Patent ID: 11925216
Assignee: PUFF CORPORATION
Field: Handling (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC A  B | IPC A  B

Claim 6:
7. An automated system for filling a cartridge used in a portable vaporizing device with a vaporizable product, wherein the cartridge comprises a vaporizable product receiving chamber configured to receive a vaporizable product therein and having upper and lower opposing ends, one or more internal heat-conducting surfaces within the vaporizable product receiving chamber and extending in between the upper and lower opposing ends thereof, and a porous valve element, the porous valve element being configured to at least partially vaporize the vaporizable product as it exits the vaporizable product receiving chamber by passing therethrough, the system comprising:
a housing;
a heating system configured to heat the one or more internal heat-conducting surfaces by supplying a power from a power source;
a holder within the housing configured to hold the cartridge;
an injection system within the housing configured to inject the vaporizable product into the cartridge; and
a controller configured to control the heating system and injection system; wherein the controller is configured to control the heating system to heat the one or more internal heat-conducting surfaces, and is configured to control the injection system to inject the vaporizable product into the upper opposing end of the vaporizable product receiving chamber, such that the vaporizable product is at least partially melted and/or the viscosity of the vaporizable product is reduced as the vaporizable product flows along the heated one or more internal heat-conducting surfaces towards the lower opposing end of the vaporizable product receiving chamber; and
optionally wherein the heating system is configured to pre-heat the vaporizable product in the injection system prior to introducing into the vaporizable product receiving chamber.