The present invention relates to a cigarette and an electric-cigarette, specially, to an electric-cigarette with visual impact to people.
Electric-cigarette is a simulation cigarette electronic product comprising a battery, a switch, a heating element for atomizing tobacco tar which allows to achieve an effect of smoking, and an luminescent lamp for simulating flame. For now, the shape of electric-cigarettes on the market is mainly divided into cigarette, cigar and pipe. Based on the control mode of electric-cigarettes, they are divided into two types: touch-tone one and air-switch one. The touch-tone switch is commonly implemented for those electric-cigarettes with a shape of cigarette and cigar, including for those ones that are reusable or disposable. The outline structure of such electric-cigarette is illustrated in
The air-switch is commonly implemented for electric-cigarettes with a shape of cigarette, cigar and pipe, including for those ones that are reusable or disposable. The outline structure of such electric-cigarette is illustrated in
These luminescent lamps in the electric-cigarette are only for simulating the flame of the butt, and limited to be approximate to traditional cigarettes for visual appearance, thus being stagnated in design and insufficient to provide fresher and more beautiful visual impact so as to meet higher request of people.
The object of the invention is to provide an electric-cigarette, aiming at overcoming the disadvantages of the above mentioned prior art and providing users with better visual experience on the basis of enjoying non-toxic electric-cigarette.
The object of the invention can be achieved through measures as described below:
The electric-cigarette comprises a heating element and a battery electrically connected to the heating element. The electric-cigarette further comprises an annular, semi-annular or arc illuminant arranged on the housing between the butt and the mouth of the electric-cigarette, and the illuminant electrically connects to the battery.
The object of the invention can also be achieved through measures as described below:
There is one or more than one illuminant.
The more than one illuminant is of the same shape in all, partial or none part.
The illuminant connects to the battery through a switch or an electronic switch.
The switch or the electronic switch further connects to the heating element for atomization in the electric-cigarette, which is a traditional way of achieving atomization and illumination simultaneously by one switch.
An illumination control unit connected with a control end of the electronic switch and another switch connected with the heating element for atomization and the battery of the electric-cigarette are also included. The way in which the atomization and illumination are separated can further control the illumination to provide various dynamic visual effects (including but not limited to that the plurality of illuminants illuminate asynchronously, successively or randomly).
The angle between the plane of the annular, semi-annular or arc illuminant and the cross section of the cigarette body of the electric-cigarette is greater than or equal to zero degree, and less than 90 degree. Advantageously, the illuminant is the annular, semi-annular or arc illuminant in radical direction which are arranged in the joint of the cigarette body and the cartridge of the disposable electronic cigarette and in place of traditional metallic or plastic ring. Their radical direction means: the angle between the plane of the annular, semi-annular or arc illuminant and the cross section of the cigarette body of the electric-cigarette is equal to zero degree. For a common electric-cigarette or a disposable cartridge electric-cigarette, since its cigarette body and cartridge are in bolt connection or plug-in connection, it is very difficult to arrange the illuminant in the joint of the cigarette body and the cartridge.
The color of the illuminant is one or more than one of red, yellow, blue, green and purple.
The illuminant comprises a euphotic housing and a luminous element therein.
The electric-cigarette is a common electronic-cigarette, a disposable cartridge electric-cigarette or a disposable electric-cigarette, wherein all of which are reusable.
Compared to the prior art, this invention has the advantages as described below:
A. The addition of luminous part provides the electric-cigarette with a stronger and better visual effect.
B. Traditional design limitation is broken and novel experience for people is satisfied.
The best embodiment of the present invention is specially implemented in a disposable electric-cigarette with its structure illustrated in
Another embodiment of the present invention is specially implemented in a disposable electric-cigarette with its structure illustrated in
The atomization device of the present invention is applicable to various types of electric-cigarettes, particularly to the disposable electric-cigarette. It can provide people with more beautiful and updated visual experience than that of the traditional cigarette. In this way, the electric-cigarette of the invention can be better accepted by smokers and consequently make more smokers suffered from the traditional cigarette enjoy the pleasure of non-toxic smoking.
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