DISPOSABLE ELECTRONIC CIGARETTE
20170325504 ยท 2017-11-16
Inventors
Cpc classification
B05B7/1686
PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
A24F40/40
HUMAN NECESSITIES
A61M15/06
HUMAN NECESSITIES
A61M2016/0021
HUMAN NECESSITIES
International classification
A61M11/04
HUMAN NECESSITIES
Abstract
A disposable electronic cigarette comprising a sleeve, an atomizing assembly and a battery component. The atomizing assembly comprises an e-liquid cup for storing e-liquid; a cup cover connected to the e-liquid cup and covering an opening of the e-liquid cup, the cup cover is provided with e-liquid permeating holes for guiding the e-liquid out from the e-liquid cup; a heating wire assembly for atomizing the e-liquid outputted from the e-liquid permeable holes; an atomizing seat for fixing the heating wire assembly, the atomizing seat and the cup cover enclose to form an atomizing cavity for accommodating the heating wire assembly. Provided in the axial direction of the atomizing seat are conductive devices and a force applying device used for applying a force in a direction toward the battery component to the conductive devices. An elastic sealing device is provided between the atomizing assembly and the battery component.
Claims
1. A disposable electronic cigarette comprising a sleeve (1), an atomizing assembly (2) and a battery component (3) which are sleeved within the sleeve (1), wherein the atomizing assembly (2) comprises an e-liquid cup (21) provided with an opening at an end of the e-liquid cup (21) and configured for storing an e-liquid, the end of the e-liquid cup (21) faces the battery component (3); at least one smoke passage is defined between the sleeve (1) and the e-liquid cup (21) for discharging atomized smoke outside one end of the atomizing assembly (2); a cup cover (22) is connected to the e-liquid cup (21) and covers the opening of the e-liquid cup (21), the cup cover (22) is provided with e-liquid permeating holes (222) for guiding the e-liquid out of the e-liquid cup (21); a heating wire assembly (23) is provided for atomizing the e-liquid outputted from the e-liquid permeating holes (222); an atomizing seat (24) is provided for fixing the heating wire assembly (23), an atomizing chamber for receiving the heating wire assembly (23) is enclosed between the atomizing seat (24) and the cup cover (22), the atomizing chamber is communicated with the smoke passage; the electronic cigarette further comprises conductive devices (241) and a force applying device, the conductive devices (241) are defined axially along the atomizing seat (24), the force applying device is configured for applying a force on the conductive devices (241) in a direction to the battery component (3), one ends of the conductive devices (241) are connected to the heating wire assembly (23), and the other ends of the conductive devices (241) are elastically abutted against the battery component (3) by a force of the force applying device; an elastic sealing device (201) for preventing the e-liquid in the atomizing assembly (2) from leaking toward the battery component (3) is defined between the atomizing assembly (2) and the battery component (3), the elastic sealing device (201) is elastically abutted against an inner wall of the sleeve (1).
2. The disposable electronic cigarette according to claim 1, wherein an air inlet hole (101) and an air outlet hole (102) are defined on a side wall of the atomizing chamber, the side wall of the atomizing chamber faces the sleeve (1), the air inlet hole (101) and the air outlet hole (102) are opposite to each other, the air inlet hole (101) is communicated with the outside of the electronic cigarette, the air outlet hole (102) is communicated with the smoke passage.
3. The disposable electronic cigarette according to claim 2, wherein an e-liquid collection tank for collecting leaked and condensed e-liquid is formed in one end of the atomizing chamber, the end of the atomizing chamber is opposite to the e-liquid cup (21).
4. The disposable electronic cigarette according to claim 3, wherein the air inlet hole (101) and the air outlet hole (102) are provided on a circumferential side wall of the cup cover (22), a circumference of one end of the e-liquid cup (21) extends along a direction opposite to the cup cover (22) to form an abutting sleeve (211), the one end of the e-liquid cup (21) is opposite to the cup cover (22), a smoke hole (103) corresponding to the air outlet hole (102) is provided in a circumferential side wall of the abutting sleeve (211); the electronic cigarette further comprises an air intake passage, the air intake passage, the atomizing chamber and the smoke passage form an airflow passage together.
5. The disposable electronic cigarette according to claim 4, wherein the sleeve (1) is provided with an air intake port (104) corresponding to the air inlet hole (101), outside air enters into the atomizing chamber by sequentially passing through the air intake port (104) and the air inlet hole (101), so as to form the air intake passage.
6. The disposable electronic cigarette according to claim 5, wherein a first sealing seat (202) is defined between the cup cover (22) and the sleeve (1), one side of the first sealing seat (202) close to the air outlet hole (102) is provided with a ventilation groove (105) for communicating the atomizing chamber with the smoke passage, smoke flows from the atomizing chamber into the smoke passage through the ventilation groove (105) and is discharged from the smoke passage.
7. The disposable electronic cigarette according to claim 1, wherein the heating wire assembly (23) comprises an electric heating wire (231) and an e-liquid guiding wick (232), the e-liquid guiding wick (232) is configured for guiding e-liquid, the electric heating wire (231) is wound around the e-liquid guiding wick (232), two through holes (242) spaced from each other are axially defined in the atomizing seat (24), each of the through holes (242) is provided with one of the conductive devices (241), each of the conductive devices (241) comprises a fixing sleeve (243) and an elastic column (244), a first axial mounting position (245) and a second axial mounting position (246) are respectively and correspondingly defined in the fixing sleeve (243), the elastic column (244) is elastically and movably mounted in the first axial mounting position (245), two ends of the electric heating wire (231) are respectively and correspondingly inserted into two second axial mounting positions (246) of the conductive devices (241).
8. The disposable electronic cigarette according to claim 7, wherein the elastic column (244) comprises an abutment member (247) movably defined in the first axial mounting position (245) and configured for being electrically connected to the battery component (3), and an elastic member (248) provided in the first axial mounting position (245) for providing an elastic force for the abutment member (247) and resetting the abutment member (247), when the battery component (3) is connected to the atomizing assembly (2), the battery (32) in the battery component (3) is electrically connected with the abutment member (247).
9. The disposable electronic cigarette according to claim 8, wherein an e-liquid separator (221) for blocking a leakage of e-liquid is provided in the cup cover (22), the e-liquid permeating holes (222) are defined on the e-liquid separator (221), an e-liquid storage cotton (25) is abutted against an end surface of the e-liquid separator (221), the end surface of the e-liquid separator (221) is opposite to e-liquid, the e-liquid storage cotton (25) guides the e-liquid out from the e-liquid permeating holes (222); a fiberglass sheet (26) is abutted against an end surface of e-liquid storage cotton (25), the end surface of e-liquid storage cotton (25) is opposite to the e-liquid separator (221), the electric heating wire (231) is wound around the e-liquid guiding wick (232), the e-liquid guiding wick (232) is abutted against the fiberglass sheet (26).
10. The disposable electronic cigarette according to claim 8, wherein an e-liquid separator (221) for blocking a leakage of e-liquid is provided in the cup cover (22), the e-liquid permeating holes (222) are defined on the e-liquid separator (221), two ends of the e-liquid guiding wick (232) are respectively inserted into the e-liquid permeating holes (222) and extend to the e-liquid cup (21) to directly contact with the e-liquid.
11. The disposable electronic cigarette according to claim 1, wherein the electronic cigarette further comprises an end cap (5) inserted into one end of the sleeve (1), the end of the sleeve (1) is close to the battery component (3), and a second sealing seat (203) is defined between the battery component (3) and the end cap (5); a first intake slot (106) is defined on the end cap (5), a second intake slot (107) corresponding to the first intake slot (106) is defined on the second sealing seat (203), a center through hole (108) is defined on the atomizing seat (24), outside air successively passes through the first intake slot (106), the second intake slot (107) and the center through hole (108) to enter the atomizing chamber.
12. The disposable electronic cigarette according to claim 11, wherein the battery component (3) is co-axially defined with the atomizing assembly (2), and the battery component (3) and the atomizing assembly (2) are defined within the sleeve (1), a first gap is defined between the atomizing assembly (2) and the sleeve (1), the first gap forms the smoke passage, a second gap is defined between the battery component (3) and the sleeve (1), and the second gap forms an air intake passage.
13. The disposable electronic cigarette according to claim 12, wherein the electronic cigarette further comprises a suction nozzle cover (4) inserted into one end of the sleeve (1) close to the e-liquid cup (21) and abutted against the e-liquid cup (21), the suction nozzle cover (4) is provided with an opening, smoke is discharged through the opening after passing through the smoke passage.
14. The disposable electronic cigarette according to claim 1, wherein the battery component (3) comprises a circuit board (31) abutted against the conductive devices (241), a battery (32), a FPC board (33), an airflow sensor (34) and an airflow sensor seat (35), the airflow sensor seat (35) is configured for accommodating the airflow sensor (34), the circuit board (31) and the airflow sensor seat (35) are defined at two ends of the FPC board (33), respectively, the battery (32) is provided on a side of the FPC board (33) and is located between the circuit board (31) and the airflow sensor seat (35), the FPC board (33) is configured for realizing an electrical connection between the circuit board (31) and the airflow sensor (34); a second sealing seat (203) is sleeved on the battery (32) and the airflow sensor seat (35) and is defined at one end of the battery component (3), the elastic sealing device (201) sleeves on the circuit board (31) and sleeves on the other end of the battery component (3) to enable the battery component (3) to be inserted into one end of the sleeve (1) with the elastic sealing device (201) and the second sealing seat (203) being sleeved on two ends of the battery component (3) when assembling.
15. The disposable electronic cigarette according to claim 14, wherein one end of the FPC board (33) is provided with three conductive holes, the end of the FPC board (33) is close to the airflow sensor (34), one of the conductive holes is in contact with one of three contact points on the airflow sensor (34), the conductive holes are also in electrical contact with one end of the battery (32), the other end of the FPC board (33) is in electrical contact with the other end of the battery (32), the battery (32), the airflow sensor (34) and the airflow sensor seat (35) are embedded in a frame chamber of the FPC board (33) and are limited by mutually pressing of limiting boards defined at two ends of the FPC board (33) to achieve an electrical connection.
16. The disposable electronic cigarette according to claim 1, wherein the cup cover (22) comprises an e-liquid separator (221), a first connecting portion (224) connected to one end of the e-liquid separator (221) and inserted into the e-liquid cup (21), a second connecting portion (225) connected to the other end of the e-liquid separator (221), an air inlet hole (101) and an air outlet hole (102) are oppositely provided in a circumferential side wall of the second connecting portion (225), and an outer peripheral wall of the e-liquid separator (221) is provided with a placing groove (223) for placing a sealing ring (204).
17. The disposable electronic cigarette according to claim 16, wherein the atomizing seat (24) is inserted into the second connecting portion (225), the atomizing seat (24) and the second connecting portion (225) enclose to form the atomizing chamber; the second connecting portion (225) and the atomizing seat (24) are abutted against the elastic sealing device (201), and a gap for smoke to flow through is provided between an outer side wall of the e-liquid separator (221) and the sleeve (1).
18. The disposable electronic cigarette according to claim 1, wherein an outer surface of the e-liquid cup (21) comprises an axially extending section and a remaining surface, the section and an inner wall of the sleeve (1) form the smoke passage, the remaining surface is attached to the inner wall of the sleeve (1).
19. The disposable electronic cigarette according to claim 1, wherein the force applying device comprises a first magnet and a second magnet, the first magnet and the second magnet are defined on the atomizing seat (24) and the battery component (3), respectively.
20. The disposable electronic cigarette according to claim 1, wherein the electronic cigarette further comprises a suction nozzle cover (4) inserted into the one end of sleeve (1), the one end of sleeve (1) is close to the e-liquid cup (21); the force applying device is a spring (6), two ends of the spring (6) are abutted against an end of the suction nozzle cover (4) and an end of the e-liquid cup (21), respectively.
Description
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
[0035] The present invention will be further described with reference to the accompanying drawings and embodiments in the following.
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DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT
[0054] To make the technical feature, objective and effect of the present application be understood more clearly, now the specific implementation of the present application is described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings and embodiments.
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[0056] The electronic cigarette further comprises conductive devices 241 and a force applying device, the conductive devices 241 are defined axially along the atomizing seat 24, the force applying device is configured for applying a force on the conductive devices 241 in a direction to the battery component 3, one ends of the conductive devices 241 are connected to the heating wire assembly 23, and the other ends of the conductive devices 241 are elastically abutted against the battery component 3 by a force of the force applying device; an elastic sealing device 201 for preventing the e-liquid in the atomizing assembly 2 from leaking toward the battery component 3 is defined between the atomizing assembly 2 and the battery component 3, the elastic sealing device 201 is elastically abutted against an inner wall of the sleeve 1. By applying the force applying device on the conductive devices 241 in a direction to the battery component 3, the conductive devices 241 can be brought into close to contact with the battery component 3, besides, the conductive devices 241 are elastic devices, thereby eliminating phenomenon of an electrical contact failure; An elastic sealing device 201 defined between the atomizing assembly 2 and the battery component 3 prevents atomized smoke from entering the battery component 3 to affect a normal operation of the battery.
[0057] The force applying device comprises a first magnet and a second magnet (not shown in drawings), the first magnet and the second magnet are defined on the atomizing seat 24 and the battery component 3, respectively. Specifically, the first magnet is provided on an end surface of the atomizing seat 24 close to the atomizing chamber, and the second magnet is provided on an end surface of the battery component 3 close to the atomizing seat 24, the first magnet and the second magnet are attracted to each other so that the atomizing seat 24 and the battery component 3 are brought close to each other under an action of the magnet, one ends of the conductive devices 241 are kept being abutted against the battery component 3 to avoid phenomenon of poor electrical contact. In addition, even if the conductive devices 241 are disconnected from the battery component 3 due to vibration or the like, the conductive devices 241 are automatically connected to the battery component 3 due to mutual suction between the first magnet and the second magnet, thereby the conductive devices 241 are brought into elastic contact with the battery component 3.
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[0059] It is to be understood that in the present invention, the force applying device is configured for applying force on the conductive devices 241 in a direction to the battery component 3 so as to avoid the phenomenon of the poor electrical contact, but the force applying device of the present invention may be in other forms, as long as it can avoid the phenomenon of the poor electrical contact.
[0060] In addition, the atomizing chamber is enclosed by the atomizing seat 24 and the cup cover 22, an e-liquid collection tank for collecting leaked and condensed e-liquid is formed in one end of the atomizing chamber opposite to the e-liquid cup 21, leaked or condensed e-liquid is stored in the e-liquid collection tank to prevent the e-liquid from entering the battery component 3 and affect the normal operation of the battery component 3.
A First Embodiment
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[0065] In the present embodiment, a formation of the air intake passage is as follows: the sleeve 1 is provided with an the air intake port 104 corresponding to the air inlet hole 101, outside air enters into the atomizing chamber by sequentially passing through the air intake port 104 and the air inlet hole 101 so as to form the air intake passage. In order to allow smoke formed in the atomizing chamber to flow only in the direction opposite to the air intake port 104 to finally flow into the user's mouth, a first sealing seat 202 is defined between the cup cover 22 and the sleeve 1, one side of the first sealing seat 202 close to the air outlet hole 102 is provided with a ventilation groove 105 for communicating the atomizing chamber with the smoke passage, smoke in the atomizing chamber flows sequentially from the air outlet hole 102 and the ventilation groove 105 into the smoke passage, so as to avoid that atomized smoke stays in the atomizing chamber and affects a taste of the smoke and users experience. Thus to realized that the airflow enters from one side of the sleeve 1 and carries the smoke in the atomizing chamber to be discharged from the other side of the sleeve 1, so as to avoid the airflow channel bending too many times to result in phenomenon of airflow noise and suffocation.
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[0072] In the present embodiment, the cup cover 22 is provided with the e-liquid separator 221 for blocking a leakage of e-liquid, the e-liquid permeating holes 222 are defined on the e-liquid separator 221, two ends of the e-liquid guiding wick 232 (shown in
[0073] The atomizing seat 24 is inserted into the second connecting portion 225, the second connecting portion 225 and the atomizing seat 24 enclose to form the atomizing chamber (as shown in
A Second Embodiment
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A Third Embodiment
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[0077] In the first embodiment, the second embodiment and the third embodiment of the present invention, it is understood that an opening is provided in the suction nozzle cover 4, and the smoke is discharged through the opening after passing through the smoke passage.
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[0079] In the present invention, the circuit board 31 is preferably of the same shape as the FPC board 33 (not shown in drawings), one end of the circuit board 31 close to the airflow sensor 34 is provided with three conductive holes, each of the conductive holes is in contact with three contact points on the airflow sensor 34, the conductive holes are also in electrical contact with one end of the battery 32, the other end of the circuit board 31 is in electrical contact with the other end of the battery 32, namely, a positive electrode and a negative electrode of the battery 32 are in contact with the two ends of the circuit board 31, respectively. The battery 32, the airflow sensor 34 and the airflow sensor seat 35 are embedded in a frame chamber of the FPC board 33 and are limited by mutually pressing of limiting boards defined at two ends of the FPC board 33 to achieve an electrical connection.
[0080] In the present invention, an outer surface of the e-liquid cup 21 comprises an axially extending section and a remaining surface (not shown in the drawings), the section and an inner wall of the sleeve 1 form the smoke passage, the remaining surface is attached to the inner wall of the sleeve 1. Then a contact area of smoke and sleeve 1 is reduced to reduce smoke condensation, so that more smoke can reach into the user mouth to enhance the user experience.
[0081] Generally, applications of the disposable electronic cigarette of the present invention have following advantages, through a configuration of the e-liquid cup 21, the e-liquid cup 21 can be more conveniently inserted into the sleeve 1 directly in the assembly process of the electronic cigarette, a degree of an automated production is high, and by providing the seal ring 204 for sealing the e-liquid on the cup cover 22, it is possible to prevent the e-liquid leakage when the cup cover 22 is inserted into the e-liquid cup 21; By applying the force applying device on the conductive devices 241 in a direction to the battery component 3, the conductive devices 241 can be brought into close to contact with the battery component 3, besides, the conductive devices 241 are elastic devices, thereby eliminating phenomenon of an electrical contact failure; An elastic sealing device 201 defined between the atomizing assembly 2 and the battery component 3 prevents the smoke atomized by the atomizing assembly 2 from entering the battery component 3 to affect a normal operation of the battery; By providing the air intake port 104 on the sleeve 1, airflow is introduced into the atomizing chamber through the air intake port 104 to carry the smoke out from the other side of the e-liquid cup 21 to the user mouth, and the airflow path is prevented from being bent too many times to produce phenomenon of airflow noise and suffocation; The first sealing seat 202 is defined on the outer peripheral surface of the atomizing chamber, and a ventilation groove 105 is defined on one side of the first sealing seat 202 so that the smoke is discharged from the ventilation groove 105 to prevent the atomized smoke from accumulating in the atomizing chamber to affect smoke taste and user experience; Through a small abutting area between surfaces of the electric heating wire 231 and the fiberglass sheet 26 to ensure a smooth e-liquid transmission, but also to prevent that the contact area between the electric heating wire 231 and the e-liquid is too large and lose the heat fast resulting in phenomenon that the e-liquid cannot be atomized; By directing two ends of the e-liquid guiding wick 232 into the e-liquid cup 21 and the direct contact with the e-liquid, it is possible to avoid the phenomenon that the e-liquid provided for the electric heating wire 231 to atomize is insufficient to produce burning cotton phenomenon; By embedding the airflow sensor seat 35 and the airflow sensor 34 into the second sealing seat 203, it is possible to prevent the airflow sensor 34 from receiving no triggered and sensed signal due to a small air pressure difference inside and outside airflow sensor 34 then the electronic cigarette cannot work normally.
[0082] While the embodiments of the present application are described with reference to the accompanying drawings above, the present application is not limited to the above-mentioned specific implementations. In fact, the above-mentioned specific implementations are intended to be exemplary not to be limiting. In the inspiration of the present application, those ordinary skills in the art can also make many modifications without breaking away from the subject of the present application and the protection scope of the claims. All these modifications belong to the protection of the present application.