A method of capturing a vaporized component or components, and apparatus for same is provided. The method involves vaporization of desired components, and capture of the vaporized components in a material using a vapor trap device. Once captured, the material with the component stored therein may be used for any number of purposes including ingestion, topical administration, and/or aromatization.
Claim CLM-00001. 1. A device for capturing volatile components from plant material comprising:
a vaporizer, a quantity of plant material loaded into the vaporizer; a vapor trap attached to the vaporizer, the vapor trap comprising:
a reservoir containing a quantity of vapor trapping media, a vapor inlet providing an inlet path to the reservoir, and a vapor outlet providing an outlet path from the reservoir, the vapor inlet and vapor outlet being on opposite sides of the vapor trap, the reservoir being between the vapor inlet and vapor outlet;a first container positioned just downstream of the vapor inlet, the first container configured to allow a vapor inlet flow and prevent escape of the vapor trapping media through the vapor inlet;a second container positioned just upstream of the vapor outlet, configured to allow a vapor outlet flow and to prevent escape of the vapor trapping media through the vapor outlet;
wherein the vaporizer is configured to heat a quantity of air and pass the heated air past the plant material within the vaporizer, the heated air configured to vaporize a volatile component of the plant material forming a vapor flow, the vaporizer configured to allow the vapor flow to pass into the vapor inlet of the vapor trap, into the vapor trap reservoir and through and in contact with the vapor trapping media, and exiting the vapor trap from the vapor outlet; wherein the vapor trapping media is configured to capture a portion of the volatile component of the vapor flow by at least one of condensation, absorption, and adsorption of the volatile component.
Claim CLM-00010. 10. A device for capturing volatile components from plant material comprising:
a vaporizer, a quantity of plant material loaded into the vaporizer, wherein the plant material is marijuana; a vapor trap removably attached to the vaporizer, the vapor trap comprising:
a reservoir containing a quantity of vapor trapping media, a vapor inlet providing an inlet path to the reservoir, and a vapor outlet providing an outlet path from the reservoir, the vapor inlet and vapor outlet being on opposite sides of the vapor trap, the reservoir being between the vapor inlet and vapor outlet;a first container positioned just downstream of the vapor inlet, the first container configured to allow a vapor inlet flow and prevent escape of the vapor trapping media through the vapor inlet;a second container positioned just upstream of the vapor outlet, configured to allow a vapor outlet flow and to prevent escape of the vapor trapping media through the vapor outlet;
wherein the vaporizer is configured to heat a quantity of air and pass the heated air past the plant material within the vaporizer, the heated air configured to vaporize a cannabinoid component of the plant material forming a vapor flow, the vaporizer configured to allow the vapor flow to pass into the vapor inlet of the vapor trap, into the vapor trap reservoir and through and in contact with the vapor trapping media, and exiting the vapor trap from the vapor outlet; wherein the vapor trapping media is configured to capture a portion of the cannabinoid component of the vapor flow by at least one of condensation, absorption, and adsorption of the volatile component.
