Dual Heating Chamber Vaporization Device

Abstract

A dual heating chamber vaporization device is disclosed having a device body with at least an air inlet and a heating unit. The heating unit includes a first heating chamber for accommodating a first material for vaporization the material for generating a first aerosol when subjected to a first heat from a first heating element assembly and for generating a second aerosol when subjected to a second heat from a second heating element assembly and for generating at least one of a first and second aerosol as a first vapor. A second heating chamber is included with a second heating element assembly for heating a second material for vaporization doe generating a second aerosol when subjected to second heat. A detachable mouthpiece lid is for receiving of the at least one of the first and second vapor for providing this vapor to a user through an inhalation aperture.

What I claim is: 
     
         1 . A dual heating chamber vaporization device comprising:
 a device body comprising a heating unit, the heating unit comprising:
 a first heating chamber having a first end and a second end opposite the first end and one or more first chamber sidewalls extending from the first end to the second end with a first chamber third sidewall capping the first heating chamber proximate the second end, the one or more first chamber sidewalls together with the first chamber third sidewall defining a first chamber cavity having a first open end proximate the first end and the first chamber third sidewall comprising first chamber pores  106   p , where air flows into the first chamber cavity through the first chamber pores and where phyto material may be loaded into the first chamber cavity through this first open end; 
 a first heating element assembly for heating the phyto material within the first chamber cavity through a conduction heating process; 
 a second heating chamber having a first end and a second end opposite the first end and one or more second chamber sidewalls extending from the first end to the second end with a second chamber third sidewall capping the second heating chamber proximate the second end, the one or more second chamber sidewalls together with the second chamber third sidewall defining a second chamber cavity having a second open end proximate the first end and the second chamber third sidewall comprising second chamber pores  206   p , where air flows into the second chamber cavity through the second chamber pores and phyto material extracts may be loaded into the second chamber cavity through this second open end; NB This is for bottom flow and we need to have side flow 
 a second heating element assembly for heating phyto material extract within the second chamber cavity through a conduction heating process; 
 a heating unit airflow path that extends from an air inlet to the first and second chamber cavities via the first and second chamber pores; 
 a control circuit electrically coupled to the first and second heating element assemblies; 
 an energy storage module electrically coupled to the control circuit; and, 
   a mouthpiece lid movably mounted to the device body, the mouthpiece lid movable between an open position and a closed position, the mouthpiece lid comprising:
 an outer wall; 
 a lid floor having a perforated floor section and; 
 an inner lid space defined between the outer wall and the lid floor; 
 an inhalation aperture defined in the outer wall, the inhalation aperture fluidly coupled to the inner lid space and downstream from the lid floor, in the open position, the chamber cavity is open to the external environment and the phyto material is loadable within one of the first and second chamber cavities, in the closed position, the lid and the first and second heating chambers enclose the first and second chamber cavities, and at least a portion of the perforated floor section overlies the first and second chamber cavities proximate the first ends, whereby the first and second chamber cavities and the inner lid space are fluidly connected; 
 where in the closed position, at least one of the first and second heating element assemblies are energizable to heat phyto material disposed within the chamber cavities to a predetermined first and second vaporization temperatures for creating a first vapor and a second vapor; and to define a vapor flow path from the first and second chamber cavities through the perforated floor to the inner lid space and the inhalation aperture for the first vapor and second vapor to propagate through the inhalation aperture and wherein the second heating element assembly is for operating at a higher temperature than the first heating element assembly. 
   
     
     
         2 . A dual heating chamber vaporization device according to  claim 1  comprising: an air cooling assembly positioned within the inner lid space at least partially overlying the perforated floor section, the air cooling assembly for receiving of the first vapor and second vapor and for mixing the first and second vapor prior to having mixed vapor to propagate through the inhalation aperture. 
     
     
         3 . A dual heating chamber vaporization device according to  claim 1  comprising: a separator rib disposed between first open end and the second open end of the first and second heating chamber cavities the separator rib for extending outwards from the device body towards the mouthpiece lid which comprises a separator rib cavity for receiving of the separator rib when the mouthpiece lid is in the closed position. 
     
     
         4 . A dual heating chamber vaporization device according to  claim 1  wherein the lid floor having a perforated floor section comprises a first perforated floor section and a second perforated floor section, wherein the in the closed position, the lid and the first perforated floor section and the second perforated floor section enclose the first and second chamber cavity, and at least a portion of the first perforated floor section overlies the first chamber cavity and at least a portion of the second perforated floor section overlies the second chamber cavity where the first and second chamber cavities and the inner lid space are fluidly connected through the first and second perforated floor sections. 
     
     
         5 . A dual heating chamber vaporization device according to  claim 1  wherein the lid floor having a perforated floor section comprises a first perforated floor section and a second perforated floor section, wherein the in the closed position, the lid and the second perforated floor section and the first perforated floor section enclose the first and second chamber cavity, and at least a portion of the second perforated floor section overlies the first chamber cavity and at least a portion of the first perforated floor section overlies the second chamber cavity where the first and second chamber cavities and the inner lid space are fluidly connected through the second and first perforated floor sections. 
     
     
         6 . A dual heating chamber vaporization device according to  claim 2  wherein: the lid floor having a perforated floor section comprises a first perforated floor section and a second perforated floor section, wherein the in the closed position, the lid and the first perforated floor section and the second perforated floor section enclose the first and second chamber cavity, and at least a portion of the first perforated floor section overlies the first chamber cavity and at least a portion of the second perforated floor section overlies the second chamber cavity where the first and second chamber cavities and the inner lid space are fluidly connected through the first and second perforated floor sections comprising a first air cooling path length formed between the first perforated floor section and the inhalation aperture is shorter than a second air cooling path length formed between the second perforated floor section and the inhalation aperture. 
     
     
         7 . A dual heating chamber vaporization device according to  claim 1  wherein the heating unit airflow path comprises a first airpath and a second air path, the first and second airpaths extending from the air inlet to the first and second chamber cavities respectively via the first and second chamber pores wherein the first and second airpaths are substantially parallel and, in the closed position, the lid and the first and second heating chambers enclose the first and second chamber cavity where the first and second airpaths and the inner lid space are fluidly connected. 
     
     
         8 . A dual heating chamber vaporization device according to  claim 1  comprising:
 a first airpath and a second airpaths both meet at the inner lid space when the mouthpiece lid is in the closed position; 
 a first ambient air input port for allowing of air to flow along the first airpath for propagating through the first heating chamber; 
 a second ambient air input port disposed proximate the first end of the second heating chamber proximate the first end for skimming second vapor proximate the first end that are emitted by the second heating unit when heating of the phyto material extract. 
 
     
     
         9 . A dual heating chamber vaporization device according to  claim 8 , wherein the second ambient air input port include a selectable airflow restrictor where the selectable airflow restrictor  399  is controllably movable into various positions to approximately restrict incoming ambient airflow into the second airpath  268  and to allow airflow into the second airpath in dependence upon a position thereof. 
     
     
         10 . A dual heating chamber vaporization device according to  claim 1  comprising:
 a thermal radiator include a third heating element assembly electrically coupled with the control circuit, the thermal radiator disposed upstream of first heating chamber and proximate the first chamber third sidewall, where the thermal radiator is substantially disposed for other than being conductively coupled with the first chamber third sidewall and for heating air propagating along a first airpath that extends from the air inlet to the first chamber cavity and the respectively via the first chamber pores, where this air is convectively heated by the thermal radiator prior to entering the first heating chamber through first chamber pores, the thermal radiator for substantially convectively heating the phyto material in addition to the first heating element assembly for heating the phyto material within the first chamber cavity through the conduction heating process wherein a thermal inertia of the thermal radiator is such that it heats up at a faster rate than the first heating element assembly. 
 
     
     
         11 . A dual heating chamber vaporization device comprising:
 a device body comprising an air inlet and a heating unit, the heating unit comprising:
 a first heating chamber having a first end and a second end opposite the first end and one or more first chamber sidewalls extending from the first end to the second end with a first chamber third sidewall capping the first heating chamber proximate the second end, the one or more first chamber sidewalls together with the first chamber third sidewall defining a first chamber cavity having a first open end proximate the first end and the first chamber third sidewall comprising first chamber pores  106   p , where air flows into the first chamber cavity through the first chamber pores and where phyto material may be loaded into the first chamber cavity through this first open end; 
 a first heating element assembly for heating the phyto material within the first chamber cavity through a conduction heating process; 
 a third heating element assembly electrically coupled with the control circuit and thermally coupled with a thermal radiator, the thermal radiator disposed upstream of first heating chamber and proximate the first chamber third sidewall, where the thermal radiator is substantially disposed for other than being conductively coupled with the first chamber third sidewall and for heating air propagating along a first airpath that extends from the air inlet to the first chamber cavity and the respectively via the first chamber pores, where this air is convectively heated by the thermal radiator prior to entering the first heating chamber through first chamber pores, the thermal radiator for substantially convectively heating the phyto material in addition to the first heating element assembly for heating the phyto material within the first chamber cavity through the conduction heating process, 
 a second heating chamber having a first end and a second end opposite the first end and one or more second chamber sidewalls extending from the first end to the second end with a second chamber third sidewall capping the second heating chamber proximate the second end, the one or more second chamber sidewalls together with the second chamber third sidewall defining a second chamber cavity having a second open end proximate the first end and the second chamber third sidewall comprising second chamber pores  206   p , where air flows into the second chamber cavity through the second chamber pores and phyto material extracts may be loaded into the second chamber cavity through this second open end; NB This is for bottom flow and we need to have side flow 
 a second heating element assembly for heating phyto material extract within the second chamber cavity through a conduction heating process; 
 a heating unit airflow path that extends from the air inlet to the first and second chamber cavities via the first and second chamber pores; 
   a control circuit electrically coupled to the first and second heating element assemblies;   an energy storage module electrically coupled to the control circuit; and   a mouthpiece lid movably mounted to the device body, the mouthpiece lid movable between an open position and a closed position, the mouthpiece lid comprising:
 an outer wall; 
 a lid floor having a perforated floor section and; 
 an inner lid space defined between the outer wall and the lid floor; 
 an inhalation aperture defined in the outer wall, the inhalation aperture fluidly coupled to the inner lid space and downstream from the lid floor; 
 in the open position, the chamber cavity is open to the external environment and the phyto material is loadable within one of the first and second chamber cavities; 
 in the closed position, the lid and the first and second heating chambers enclose the first and second chamber cavities, and at least a portion of the perforated floor section overlies the first and second chamber cavities proximate the first ends, whereby the first and second chamber cavities and the inner lid space are fluidly connected; 
 in the closed position, at least one of the first and second heating element assemblies are energizable to heat phyto material disposed within the chamber cavities to a predetermined first and second vaporization temperatures for creating a first vapor and a second vapor; and to define a vapor flow path from the first and second chamber cavities through the perforated floor to the inner lid space and the inhalation aperture for the first vapor and second vapor to propagate through the inhalation aperture and wherein the second heating element assembly is for operating at a higher temperature than the first heating element assembly wherein the third heating element assembly is separately engageable from the first heating element assembly by the control circuit. 
   
     
     
         12 . A dual heating chamber vaporization device comprising:
 a device body comprising at least an air inlet and a heating unit, the heating unit comprising:   a detachable mouthpiece lid having an outer wall and a floor with a perforated floor section, an inner lid space and an inner lid space defined between the outer wall and the lid floor;   an inhalation aperture defined in the outer wall, the inhalation aperture fluidly coupled to the inner lid space and downstream from the lid floor;   a first heating chamber for accommodating comprising a first heating element assembly in thermal conduction coupling with the heating chamber for applying a source of a first heat through a thermal conduction process to the first material for vaporization for generating a first aerosol;   a second heating chamber coupled with the at least an air inlet for accommodating a second material for vaporization and comprising a second heating element assembly disposed within the second heating chamber for applying a source of the second heat through a thermal conduction process to the second material for vaporization for generating a second aerosol when subjected to a second heat;   a thermal radiator comprising a third heating element in thermal conduction with the thermal radiator for providing a source of third heat;   the thermal radiator is in a thermally convective coupling with the first heating chamber comprising at least one airflow channel, the thermal radiator for generating for generating a hot airflow originating at the least an air inlet as the third heat when the third heating element is heated for generating a third aerosol,   where the first material for vaporization is subjected to at least one of the third heat and the first heat from the first and third heating element assembly, the first heating chamber comprising an airflow passages and a porous floor for allowing the third heat to pass through the heating chamber and the material for vaporization disposed therein, at least one of the first aerosol generated and second aerosol generated and third aerosol generated for being inhaled from the inhalation aperture when the mouthpiece is coupled with the device body.