Patent Application
20190223504
The present disclosure relates to the technical field of smoking device, particularly relates to an electronic cigarette and an atomizer thereof.
Electronic cigarette is also known as a virtual cigarette. An atomizer of the electronic cigarette is used to storage e-liquid and atomize the e-liquid. In order to he convenient to carry and use, the volume of the atomizer is generally small, and the space of the atomizer for storing the e-liquid is also relatively small. Therefore, the conventional atomizer has a less amount of liquid storage, and cannot meet the needs.
Accordingly, it is necessary to provide an electronic cigarette and an atomizer thereof that can increase the amount of liquid storage.
An atomizer of an electronic cigarette includes a liquid storage assembly and an atomizing assembly;
the liquid storage assembly includes a plastic outer tube and a metal inner tube, the plastic outer tube includes an outer tube body and a connecting portion located in the outer tube body, and the connecting portion is integrally connected to the outer tube body; the metal inner tube is located in the outer tube body, and the metal inner tube is directly connected to the connecting portion; the metal inner tube defines an air inlet passage therein, and the plastic outer tube and the metal inner tube form a liquid storage chamber therebetween; and
the atomizing assembly is connected to the liquid storage assembly, the atomizing assembly is used to absorb e-liquid in the liquid storage chamber and atomize the e-liquid; the atomizing assembly defines an airflow passage in communication with the air inlet passage.
An electronic cigarette includes a battery device and an aforementioned atomizer, the battery device is connected to the atomizer to supply power to the atomizer.
According to the aforementioned electronic cigarette and the atomizer thereof, the liquid storage assembly includes the plastic outer tube and the metal inner tube, wherein the metal inner tube can be very thin, and the thin metal inner tube is capable to ensure the structural strength, thereby increasing the volume of the liquid storage chamber and increasing the amount of liquid storage. Further, the metal inner tube is directly connected to the connecting portion of the plastic outer tube, the connecting portion is integrally connected to the outer tube body, the structure is simple and no other complicated connecting structure is needed, therefore the space is saved, the volume of the liquid storage chamber is further increased, and the amount of liquid storage is also improved.
To illustrate the technical solutions according to the embodiments of the present disclosure or in the prior art more clearly, the accompanying drawings for describing the embodiments or the prior art are introduced briefly in the following. Apparently, the accompanying drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the present disclosure, and persons of ordinary skill in the art can derive other drawings from the accompanying drawings without creative efforts.
Embodiments of the present, disclosure are described more fully hereinafter with reference to the accompanying drawings. A preferred embodiment is described in the accompanying drawings. The various embodiments of the invention may, however, be embodied in many different forms and should not be construed as limited to the embodiments set forth herein. Rather, these embodiments are provided so that this disclosure will be thorough and complete, and will fully convey the scope of the invention to those skilled in the art.
Unless otherwise defined, all terms (including technical and scientific terms) used herein have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which this invention belongs. The terms used herein is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments only and is not intended to limit the present disclosure. As used herein, the term “and/or” includes any and all combinations o one or more of the associated listed items.
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Since the liquid storage assembly 100 includes the plastic outer tube 120 and the metal inner tube 140, in which the metal inner tube 140 can be fabricated very thin, and the structural strength can be guaranteed with this thin metal inner tube 140, thereby increasing the volume of the liquid storage chamber 160 and increasing the amount of liquid storage. Further, the metal inner tube 140 is directly connected to the connecting portion 124 of the plastic outer tube 120, the connecting portion 124 is integrally connected to the outer tube body 122, the structure is simple and no other complicated connecting structure is needed, therefore the space is saved, the volume of the liquid storage chamber 160 is further increased, and the amount of liquid storage is also increased.
Generally, there are two types of conventional liquid storage assembly. In the first type, the inner tube and the outer tube are integrally formed, and the tubes are both injection molded by plastic. Since the strength of the plastic is relatively weak, the wall of the inner tube should have certain thickness in order to meet certain mechanical properties. While the metal inner tube 140 employed in the present embodiment can have a greatly reduced thickness of the wall, the reduced wall thickness can significantly increase the amount of the liquid storage for the electronic cigarette with a less size. In the second type, the inner tube is made of metal and the outer tube is made of plastic or glass, however, this type of liquid storage usually has a complicated structure, and some connecting components are generally used to fix the inner tube and the outer tube. In the present embodiment, since the metal inner tube 140 is directly connected to the connecting portion 124 of the plastic outer tube 120, the overall structure of the liquid storage assembly 100 is much simpler.
In one of the embodiments, the plastic outer tube can also include an end wall 126 located at an end of the outer tube body 122. The connecting portion 124 has a tubular shape, an end of the connecting portion 124 is connected to the end wall 126 and is in communication with an outside. The metal inner tube 140 is sleeved on the connecting portion 124 via another end of the connecting portion 124, so as to facilitate assembling. The outer tube body 122, the end wall 126, and the connecting portion 124 are integrally connected, so as to facilitate injection molding.
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In one of the embodiments, an end portion of the metal inner tube 140 can abut against the end wall 126, so as to achieve a double-sealed connection, and prevent the e-liquid in the liquid storage chamber 160 from entering the air inlet passage 142. In addition, in one of the embodiments, the end of the metal inner tube 140 is provided with a chamfer 146, which is adjacent to the connecting portion 124, so as to prevent the e-liquid from being contaminated by plastic debris scratched from the connecting portion 124 by the metal inner tube 140, when connecting the metal inner tube 140 to the connecting portion 124, and the connecting portion 124 extending into the metal inner tube 140.
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The liquid absorbing surface 222 is used to absorb the e-liquid from the liquid storage chamber 160, and the heating structure located on the atomizing surface 224 is configured to atomize the e-liquid. The smoke generated at the atomizing surface 224 enters the airflow passage 210, at least one section of the airflow passage 210 extends from the side surface 226 to inside of the porous body 220. This section of airflow passage 210, on the one hand, can reduce a cross-sectional area of the heat conduction path of the atomizing surface 224 to the liquid absorbing surface 222, on the other hand, it can carry away a large amount of heat conducted from the atomizing surface 224 to the liquid absorbing surface 222, such that the heat transferred from the atomizing surface 224 to the liquid absorbing surface 222 can be greatly reduced, and the porous body 220 can be prevented from internal overheating, which causes the liquid or gas in the porous body 220 to expand, increasing the fluid pressure in the porous body 220 and blocking the transfer of the e-liquid. Therefore, the liquid conducting effect of the porous body 220 is improved. And it can be avoided that the e-liquid in the liquid storage chamber 160 absorbs greater heat from the liquid absorbing surface 222 and causing a waste of energy, and a change in the composition of the e-liquid caused by the rising temperature of the e-liquid is also avoided. Further, since the airflow can generate a negative pressure, the negative pressure can further accelerate the transfer of the e-liquid.
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The porous body 220 is integrally formed, and the porous body 220 includes a liquid absorbing portion, an atomizing portion, and a liquid conducting portion located between the liquid absorbing portion and the atomizing portion. The liquid absorbing surface 222 is located on a side of the liquid absorbing portion away from the liquid conducting portion, and the atomizing surface is located on a side of he atomizing portion away from the liquid conducting portion.
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Specifically, in one of the embodiments, the numbers of the first sub-passage 212 and the second sub-passage 214 are both two, the number of the third sub-passage 216 is one, and the third sub-passage 216 is located in the middle of the liquid absorbing portion. One ends of the two second sub-passages 214 are in communication with the two first sub-passages 212, respectively, and the other ends of the two second sub-passages 214 are both in communication with the third sub-passage 216. In other embodiments, the numbers of the first sub-passage 212 and the second sub-passage 214 may both be three or four. If the number is smaller, it is easy to process, and the greater the number, the better the heat dissipation effect.
In one of the embodiments, after a wire supplying power to the heating structure extends through the porous body 220 from the atomizing surface 224, a tail end of the wire is welded to the liquid absorbing surface 222, so as to ensure a firm connection of the wire. Referring to
The heating structure may be a heating film or a heating circuit layer. The heating circuit layer can be plated on the atomizing surface 224. The heating film may he a porous heating film formed on the atomizing surface 224 via a vapor deposition method, and the porous heating film has a thickness ranging from 0.5 μm to 1.5 μm. The micropores on the porous heating film can greatly increase the contact area with the e-liquid, and improve the atomizing efficiency. Preferably, the thickness of the porous heating film ranges from 0.8 μm to 1 μm.
The porous heating film is located on the atomizing surface 224 of the porous body 220, such that the atomized e-liquid can escape from the porous body 220, and the porous heating film can uniformly heat the surface of the porous body 220, such that the temperature of the atomizing action is uniform. Therefore, the problem that the atomized particles are too large due to the low local temperature will he avoided, thus ensuring uniformity of the atomized particles and improving the taste of the electronic cigarette. In one of the embodiments, the micropores on the porous heating film have a diameter ranging from 5 μm to 30 μm. Further, in one of the embodiments, the thickness of the porous heating film is less than the pore diameter of the micropores on the porous body 220.
In one of the embodiments, the porous body 220 is a porous ceramic body, and the micropores of the porous body 220 have a diameter ranging from 1 μm to 100 μm, and the porosity of the porous body 220 is from 30% to 83%. The porosity can be adjusted according to the compositions of different e-liquid. For example, for e-liquid with greater viscosity, a higher porosity is required. Specifically, in an embodiment, a volume of the micropores on the porous body 220 with a pore diameter ranging from 5 μm to 30 μm accounts for 60% or more of the volume of all micropores, such that the porous body 220 has a moderate penetration effect.
The technical features of the embodiments described above can be arbitrarily combined. In order to make the description succinct, there is no describing of all possible combinations of the various technical features in the foregoing embodiments. It should be noted that there is no contradiction in the combination of these technical features which should be considered as the scope of the description.
Although the present disclosure is illustrated and described herein with reference to specific embodiments, the present disclosure is not intended to be limited to the details shown. It is to be rioted that, various modifications may be made in the details within the scope and range of equivalents of the claims and without departing from the present disclosure. Therefore, the protection scope of the present disclosure shall be subject to the protection scope of the claims.
| Filing Document | Filing Date | Country | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|
| PCT/CN2016/092244 | 7/29/2016 | WO | 00 |
