Electronic cigarette and atomizer device thereof

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10506834-B2
Application number	US-201916529826-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 2, 2019
Priority date	Apr 24, 2015
Publication date	Dec 17, 2019
Grant date	Dec 17, 2019

Abstract

An electronic cigarette and an atomizer device thereof are provided. The atomizer device includes a housing, a liquid reservoir chamber ( 115 ) formed in the housing, and a adjusting valve ( 13 ) engaging with the housing; a liquid injection channel ( 1131 ) is defined in the housing for injecting liquid solution into the liquid reservoir chamber ( 115 ); a first opening ( 1311 ) corresponding to the liquid injection channel ( 1131 ) is defined in the adjusting valve ( 13 ); the adjusting valve ( 13 ) is movable between a first position and a second position across a surface of the housing; when the adjusting valve is in the first position, the first opening ( 1311 ) communicates with the liquid injection channel ( 1131 ) to open the liquid injection channel ( 1131 ), and when the adjusting valve ( 13 ) is in the second position, the first opening ( 1311 ) misaligns with the liquid injection channel ( 1131 ) to close the liquid injection channel ( 1131 ).

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An atomizer device, wherein the atomizer device comprises a housing, a liquid reservoir chamber ( 115 ) defined in the housing, and an adjusting valve ( 13 ) engaging with the housing; a liquid injection channel ( 1131 ) is defined on the housing for injecting liquid solution into the liquid reservoir chamber ( 115 ); the adjusting valve ( 13 ) is movable between a first position and a second position and keeps connected to the housing while moving relative to the housing; the adjusting valve ( 13 ) is able to move to the first position to open the liquid injection channel ( 1131 ), and is able to move to the second position to close the liquid injection channel ( 1131 ); the atomizer device comprises an air flowing passage ( 112 ) and a sealing unit ( 113 ) sealing one end of the liquid reservoir chamber ( 115 ).

2. The atomizer device of claim 1 , wherein the atomizer device comprises a cartridge ( 111 ) sleeved on the air flowing passage ( 112 ), and the sealing unit ( 113 ) is arranged on one end of the cartridge ( 111 ) corresponding to the air flowing passage ( 112 ); the liquid reservoir chamber ( 115 ) is defined between the cartridge ( 111 ) and the air flowing passage ( 112 ).

3. The atomizer device of claim 1 , wherein the liquid injection channel ( 1131 ) is defined on the sealing unit ( 113 ); the sealing unit ( 113 ) comprises a sealing cover ( 113 a ) correspondingly engaging with the adjusting valve ( 13 ), and a second opening of the liquid injection channel ( 1131 ) is defined in the sealing cover ( 113 a ); and the adjusting valve ( 13 ) comprises an adjusting cover ( 131 ) movably contacting the sealing cover ( 113 a ).

4. The atomizer device of claim 3 , wherein a driving member ( 1312 ) is arranged on an outer periphery of the adjusting cover ( 131 ) for driving the adjusting cover ( 131 ) to move, and an outer surface of the driving member ( 1312 ) is provided with anti-skid structures.

5. The atomizer device of claim 3 , wherein a sealing member ( 1134 ) protrudes from one side of the sealing cover ( 113 a ) corresponding to the adjusting cover ( 131 ), and the sealing member ( 1134 ) forms an enclosed structure around the second opening.

6. The atomizer device of claim 3 , wherein the sealing unit ( 113 ) comprises a fastening member ( 1132 ) and a sealing plug ( 1133 ); the fastening member ( 1132 ) comprises a plate ( 1135 ), a first sleeving portion ( 1136 ) arranged on an inner periphery of the plate ( 1135 ), and a second sleeving portion ( 1137 ) arranged on an outer periphery of the plate ( 1135 ); the first sleeving portion ( 1136 ) and the second sleeving portion ( 1137 ) engage with an inner wall of the air flowing passage ( 112 ) and an outer wall of a cartridge ( 111 ) respectively; the sealing plug ( 1133 ) seals a gap between an outer wall of the air flowing passage ( 112 ) and an inner wall of a cartridge ( 111 ), and the plate ( 1135 ) is located between the sealing cover ( 113 a ) and the sealing plug ( 1133 ); and a third opening and a fourth opening of the liquid injection channel ( 1131 ) are defined in the plate ( 1135 ) and the sealing plug ( 1133 ) respectively.

7. The atomizer device of claim 6 , wherein a protruding portion protrudes from the sealing plug ( 1133 ) towards the plate ( 1135 ), and a first positioning hole allowing the protruding portion to be clamped thereinto is defined in the plate ( 1135 ); and an extending portion extending towards the plate ( 1135 ) is formed on an outer periphery of the second opening, and a first recessed portion corresponding to the extending portion is formed on an outer periphery of the third opening.

8. The atomizer device of claim 1 , wherein the atomizer device further comprises an air inlet assembly ( 16 ) arranged on one end of the atomizer device opposite to the sealing unit ( 113 ), and the air inlet assembly ( 16 ) communicates with the air flowing passage ( 112 ); the air inlet assembly ( 16 ) comprises an air inlet member ( 161 ) and a second adjusting member ( 162 ) rotatably sleeved on the air inlet member ( 161 ); an air inlet hole unit ( 163 ) is defined in a circumference of the air inlet member ( 161 ) for allowing air to flow into the air inlet member ( 161 ); a second adjusting opening ( 1621 ) corresponding to the air inlet hole unit ( 163 ) is arranged in the second adjusting member ( 162 ); and a rotation of the second adjusting member ( 162 ) enables the second adjusting opening ( 1621 ) to adjust an area of a portion of the air inlet hole unit ( 163 ) which allows air to flow into the air inlet member ( 161 ).

9. The atomizer device of claim 8 , wherein the air inlet hole unit ( 163 ) comprises a plurality of second air inlets ( 1631 ) arranged along a circumference of the air inlet member ( 161 ), and the second air inlets ( 1631 ) are of different areas; an area of the second adjusting opening ( 1621 ) is no less than that of the largest second air inlet ( 1631 ); and a rotation of the second adjusting member ( 162 ) enables the second adjusting opening ( 1621 ) to communicate with the corresponding second air inlet ( 1631 ).

10. The atomizer device of claim 8 , wherein the air inlet hole unit ( 163 ) comprises a plurality of third air inlets ( 1632 ) arranged along the circumference of the air inlet member ( 161 ); the second adjusting opening ( 1621 ) comprises a second recessed portion ( 1622 ) formed in an inner wall of the second adjusting member ( 162 ), and the second recessed portion ( 1622 ) extends to an end surface of the second adjusting member ( 162 ); two boundaries of the second recessed portion ( 1622 ) in a circumferential direction of the second adjusting member ( 162 ) correspond to two end boundaries of the third air inlets ( 1632 ) in a circumferential direction of the air inlet member ( 161 ); the second adjusting member ( 162 ) is rotated to adjust an area of a portion of the third air inlets ( 1632 ) which communicates with the second recessed portion ( 1622 ).

11. The atomizer device of claim 8 , wherein an elastic column ( 164 ) protrudes from a side wall of the air inlet member ( 161 ), a plurality of clamping mechanisms ( 1623 ) engageable with the elastic column ( 164 ) are formed in an inner periphery of the second adjusting member ( 162 ) along a circumference of the second adjusting member ( 162 ).

12. The atomizer device of claim 1 , wherein the atomizer device further comprises a suction nozzle assembly ( 12 ); the suction nozzle assembly ( 12 ) comprises a fixing member ( 122 ) and a first adjusting member ( 123 ); the fixing member ( 122 ) comprises a cylindrical body ( 1221 ) engages with an inner periphery of the plate ( 1135 ) to communicate with the air flowing passage ( 112 ); a first air inlet ( 1223 ) is defined in a side wall of the cylindrical body ( 1221 ), the first adjusting member ( 123 ) is rotatably arranged on an outer periphery of the tubular body ( 1221 ), a first adjusting opening ( 1231 ) corresponding to the first air inlet ( 1223 ) is defined in the first adjusting member ( 123 ), and the first adjusting member ( 123 ) is able to be rotated to adjust an area of an opening of the first air inlet ( 1223 ) which communicates with atmosphere.

13. The atomizer device of claim 1 , wherein the atomizer device further comprises an atomizer cover ( 114 ), an atomizer base ( 14 ), and an atomizer assembly ( 15 ); the atomizer cover ( 114 ) is covered on one end of the liquid reservoir chamber ( 115 ) corresponding to the sealing unit ( 113 ), and a liquid outlet ( 1141 ) is defined in the atomizer cover ( 114 ) allowing liquid to flow out of the liquid reservoir chamber ( 115 ); the atomizer b

Assignees

• Shenzhen Smoore Technology Ltd

Inventors

• Liu Pingkun

Classifications

• A61M15/06

  Inhaling appliances shaped like cigars, cigarettes or pipes · CPC title

• F16K3/04

  with pivoted closure members · CPC title

• A24F47/008 Primary

  Human Necessities · mapped topic

• A24F47/00

  Smokers' requisites not otherwise provided for · CPC title

• A61M11/042 Primary

  electrical · CPC title