Very Interesting

[Decimate]

Here's an interview with the man who came up with the idea for e-cigarettes

http://www.ecigarettedirect.co.uk/a...w-inventor-e-cigarette-herbert-a-gilbert.html

(Probably old news to a lot of you, but as you can see I'm new)

 

[Fyerwall]

Interesting read. Thanks for sharing!

Good to see after all these years he gets a chance to continue working on his idea.

 

[Shalwend]

Thank you for sharing... nice article!

 

[nobreak1970]

Now THIS is very cool! I love things like this...it's my research side.
Thank you very much for finding and sharing this article.

 

[Tbaggerr]

That's a good read. Thanks for posting it.

 

[Utew]

Great stuff, setting the record straight! Thanks for this, Decimate

 

[thruthelookinglass69]

wow , seems like many many inventors have been undermined by big company's. The alternative fuel & engines for automotive industry is a prime example with most great patents sitting in a vault somewhere waiting for fossil fuels to disappear . I despair for human kind .

 

[meanckz]

Patent US3200819 - Smokeless non-tobacco cigarette - Google Patents
there are pictures/drawings

I bet this got buried by BT ...jk (maybe)

 

[Rickajho]

Wow - he's still around. Interesting article.

The patent filed is here if anyone cares to peruse: Patent US3200819 - Smokeless non-tobacco cigarette - Google Patents

 

[CafeDigitalDiva]

WOW! This man deserves a medal!

 

[Rickajho]

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wow , seems like many many inventors have been undermined by big company's. The alternative fuel & engines for automotive industry is a prime example with most great patents sitting in a vault somewhere waiting for fossil fuels to disappear . I despair for human kind .

That really wasn't it in this case. Great concept - the technology didn't exist to make it practical. We're talking about an original deign that considered using either a vacuum tube or a small incandescent lamp to generate the needed heat to produce vapor. Not a hugely practical design concept 50 years ago..

 

[meanckz]

Wow - he's still around. Interesting article.

The patent filed is here if anyone cares to peruse: Patent US3200819 - Smokeless non-tobacco cigarette - Google Patents

beat you to it

 

[Rickajho]

beat you to it

Thass ok - I'll get even.

 

[Rickajho]

WOW! This man deserves a medal!

Someone should at least name a PV after him, Don't know if I would vape a "Gilbert" though. "Honey, have you seen my Herbert?" - no... That doesn't work either.

 

[glointhedark]

Thanks for sharing. Very interesting article.

 

[Mark Anthony]

Very interesting read.... thank you.

 

[norcalmike]

I at least hope he is well off. The inventor of a billion dollar a year industry should reap some of the financial rewards

 

[JulesXsmokr]

That really wasn't it in this case. Great concept - the technology didn't exist to make it practical. We're talking about an original deign that considered using either a vacuum tube or a small incandescent lamp to generate the needed heat to produce vapor. Not a hugely practical design concept 50 years ago..

Did hear of this before, now this nice article, Thanks________
a vacuum glass bulb of sorts to protect the heating element inside (a miniature light bulb!), thereby the liquid will not actually touch the coil, causing shorts or gunk on the coil, prolonging the life.
Probably sounds like something we will eventually get to...
Concept was easy and of its time-- took this engineering gentleman's mind to develop the inhalation prototype..
then it got shelved - for the ones he showed it to were the wrong ones..
Brilliant --

 

[JulesXsmokr]

The real age of inventions back then...
seems like now, they wait for old patents to expire, make a couple of newer changes based on the same concept and call it a new technology..
hundreds of new e-cig patents now being filed for..
whoever has the most money will win..

 

[dice57]

That was a pretty good read, to bad the inventor hooked up with a company that only make cig-a-like vaporizers, other wise I'd of bought one. Wait what am I saying, edit: good thing he did hook up with a cig-a-like vender, otherwise I'd of been compelled to buy one, whoo, close one there. Still an interesting read for sure. Just goes to show you American invents something and first thing that happens, china clones it before it can be made here. lmao.