NZ792346B2

NZ792346B2 - Smoking Device

Info

Publication number: NZ792346B2
Application number: NZ792346A
Authority: NZ
Inventors: Yossef Raichman
Original assignee: Altria Client Services Llc
Filing date: 2017-09-14
Publication date: 2025-07-01

Abstract

method is disclosed. The method comprises placing at least one capsule into a vaporizer, the at least one capsule including covering layers, and at least one plant material housed within the at least one capsule, the at least one plant material including at least one active ingredient. The method further comprises first heating the at least one plant material within a first target temperature range for one or more first durations of time, and second heating the at least one plant material within a second target temperature range for one or more second durations of time, the second heating causing at least a partial vaporization of the at least one active ingredient, the second target temperature range being greater than the first target temperature range.

Claims

1. A method, comprising: placing at least one capsule into a vaporizer, the at least one capsule including covering layers, and at least one plant material housed within the at least one capsule, the at least one plant material including at least one active ingredient; detecting a classification of the at least one plant material; determining a heating profile based on the classification; first heating the at least one plant material within a first target temperature range for one or more first durations of time; and second heating the at least one plant material within a second target temperature range for one or more second durations of time, the second heating causing at least a partial vaporization of the at least one active ingredient, the second target temperature range being greater than the first target temperature range, at least one characteristic of the first heating, the second heating, or both the first heating and the second heating being performed based on the heating profile.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the at least one plant material is selected from the group consisting of cannabis and tobacco.

3. The method of any one of the preceding claims, wherein the covering layers include meshes.

4. The method of any one of the preceding claims, wherein the covering layers include perforated sheets.

5. The method of any one of the preceding claims, wherein the covering layers include non-perforated sheets, the method further comprising: perforating the non-perforated sheets inside the vaporizer prior to the first heating.

6. The method of any one of the preceding claims, further comprising: measuring at least one first airflow rate through the vaporizer, and varying a temperature of the at least one plant material based on the at least one first airflow rate.

7. The method of any one of the preceding claims, wherein the first heating causes a decarboxylation of the at least one plant material.

8. The method of any one of the preceding claims, wherein the first heating includes: initially heating the at least one plant material at a lower part of the first target temperature range for at least one first time period to reduce a humidity of the at least one plant material, and subsequently heating the at least one plant material at an upper part of the first target temperature range for at least one second time period, a decarboxylation of the at least one active ingredient occurring only during the subsequent heating.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the initial heating heats the at least one plant material at the lower part of the first target temperature range that is between 90 C° and