The present invention relates to an electronic cigarette.
Studies have shown the use of “heating non-burning”. Related studies have shown that nicotine and some tobacco flavor components can be transferred to smoke in a manner of only heating but not burning tobacco at a lower temperature below 500° C. Compared to traditional burning cigarettes, low temperature cigarettes can significantly reduce the release of tar and harmful components as a whole. At the same time, there is basically no sidestream smoke, which is of little harm to others and the environment.
The existing low-temperature flue-cured tobacco is usually provided with a heating chamber for the user to add tobacco products, and then the tobacco products in the heating chamber are heated by providing a heating device. However, the substance produced by the tobacco products during heating tends to adhere to the surface of the heating chamber and the heating device, and the heating chamber cannot be detached from the electronic cigarette. When cleaning, the cleaning device needs to extend into the heating chamber to clean the chamber wall of the heating chamber and the surface of the heating device, so that it is more difficult to clean and the degree of cleaning is lower.
However, the existing structure for detaching the heating device from the main body usually snap-fits the heating device with the main body, and then the heating device is controlled to be separated from the main body by an elastic lock button. There is also a deficiency that the elastic lock button is exposed to the outside of the main body and is easily extruded when being placed in a pocket to result in false triggering.
The main object of the present invention is to provide an electronic cigarette, which is intended to facilitate the detachment of the heating device from the main body for cleaning, and to effectively prevent the phenomenon that the heating device is detached from the main body due to false triggering.
In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides an electronic cigarette, comprising a main body and a heating device, wherein the main body is provided with a first locking member and a mounting chamber with an opening, the heating device is provided with a second locking member, the heating device is mounted to the mounting chamber along the opening, the second locking member is engaged with the first locking member to lock the heating device to the main body to form a locked state; one of the main body and the heating device is further provided with a driving member, and the main body is further provided with an through hole through which the external detaching device is inserted to extrude the driving member, so that the driving member drives the second locking member to be separated from the first locking member.
Preferably, the main body is provided with a retaining port communicated with the mounting chamber, the first locking member comprises an elastic locking arm and a locking head, one end of the locking head is received in the mounting chamber, and the other end is mounted to the elastic locking arm through the retaining port; the elastic locking arm is mounted in the main body and is elastically abutted against the main body to press the locking head into the mounting chamber, the elastic locking arm is partially corresponding to the through hole to form the driving member, the outer surface of the heating device is provided with a locking groove to form the second locking member; the heating device is mounted to the mounting chamber along the opening, the locking head is clamped in the locking groove to lock the heating device to the main body; the external detaching device passes through the through hole to press the driving member so that the locking head is separated from the locking groove.
Preferably, the elastic locking arm comprises a connecting arm, an elastic member and a rotating shaft, the connecting arm comprises a locking end in which the locking head is mounted and a driving end in which the driving member is mounted, the connecting arm is mounted in the main body through the rotating shaft, when the driving member is extruded by the external detaching device to rotate the driving end along the rotating shaft toward the mounting chamber, the locking end rotates along the rotating shaft away from the mounting chamber to disengage the locking head from the inner space of the mounting chamber; and the elastic member is elastically abutted against between the main body and the connecting arm to press the locking head into the mounting chamber.
Preferably, one end of the driving end away from the driving member is provided with a positioning portion, one end of the elastic member is mounted in the positioning portion, and the other end is elastically abutted against the outer chamber wall of the mounting chamber.
Preferably, one end of the locking head facing the opening is further provided with a guiding portion, when the heating device is mounted along the opening to be in contact with the guiding portion, the guiding portion is extruded to slide the locking head from the mounting chamber along the retaining port; and/or the locking groove extends in the circumferential direction of the heating device.
Preferably, the second locking member comprises a limiting head and an elastic body, the heating device is provided with an groove, the limiting head is slidably mounted in the groove, the elastic body is elastically abutted between the limiting head and the bottom groove wall of the groove, the mounting chamber is provided with a limiting notch facing the through hole to form the first locking member, the heating device is mounted to the mounting chamber along the opening, the limiting head is engaged in the limiting notch, the heating device is locked to the main body; and one end of the detaching device passes through the through hole to press the limit head such that the limit head moves along the sliding slot to be detached from the limiting notch.
Preferably, the electronic cigarette further comprises an ejecting mechanism, the ejecting mechanism is mounted to the main body and is at least partially received in the main body, the heating device extrudes the ejecting mechanism when being locked to the main body, when the second locking member is separated from the first locking member, the ejecting mechanism pushes the heating device to move outwardly along the mounting chamber so that the heating device partially protrudes from the opening to form a disengaged state.
Preferably, the ejecting mechanism comprises a supporting base and an elastic member, the supporting base is slidably mounted to the main body and is at least partially received in the mounting chamber, one end of the elastic element is abutted against the supporting base, and the other end is abutted against the main body; the heating device is abutted against the supporting base when being mounted in the mounting chamber along the opening, the heating device pushes the supporting base to extrude the elastic element when moving from the disengaged state position to the locked state position; when the second locking member is separated from the first locking member, the elastic member pushes the supporting base to move so that the heating device moves from the locked state to the disengaged position.
Preferably, the heating device comprises a heating base and a tobacco container mounted to the heating base, the tobacco container is provided with a receiving space configured to receive the tobacco products, one of the heating base and the tobacco container is provided with a second locking member, the heating base is electrically connected to the main body when being locked to the main body, and the main body drives the heating device to heat the tobacco products in the receiving space.
Preferably, the heating base comprises a base body and a heat generating component, the base body is provided with an inner chamber, one end of the tobacco container is detachably mounted to the base body, and the heat generating component is received in the inner chamber and is partially received in the receiving space through the base body.
The electronic cigarette of the technical solution of the present invention is provided with a first connecting member and a second connecting member which are matched and connected and locked, so that when the heating device is mounted to the mounting chamber, the heating device is locked to the main body, and then an through hole is provided in the main body. When the user needs to clean the heating device, only the external detaching device needs to be inserted into the main body to extrude the driving member so that the driving member drives the second locking member to be separated from the first locking member, and then the heating device is pulled out from the mounting chamber to complete the detachment. Then the detached heating device is cleaned, effectively preventing water flow from immersing into the main body during cleaning to damage the electronic components in the main body. Compared with the conventional method in which a control button is provided on the outer surface of the main body to press and drive the second locking member and the first locking member, the technical solution is provided with an through hole, and the external detachment device is inserted into the main body along the through hole, effectively preventing the phenomenon that the second locking member is separated from the first locking member due to the erroneous operation.
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 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 a low temperature electronic cigarette 100 adopting “heating non-burning”. Only heating but not burning tobacco at a lower temperature below 500° C. enables nicotine and some tobacco flavor components to be transferred to smoke, significantly reducing the release of tar and harmful components.
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The electronic cigarette 100 of the technical solution of the present invention is provided with a first connecting member and a second connecting member which are matched and connected and locked, so that when the heating device 30 is mounted to the mounting chamber 12, the heating device 30 is locked to the main body 10, and then an through hole is provided in the main body 10. When the user needs to clean the heating device 30, only the external detaching device 200 needs to be inserted into the main body 10 to extrude the driving member 113 so that the driving member 113 drives the second locking member 33 to be separated from the first locking member 11, and then the heating device 30 is pulled out from the mounting chamber 12 to complete the detachment. Then the detached heating device 30 is cleaned, effectively preventing water flow from immersing into the main body 10 during cleaning to damage the electronic components in the main body 10. Compared with the conventional method in which a control button is provided on the outer surface of the main body 10 to press and drive the second locking member 33 and the first locking member 11, the technical solution is provided with an through hole 13, and the external detachment device 200 is inserted into the main body 10 along the through hole 13, effectively preventing the phenomenon that the second locking member 33 is separated from the first locking member 11 due to the erroneous operation.
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It can be understood that the elastic member 1115 is not limited to being provided between the driving end 1114 and the outer surface of the mounting chamber 12 as described above. For example, The manner, in which the elastic member 1115 can also be elastically against between the surface of the locking end 1113 away from the locking head 112 and the main body 10, so that the locking head 112 is inserted into the mounting chamber 12 along the retaining port 14 under the pressing force of the elastic member 1115, is within the scope of protection of the present invention. Similarly, the elastic member 1115 is not limited to the above pressure spring. For example, a torsion spring may be selected. The manner, in which the torsion spring is sleeved on the rotating shaft 1111, so that the locking head 112 is inserted into the mounting chamber 12 along the retaining port 14 under the pressing force of the elastic member 1115, is within the scope of protection of the present invention.
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Specifically, the locking groove 321 extends in the circumferential direction of the heating device 30. Here, in the present embodiment, the locking groove 321 extends in the circumferential direction of the heating device 30, so that the locking groove 321 is provided around the heating device 30 for a circle. When the heating device 30 is mounted to the mounting chamber 12 in any direction, the locking head 112 can be inserted into the locking groove 321 to lock the heating device 30. There is no need to additionally provide a positioning device to be mounted in the mounting chamber 12 in a fixed direction, which is convenient for the user to mount.
It can be understood that, in the actual application process, the second locking member 33 is formed not only in the manner of using the limiting groove around the heating device 30 for a circle. For example, a flange (not shown) may be provided on the outer peripheral surface of the heating device 30. The manner, in which when the heating device 30 is mounted to the mounting chamber 12, the flange extrudes the limiting head 331 to slide the limiting head 331 out of the mounting chamber 12, and when the flange is mounted to the lower end of the retaining port 14, the locking head 112 is inserted into the mounting chamber 12 under the force of the elastic member 1115 to lock the flange into the mounting chamber 12, thereby locking the heating device 30 to the main body 10, is also within the scope of protection of the present invention.
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It can be understood that, in the actual application process, the sleeve and the heating base 31 are not limited to the above detachable manner using a threaded connection. For example, the detachable connection manners such as snaps or latches are also within the scope of protection of the present invention.
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It can be understood that, in the actual application process, the heat generating component 312 is not limited to the above manner of directly heating the tobacco products received inside the receiving space 322 through the base body 311. For example, the manner, in which the heat generating component 312 can also heat the tobacco container 32 by winding the heating wire around the outer wall of the tobacco container 32, thereby heating the inner receiving space 322 of the tobacco container 32, is also within the scope of protection of the present invention.
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 scope of protection of the present invention.
Number | Date | Country | Kind |
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201821063444.X | Jul 2018 | CN | national |