This application claims priority to Chinese Patent Application No. 202210292294.4, filed with the China National Intellectual Property Administration on Mar. 23, 2022 and entitled “ATOMIZER AND ELECTRONIC ATOMIZATION DEVICE”, which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.
The present invention relates to the field of electronic atomization technologies, and in particular, to an atomizer and an electronic atomization device.
An electronic atomization device is an electronic product that heats a liquid substrate such as e-liquid or medicinal liquid and atomizes the liquid substrate into aerosols for inhalation.
The electronic atomization device may include an atomizer and a power supply assembly. The power supply assembly is configured to supply power to the atomizer. The atomizer may include an atomization core assembly and an atomization chamber. The atomization core assembly is configured to generate heat when powered on to atomize a liquid substrate, and the atomization chamber is configured to supply the atomization core assembly with a to-be-heated and atomized liquid substrate.
The atomizer usually uses a porous ceramic body, liquid guide cotton, and the like as a capillary element for absorbing the liquid substrate, and heats at least a part of the liquid substrate in the capillary element by using a heating element disposed in contact with an atomization surface of the capillary element to generate aerosols.
In a related atomizer structure, the heating element is usually disposed on only one surface of the capillary element, for example, an upper surface or a lower surface. As a result, the atomization efficiency is low. In addition, the related atomizer includes a large quantity of structures, and a mounting structure and mounting manner are also complicated.
The present invention provides an atomizer and an electronic atomization device having the atomizer, to resolve a technical problem that the atomization efficiency of a current atomizer is low.
To resolve the technical problem, the following technical solutions in the present invention are used: an atomizer, configured to atomize a liquid substrate to generate aerosols. The atomizer includes: a housing, defining a liquid storage cavity for storing the liquid substrate; a frame, disposed in the housing and including a liquid channel, an accommodating groove, and a vent groove recessed from a part of an inner side surface of the accommodating groove, where the liquid channel is communicated with the liquid storage cavity and the accommodating groove; a capillary element, disposed in the accommodating groove and configured to receive and store the liquid substrate from the liquid storage cavity through the liquid channel; and a heating element, bond to a surface of the capillary element, where at least a part of the heating element is exposed in the vent groove, so that the aerosols generated by the heating element heating the liquid substrate can be released into the vent groove.
In a preferred implementation, the vent groove includes a first vent groove and a second vent groove arranged opposite to each other, there are two heating elements, at least a part of one heating element is exposed in the first vent groove, and at least a part of the other heating element is exposed in the second vent groove.
In a preferred implementation, the capillary element has two side surfaces facing the first vent groove and the second vent groove, and the two heating elements are respectively bond to different side surfaces.
In a preferred implementation, the housing further includes a smoke exhaust tube, the frame further includes an insertion hole and a communication groove communicated with the insertion hole, an end of the smoke exhaust tube is inserted into the insertion hole, and the communication groove is communicated with the vent groove and the smoke exhaust tube.
In a preferred implementation, a plurality of liquid guide grooves are provided on a channel wall of the liquid channel, and the liquid guide grooves extend by the entire length of the liquid channel; and/or liquid guide cotton is provided in the liquid channel, and the liquid guide cotton extends by at least a part of the length of the liquid channel.
In a preferred implementation, at least one ventilation groove is provided on a side groove wall of the accommodating groove, and the ventilation groove is configured to be communicated with external atmosphere and the liquid channel.
In a preferred implementation, the frame is made of a flexible material, and at least a part of the frame abuts against the surface of the capillary element and forms a seal between the liquid channel and the vent groove to prevent the liquid substrate in the liquid channel from directly flowing into the vent groove.
In a preferred implementation, the capillary element further includes an upper surface, a lower surface, and two side surfaces extending between the upper surface and the lower surface. The heating element includes a first connection end, a second connection end, and a heating portion bending and extending between the first connection end and the second connection end. In addition, two first connection ends of the two heating elements are connected via a first connection portion disposed on the lower surface, and two second connection ends of the two heating elements are connected via a second connection portion disposed on the lower surface.
In a preferred implementation, the atomizer further includes a base. The base is connected to the housing and is configured to hold the frame in the housing.
In a preferred implementation, the frame includes an annular surrounding portion, and the vent groove extends to an inner side of the annular surrounding portion. The base includes an annular insertion portion, and a top end of the annular insertion portion is provided with two recesses. In addition, the annular insertion portion is inserted in the annular surrounding portion, and the two recesses are communicated with the two vent grooves respectively.
In a preferred implementation, the atomizer further includes two electrode columns. The two electrode columns are mounted on the base and respectively abut against the first connection portion and the second connection portion disposed on the lower surface of the capillary element. The first connection portion and the second connection portion are connected to two ends of the heating elements respectively.
To resolve the technical problem, the following technical solutions in the present invention are further used: an electronic atomization device, including an atomizer atomizing a liquid substrate to generate aerosols, and a power supply assembly supplying power to the atomizer. The atomizer includes any one of the foregoing atomizer.
The present invention has the following beneficial effects: in the atomizer of this embodiment, the inner side surface of the accommodating groove of the frame is partially recessed to form the vent groove, and the heating element is disposed on the side surface of the capillary element, so that when the capillary element and the heating element are disposed in the accommodating groove and the heating element is powered on, at least a part of the heating element may be exposed in the vent groove, and the heating element may heat and atomize a liquid substrate on the side surface, and aerosols formed by atomization are transported into the smoke exhaust tube through the vent groove. Accordingly, the atomizer of this embodiment and the electronic atomization device using the atomizer have high atomization efficiency.
One or more embodiments are exemplarily described with reference to the corresponding accompanying drawings, and the descriptions are not to be construed as limiting embodiments. Elements in the accompanying drawings that have same reference numerals are represented as similar elements, and unless otherwise particularly stated, the figures in the accompanying drawings are not drawn to scale.
For ease of understanding the present invention, the present invention is described in more detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings and specific embodiments. It should be noted that when an element is expressed as “being fixed to” another element, the element may be directly on the another element, or one or more intermediate elements may exist between the element and the another element. When one component is expressed as “being connected to” another component, the component may be directly connected to the another component, or one or more intermediate components may exist between the component and the another component. The terms “vertical”, “horizontal”, “left”, “right”, “inner”, “outside”, and similar expressions used in this specification are merely used for an illustrative purpose.
Unless otherwise defined, meanings of all technical and scientific terms used in the specification are the same as that usually understood by a person skilled in the art to which the present invention belongs. Terms used in the specification of the present invention are merely intended to describe objectives of the specific embodiment, and are not intended to limit the present invention. The term “and/or” used in this specification includes any or all combinations of one or more related listed items.
In addition, technical features involved in different embodiments of the present invention described below may be combined together if there is no conflict.
The capillary element 30 is disposed in the accommodating groove 22 and is configured to receive and store the liquid substrate from the liquid storage cavity 12 through the liquid channel 21. The capillary element 30 may be made of a material having a capillary channel or a pore, such as fiber wool, a porous ceramics body, a glass fiber rope, porous glass ceramics, porous glass, and another hard or rigid capillary structure. The capillary element 30 may be substantially in a rectangular shape, an upper surface 32 of the capillary element 30 is disposed to attach to a bottom of the accommodating groove 22 of the frame 20, so that the liquid channel 21 is covered. In this way, the liquid substrate stored in the liquid storage cavity 12 can be transported to the capillary element 30 through the liquid channel 21 without leaking to other surfaces of the capillary element 30 through the liquid channel 21.
The heating element 40 is bond to the surface of the capillary element 30. At least a part of the heating element 40 is exposed in the vent groove 23, so that the aerosols generated by the heating element 40 heating the liquid substrate can be released into the vent groove 23.
Further, the vent groove 23 may include a first vent groove and a second vent groove arranged opposite to each other, and there may be two heating elements 40. At least a part of one heating element 40 is exposed in the first vent groove, and at least a part of the other heating element 40 is exposed in the second vent groove. In addition, the capillary element 30 has two side surfaces 31 facing the first vent groove and the second vent groove, and the two heating elements 40 are respectively bond to different side surfaces 31. The two side surfaces 31 are disposed opposite to each other and are parallel to planes of the X direction and the Z direction. Therefore, when the heating element 40 is powered on, the heating element 40 may heat and atomize the liquid substrate on the side surface 31, and aerosols formed by atomization may, along two routes R3 shown in
In the atomizer 100 of this embodiment, the inner side surface of the accommodating groove 22 of the frame 20 is partially recessed to form the vent groove 23, and the heating element 40 is disposed on the side surface 31 of the capillary element 30, so that when the capillary element 30 and the heating element 40 are disposed in the accommodating groove 22, and the heating element 40 is powered on, at least a part of the heating element 40 may be exposed in the vent groove 23, the heating element 40 may heat and atomize the liquid substrate on the side surface 31, and the aerosols formed by atomization are transported into the smoke exhaust tube 11 through the vent groove 23. Accordingly, the atomizer 100 of this embodiment has high atomization efficiency.
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In another optional embodiment, liquid guide cotton (not shown) may be provided in the liquid channel 21, and the liquid guide cotton extends by at least a part of the length of the liquid channel 21. Further, the liquid guide cotton may also be provided in the liquid channel 21 having the plurality of liquid guide grooves 26. The liquid guide cotton is provided, so that similarly, the liquid substrate may be transported from the liquid storage cavity 12 to the capillary element 30 more easily. The liquid guide cotton can absorb a part of the liquid substrate, so that the liquid guide cotton has a specific capability to retain liquid. Therefore, the liquid guide cotton can control a rate at which the liquid substrate is transported from the liquid storage cavity 12 to the capillary element 30, to prevent a part of the liquid substrate from leaking from between the capillary element 30 and the frame 20.
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The heating element 40 includes a first connection end 41, a second connection end 42, and a heating portion 43 bending and extending between the first connection end 41 and the second connection end 42. Two first connection ends 41 of the two heating elements 40 are connected via a first connection portion 44 disposed on the lower surface 33, and two second connection ends 42 of the two heating elements 40 are connected via a second connection portion 45 disposed on the lower surface 33. The heating element 40 and the first connection portion 44 and the second connection portion 45 may be integrally printed on the capillary element 30 by using a film printing technique. The first connection portion 44 and the second connection portion 45 are configured to be in conductive contact with the electrode column 60, so that a current flows through the heating portion 43. The heating portion 43 may be of a sheet-like structure with a plurality of holes, or may be of a circuit structure with a circuitous shape.
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In the atomizer 100 using the frame 20 made of a sealing silicone material, leakage and burning of the liquid substrate can be reduced. In addition, the capillary element 30 and the frame 20 are mounted in a fitting manner, so that a complex structure required for mounting a conventional ceramic core can be simplified. In addition, the atomizer 100 of this application has high utilization of space and e-liquid.
The various components of the atomizer 100 of the present invention are described above. In another embodiment of the present invention, an atomizer 100 and a power supply assembly may constitute an electronic atomization device. The atomizer 100 stores a liquid substrate and atomizes the liquid substrate to generate aerosols. The power supply assembly supplies power to the atomizer 100. When it is needed to inhale from the electronic atomization device having the atomizer 100, a power supply switch of the power supply assembly may be turned on first, so that a battery can supply power to a heating element 40 of the atomizer 100. Then, when a user inhales from a mouthpiece portion 14 of the atomizer 100, a controller in the electronic atomization device may enable the power supply assembly and the atomizer 100 to work based on an inhalation action, and finally, aerosols are generated for the user to inhale. A liquid substrate from a liquid storage cavity 12 is heated and atomized by the heating element 40 to form aerosols. External air may enter an interior space 57 of a base 50 through an air inlet column 56, and then enter a vent groove 23 through a recess 52, so that the external air is transported to an atomization surface of a capillary element 30 that contacts the heating element 40, and then formed aerosols are carried into a smoke exhaust tube 11 through a communication groove 25 and discharged through the mouthpiece portion 14.
Finally, it should be noted that: the foregoing embodiments are merely used for describing the technical solutions of the present invention, but are not intended to limit the present invention. Under the ideas of the present invention, the technical features in the foregoing embodiments or different embodiments may also be combined, the steps may be performed in any order, and many other changes of different aspects of the present invention also exists as described above, and these changes are not provided in detail for simplicity. Although the present invention is described in detail with reference to the foregoing embodiments, it should be appreciated by a person skilled in the art that modifications may still be made to the technical solutions described in the foregoing embodiments, or equivalent replacements may be made to the part of the technical features; and these modifications or replacements do not cause the essence of corresponding technical solutions to depart from the scope of the technical solutions in embodiments of the present invention.
Number | Date | Country | Kind |
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202210292294.4 | Mar 2022 | CN | national |
Filing Document | Filing Date | Country | Kind |
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PCT/CN2023/082759 | 3/21/2023 | WO |