Cartridge for use with a vaporizer device
Vaporizer devices and apparatuses are provided. In some implementations, a cartridge for a vaporizer device comprises an elongate and flattened storage compartment configured to hold a liquid vaporizable material, an opaque mouthpiece that is secured over the proximal end of the storage compartment, an opening through the mouthpiece, a notch in the front side of the mouthpiece, a heater at the distal end of the storage compartment, and a channel within the storage compartment that extends from the heater towards the proximal end of the storage compartment. The liquid vaporizable material is visible through the storage compartment. A first end of the mouthpiece terminates in an edge disposed adjacent to a location between the distal end and the proximal end, the mouthpiece has a front side adjacent a side of the storage compartment, and the notch extends away from the edge toward an end of the mouthpiece.
1. A cartridge for use with a vaporizer device, the cartridge comprising:
an elongate and flattened storage compartment configured to hold a liquid vaporizable material, wherein the liquid vaporizable material is visible through the elongate and flattened storage compartment, wherein the elongate and flattened storage compartment comprises a distal end and a proximal end, and wherein the elongate and flattened storage compartment further comprises a first side extending between the distal end and the proximal end;
an opaque mouthpiece that is secured over the proximal end of the elongate and flattened storage compartment, the opaque mouthpiece having a front side adjacent to the first side of the elongate and flattened storage compartment, wherein a first end of the opaque mouthpiece terminates in an edge disposed adjacent to a location between the distal end and the proximal end of the elongate and flattened storage compartment;
an opening through the opaque mouthpiece at a second end of the opaque mouthpiece;
a notch in the front side of the opaque mouthpiece extending away from the edge of the opaque mouthpiece toward the second end of the opaque mouthpiece, wherein the notch exposes a region of the first side of the elongate and flattened storage compartment beneath the opaque mouthpiece;
a heater at the distal end of the elongate and flattened storage compartment, wherein the heater comprises: a heating chamber, a wick at least partially within the heating chamber, and a resistive heating element in thermal contact with the wick; and
a cannula within the elongate and flattened storage compartment and extending through the liquid vaporizable material from the heater towards the proximal end of the elongate and flattened storage compartment such that the liquid vaporizable material surrounds the cannula when the elongate and flattened storage compartment is filled with the liquid vaporizable material, wherein the cannula is visible through the notch, and wherein the cannula forms a fluid connection between the heating chamber and the opening through which an aerosol formed from the liquid vaporizable material is inhalable.
2. The cartridge of claim 1 , wherein the opaque mouthpiece is secured over the proximal end of the elongate and flattened storage compartment by a snap-fit.
3. The cartridge of claim 1 , wherein the elongate and flattened storage compartment contains the liquid vaporizable material.
4. The cartridge of claim 1 , wherein the elongate and flattened storage compartment is the liquid vaporizable material, and wherein the liquid vaporizable material comprises a nicotine solution.
5. The cartridge of claim 1 , further comprising a pair of electrical contacts proximate to the distal end of the elongate and flattened storage compartment, the pair of electrical contacts configured to complete a circuit with the resistive heating element.
6. The cartridge of claim 1 , wherein the notch comprises approximately rectangular cutout region, an approximately triangular cutout region, or an approximately oval cutout region.
7. The cartridge of claim 1 , wherein the elongate and flattened storage compartment is transparent or translucent.
8. The cartridge of claim 1 , further comprising a plurality of lateral sides, the plurality of lateral sides comprising the first side, wherein at least two of the lateral sides each comprise a locking gap configured to engage with one of a plurality of locking detents on the vaporizer device to secure at least part of the elongate and flattened storage compartment within the vaporizer device.
9. A cartridge for use with a vaporizer device, the cartridge comprising:
an elongate and flattened storage compartment holding a liquid vaporizable material, wherein the liquid vaporizable material is visible through the elongate and flattened storage compartment, wherein the elongate and flattened storage compartment comprises a distal end and a proximal end, and wherein the elongate and flattened storage compartment further comprises a plurality of sides, the plurality of sides comprising a first side extending between the distal end and the proximal end, at least two of the lateral sides each comprising a locking gap configured to engage with one of a plurality of locking detents on the vaporizer device to secure at least part of the elongate and flattened storage compartment within the vaporizer device;
an opaque mouthpiece that is snap-fit over the proximal end of the elongate and flattened storage compartment, the opaque mouthpiece having a front side adjacent to the first side of the elongate and flattened storage compartment, wherein a first end of the opaque mouthpiece terminates in an edge disposed adjacent to a location that is approximately midway between the distal end and the proximal end of the elongate and flattened storage compartment;
an opening through the opaque mouthpiece at a second end of the opaque mouthpiece;
a notch in the front side of the opaque mouthpiece extending away from the edge of the opaque mouthpiece toward the second end of the opaque mouthpiece, wherein the notch exposes a region of the first side of the elongate and flattened storage compartment beneath the opaque mouthpiece;
a heater at the distal end of the elongate and flattened storage compartment, wherein the heater comprises: a heating chamber, a wick at least partially within the heating chamber, and a resistive heating element in thermal contact with the wick; and
a cannula or channel within the elongate and flattened storage compartment and extending from the heater towards the proximal end of the elongate and flattened storage compartment, wherein the liquid vaporizable material is visible through the notch, and wherein the cannula or channel forms a fluid connection between the heating chamber and the opening through which an aerosol formed from the liquid vaporizable material is inhalable.
10. The cartridge of claim 9 , further comprising a pair of electrical contacts proximate to the distal end of the elongate and flattened storage compartment, the pair of electrical contacts configured to complete a circuit with the resistive heating element.
11. The cartridge of claim 9 , wherein the notch comprises an approximately rectangular cutout region, an approximately triangular cutout region, or an approximately oval cutout region.
12. The cartridge of claim 1 , wherein the location disposed adjacent to the edge of the opaque mouthpiece is disposed approximately halfway between the proximate end and the distal end of the elongate and flattened storage compartment.
13. The cartridge of claim 1 , wherein a first axis of the proximate end of the elongate and flattened storage compartment is longer than a second axis of the proximate end of the elongate and flattened storage compartment, and wherein the first axis is perpendicular to the second axis.
14. The cartridge of claim 1 , wherein the elongate and flattened storage compartment is non-cylindrical.
15. The cartridge of claim 9 , wherein a first axis of the proximate end of the elongate and flattened storage compartment is longer than a second axis of the proximate end of the elongate and flattened storage compartment, and wherein the first axis is perpendicular to the second axis.
16. The cartridge of claim 9 , wherein the elongate and flattened storage compartment is non-cylindrical.
17. The cartridge of claim 9 , wherein the elongate and flattened storage compartment is transparent or translucent.
18. The cartridge of claim 9 , wherein the liquid vaporizable material comprises a nicotine solution.
19. The cartridge of claim 9 , wherein the proximal end of the elongate and flattened storage compartment is opposite the distal end of the elongate and flattened storage compartment, and wherein the first end of the mouthpiece is opposite the second end of the mouthpiece.
20. The cartridge of claim 9 , wherein the locking gaps are disposed at opposite sides of the elongate and flattened storage compartment.
21. The cartridge of claim 1 , wherein the proximal end of the elongate and flattened storage compartment is opposite the distal end of the elongate and flattened storage compartment, and wherein the first end of the mouthpiece is opposite the second end of the mouthpiece.
22. The cartridge of claim 8 , wherein the locking gaps are disposed at opposite sides of the elongate and flattened storage compartment.
23. A cartridge for use with a vaporizer device, the cartridge comprising:
an elongate and flattened storage compartment configured to hold a liquid vaporizable material, wherein the liquid vaporizable material is visible through the elongate and flattened storage compartment, wherein the elongate and flattened storage compartment comprises a distal end and a proximal end, and wherein the elongate and flattened storage compartment further comprises a first side extending between the distal end and the proximal end;
an opaque mouthpiece that is secured over the proximal end of the elongate and flattened storage compartment, the opaque mouthpiece having a front side adjacent to the first side of the elongate and flattened storage compartment, wherein a first end of the opaque mouthpiece terminates in an edge disposed adjacent to a location between the distal end and the proximal end of the elongate and flattened storage compartment;
an opening through the opaque mouthpiece at a second end of the opaque mouthpiece;
a notch in the front side of the opaque mouthpiece extending away from the edge of the opaque mouthpiece toward the second end of the opaque mouthpiece, wherein the notch exposes a region of the first side of the elongate and flattened storage compartment beneath the opaque mouthpiece;
a heater at the distal end of the elongate and flattened storage compartment, wherein the heater comprises: a heating chamber, a wick at least partially within the heating chamber, and a resistive heating element in thermal contact with the wick; and
a channel within the elongate and flattened storage compartment and extending from the heater towards the proximal end of the elongate and flattened storage compartment, wherein the liquid vaporizable material is visible through the notch, and wherein the channel forms a fluid connection between the heating chamber and the opening through which an aerosol formed from the liquid vaporizable material is inhalable.
24. The cartridge of claim 23 , wherein the opaque mouthpiece is secured over the proximal end of the elongate and flattened storage compartment by a snap-fit.
25. The cartridge of claim 23 , further comprising a pair of electrical contacts proximate to the distal end of the elongate and flattened storage compartment, the pair of electrical contacts configured to complete a circuit with the resistive heating element.
26. The cartridge of claim 23 , wherein the notch comprises an approximately rectangular cutout region, an approximately triangular cutout region, or an approximately oval cutout region.
27. The cartridge of claim 23 , wherein a first axis of the proximate end of the elongate and flattened storage compartment is longer than a second axis of the proximate end of the elongate and flattened storage compartment, and wherein the first axis is perpendicular to the second axis.
28. The cartridge of claim 23 , wherein the elongate and flattened storage compartment is non-cylindrical.
29. The cartridge of claim 23 , wherein the elongate and flattened storage compartment is transparent or translucent.
30. The cartridge of claim 23 , wherein the elongate and flattened storage compartment contains the liquid vaporizable material, and wherein the liquid vaporizable material comprises a nicotine solution.
31. The cartridge of claim 23 , wherein the proximal end of the elongate and flattened storage compartment is opposite the distal end of the elongate and flattened storage compartment, and wherein the first end of the mouthpiece is opposite the second end of the mouthpiece.
32. The cartridge of claim 23 , wherein the location disposed adjacent to the edge of the opaque mouthpiece is disposed approximately halfway between the proximate end and the distal end of the elongate and flattened storage compartment.