Atomizer of electronic cigarette and electronic cigarette

Abstract

Embodiments of the present invention disclose an atomizer of electronic cigarette and electronic cigarette. The atomizer comprises a housing; the housing is in fixed connection with a suction nozzle; an ultrasonic atomization piece is fixed in the housing; the ultrasonic atomization piece comprises a solid piezoelectric ceramic piece; one surface of the solid piezoelectric ceramic piece is in contact with a liquid guide structure, and the other surface thereof is in contact with solid perfume; the liquid guide structure communicates with a tobacco tar storage cavity; both of the liquid guide structure and the solid perfume communicate with an airflow passage; and an air inlet of the airflow passage communicates with the outside of the housing, and an outlet of the airflow passage communicates with the suction nozzle.

Claims

1. An atomizer of electronic cigarette, comprising a housing which is in fixed connection with a suction nozzle, wherein an ultrasonic atomization piece is fixed in the housing; the ultrasonic atomization piece comprises a solid piezoelectric ceramic piece; one surface of the solid piezoelectric ceramic piece is in contact with a liquid guide structure, and the other surface thereof is in contact with solid perfume; the liquid guide structure communicates with a tobacco tar storage cavity; both of the liquid guide structure and the solid perfume communicate with an airflow passage; an air inlet of the airflow passage communicates with the outside of the housing, and an outlet of the airflow passage communicates with the suction nozzle.

2. The atomizer of electronic cigarette of claim 1, wherein the solid perfume comprises a cigarette material, a tobacco extract, essence and a humectant; and the weight ratio of the cigarette material, the tobacco extract, the essence and the humectant is 1:0.1-0.5:0.001-0.005:2-6.

3. The atomizer of electronic cigarette of claim 1, wherein the plane where the solid piezoelectric ceramic piece is located is parallel to the center axis of the housing.

4. The atomizer of electronic cigarette of claim 3, wherein the liquid guide structure comprises a liquid guide body and a liquid storage piece which is in contact with one surface of the solid piezoelectric ceramic piece; the liquid storage piece is in contact with one end of the liquid guide body; and the other end of the liquid guide body stretches into the liquid storage cavity.

5. The atomizer of electronic cigarette of claim 4, wherein the liquid guide body comprises a connecting part which has matched shape and size with those of the liquid storage piece and has opposite position to that of the same, and a liquid guide part stretching into the liquid storage cavity and connected with the connecting part; and at least one projection which is in contact with the liquid storage piece is provided on the connecting part.

6. The atomizer of electronic cigarette of claim 5, wherein the connecting part is fixed in a fixing base, a notch is provided in the fixing base, and the liquid guide part extends into the liquid storage cavity from the notch.

7. The atomizer of electronic cigarette of claim 6, wherein both of the solid piezoelectric ceramic piece and the liquid storage piece are fixed in a bracket; the fixing base is connected with one side of the bracket which is close to the liquid storage piece; a perfume fixing base is provided on one side of the bracket which is away from the liquid storage piece; a cavity, namely a filling cavity is provided between the perfume fixing base and the solid piezoelectric ceramic piece; the filling cavity is filled with the solid perfume; an air inlet hole and an air outlet hole, which are located at opposite positions and communicate with the solid perfume, are respectively provided in the bracket on the upper side and the lower side of the filling cavity; and the air outlet hole communicates with the suction nozzle.

8. The atomizer of electronic cigarette of claim 7, wherein an air inlet is provided in the housing; a first gap is provided between the liquid storage piece and the liquid guide body, and one side of the first gap communicates with the air inlet; and the other side of the first gap communicates with the air inlet hole.

9. The atomizer of electronic cigarette of claim 8, wherein the liquid storage cavity is provided below the solid piezoelectric ceramic piece and the liquid guide body; a cavity cover is provided at the top end of the liquid storage cavity; one surface of the cavity cover which is away from the liquid storage cavity is connected with a side edge of a hollow cavity which has an open upper end, and a limiting step is provided on the inner wall of the hollow cavity; the outer wall at the bottom of the bracket is connected with the inner wall of the limiting step; a first through hole is provided at a contact position of the bracket and the hollow cavity; the first gap communicates with the air inlet hole by the first through hole; and the air inlet, the first gap, the first through hole, the air inlet hole, the hollow cavity, the air outlet hole and the inner cavity of the suction nozzle form the airflow passage.

10. The atomizer of electronic cigarette of claim 9, wherein an installation through hole is provided in one side of the cavity cover; and the liquid guide part of the liquid guide body stretches into the liquid storage cavity after penetrating through the installation through hole.

11. The atomizer of electronic cigarette of claim 9, wherein the bottom end of the liquid storage cavity is provided in a bottom cover; and the outer wall of the bottom cover is in fixed connection with the inner wall of the housing.

12. The atomizer of electronic cigarette of claim 1, wherein the liquid storage cavity is provided above the solid piezoelectric ceramic piece; the solid piezoelectric ceramic piece is fixed in a cavity, the cavity is formed by enclosing a lower fixing base which is open at both ends and an upper fixing base whose bottom end is provided in the lower fixing base; a vent groove is provided in the inner wall of the lower fixing base; the upper surface of the solid piezoelectric ceramic piece is in contact with the liquid guide structure; the lower surface of the solid piezoelectric ceramic piece is in contact with the solid perfume; and the lower fixing base is connected with the bottom of the housing.

13. The atomizer of electronic cigarette of claim 12, wherein the liquid guide structure comprises a liquid guide body; the liquid guide body comprises a main body which is in contact with one surface of the solid piezoelectric ceramic piece; at least one projection is provided on the main body; and the projection communicates with the liquid storage cavity after penetrating through the upper fixing base.

14. The atomizer of electronic cigarette of claim 13, wherein a vent pipe is provided in the liquid storage cavity; an installation part is provided at the bottom end of the vent pipe; a mounting hole which has inside diameter matched with the outside diameter of the installation part is provided in the upper fixing base; the installation part is fixed in the mounting hole, and the inner cavity of the installation part communicates with the vent groove; and the top end of the vent pipe communicates with the inner cavity of the suction nozzle.

15. The atomizer of electronic cigarette of claim 14, wherein the lower fixing base is provided on a connecting base; a second through hole is provided in the connecting base; a net structure is provided between the second through hole and the lower fixing base; the solid perfume is placed in the hollow cavity between the net structure and the solid piezoelectric ceramic piece.

16. The atomizer of electronic cigarette of claim 15, wherein an electrode is installed in the second through hole; an air inlet passage with one end communicated with the outside is provided in the electrode; and the air inlet passage communicates with the vent groove through the net structure and the solid perfume.

17. The atomizer of electronic cigarette of claim 16, wherein at least one air hole communicated with the solid perfume is provided in the top of the electrode; and the airflow passage is formed by the air inlet passage, the air hole, the net structure, the solid perfume, the vent groove, the vent pipe and the inner cavity of the suction nozzle.

18. An electronic cigarette, wherein the electronic cigarette employs the atomizer of electronic cigarette of claim 1.

Description

DESCRIPTION OF FIGURES

(1) FIG. 1 is a sectional view of embodiment 1 of the present invention:

(2) FIG. 2 is an explosive view of an atomization core in embodiment 1 of the present invention;

(3) FIG. 3 is an explosive view of a liquid storage cavity and a bottom cover in the embodiment 1 of the present invention;

(4) FIG. 4 is a sectional view of embodiment 2 of the present invention:

(5) FIG. 5 is an explosive view of a structure between an upper fixing base and an electrode in embodiment 2 of the present invention;

(6) FIG. 6 is an explosive view of a structure from a suction nozzle to the liquid storage cavity in embodiment 3 of the present invention.

SPECIFIC MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION

(7) As shown in FIG. 1, embodiment 1 of the present invention comprises a housing 1; the housing 1 is in fixed connection with a suction nozzle 2; a solid piezoelectric ceramic piece 6 is fixed in the housing 1; one surface of the solid piezoelectric ceramic piece 6 is in contact with a liquid guide structure, and the other surface thereof is in contact with solid perfume 3; the liquid guide structure communicates with a tobacco tar storage cavity 4; both of the liquid guide structure and the solid perfume 3 communicate with an airflow passage 5; and an air inlet of the airflow passage 5 communicates with the outside of the housing 1, and an outlet of the airflow passage 5 communicates with the suction nozzle 2.

(8) In the present invention, the solid perfume comprises a cigarette material, a tobacco extract, essence and a humectant, and solid perfume granules are prepared by warm air flow or convection heating or other processes and an automatic rolling mixer; and the weight ratio of the cigarette material, the tobacco extract, the essence and the humectant is 1:0.1-0.5:0.001-0.005:2-6.

(9) The cigarette material is one or more of cut tobacco, tobacco stem, tobacco slice and tobacco foam; the humectant is a mixture of propylene glycol and glycerol; and the essence is flavored perfume in tobacco flavor essence or strawberry flavor essence.

(10) In the present invention, the ultrasonic atomization piece is a solid piezoelectric ceramic piece.

(11) As shown in FIG. 1, the plane where the solid piezoelectric ceramic piece 6 is located is parallel to the center axis of the housing 1; that is to say, when the atomizer of electronic cigarette is vertically placed on a horizontal plane, the solid piezoelectric ceramic piece 6 is vertically placed in the atomizer of electronic cigarette; namely, the ultrasonic atomization piece is vertically provided in the housing 1.

(12) As shown in FIG. 2, the liquid guide structure comprises a liquid guide body 8 and a liquid storage piece 7 which is in contact with one surface of the solid piezoelectric ceramic piece 6; the liquid storage piece 7 is in contact with one end of the liquid guide body 8; the other end of the liquid guide body 8 stretches into the liquid storage cavity 4; the liquid guide body 8 comprises a connecting part which has matched shape and size with those of the liquid storage piece 7 and has opposite position to that of the same, and a liquid guide part stretching into the liquid storage cavity 4 and connected with the connecting part; and at least one projection 9 in contact with the liquid storage piece 7 is provided on the connecting part.

(13) The connecting part is fixed in a fixing base 10, a notch 11 is provided in the fixing base 10, and the liquid guide part extends into the liquid storage cavity 4 from the notch 11. The fixing base 10 is of a disc-shaped structure, and the inner side of a side edge of the disc-shaped structure is in contact with the edge of the connecting part of the liquid guide body.

(14) The liquid guide part of the liquid guide body is of a strip-shaped structure, the strip-shaped structure penetrates through the notch 11, and the width of the notch 11 is matched with the width of the strip-shaped structure.

(15) As shown in FIG. 2, in the present invention, both of the solid piezoelectric ceramic piece 6 and the liquid storage piece 7 are fixed in a bracket 12; the fixing base 10 is connected with one side of the bracket 12 which is close to the liquid storage piece 7; a perfume fixing base 15 is provided on one side of the bracket 12 which is away from the liquid storage piece 7; a cavity, namely a filling cavity 16, is provided between the perfume fixing base 15 and the solid piezoelectric ceramic piece 6; the filling cavity 16 is filled with the solid perfume 3; an air inlet hole 17 and an air outlet hole 18, which are located at opposite positions and communicate with the solid perfume 3, are respectively provided in the bracket 12 on the upper side and the lower side of the filling cavity 16; and the air outlet hole 18 communicates with the suction nozzle 2.

(16) The perfume fixing base 15 is of a disc-shaped structure, and corresponding side edges of the disc-shaped structure located on the air inlet hole 17 and the air outlet hole 18 are provided with notches 40, thereby ensuring that the airflow can enter into the filling cavity 16 through the air inlet hole 17 and can flow out from the air outlet hole 18 in the filling cavity 16.

(17) An installation groove 41 is provided in the bracket 12, and the solid piezoelectric ceramic piece 6 and the liquid storage piece 7 are both fixed in the installation groove 41.

(18) As shown in FIG. 1, an air inlet 19 is provided in the housing 1; the air inlet 19 communicates with a first gap 20 between the liquid storage piece 7 and the liquid guide body 8; the first gap 20 communicates with the air inlet hole 17; and the air inlet 19, the first gap 20, the air inlet hole 17, the air outlet hole 18 and the inner cavity of the suction nozzle 2 form the airflow passage 5. The smoke produced by the oscillation of the solid piezoelectric ceramic piece 6 is ejected from the surface of the liquid storage piece 7 and enters the first gap 20, and then the smoke enters the solid perfume through the air inlet hole 17 and is mixed with the fragrance produced by the solid perfume during the oscillation of the solid piezoelectric ceramic piece 6, and then the mixed smoke enters the suction nozzle through the air outlet hole 18 and is inhaled by the user.

(19) As shown in FIG. 3, the liquid storage cavity 4 is provided below the solid piezoelectric ceramic piece 6 and the liquid guide body 8; a cavity cover 21 is provided at the top end of the liquid storage cavity 4; one surface of the cavity cover 21 which is away from the liquid storage cavity 4 is connected with a side edge of a hollow cavity 22 which has an open upper end, and a limiting step 23 is provided on the inner wall of the hollow cavity 22; the bottom of the bracket 12 props against the limiting step 23, and a first through hole 13 is provided at a place on the bracket 12 where the bracket 12 communicates with the hollow cavity 22; and the first through hole 13 communicates the first gap 20 with the air inlet hole 17.

(20) An installation through hole 24 is provided in one side of the cavity cover 21; and the liquid guide part of the liquid guide body 8 stretches into the liquid storage cavity 4 after penetrating through the installation through hole 24 to absorb the tobacco tar so as to provide the tobacco tar for the atomization of the solid piezoelectric ceramic piece 6.

(21) As shown in FIG. 3, the bottom end of the liquid storage cavity 4 is provided in a bottom cover 25; and the outer wall of the bottom cover 25 is in a snap connection or a magnetic connection with the inner wall of the housing 1.

(22) An electrode 37 is fixed to a base 25 to facilitate the electric connection with a power supply component.

(23) As shown in FIG. 4 and FIG. 5, in embodiment 2, the liquid storage cavity 4 is provided above the solid piezoelectric ceramic piece 6; the solid piezoelectric ceramic piece 6 is fixed in a cavity, the cavity is formed by enclosing a lower fixing base 27 which is open at both ends and an upper fixing base 29 whose bottom end is provided in the lower fixing base 27 together; a vent groove 28 is provided in the inner wall of the lower fixing base 27; the upper surface of the solid piezoelectric ceramic piece 6 is in contact with the liquid guide structure; the lower surface of the solid piezoelectric ceramic piece 6 is in contact with the solid perfume 3; and the lower fixing base 27 is connected with the bottom of the housing 1.

(24) The liquid guide structure comprises a liquid guide body 8; the liquid guide body 8 comprises a main body whose diameter is greater than that of the solid piezoelectric ceramic piece 6 (facilitating the connection with the upper fixing base), and the main body has a circular bottom; at least one projection 9 is provided on the edge of the circular bottom; and the projection 9 communicates with the liquid storage cavity 4 after penetrating through a tobacco tar inlet hole 30 in the upper fixing base 29.

(25) As shown in FIG. 4, FIG. 5 and FIG. 6, a vent pipe 31 is provided in the liquid storage cavity 4; an installation part 32 is provided at the bottom end of the vent pipe 31; a mounting hole 33 with inside diameter matched with the outside diameter of the installation part 32 is provided in the upper fixing base 29; the installation part 32 is fixed in the mounting hole 33, and the inner cavity of the installation part 32 communicates with the vent groove 28; and the top end of the vent pipe 31 communicates with the inner cavity of the suction nozzle 2.

(26) The lower fixing base 27 is provided on a connecting base 34; a second through hole 35 is provided in the connecting base 34; a net structure 36 is provided between the second through hole 35 and the lower fixing base 27; the solid perfume 3 is placed in the hollow cavity between the net structure 36 and the solid piezoelectric ceramic piece 6, and the solid perfume 3 is in contact with the solid piezoelectric ceramic piece 6, so that the heat produced by the solid piezoelectric ceramic piece 6 in the working process is absorbed by the solid perfume 3, and the fragrance is released accordingly.

(27) In the present invention, the net structure is a steel mesh.

(28) An electrode 37 is installed in the second through hole 35 (the electrode 37 and the second through hole 35 are insulated and isolated by an insulation ring 43); an air inlet passage 38 with one end communicated with the outside is provided in the electrode 37; an air hole 39 communicated with the air inlet passage 38 is provided in the other end; and the air inlet passage 38 communicates with the vent groove 28 through a radial trough hole, the net structure 36 and the solid perfume 3; and the air inlet passage 38, the net structure 36, the solid perfume 3, the vent groove 28, the vent pipe 31 and the inner cavity of the suction nozzle 2 form the airflow passage 5.

(29) External air enters from the air inlet passage 38 and flows into the solid perfume through the air hole 39 and the top end of the electrode 37, and then enters the vent pipe after being mixed with the smoke in the vent groove 28, wherein the smoke is produced by atomizing the tobacco tar by the solid piezoelectric ceramic piece 6, and finally enters the suction nozzle to be inhaled by the user.

(30) In order to prevent the leakage of the tobacco tar of the atomizer, the connecting place of the housing 1 and the suction nozzle 2 is sealed by a sealing ring 44. Electronic cigarette of the present invention employs the atomizer of electronic cigarette of the embodiment 1 or the embodiment 2 mentioned above.