121 |
Smoking apparatus with a pump and a method of using same |
US16004746 |
2018-06-11 |
US10405574B2 |
2019-09-10 |
Jeffrey Lloyd Bebee |
A smoking apparatus has a vessel, a smoke-generation structure coupled to a lower portion of the vessel for accommodating smoke-generation substance for generating smoke, and for guiding the smoke into the vessel, a smoke guide for discharging the smoke out of the vessel, and a pump for pumping the smoke from the smoking generation structure into the vessel and for pumping the smoke out of the vessel through the smoke guide. |
122 |
Fibrous filtration material for electronic smoking article |
US15616457 |
2017-06-07 |
US10383369B2 |
2019-08-20 |
Andries Don Sebastian; Michael F. Davis; Sammy Eni Eni; Jannell Rowe; Tracy M. Hefner |
The present disclosure relates to aerosol delivery devices, methods of forming such devices, and elements of such devices. Some aerosol delivery devices of the current disclosure include a reservoir having a liquid aerosol precursor composition, an electrical heater in fluid communication with the reservoir and configured to vaporize the liquid aerosol precursor composition to form an aerosol, and a filter operatively arranged relative to the electrical heater such that at least a portion of the formed aerosol passes therethrough, the filter being configured to selectively bind one or more undesirable impurities. |
123 |
Heater assembly for an aerosol-generating system |
US15623849 |
2017-06-15 |
US10292429B2 |
2019-05-21 |
Fabien Duc; Alain Tabasso |
In an example embodiment, a heater assembly for an aerosol-generating system includes two glass substrates. Each of the glass substrates includes perforations. The heater assembly also includes a heater element, and the heater element is located between the two glass substrates. In another example embodiment, a method for manufacturing a heater assembly includes providing two perforated glass substrates. |
124 |
Electronic vaporizing device having lighting control functionality |
US15494244 |
2017-04-21 |
US10292427B2 |
2019-05-21 |
John David Cameron; Dean Becker; Gene Fein |
An electronic vaporizing device comprising: a device processor operable for controlling the electronic vaporizing device and at least one operation parameter of at least one associated lighting device; at least one container configured to store a vaporizable material; a vaporizing component; at least one vapor outlet coupled to the vaporizing component and configured to receive vapor generated by the vaporizing component, the at least one vapor outlet; at least one power source; and at least one input/output device operatively coupled to the device processor and configured to operatively connect the device processor to at least one associated lighting device, wherein the at least one input/output port is operable to transmit a plurality of control signals generated by the device processor to the at least one associated lighting device for controlling at least one operation parameter of the at least one associated lighting device. |
125 |
Mouthpiece assembly, atomizer and electronic cigarette having same |
US15590008 |
2017-05-08 |
US10285447B2 |
2019-05-14 |
Yonghai Li; Zhongli Xu; Yikuan Zhu; Pengfei Jiang |
An exemplary mouthpiece assembly includes a mouthpiece. The mouthpiece includes a sucking end, a connecting end, and an air passage. The sucking end defines an air outlet, and the connecting end defines an air inlet. The mouthpiece assembly further includes a partition element dividing the air passage into an air intake chamber and an air outlet chamber. The mouthpiece further includes a sidewall defining at least one first through hole and at least one second through hole, the first through hole is in communication with the air intake chamber, and the second through hole is in communication with the air outlet chamber. The mouthpiece assembly further includes an air adjusting ring defining at least one gap. The air adjusting ring is rotatable relative to mouthpiece, so that an overlapped area among the first through hole, the at least one gap, and the second through hole can be changed. |
126 |
Essential oil vertical vaporizer pipe with removable heat resistant protective sleeve |
US15420978 |
2017-01-31 |
US10264817B2 |
2019-04-23 |
Gregory Bryan Haun |
An essential oil vertical vaporizer pipe with a heat resistant removable protective sleeve that provides protection from the hot tip after the pipe is used. The vaporizer pipe has a built in heat resistant removable protective sleeve that can be slid back over the hot tip after each use to protect the user and the user's surroundings. |
127 |
Re-charging pack for an e-cigarette |
US15328099 |
2015-07-23 |
US10236708B2 |
2019-03-19 |
Steven Michael Schennum; Thomas Michael McKeon; Matthew Joel Nettenstrom; Justin Banker Peart |
Various embodiments provide a pack for holding and re-charging an e-cigarette. The pack includes a pack battery; a body portion including a tube for receiving an e-cigarette; a re-charging mechanism for re-charging the e-cigarette received into the tube using the pack battery, wherein the e-cigarette can be re-charged in the tube without disassembly of the e-cigarette; and a dual activation mechanism comprising two separate triggers for causing the re-charging mechanism to begin re-charging the e-cigarette received into the tube using the pack battery. The re-charging begins only in response to the direct activation by a user of both of the separate triggers. |
128 |
Electronic vaporizing device with power control for provisioning of power to an auxiliary electronic device |
US15494047 |
2017-04-21 |
US10212971B2 |
2019-02-26 |
John David Cameron; Dean Becker; Gene Fein |
An electronic vaporizing device comprising at least one power source for power generation for operation of the device, wherein at least a portion of the power generated thereby may be provided to at least one other electronic device that may be connected or associated with the electronic vaporizing device. The electronic vaporizing device may include a power output control component that regulates the power provided to the vaporizing device and to the at least one other electronic device. A method is also provided for the provisioning of power generated by a power source of an electronic vaporizing device. |
129 |
Electronic cigarette and method for reminding charging therein |
US15306502 |
2014-04-25 |
US10193364B2 |
2019-01-29 |
Zhiyong Xiang |
The invention is related to an electronic cigarette and a method for reminding of charging of an electronic cigarette. The electronic cigarette comprises: a microcontroller, a charging prompt module, a power detection module and a power supply battery, wherein the power detection module is configured for detecting the remaining capacity of the power supply battery and sending the value of the remaining capacity to the microcontroller, the microcontroller is configured for comparing the received value of remaining capacity with a preset value, and controlling the charging prompt module to send a charging prompt signal when the value of the remaining capacity is lower than the preset value. The beneficial effects are to remind a user of insufficient remaining capacity of a power supply battery in time, to effectively avoid the situation where a user cannot use an electronic cigarette due to the power supply battery is used up. |
130 |
Vaporizers having multiple heating elements and electronic cigarettes having the same |
US15596669 |
2017-05-16 |
US10123568B1 |
2018-11-13 |
Xiaochun Zhu |
Present disclosure relates to a vaporizer assembly having multiple heating elements, and electronic cigarettes having the vaporizer assembly with multiple heating elements. In certain embodiments, the vaporizer assembly includes a heating element assembly. The heating element assembly includes an E-liquid storage tank internal wall defining multiple E-liquid openings to allow an external E-liquid storage medium and an internal E-liquid storage medium to receive E-liquid from an E-liquid storage tank. The heating element assembly also includes multiple heating elements. These heating elements are in direct contact with surface of the internal E-liquid storage medium to heat the E-liquid received from the E-liquid storage tank. When a user uses the electronic cigarette with multiple heating elements, the user turns on one or more of the heating elements to adjust the vaporization of the E-liquid. When all heating elements are in use, the electronic cigarette generates great amount E-liquid vapor. |
131 |
Electronic cigarette |
US15118118 |
2015-02-13 |
US09974337B2 |
2018-05-22 |
Oscar Slurink; Mark Leendert Meijer |
An electronic cigarette includes a housing having a wall defining an inner space, and an inlet and an outlet providing access to the inner space, a vaporizer to produce a vapour and being located in the inner space of the housing, an electrical power device to provide electrical power to the vaporizer and being located in the inner space of the housing. The electrical power device includes a first electrical contact member being electrically connected to one of an anode and a cathode of the electrical power device, and a second electrical contact member being electrically connected to the other of the anode and the cathode of the electrical power device. The vaporizer includes a vaporizer outer surface, a third electrical contact member located on the vaporizer outer surface, and a fourth electrical contact member located on the vaporizer outer surface. |
132 |
Electronic cigarette and control method therefor |
US15127943 |
2014-06-24 |
US09949511B2 |
2018-04-24 |
Pingkun Liu |
An electronic cigarette and a control method thereof are provided. An electronic cigarette with a heating wire component used for producing heat, where the heating wire component comprises a heating wire having a resistance that varies with temperature; a power source used for providing the heating component with a voltage; and, a controller electrically coupled to the heating wire component and the power source and used for controlling the voltage outputted by the power source. The controller comprises a temperature detection module used for detecting the resistance of the heating wire and thus acquiring the actual temperature of the heating wire component. The temperature detection module presets an upper limit heating temperature and a lower limit heating temperature. |
133 |
Smoke and odor elimination filters, devices and methods |
US13092899 |
2011-04-22 |
US09167849B2 |
2015-10-27 |
Kelly J. Adamic |
A pipe comprises a combustion chamber with vents, the combustion chamber able to receive a cigarette; an inhalation path for drawing smoke from the combustion chamber through the bowl vents during inhalation; an exhalation filter; and an exhalation path for channeling exhaled smoke through the exhalation filter during exhalation. |
134 |
Method for drying molded product for non-combustible smoking article |
US12910398 |
2010-10-22 |
US08678014B2 |
2014-03-25 |
Ryutaro Tsuruizumi; Manabu Takeuchi; Manabu Yamada |
The present invention provides a method for drying a molded product for a non-combustible smoking article, including preparing a molded product for a non-combustible smoking article corresponding to two non-combustible smoking articles includes an aerosol generating section which generates aerosol when heated and carbonaceous heat sources fitted to both ends of the aerosol generating section, covering the aerosol generating section with a far infrared reflective cover, and irradiating the carbonaceous heat sources with far infrared radiation from a far infrared heater. |
135 |
Electrically heated water pipe smoking device |
US12276435 |
2008-11-24 |
US08550091B2 |
2013-10-08 |
Amir Yomtov; Solon L. Kandel; Jacob Elefant |
A water pipe including a bowl for placing therein a smoking substance, a tube that fluidly connects the bowl to a base member, at least one hose connection port, in fluid communication with the base member, for connecting with at least one flexible hose, an electric heating element disposed in the bowl for heating the smoking substance, the electric heating element being shaped as an inner periphery of the bowl, and a controller in electrical communication with the electric heating element, the controller controlling electrical power to the electric heating element for heating the smoking substance to a temperature that vaporizes volatile aromatic components of the smoking substance without substantially causing combustion of the smoking substance. |
136 |
Method for preparing fuel element for smoking article |
US12233192 |
2008-09-18 |
US08469035B2 |
2013-06-25 |
Chandra Kumar Banerjee; Stephen Benson Sears |
The invention provides a method for making a fuel element for a smoking article comprising forming a combustible carbonaceous material into a fuel element adapted for use in a smoking article; incorporating a metal-containing catalyst precursor into the fuel element or onto the surface thereof to form a treated fuel element, the incorporating step occurring before, during, or after said forming step; and optionally heating or irradiating the treated fuel element at a temperature and for a time sufficient to convert the catalyst precursor to a catalytic metal compound. Examples of metal-containing catalyst precursors include iron nitrate, copper nitrate, cerium nitrate, cerium ammonium nitrate, manganese nitrate, magnesium nitrate, and zinc nitrate. Fuel elements treated according to the invention, and smoking articles including such fuel elements, are also provided. |
137 |
Small bowl filtered smoking apparatus and method for using same |
US12658725 |
2010-02-16 |
US20110197903A1 |
2011-08-18 |
Vinil Patel |
A two piece in-line smoking device meant for smoking small amounts of tobacco or other substances. A mouthpiece portion is inserted into a chamber portion and crimps a filter medium into place against a filter support permanently attached near the chamber portion top end. An internal conical lip extends around the inner circumference of the chamber portion bottom end. A method for preventing substance from falling out of the chamber portion includes filling the chamber portion cavity with substance and then adding an additional small amount of substance whereby the additional amount is pressed against the bottom end inner lip and against the first portion of added substance thereby forming a plug that prevents substance from falling out of the chamber portion. |
138 |
METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SMOKING A HAND-ROLLED CIGARETTE |
US12704223 |
2010-02-11 |
US20110192409A1 |
2011-08-11 |
Robert Jurado; Stephen Shoemaker, JR. |
The present invention is a holder and method for using a holder that works with a hand rolled cigarette. A hollow tubular member is utilized having a first end that the user breathes from, and a second end that holds the hand-rolled cigarette. The cigarette is tightly rolled about an elongate steel rod or other stiff member having a diameter that can pass through the hollow tubular member, such that the rod protrudes from the cigarette far enough to be easily grasped by the user. The user inserts the rod through the holder until it passes out the first end, thereby wedging the attached cigarette into the second end of the holder. The second end of the holder preferably has internal threads, and the rod is twisted by the user to further engage the threads by the cigarette end to reliably affix the cigarette to the holder. The rod is then removed, leaving the cigarette firmly in the holder. |
139 |
METHOD OF PACKAGING A COMPRESSED FILTER TOW BALE |
US12750257 |
2010-03-30 |
US20110023898A1 |
2011-02-03 |
Takashi HIBI; Hirofumi Tsujita |
The present invention provides a packaging method for a filter tow bale, including excessively compressing a distance between press bases to a height lower than a desired height of a packaged bale by 50 to 250 mm, more preferably 80 to 200 mm, further preferably 90 to 180 mm, then adjusting the distance between the press bases to the desired height in a packaged or non-packaged state, and then releasing a pressing force applied on a pressed bale. |
140 |
Filter and Method for Making a Filter for a Cigarette |
US12671200 |
2008-04-10 |
US20100263682A1 |
2010-10-21 |
Peter Rex White |
A system (100) and method for managing communication session is provided. The system includes a mobile node (104) that is communicably coupled to a first communication network (102). Further, the system includes a first proxy-relay (108). The first proxy-relay is communicably coupled to the first communication network and performs one or more functions on behalf of the mobile node. The system also includes a first policy-profile repository (106) that is communicably coupled to the first communication network. The first policy-profile repository stores a first set of policy-profile definitions describing a first set of services in the first communication network that the mobile node is allowed to access and a first set of rules describing discovery preferences for the mobile mode. |