in the scope of this statement." comprise " for comprising not being designated as minute of even main amount, also remain open.

Similarly, should understand, in the above explanation of exemplary embodiment of the present invention, in order to make this disclosure smooth and help to understand the object of one or more various inventions aspect, sometimes in single embodiment of the present invention, graphic or explanation, various features of the present invention are grouped in together.Yet, the intention of the feature that this disclosure method should not be interpreted as reflecting that desired invention need to be more than the feature of clearly narrating in every claim.But as the following claims reflect, each aspect of the present invention does not lie in all features of the single embodiment disclosing above.Therefore, the claims of following detailed description are incorporated in this detailed description clearly at this, and wherein every claim independently exists as independent embodiment of the present invention.

Therefore, although described, it is believed that it is the content of the preferred embodiments of the present invention, but those of ordinary skill in the art will recognize, in the situation that not departing from spirit of the present invention, can make other and other modification to it, and be intended that all these type of changes and modification that requirement is within the scope of the present invention.

Claims

1. an evaporimeter, is used for as a user provides the steam from a plant material, and described evaporimeter comprises:

A shell;

A heater, this heater is in fact in described shell, comprise an apparatus for storing electrical energy, an exercisable switch of user, a heating element heater and a circuit that comprises described apparatus for storing electrical energy, the exercisable switch of described user and described heating element heater, wherein said circuit is adapted to when the exercisable switch of described user activated and to described heating element heater, provides energy from described apparatus for storing electrical energy; And

A path with described shell, described path comprises an air intake, be used to provide with described heater in air and a heater section of the thermo-contact of described heating element heater, for holding a container of a plant material, an and air outlet slit

Make this user can activate the exercisable switch of described user and by described outlet, suck to draw the air of described evaporimeter outside, thereby according to priority by the air heat to contacting with a described heating element heater heated air temperature, at least in part this vegetable material is evaporated, then at least a portion of the vegetable material of this evaporation offered to this user by described outlet by this heated air.

2. evaporimeter as claimed in claim 1, wherein this vegetable material is tobacco.

3. evaporimeter as claimed in claim 1,

Wherein said heater further comprises a sensor, is used to provide an indication of the temperature in this evaporimeter,

Wherein said circuit further comprises described sensor, and

Wherein said circuit is adapted to according to the described indication of this temperature in this evaporimeter and to described heating element heater, provides energy from described apparatus for storing electrical energy.

4. evaporimeter as claimed in claim 1, wherein said heating element heater is to settle around an edge of described container.

5. evaporimeter as claimed in claim 1, wherein at least a portion of this heater section is transparent at least a portion visible ray, and a luminous part for this heating element heater is transmitted by described heater section.

6. evaporimeter as claimed in claim 1, wherein the luminous of this heating element heater is visible by described shell.

7. evaporimeter as claimed in claim 6, wherein said shell comprises and is adjacent to the window that described container is settled, and wherein the luminous of this heating element heater is visible by described window.

8. evaporimeter as claimed in claim 6, wherein the luminous of this heating element heater is visible by described air intake.

9. evaporimeter as claimed in claim 2,

Wherein said heater further comprises an exercisable power level switch of user,

Wherein said circuit further comprises the exercisable power level switch of described user, and

Wherein said circuit is adapted to according to the setting value of the described indication of this temperature in this evaporimeter and the exercisable power level switch of described user and to described heating element heater, provides energy from described apparatus for storing electrical energy.

10. evaporimeter as claimed in claim 9, wherein said circuit is adapted to for restriction by described sensor and the determined maximum temperature of the exercisable power level switch of described user.

11. evaporimeters as claimed in claim 2, wherein said circuit is adapted to for restriction by the determined maximum temperature of described sensor.

12. 1 kinds of methods of using an evaporimeter that the steam of one plant material is provided, described method comprises:

Manually activate this evaporimeter, wherein said evaporimeter comprises the electric energy of storage, for holding a container and a flow passage of this vegetable material, this flow passage from an entrance extend through for accept the electric energy of this storage and add a manually actuable of hot-air heater, by this container, arrive an outlet; And

By this outlet, suck,

Make the air of this evaporimeter outside be inhaled in this path, and in this heater, make according to priority air themperature increase, heat this vegetable material and extract a kind of steam and this steam is offered to this user from this vegetable material.

13. methods as claimed in claim 12, further comprise and manually select a heter temperature setting value.

14. methods as claimed in claim 12, wherein this vegetable material is tobacco.

15. 1 kinds of evaporimeters, are used for as a user provides the steam from a plant material, and described evaporimeter comprises:

A heating element heater, and

A path, this path comprises

An air intake;

A heater section, be used to provide with described heater in air and the thermo-contact of described heating element heater;

A container, for holding a plant material;

A window, is used for to this user, transmitting heat radiation from this heater section; And

An air outlet slit,

The air that makes this user obtain sucking can be heated to a visual cues of a temperature that is enough to this vegetable material to evaporate.

16. evaporimeters as claimed in claim 15, wherein said evaporimeter further comprises:

An apparatus for storing electrical energy,

An exercisable switch of user,

A heating element heater, and

A circuit, comprises described apparatus for storing electrical energy, the exercisable switch of described user and described heating element heater,

Wherein said circuit further comprises described sensor, and

17. evaporimeters as claimed in claim 15, wherein said circuit is adapted to for restriction by the determined maximum temperature of described sensor.

18. evaporimeters as claimed in claim 15, wherein said heating element heater is to settle around an edge of described container.

19. evaporimeters as claimed in claim 15, wherein at least a portion of this heater section is transparent at least a portion visible ray, makes luminous being transmitted by described heater section of a part of this heating element heater.

20. evaporimeters as claimed in claim 15, wherein the luminous of this heating element heater is visible to this evaporimeter user.

21. evaporimeters as claimed in claim 20, wherein said evaporimeter comprises a window that is adjacent to described container arrangement, and wherein the luminous of this heating element heater is visible by described window.

22. evaporimeters as claimed in claim 21, wherein the luminous of this heating element heater is visible by described air intake.

23. evaporimeters as claimed in claim 15,

24. evaporimeters as claimed in claim 15, wherein said vegetable material is tobacco.

25. 1 kinds of methods of using an evaporimeter that the steam of one plant material is provided, described method comprises:

Manually activate this evaporimeter, wherein said evaporimeter comprises for holding a container and a flow passage of this vegetable material, this flow passage extends through a heater for adding hot-air, by this container, arrives an outlet from an entrance, and a window, be used for allowing a user to check the heat radiation from described heater; And

When a user perceives from this heater luminous by this window, by this outlet, suck,

26. methods as claimed in claim 25, further comprise and manually select a heter temperature setting value.

27. methods as claimed in claim 25, further comprise tobacco are provided to described container.

28. 1 kinds in fact as shown with described device.

29. 1 kinds in fact as shown with described method.