Electronic cigarette

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9814266-B2
Application number	US-201314388805-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 26, 2013
Priority date	Mar 26, 2013
Publication date	Nov 14, 2017
Grant date	Nov 14, 2017

Abstract

The present invention provides an electronic cigarette, including an inhalation rod and a battery rod. The inhalation rod includes a cartridge and an atomizer disposed in the cartridge operable to produce aerosol; wherein one end of the inhalation rod is embedded with a mouthpiece cover, and a through-hole of the mouthpiece cover is removably embedded with an air valve serving as a switch for an inhalation port of aerosol passage. The electronic cigarette of the embodiment of the present invention, by using the technical means of in the through-hole of the mouthpiece cover removably embedded the air valve serving as the switch for the inhalation port of aerosol passage, making the electronic cigarette no longer available for smoking right after taking in mouth, then effectively prevents infant smoking by mistake like a toy.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An electronic cigarette, comprising an inhalation rod and a battery rod; the inhalation rod comprising a cartridge and an atomizer disposed in the cartridge operable to produce an aerosol; wherein one end of the inhalation rod is embedded with a mouthpiece cover, and a through-hole of the mouthpiece cover is movably embedded with an air valve serving as a switch for an inhalation port of an aerosol passage;
the air valve includes a bottom seat and a plurality of columns disposed at a first side of the bottom seat opposite to the mouthpiece cover, the columns define gaps therebetween to coordinately form a ventilation groove for flowing an aerosol, the ventilation groove communicates with the aerosol passage in the inhalation rod; and
in a ventilation state, the air valve is pulled out, the gaps between the columns are exposed to the outside for the user to smoke the aerosol flowing from the gaps between the columns under the bottom seat; or
in a blocking state, the air valve is pressed downwards and a sidewall of the mouthpiece cover blocks the gaps between the columns, and it is unavailable to smoke the electronic cigarette.

2. According to the electronic cigarette in claim 1 , wherein a bottom of the ventilation groove is formed by a partial side of the first side.

3. According to the electronic cigarette in claim 1 , wherein the number of columns is two, the cross-section of the column is arcuate, planar surfaces of the two columns are opposite to each other and the two columns are symmetrically disposed.

4. According to the electronic cigarette in claim 1 , wherein a distal end of the column extends outward to form a stopping part capable of preventing the air valve escaping from the through-hole of the mouthpiece cover.

5. According to the electronic cigarette in claim 1 , wherein the bottom seat is truncated cone-shaped, and a diameter of the first side opposite to the mouthpiece cover is smaller than a diameter of the second side back to the first side; whereby in the blocking state, it is not easy to pull out the air valve.

6. According to the electronic cigarette in claim 1 , wherein the inhalation rod further comprises a first connector disposed at the other end of the cartridge and used to connect with the battery rod.

7. According to the electronic cigarette in claim 6 , wherein the battery rod includes a battery tube and a battery disposed in the battery tube; one end of the battery tube disposes a second connector matching and abutting with the first connector, the other end of the battery tube disposes a switch module and a light cap assembly.

8. According to the electronic cigarette in claim 7 , wherein both the first connector and the second connector are formed by an outer electrode ring, an insulation ring and an inner electrode in turn nested.

9. According to the electronic cigarette in claim 8 , wherein the atomizer includes an atomization chamber comprising a liquid-storage piece and a catheter which are in turn nested, and a heater disposed in the atomization chamber; two ends of the atomization chamber are provided with a liquid-blocking seat and the outer electrode ring respectively.

10. According to the electronic cigarette in claim 9 , wherein the heater includes a liquid-guiding piece of which two ends extend out of an outer sidewall of the catheter and mutually abut with the liquid-storage piece, and a heating wire winding on an outer surface of the liquid-guiding piece; two ends of the heating wire are electrically connected to the inner electrode and the outer electrode ring respectively.

11. According to the electronic cigarette in claim 1 , wherein the bottom seat and the column are an integral forming structure.

12. According to the electronic cigarette in claim 4 , wherein the stopping part is barb-shaped, and a size of a distal end of the stopping part is gradually larger toward the direction of the bottom seat.

13. An electronic cigarette, comprising:
an inhalation rod, the inhalation rod comprising a cartridge, and an atomizer disposed in the cartridge;
a battery rod abutted with the inhalation rod;
a mouthpiece cover disposed in one end of the inhalation rod and defining a though-hole; and
a switch being actively disposed in the mouthpiece cover, and configured for an inhalation port of aerosol passage;
wherein the switch is an air valve, the air valve includes a bottom seat and a column disposed at a first side of the bottom seat opposite to the mouthpiece cover; the column axially defines a cavity therein; a distal end of the column radially defines a pair of air vents through a sidewall of the column in a diametrical direction; the air vent communicates an aerosol passage in the inhalation rod with the cavity; the bottom seat axially defines a groove therethrough; the groove is formed by the cavity axially extending from the first side toward the second side of the bottom seat the groove makes the cavity communicating with the outside;
a structure of the groove makes the ventilation groove still capable of ventilating with the outside after pressing the air valve, then guarantees the ventilation smoothly;
a wall of the through-hole of the mouthpiece cover extends inward to form a sidewall;
the sidewall of the mouthpiece cover is capable of blocking the air vent when pulling out the air valve, and is capable of exposing the air vent to the aerosol passage in the inhalation rod when pressing the air valve downwards; whereby the cooperation of the ventilation hole and the sidewall of the mouthpiece cover forms a switch structure, which guarantees the smoothly flow between the aerosol passage and the outside after pressing the air valve.

14. According to the electronic cigarette in claim 13 , wherein a bottom of the ventilation groove is formed by a partial side of the first side.

15. According to the electronic cigarette in claim 13 , wherein a distal end of the column extends outward to form a stopping part capable of preventing the air valve escaping from the through-hole of the mouthpiece cover.

Assignees

• Kimree Hi Tech Inc
• Shenzhen Kimsen Tech Co Ltd

Inventors

• Liu Qiuming

Classifications

• A24F47/008 Primary

  Human Necessities · mapped topic

• H05B1/0244 Primary

  Heating of fluids (H05B1/0247 takes precedence) · CPC title

• A24F40/49

  Child proofing · CPC title

• A24F40/485

  Valves; Apertures · CPC title

• A24F40/10

  Devices using liquid inhalable precursors · CPC title