Patent Application
20170251729
The present invention relates to electronic cigarettes, and particularly to an atomizer and an electronic cigarette using same.
In an electronic cigarette, an atomizer includes a heating element and a liquid conducting element in contact with the heating element. Typically, the heating element is a heating wire, and the heating wire is spirally wound around the liquid conducting element. However, a contact surface between the heating wire and the liquid conducting element is small. Accordingly, an amount of aerosol generated by the atomizer is small, rendering some users unsatisfactory.
What are needed, therefore, are an atomizer and an electronic cigarette using same, which can overcome the above shortcomings.
An exemplary atomizer includes a housing and an atomizing core arranged in the housing. The housing defines a liquid chamber configured for accommodating tobacco liquid. The atomizing core is configured for atomizing the tobacco liquid to form aerosol. The atomizing core includes a hollow tubular heating body and a liquid conducting element wrapping around the heating body. The liquid conducting element is configured guiding the tobacco liquid in the liquid chamber to the heating body for atomization. The heating body defines a passage for aerosol. The heating body is made of metal. The heating body includes a sidewall defining a plurality of openings.
Many aspects of the present disclosure can be better understood with reference to the following drawings. The components in the drawings are not necessarily drawn to scale, the emphasis instead being placed upon clearly illustrating the principles of the present disclosure. Moreover, in the drawings, like reference numerals designate corresponding parts throughout the several views.
It will be appreciated that for simplicity and clarity of illustration, where appropriate, reference numerals have been repeated among the different figures to indicate corresponding or analogous elements. In addition, numerous specific details are set forth in order to provide a thorough understanding of the embodiments described herein. However, it will be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art that the embodiments described herein can be practiced without these specific details. In other instances, methods, procedures and components have not been described in detail so as not to obscure the related relevant feature being described. Also, the description is not to be considered as limiting the scope of the embodiments described herein. The drawings are not necessarily to scale and the proportions of certain parts have been exaggerated to better illustrate details and features of the present disclosure.
The disclosure is illustrated by way of example and not by way of limitation in the figures of the accompanying drawings in which like references indicate similar elements. It should be noted that references to “an” or “one” embodiment in this disclosure are not necessarily to the same embodiment, and such references mean at least one.
Several definitions that apply throughout this disclosure will now be presented.
The term “outside” refers to a region that is beyond the outermost confines of a physical object. The term “inside” indicates that at least a portion of a region is partially contained within a boundary formed by the object. The term “substantially” is defined to be essentially conforming to the particular dimension, shape or other word that substantially modifies, such that the component need not be exact. For example, substantially cylindrical means that the object resembles a cylinder, but can have one or more deviations from a true cylinder. The term “comprising,” when utilized, means “including, but not necessarily limited to”; it specifically indicates open-ended inclusion or membership in the so-described combination, group, series and the like.
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The atomizing core 103 includes a hollow tubular heating body 20 and a liquid conducting element 105 wrapping around the heating body 20. The liquid conducting element 105 is configured for guiding the tobacco liquid in the liquid chamber 102 to the heating body 20 for atomization. The heating body 20 defines a passage 202 allowing the aerosol to flow out. The heating body 20 is made of metallic material, and defines a plurality of openings evenly arranged in a sidewall.
In the present embodiment, the heating body 20 is made of metallic material with a certain electrical resistivity and a relatively high strength. Quite usefully, the heating body 20 is made of 316 stainless steel, 304 stainless steel, nickel chromium alloy, or iron-chromium-aluminum alloy. The liquid conducting element 105 may be made of cotton cloth, fiber cotton, or glass fiber or other porous material. The heating body 20 is a metallic tube, and is in fully contact with the liquid conducting element 105, so that the tobacco liquid in the liquid conducting element 105 is heated uniformly.
An air pipe 120 is further provided in the liquid chamber 102. A top end of the air pipe 120 is connected to the mouthpiece 109, and a bottom end of the air pipe 120 is connected with the atomizing core 103. Since the heating body 20 is arranged in the atomizing core 103, the mouthpiece 109 is connected with the passage 202 of the heating body 20 via the air pipe 120, so that the aerosol in the passage 202 can be expelled via the mouthpiece 109.
A cover body 104 is provided nesting the air pipe 120. A top end of the cover body 104 is connected with the end cover 108, and the cover body 104 is movable together with the end cover 108. When the end cover 108 is detached for filling tobacco liquid, a bottom end of the cover body 104 hermetically abuts against a bottom of the liquid chamber 102 driven by a spring. In this way, the cover body 104 nests the atomizing core 103, and the tobacco liquid in the liquid chamber 102 cannot flow into the atomizing core, thus avoiding liquid leakage during process of injecting tobacco liquid. After the end cover 108 is coupled to the housing 101, the end cover 108 is capable of driving the cover body 104 to move upwards, so that the tobacco liquid in the liquid chamber 102 flows into the atomizing core 103.
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It is understood that the above-described embodiments are intended to illustrate rather than limit the disclosure. Variations may be made to the embodiments and methods without departing from the spirit of the disclosure. Accordingly, it is appropriate that the appended claims be construed broadly and in a manner consistent with the scope of the disclosure.
| Number | Date | Country | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|
| 201620493855.7 | May 2016 | CN | national |
