Flame heated vaporizer

Abstract

A flame heated vaporizer, the vaporizer utilizes a flame to controllably heat and liberate volatile chemicals contained within a vaporizable material without generating smoke and associated hazardous by-products. This improved flame heated vaporizer provides mechanical simplicity, quick speed of vaporization and ease of use.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 ) An apparatus for vaporizing into air volatile chemicals contained within a vaporizable material, the vaporizable material heated by a flame that does not contact the vaporizable material; comprising:
 a) a body;   b) a fire opening in the body for accepting hot air heated by the flame;   c) an inhalation opening for drawing air through the body member;   d) a vaporization chamber within the body, the vaporization chamber located between the fire opening and inhalation opening, the vaporization chamber for holding the vaporizable material;   e) a heat transfer passage separating the fire opening and vaporization chamber;   f) a respiratory passage separating the vaporization chamber and the inhalation opening; and   g) whereby when the flame is applied at the fire opening and air sucked out of the inhalation opening, heated air created by the flame is drawn through the heat transfer passage into the vaporization chamber to vaporize the volatile chemicals and deliver those vaporized volatile chemicals through the respiratory passage to exit the inhalation opening.   
     
     
         2 ) The apparatus as recited in  claim 1 , wherein the body is comprised of an inorganic oxide. 
     
     
         3 ) The apparatus as recited in  claim 2 , wherein the inorganic oxide material. 
     
     
         4 ) The apparatus as recited in  claim 1 , wherein the inorganic oxide material is stone. 
     
     
         5 ) The apparatus as recited in  claim 4 , wherein the stone is soapstone. 
     
     
         6 ) The apparatus as recited in  claim 1 , wherein the vaporization chamber includes a retainer for holding vaporizable material. 
     
     
         7 ) The apparatus as recited in  claim 6 , wherein the retainer is a meshed retainer. 
     
     
         8 ) The apparatus as recited in  claim 6 , wherein the retainer has a bottom portion that is unmeshed to hold a liquid. 
     
     
         9 ) The apparatus as recited in  claim 1 , wherein the vaporization chamber has vaporization chamber opening to accept vaporizable material, wherein the vaporization chamber opening is an opening separate from the heat transfer passage and the respiratory passage. 
     
     
         10 ) The apparatus as recited in  claim 9 , wherein the vaporization chamber opening is covered by a magnetically held vaporization chamber cap. 
     
     
         11 ) The apparatus as recited in  claim 9 , wherein the vaporization chamber opening is covered by a mechanically held vaporization chamber cap. 
     
     
         12 ) The apparatus as recited in  claim 1 , wherein the heat transfer passage is directed downward from the fire hole as a downward passage and then angle upward to the vaporization chamber as an upward passage. 
     
     
         13 ) The apparatus as recited in  claim 12 , wherein upward passage has a smaller diameter than the downward passage. 
     
     
         14 ) The apparatus as recited in  claim 1 , wherein the vaporization chamber has a vaporization chamber diameter and the heat transfer passage has a heat transfer passage diameter, wherein the heat transfer passage diameter is less than the vaporization chamber diameter. 
     
     
         15 ) The apparatus as recited in  claim 1 , wherein the heat transfer passage has a diameter of 1/16 to ⅛ th  inches. 
     
     
         16 ) The apparatus as recited in  claim 1 , wherein the respirator passage has a diameter 1/16 to ⅛ th  inches. 
     
     
         17 ) The apparatus as recited in  claim 1 , further comprising an outer shell of a different material. 
     
     
         18 ) The apparatus as recited in  claim 1 , further comprising a filter. 
     
     
         19 ) The apparatus as recited in  claim 1 , further comprising an attached mouthpiece of a different material replacing part of the reparatory passage. 
     
     
         20 ) The apparatus as recited in  claim 1 , further comprising a carburetor. 
     
     
         21 ) The apparatus as recited in  claim 1 , wherein the volatile chemicals are heated by convection heating and delivered at a lower temperature than in the vaporization chamber.