Patent ID: 7942644

Claim:
In a capillary device for vaporizing liquid including a vaporizer component having a liquid receiving surface to receive liquid and a vaporization area in which vapor is produced from the liquid, a heat transfer component to convey heat to the vaporization component, the heat transfer component further including at least one opening for the release of vapor at a velocity greater than zero, a porous insulation component capable of at least substantially shielding the liquid from the heat prior to vaporization, and a peripheral glaze on at least one component, the improvement comprising at least one gas release passageway fabricated in at least one peripherally glazed component and extending therethrough for the escape of dissolved gas, that is contained in and therefore introduced into the device via the liquid, from the capillary device, wherein the gas release passageway is independent of gas communication with the vapor release opening, and further wherein the gas release passageway, with respect to the vaporizer, heat transfer and insulation components, may be characterized as a channel that is lateral, transverse and angular, individually as well as combinations of any of the foregoing and optionally further wherein any plurality of gas release passageways may interconnect with one another.