This application claims priority to Chinese Patent Application No. 202022220439.9, entitled “E-CIGARETTE CARTRIDGE AND E-CIGARETTE” and filed with the China National Intellectual Property Administration on Sep. 30, 2020, which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.
Embodiments of this application relate to the field of e-cigarette technologies, and particularly, to an e-cigarette cartridge and an e-cigarette.
An e-cigarette, also known as a virtual cigarette or an electronic cigarette, has an appearance same as those of cigarettes and a taste similar to those of the cigarettes, and even more tastes than those of the general cigarettes. Smoke, a taste, and feel can also be sucked out from the e-cigarette like the cigarettes, and the e-cigarette is mainly used for smoking cessation and alternative cigarettes.
The e-cigarette usually vaporizes, through a vaporizer, an e-liquid into an aerosol for a user to smoke. The e-liquid is manufactured with tar and other substances that are physically damaging removed, eliminating a harm to the human body. Existing e-cigarettes are prone to an aerosol and non-uniform mixing of air and an aerosol that reaches a smoker, affecting the user's inhaling experience.
This application mainly provides an e-cigarette cartridge and an e-cigarette to resolve technical problem, an aerosol formed by vaporization of a vaporization assembly of the e-cigarette and air can be fully mixed, thereby improving mixing uniformity of the aerosol and the air.
To resolve the foregoing technical problem, this application adopts a technical solution as follows: an e-cigarette cartridge is provided, including a housing with a near end and a far end facing away from each other in a longitudinal direction, where the far end is provided with an air inlet and the near end is provided with an air outlet; and the housing is internally provided with a liquid storage cavity, a porous body, a vaporization cavity, a heating element, a support frame, and a vapor output channel, where the liquid storage cavity is configured to store a liquid substrate; the porous body is in fluid communication with the liquid storage cavity to suck the liquid substrate and has a vaporization surface; the vaporization cavity is at least partially defined by the vaporization surface, where the vaporization cavity is in airflow communication with the air inlet; the heating element is formed on the vaporization surface and configured to heat at least a part of the liquid medium in the porous body to generate an aerosol; the support frame is constructed to provide the porous body with support and holding; and the vapor output channel includes a first channel part and a second channel part that are formed on the support frame and extend in a direction of a width of the housing, where one end of the first channel part is in airflow communication with the vaporization cavity and the other end is in airflow communication with the air outlet; one end of the second channel part is in airflow communication with the vaporization cavity and the other end is in airflow communication with the air outlet; and further the aerosol in the vaporization cavity is divided into two flows by the first channel part and the second channel part in use, and then the two flows are merged and outputted to the air outlet.
This application further includes another technical solution: an e-cigarette is provided, including the foregoing e-cigarette cartridge and a power supply device for supplying power to the e-cigarette cartridge.
This application has the following beneficial effects: Different from an existing technology, in an e-cigarette cartridge in embodiments of this application, a vapor output channel is provided with two channels, namely, a first channel part and a second channel part extending in a direction of a width of a housing, to lengthen a path of the vapor output channel without increasing a volume of the housing. Air and an aerosol can be fully mixed in the vapor output channel, so that uniformity of mixed gas of the aerosol flowing out from an air outlet and the air is high.
One or more embodiments are described by way of example with reference to the corresponding figures in the accompanying drawings, and the exemplary descriptions are not to be construed as limiting the embodiments. Elements/modules and steps in the accompanying drawings that have same reference numerals are represented as similar elements/modules and steps, and unless otherwise particularly stated, the figures in the accompanying drawings are not drawn to scale.
In order to make the objectives, technical solutions, and effects of this application more comprehensible and clearer, this application is described in further detail below by describing embodiments with reference to the accompanying drawings.
An embodiment of this application provides an e-cigarette cartridge, as shown in
The above is core content of this embodiment of this application, the vapor output channel 40 is provided with two channels, namely, the first channel part 41 and the second channel part 42 extending in the direction of the width L of the housing 10, to lengthen a path of the vapor output channel 40 without increasing a volume of the housing 10. When the path of the vapor output channel 40 is long, air carrying the aerosol in the vaporization cavity 54 can be fully mixed in the vapor output channel 40, to improve mixing uniformity of the aerosol and the air, so that uniformity of mixed gas of the aerosol flowing out from the air outlet 11 and the air is high.
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The porous body 52 in this embodiment of this application includes porous ceramic. The porous body 52 is in fluid communication with the liquid storage cavity 13, so that the porous body 52 can adsorb and store the liquid substrate and transport the liquid substrate onto the heating element 53. The heating element 53 heats and vaporizes the liquid substrate that is adsorbed and stored by the porous body 52, so that the aerosol generated by heating is formed in the vaporization cavity 54. In another embodiment, a material of the porous body 52 may alternatively be another type of porous and high-temperature resistant material. In this embodiment of this application, the heating element 53 is a heating wire.
In an embodiment of this application, the support frame 30 includes a first part 31 and a second part 32 facing away from each other in the longitudinal direction D1, where the liquid storage cavity 13 is defined between the first part 31 and the housing 10, and the second part 32 provides the porous body 52 with support and holding; and the vapor output channel 40 includes a hollow cavity 43 formed between the first part 31 and the second part 32. Specifically, in this embodiment of this application, the first part 31 faces a side of the near end 110, the second part 32 faces a side of the far end 120, and the defined liquid storage cavity 13 is close to the side of the near end 110; and the first part 31 and the second part 32 are integrally connected to each other.
In this embodiment of this application, the hollow cavity 43 is internally provided with a separating part 33 extending between the first part 31 and the second part 32, and the separating part 33 separates the hollow cavity 43 to form the first channel part 41 and the second channel part 42. As shown in
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In this embodiment of this application, a first liquid inlet hole 312 and a second liquid inlet hole 313 are formed on the support frame 30, where the first liquid inlet hole 312 provides a first liquid path between the liquid storage cavity 13 and the porous body 52, and the second liquid inlet hole 313 provides a second liquid path between the liquid storage cavity 13 and the porous body 52; and a pore size of the first liquid inlet hole 312 is greater than a pore size of the second liquid inlet hole 313. In another embodiment, the pore size of the second liquid inlet hole 313 may alternatively be greater than the pore size of the first liquid inlet hole 312.
Specifically, in this embodiment of this application, the first liquid inlet hole 312 is formed on the first end of the first part 31; and the second liquid inlet hole 313 is formed on the second end of the first part 31. In this embodiment of this application, two liquid inlet holes, namely, the first liquid inlet hole 312 and the second liquid inlet hole 313, are arranged, so that the first liquid inlet hole 312 and the second liquid inlet hole 313 are in communication with the liquid storage cavity 13 and the second part 32, and the liquid substrate stored in the liquid storage cavity 13 circulates onto the porous body 52 in the second part 32, making it convenient to form the aerosol by heating and vaporization of the heating element 53.
In this embodiment of this application, the pore size of the first liquid inlet hole 312 is greater than the pore size of the second liquid inlet hole 313. The pore size of the first liquid inlet hole 312 is bigger, so that the liquid substrate stored in the liquid storage cavity 13 can circulate to the second part 32 by passing through the first liquid inlet hole 312, and the air in the second part 32 can also circulate to the liquid storage cavity 13 by passing through the first liquid inlet hole 312. In this way, a pressure in the liquid storage cavity 13 and a pressure in the second part 32 can reach an equilibrium, and the liquid substrate in the liquid storage cavity 13 can circulate to the second part 32 by passing through the first liquid inlet hole 312 and the second liquid inlet hole 313. When the air in the second part 32 flows into the liquid storage cavity 13 by passing through the first liquid inlet hole 312, flowing of the liquid substrate in the liquid storage cavity 13 to the second part 32 by passing through the first liquid inlet hole 312 is affected to some extent. In this embodiment of this application, the pore size of the second liquid inlet hole 313 is smaller, and the liquid substrate stored in the liquid storage cavity 13 can be continually guided into the porous body 52 in the second part 32 by a capillary action. The aerosol generated by the heating element 53 cannot enter the second liquid inlet hole 313 due to a tension effect between the air and the aerosol, so that the liquid substrate stored in the liquid storage cavity 13 can be continually guided into the porous body 52, preventing the heating element 53 from dry heating caused by a failure of circulation of the liquid substrate in the liquid storage cavity 13 to the porous body 52 in the second part 32, and alleviating interruption of the aerosol discharged from the air outlet 11 that is caused by interruption of the aerosol. In this way, the liquid substrate in the liquid storage cavity 13 can be continually guided into the porous body 52 upon a pressure equilibrium to prevent a vaporization assembly from dry heating, so that the aerosol is continually discharged from the air outlet 11.
In this embodiment of this application, the second liquid inlet hole 313 penetrates through the separating part 33, so that the separating part 33 can separate the hollow cavity 43 between the first part 31 and the second part 32 to form the first channel part 41 and the second channel part 42, and meanwhile provide the second liquid path between the liquid storage cavity 13 and the porous body 52, and space can be saved.
In this embodiment of this application, the housing 10 includes a cylindrical body 15 and an end cap 20, where the end cap 20 includes a support arm 21 for supporting the support frame 30. When the aerosol formed in the vaporization cavity 54 contacts a side wall of the vapor output channel 40 upon circulating through the vapor output channel 40, the aerosol tends to be condensed to form an aerosol condensate. When the aerosol condensate is discharged into a user's mouth by passing through the air outlet 11, experience of the user is affected. Therefore, in this embodiment of this application, a first liquid storage groove 61 is arranged to store the aerosol condensate and alleviate outflow of the aerosol condensate through the air outlet 11.
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Specifically, in this embodiment of this application, the support frame 30 is further provided with a second liquid storage groove 62, where the second liquid storage groove 62 is in airflow communication with the vapor output channel 40, to further adsorb by the capillary action and hold the aerosol condensate in the vapor output channel 40. The second liquid storage groove 62, in an aspect, has a function for storing the aerosol condensate, and in another aspect, has a function for transporting the aerosol condensate, making it convenient for the aerosol condensate in the vapor output channel 40 to be outputted through the second liquid storage groove 62. In this embodiment of this application, the second liquid storage groove 62 is arranged along a surface of the support frame 30, and the second liquid storage groove 62 is in a shape of a broken line. In another embodiment, the second liquid storage groove 62 may alternatively be in a shape of a curved line, or may be a combination of a shape of a curved line and a shape of a straight line.
Specifically, in this embodiment of this application, the second liquid storage groove 62 is in fluid communication with the first liquid storage groove 61, to transport the aerosol condensate in the second liquid storage groove 62 to the first liquid storage groove 61, making it convenient to transport the aerosol condensate in the vapor output channel 40 to the first liquid storage groove 61 for storage, thereby improving transport and storage effects of the aerosol condensate and reducing a probability and a volume of output of the aerosol condensate from the air outlet 11.
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In this embodiment of this application, a first seal structure 70 is arranged between one end of the support frame 30 that faces the air outlet 11 and the housing 10. The first seal structure 70 is arranged to seal the support frame 30 and the housing 10, to prevent the liquid substrate stored in the liquid storage cavity 13 from being leaked to the housing 10 except the liquid storage cavity due to a sealing failure. Specifically, in this embodiment of this application, the first seal structure 70 is sleeved on an outer circumference of the first part 31 of the support frame 30, one part of the first seal structure 70 is located between an inner side wall of the housing 10 and the first part 31, and the other part of the first seal structure 70 is located between the liquid storage cavity 13 and the first part 31. In this embodiment of this application, the part of the first seal structure 70 that is located between the liquid storage cavity 13 and the first part 31 is provided with a first through hole 71, a second through hole 72, and a plugging hole 73, where the first through hole 71 is arranged to directly face the first liquid inlet hole 312, and the second through hole 72 is arranged to directly face the second liquid inlet hole 313, so that the first seal structure 70 does not affect the first liquid inlet hole 312 and the second liquid inlet hole 313. In this embodiment of this application, the plugging hole 73 is arranged to directly face the smoke outlet hole 311, and the part of the first seal structure 70 with the plugging hole 73 is arranged inside the smoke outlet hole 311, so that the part of the first seal structure 70 with the plugging hole 73 is located between the smoke outlet hole 311 and the airflow tube 14, to seal the airflow tube 14 and the smoke outlet hole 311.
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The embodiments of this application further include a second technical solution. As shown in
In the e-cigarette adopting the foregoing e-cigarette cartridge, air enters the second part 32 by passing through the air inlet 12, and circulates to the air outlet 11 by passing through the vapor output channel 40, where the vapor output channel 40 has a longer path, so that the air and the aerosol can be uniformly mixed, uniformity of the mixed gas of the air and the aerosol that is discharged from the air outlet 11 is high, and user experience is improved.
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The power supply device 200 is internally provided with a seal member 260, at least a part of an internal space of the power supply device 200 is separated through the seal member 260 to form the receiving cavity 270, and a cavity 280 formed by separating the other part is configured to arrange a battery cell 220, a controller 220, and a sensor 250. The battery cell 210 is configured to supply power. The controller 220 operably conducts a current between the battery cell 210 and the first electrical contact 230. In a preferred implementation shown in
The battery cell 210 is configured to supply power. The controller 220 operably conducts a current between the battery cell 210 and the first electrical contact 230. The sensor 250 is configured to sense a suction airflow generated by the cartridge 100 upon suction, so that the controller 220 controls the battery cell 210 to output the current to the cartridge 100 according to a detection signal of the sensor 250.
In an embodiment of this application, a charging interface 240 is further arranged in the cavity 280 of the power supply device 200, and configured to charge the battery cell 210 after being connected to an external charging device.
The foregoing descriptions are merely implementations of this application but are not intended to limit the patent scope of this application. An equivalent structural or equivalent process alternation made by using the content of the specification and the accompanying drawings of this application for direct or indirect use in other relevant technical fields shall also be encompassed in the patent protection scope of this application.
Number | Date | Country | Kind |
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202022220439.9 | Sep 2020 | CN | national |
Filing Document | Filing Date | Country | Kind |
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PCT/CN2021/121781 | 9/29/2021 | WO |