The present invention relates to an atomizer for an electronic cigarette and an electronic cigarette using the atomizer for the electronic cigarette.
Electronic cigarettes, also known as e-cigarettes or e-cigs, are mainly used to quit smoking and replace conventional cigarettes. E-cigs have an appearance and taste that is similar to conventional cigarettes, and even offer a wider range of flavors than conventional cigarettes. E-cigs can generate vapor with a similar taste and experience like conventional cigarettes. Without tar, particles, and other harmful components in conventional cigarettes, electronic cigarettes have gradually replaced conventional cigarettes in the market.
The existing atomizer for small electronic cigarettes is usually provided with an oil storage chamber and a heating device therein, and then is provided with an oil guiding cotton (i.e., a wick) to adsorb tobacco liquid in the oil storage chamber to the heating device for atomizing, thereby generating smoke for users to inhale. However, during long-term use, the oil guiding cotton is easily burned or carbonized from the heat generated by the heating device, resulting in greater harm on the human body over time. However, with current atomizers of small electronic cigarettes, it is generally not possible to remove the internal heating device from the atomizer thus only the entire atomizer can be replaced.
The main purpose of the present invention is to provide an atomizer for an electronic cigarette, which is convenient for the user to disassemble and replace the heating device inside the atomizer, thereby effectively saving cost and waste, while preserving the user experience.
In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides an atomizer for an electronic cigarette, comprising: a base housing body, a heating device, and a cover member, wherein the base housing body defines a mounting cavity, one end of the heating device is inserted into the mounting cavity and partially extends to the outside through the base housing body to form a manipulation piece, and the other end is exposed to the outer surface of the base housing body, when the manipulation piece is pressed into the base housing body by an external pressing force, the heating device is pushed to move toward the outside of the base housing body along the mounting cavity and partially extends out of the base housing body, and the cover member is detachably mounted to the base housing body and covers the manipulation piece.
Optionally, the cover member is further provided with a connecting portion, when the cover member is mounted to the base housing body, the connecting portion is engaged with the manipulation piece for fixedly connecting the cover member with the manipulation piece, and when the cover member is separated from the base housing body, the manipulation piece is disengaged from the connecting portion.
Optionally, one of the connecting portion and the manipulation piece is provided with an engaging groove, and the other of the connecting portion and the manipulation piece is provided with a first elastic sealing ring on a part of the outer peripheral surface thereof, so that the sealing ring abuts the inner groove wall of the engaging groove when being engaged into the engaging groove.
Optionally, a step-shaped limiting portion is formed at a transition between the heating device and the manipulation piece, the base housing body is correspondingly provided with an exit hole and a limiting groove into which a part of the limiting portion is engaged, when the heating device is mounted to the mounting cavity, the manipulation piece extends out of the base housing body through the exit hole, and the limiting portion is elastically clamped in the limiting groove, so that the heating device is limited to the mounting cavity.
Optionally, the end of the heating device away from the manipulation piece is further provided with an elastic limiting seat, and when the heating device is mounted to the mounting cavity, an outer peripheral surface of the limiting seat abuts an inner wall of the mounting cavity, so that the heating device is limited to the base housing body.
Optionally, the base housing body is further provided with a tapered supporting member at both sides adjacent to the manipulation piece, and the outer peripheral surface of the tapered supporting member is closely fitted to the inner wall of the cover member so that the cover member is fixedly mounted to the base housing body.
Optionally, the thickness of the tapered supporting member is gradually increased from the end of the tapered supporting member away from the base housing body toward the end of the base housing body; and/or the tapered supporting member is provided with two notches in the engaging direction in which the base housing body is inserted into the cover member, so that when the cover member is mounted to the base housing body, the outer surface of the tapered supporting member is pressed to be elastically deformed toward the two notches.
Optionally, the cover member is provided with two air inlets, the two notches are communicated with the outside airflow through the two air inlets, respectively, the base housing body is provided with an airflow passage, one end of the airflow passage is communicated with the two notches, and the other end is communicated with an internal chamber of the heating device for providing a working airflow to the heating device.
Optionally, the base housing body is provided with an oil storage chamber arranged within the mounting cavity, the heating device comprises a heating base and an air outlet pipe, the heating base is provided with an atomizing chamber in fluid communication with the airflow passage and an oil guiding hole communicated with the atomizing chamber, the air outlet pipe is mounted to the heating base and is communicated with the atomizing chamber, when the heating device is mounted to the mounting cavity, the oil guiding hole is in fluid communication with the oil storage chamber, and the air outlet pipe extends out of the base housing body to form the manipulation piece.
The present invention also provides an electronic cigarette, comprising an atomizer for an electronic cigarette, wherein the atomizer comprises a base housing body, a heating device, and a cover member, wherein the base housing body is provided with a mounting cavity, one end of the heating device is inserted into the mounting cavity and partially extends to the outside through the base housing body to form a manipulation piece, and the other end is exposed to the outer surface of the base housing body, when the manipulation piece is pressed into the base housing body by an external pressing force, the heating device is pushed to move toward the outside of the base housing body along the mounting cavity and partially extends out of the base housing body, and the cover member is detachably mounted to the base housing body and covers the manipulation piece.
According to the atomizer for the electronic cigarette according to the technical solution of the present invention, the base housing body defines a mounting cavity, the heating device of the atomizer is engaged into the mounting cavity to form an assembling member with the base housing body, and one end of the heating device is exposed to the outside through the base housing body to form a controlling portion. When the heating device inside the atomizer is damaged and needs to be replaced, only the manipulation piece needs to be pressed, so that the manipulation piece pushes the heating device to move toward the outside of the base housing body along the mounting cavity to extend out of the base housing body, and then is pulled out. A new heating device is then inserted into the mounting cavity so as to complete the replacement. The operation is simple and cost effective by only replacing the heating device inside the atomizer. At the same time, a cover member detachably mounted to the base housing body is provided, so that the manipulation piece is covered during normal use, effectively preventing the phenomenon that the manipulation piece is mishandled by an external pressing force when the electronic cigarette is put into the pocket.
For a better illustration of the embodiments of the present invention or the technical solution in the prior art, accompanying drawings needed in the description of the embodiments or the prior art are simply illustrated below. Obviously, the accompanying drawings described below are some embodiments of the present invention. For those skilled in the art, other accompanying drawings may be obtained according to the structure shown in these accompanying drawings without creative work.
The implementation of aims, the function features and the advantages of the present disclosure are described below in further detail in conjunction with embodiments with reference to the drawings.
A clear and complete description as below is provided for the technical solution in the embodiments of the present invention in conjunction with the drawings in the embodiments of the present invention. Obviously, the embodiments described hereafter are simply part embodiments of the present invention, rather than all the embodiments. All other embodiments obtained by those skilled in the art based on the embodiments in the present invention without creative work are intended to be included in the scope of protection of the present invention.
It should be noted that all directional indications (such as top, bottom, left, right, front, behind . . . ) in the embodiments of the present invention are merely to illustrate a relative position relation, a relative motion condition, etc. between each part in a certain state (for example, the state shown in the drawings). If the state changes, the directional indication changes accordingly.
In addition, if terms “first”, “second”, etc. appear in the present invention, they are merely for the purpose of description, but cannot be understood as the indication or implication of relative importance or as the implicit indication of the number of the designated technical features; therefore, features defined by “first” and “second” may specifically or implicitly comprise at least one such feature. In addition, technical solutions of each embodiment of the present invention may be combined mutually; however, this must be carried out on the basis that those skilled in the art can implement the combination. When the combination of technical solutions has a conflict or cannot be implemented, it should be considered that such combination of technical solutions does not exist and is not in the scope of protection claimed by the present invention.
In the present invention, unless otherwise specifically stated and defined, terms “connected”, “fixed”, etc. should be interpreted expansively. For example, “fixed” may be fixed connection, detachable connection, or integration; may be mechanical connection or electrical connection; direct connection, indirect connection through an intermediate, or internal communication between two elements or interaction of two elements, unless otherwise specifically defined. Those skilled in the art can understand the specific implication of the above terms in the present invention according to specific conditions.
The present invention provides an electronic cigarette 1000. The electronic cigarette 1000 comprises an atomizer 100 and a battery device for supplying power to the atomizer 100. The battery device is provided with a mounting chamber into which the atomizer 100 is engaged, the atomizer 100 is engaged into the mounting chamber to establish an electrical connection with the battery device, and the atomizing device includes an airflow channel 16, a heating device 30, and a receiving chamber configured to store tobacco products. The heating device 30 heats the adsorbed tobacco liquid when being driven by the electric power of the battery device to generate smoke for the user to smoke after the smoke flows out through the airflow passage. Here, the tobacco product may be selected from the group consisting of tobacco liquid, tobacco paste, flake-shaped tobacco filament, block-shaped tobacco filament, or a tobacco pellet or a cigarette processed from tobacco filament. In an embodiment of the present invention, the tobacco product is selected from tobacco liquid.
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According to a technical solution of the present invention, the base housing body 10 defines a mounting cavity 11, the heating device 30 of the atomizer 100 is engaged into the mounting cavity 11 to form an assembling member with the base housing body 10, and one end of the heating device 30 is exposed to the outside through the base housing body 10 to form a controlling portion. When the heating device 30 inside the atomizer 100 is damaged and needs to be replaced, only the controlling portion needs to be pressed, so that the controlling portion pushes the heating device 30 to move toward the outside of the base housing body 10 along the mounting cavity 11 to extend out of the base housing body 10, and then is pulled out. A new heating device 30 is then inserted along the mounting cavity 11 so as to complete the replacement. The operation is simple and cost effective by only replacing the heating device 30 inside the atomizer 100. Further, a cover member 50 (e.g., a mouthpiece) that is detachably mounted to the base housing body 10 is provided, so that the manipulation piece 31 is covered during normal use, effectively preventing the phenomenon that the manipulation piece 31 is mishandled by an external pressing force when the electronic cigarette 1000 is put into a pocket.
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It can be understood that, in some embodiments, the airflow passage 16 can be provided with two air guiding pipes in the base housing body 10. One end of the two air guiding pipes is communicated with the two air passing holes 1211, and the other end is communicated with the two air guiding columns 331 to form two independent airflow channels 16. Two air guiding pipes are also provided inside the base housing body 10. One end of the two air guiding pipes is communicated with the air guiding column 331 after being communicated with each other, and the other end is communicated with the two air passing holes 1211 to form the airflow passage 16. The above manner is within the scope of protection of the present invention.
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The above are preferred embodiments of the present invention merely and are not intended to limit the patent scope of the present invention. Any equivalent structures made according to the description and the accompanying drawings of the present invention without departing from the idea of the present invention, or any equivalent structures applied in other relevant technical fields directly or indirectly are intended to be included in the patent protection scope of the present invention.
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