The present invention relates to electronic cigarettes, especially relates to an electronic cigarette box and a support mechanism thereof.
Conventional electronic cigarette box usually includes a box body and a cover body. The cover body and the box body are two separate components. The cover body and the box body are open or closed by the way of being mutually sheathed. Furthermore, the electronic cigarette box of conventional technology is only used for placing electronic cigarettes or related components of the electronic cigarette such as an atomizer or a battery rod, not be able to charge the battery rod when users go out or it is without electricity, which may cause great inconvenience to smokers.
A main objective of the present invention is to provide an electronic cigarette box, which is capable of using a first battery disposed in a box body to charge a second battery in a battery rod thereof, and which is easy to use, and convenient to carry.
To achieve the aforementioned objective, the present invention provides an electronic cigarette box. The electronic cigarette box includes a box body and a cover body. The cover body is actively connected to the box body, achieving the cover body opening or closing by action of external force. The box body accommodates a support therein. The support includes a main support and an auxiliary support. The main support at least includes a battery chamber, an electrode support and at least a battery rod accommodating chamber. The battery chamber loads a first battery. The electrode support disposes a first positive electrode and a first negative electrode. One end of the first positive electrode and one end of the first negative electrode are electrically connected to a corresponding battery anode and a battery cathode of the first battery respectively. When an external battery rod inserts into the battery rod accommodating chamber, a second positive electrode and a second negative electrode of a second battery in the battery rod are respectively abuts to the first negative electrode and the second positive electrode to form a conductive circuit loop with the first battery, thus makes the first battery charging the second battery.
Furthermore, one end of the battery rod accommodating chamber near to the electrode support disposes a locking member, the locking member is a hollow structure, the external battery rod successively inserts into the battery rod accommodating chamber and the locking member and then is tightened by the locking member.
Furthermore, the locking member is made of silicone material.
Furthermore, the first battery is a rechargeable battery.
Furthermore, the electronic cigarette box comprises a printed circuit board. The printed circuit board is fixed on the main support by screwing or clamping. The first battery is loaded in the battery chamber and is fixed on the printed circuit board by welding or sticking. The printed circuit board disposes a positive terminal and a negative terminal. The battery anode and the battery cathode electrically connect with the positive terminal and the negative terminal respectively; and, the positive terminal and the negative terminal electrically connect with the first positive electrode and the first negative electrode respectively.
Furthermore, the printed circuit board disposes a charging interface thereon. An anode and a cathode of the charging interface electrically connect with the negative terminal and the positive terminal respectively. External power supplies power to the first battery by the charging interface.
Furthermore, the printed circuit board disposes an output interface thereon. An anode and a cathode of the output interface electrically connect with the negative terminal and the positive terminal respectively. The first battery supplies power to external devices by the output interface.
Furthermore, both the charging interface and the output interface are USB interface.
Furthermore, the cover body is rotatably fixed on the box body by a revolving shaft.
Furthermore, the electronic cigarette box includes a semi-automatic flip mechanism. The semi-automatic flip mechanism comprises a cam, a slider and a damping element. The auxiliary support defines a receiving chamber. Both the slider and the damping element are accommodated in the receiving chamber. A fixing end of the cam is rotatably fixed on the main support, and a free end of the cam is latched in the cover body. The slider is connected between the cam and the damping element. The auxiliary support locates at one side of the main support and near to a sidewall of the electronic cigarette box.
Furthermore, one end of the damping element abuts to a bottom of the slider, and the other end abuts to a bottom wall of the auxiliary support. The fixing end of the cam is rotatably fixed on the main support, and a surface of the slider near the fixed end of the cam disposes a first bump. The fixed end of the cam maintains point contacting with the first bump at any time.
Furthermore, the cover body is further fixed with a baffle. The baffle is parallel with a sidewall of the cover body and spaced with the sidewall by a certain distance. The free end of the cam extends inbetween the baffle and the sidewall, and is limited by the baffle and the sidewall respectively. External force exerts on the cover body and drives the cam rotating by the baffle or the sidewall, then drives the slider and the damping element doing linear reciprocating movement in the receiving chamber.
Furthermore, the first bump is a trapezoidal structure or a semicircular structure.
Furthermore, the slider and the first bump is integrally formed.
Furthermore, the damping element is a compression spring.
Furthermore, the slider has a first guiding rail and a second guiding rail oppositely and in parallel disposed. The first guiding rail and the second guiding rail run through the compression spring; and a bottom of a first end of the slider away from the cam disposes a second bump. A bottom wall of the bottom of the auxiliary support disposes a third bump. The second bump and the third bump respectively abut to two ends of the compression spring from a space between the first guiding rail and the second guiding rail. The second bump is used to guide one end of the compression spring to vertically upwards corresponding to the second bump from the third bump of the bottom wall and then to arrange the other end of the compression spring.
Furthermore, the main support further includes at least one electronic cigarette accommodating chamber.
Furthermore, the main support further includes at least an atomizer accommodating chamber.
Furthermore, the main support further includes two atomizer accommodating chambers.
The electronic cigarette box of the present invention: the electronic cigarette box is convenient to carry; by inserting the battery rod into the battery rod accommodating chamber makes the second negative electrode and the second positive electrode of the second battery respectively abutting to the first positive electrode and the first negative electrode, and then conducting the circuit loop and being able to use the first battery to charge the second battery in the battery rod; pulling out or releasing the battery rod, then disconnect the conducted circuit loop and stop charging; using the ways of inserting in or pulling out to control charging or not, easy to use thereof.
The main objective of the present invention is further to provide a support mechanism accommodated in a housing of the electronic cigarette box. The support mechanism is also capable to use the first battery disposed in the box body to charge the second battery in the battery rod. It is easy to use and convenient to carry.
To achieve the aforementioned objective, the present invention provides a support mechanism accommodated in a housing of the electronic cigarette box. The support mechanism includes a main support and an auxiliary support. The main support at least includes a battery chamber, an electrode support and at least a battery accommodating chamber. The battery chamber loads a first battery. The electrode support disposes a first positive electrode and a first negative electrode. One end of the first positive electrode and the first negative electrode respectively corresponding electrically connects to a battery anode and a battery cathode of the first battery. When an external battery rod inserts into the battery rod accommodating chamber, a second positive electrode and a second negative electrode of a second battery in the battery rod respectively abuts to the first negative electrode and the second positive electrode to form a conductive circuit loop with the first battery, then makes the first battery charging the second battery.
Furthermore, one end of the battery rod accommodating chamber near to the electrode support disposes a locking member. The locking member is a hollow structure. The external battery rod successively inserts into the battery rod accommodating chamber and the locking member and then is tightened by the locking member. The locking member is made of silicone material.
Furthermore, the first battery is a rechargeable battery. The electronic cigarette box comprises a printed circuit board. The printed circuit board is fixed on the main support by screwing or clamping. The first battery is loaded in the battery chamber and is fixed on the printed circuit board by welding or sticking. The printed circuit board disposes a positive terminal and a negative terminal. The battery anode and the battery cathode electrically connect with the positive terminal and the negative terminal respectively; and the positive terminal and the negative terminal electrically connect with the first positive electrode and the first negative electrode respectively. The printed circuit board disposes a charging interface, and an anode and a cathode of the charging interface electrically connect with the negative terminal and the positive terminal respectively. External power supplies power to the first battery by the charging interface. The printed circuit board disposes an output interface. An anode and a cathode of the output interface electrically connect with the negative terminal and the positive terminal respectively. The first battery supplies power to external devices by the output interface.
The support mechanism of the present invention: by inserting the battery rod into the battery rod accommodating chamber makes the second negative electrode and the second positive electrode of the second battery respectively abutting to the first positive electrode and the first negative electrode, and then conducts the circuit loop, and it is able to use the first battery to charge the second battery in the battery rod; pulling out or releasing the battery rod, then disconnect the conducted circuit loop and stop charging; using the ways of inserting in or pulling out to control charging or not, easy to use thereof.
Embodiments of the present invention will be further described in detail in the following drawings.
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The box body 1 installs a support therein. The support includes a main support 3 and an auxiliary support 41, being used to store electronic cigarette components, a battery and a charging mechanism and so on. The electronic cigarette 100 also includes a flip mechanism 4 of the electronic cigarette box. It is understood that, the main support 3 and the auxiliary support 41 may be an integral structure, and also may be provided independently and then assembled.
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In the aforementioned embodiment, the slider 43 and the first bump 46 are independently designed, and are mutually fixed by way of such as screwing, welding or nesting. In other alternative embodiments, the slider 43 and the first bump 46 also may be integrally formed.
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A) when opening the cover body 2 by hand, the cover body 2 drives the cam 42 rotating and compressing the spring downwardly; after reaching a certain angle, and under the action by the upward force of the compression spring and the slider 43, the cam 42 automatically rotates, and drives the cover body 2 automatically opening. Meanwhile, the cam 42 hits the cover body 2, and makes clatter sound.
B) when closing the cover body 2 by hand, the cover body 2 drives the cam 42 rotating and compressing the spring downwardly; after reaching a certain angle, and under the action by the upward rebound force of the compression spring and the slider 43, the cam 42 automatically rotates, and drives the cover body 2 automatically closing. Meanwhile, the cam 42 hits the cover body 2, and makes clatter sound.
By setting the semi-automatic flip mechanism 4, it is achieved that the cover body 2 opens or closes by external force, thus being capable to achieve semi-automatic flip operations, and increase operating fun.
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Preferably, both the first battery 311 and the second battery are rechargeable battery. By using the reusable properties of the rechargeable battery improves serving life of the electronic cigarette box 100 and then saves cost of the electronic cigarette box 100.
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In the aforementioned embodiment, both the charging interface 51 and the output interface 52 may be designed as a universal USB interface, making it more compatible and then improves the competitiveness of the product.
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The present invention also provides a support mechanism accommodated in a housing of the electronic cigarette box. The support mechanism may refer to any of the support mechanisms described in the aforementioned embodiments. Here is no longer to repeat again.
Embodiments of the present invention is shown and described in the above-mentioned. Various improvement and modifications can be made to the embodiments by those skilled in the art without departing from the true spirit and scope of the disclosure. The scope of the present invention is defined by the appended claims and equivalents thereof.
Filing Document | Filing Date | Country | Kind |
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PCT/CN2013/073823 | 4/7/2013 | WO | 00 |