CN216701649U - Air inlet structure and aerosol generating device - Google Patents

Abstract

The utility model discloses an air inlet structure and an aerosol generating device, and belongs to the technical field of simulated smoking. The air inlet structure comprises a matching piece, a plurality of unequal air inlets in aperture, an adjusting piece connected with the matching piece in a sliding manner and a window, wherein the plurality of unequal air inlets in aperture are arranged on the matching piece, the window is arranged on the adjusting piece, or the plurality of unequal air inlets in aperture are arranged on the adjusting piece, the window is arranged on the matching piece, and the sliding adjusting piece can communicate the window with one of the air inlets to adjust the air inflow of the atomizer. The air inlet structure and the aerosol generating device can quantitatively adjust the air flow, and a user can quickly adjust the air flow to the appointed taste for smoking.

Description

Air inlet structure and aerosol generating device

Technical Field

The utility model relates to the technical field of simulated smoking, in particular to an air inlet structure and an aerosol generating device.

Background

The aerosol generating device is a relatively common simulated cigarette electronic product, and mainly comprises an atomizer and a power supply device, wherein the atomizer comprises an atomizing core, the power supply device supplies power to a heating body of the atomizing core, so that the heating body of the atomizing core heats aerosol to form a substrate to generate smoke under electric drive, and a user inhales the smoke to a suction channel to inhale the smoke, thereby achieving the effect of simulating smoking.

The air inflow of the suction channel can influence the fusion proportion of the smoke and the air, and further influence the rich degree of the taste; the air inlet structure of the existing aerosol generating device changes the size of a flow area through the overlapping degree of the adjusting holes and the holes, so that the purpose of adjusting the air inflow is achieved, but the quantitative adjustment of the air inflow cannot be carried out, and the user can conveniently and quickly adjust the specified taste of smoking.

Therefore, there is a need for a new air inlet structure and an aerosol generating device.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

Based on the above problems in the prior art, an object of the embodiments of the present invention is to provide an air intake structure, which can quantitatively adjust the air intake amount of an atomizer, so that a user can quickly adjust the air intake amount to a specified taste for smoking. The utility model also provides an aerosol generating device with the air inlet structure.

In order to achieve the purpose, the utility model adopts the technical scheme that: the utility model provides an air inlet structure, includes the unequal inlet port in fitting piece, a plurality of apertures, with fitting piece sliding connection's regulating part and window, the unequal inlet port in a plurality of apertures sets up on the fitting piece, the window sets up on the regulating part, or the unequal inlet port in a plurality of apertures sets up on the regulating part, the window sets up on the fitting piece, the sliding adjustment spare can make window and one of them inlet port intercommunication to adjust the air input of atomizer.

Furthermore, the air inlets are arranged on the fitting piece along a straight line.

Furthermore, the air inlet structure further comprises an end cover, the fitting piece is installed on the end cover, a sliding groove is formed in one end face, close to the fitting piece, of the end cover, and the adjusting piece is contained in the sliding groove in a sliding mode and abuts against the fitting piece.

Furthermore, the end cover is also provided with openings for air in the external environment to enter the plurality of air inlets or the windows.

Furthermore, a touch part is arranged on the adjusting piece and protrudes out of the end cover through the opening part.

Furthermore, one end of the fitting piece, which is far away from the end cover, is provided with a confluence groove communicated with the plurality of air inlets or the windows.

The utility model also provides an aerosol generating device comprising a housing, an atomiser for storing and heat atomising an aerosol-forming substrate and a power supply means for supplying power to the atomiser, the aerosol generating device further comprising an air inlet arrangement as described above.

Further, the housing includes a main body and a mouthpiece sealingly fitted over the first end opening of the main body.

Further, the atomizer is installed in the main body and is close to the position of the cigarette holder, and the power supply device is installed in the main body and is close to the air inlet structure.

Further, power supply unit is in including sealed butt mount pad on the main part inner wall, the switch that is used for controlling the atomizer to start, support in electric core and charging circuit board on the mount pad, the mounting groove has been seted up on the mount pad, the switch is the air current switch, the switch is acceptd and is fixed in the mounting groove, the air flue has been seted up on the mount pad, and the air flue with the mounting groove communicates with each other, charging circuit board set up in the mount pad with between the fitting piece, charging circuit board be equipped with the through-hole that the air flue was counterpointed.

The utility model has the beneficial effects that: the air inlet structure comprises a fitting piece, a plurality of air inlets with different apertures, an adjusting piece in sliding connection with the fitting piece and a window, wherein the plurality of air inlets with different apertures are arranged on the fitting piece, the window is arranged on the adjusting piece, or the plurality of air inlets with different apertures are arranged on the adjusting piece, the window is arranged on the fitting piece, and the sliding adjusting piece can enable the window to be communicated with one of the air inlets, so that when the suction force is unchanged, different air inlet flows can be obtained by adjusting the alignment of different air inlets and the window, the quantitative adjustment of the air inlet amount can be realized, and a user can quickly adjust the specified taste of the food to be sucked. Since the air inlet structure has the technical effects, the aerosol generating device with the air inlet structure also has the same technical effects.

Drawings

The utility model is further illustrated by the following figures and examples.

In the figure:

fig. 1 is a schematic perspective view of an aerosol generating device provided by the present invention.

Fig. 2 is a sectional view taken along a-a in fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is an enlarged schematic view of region E in fig. 2.

Fig. 4 is an exploded view of a nebulizer provided by an embodiment of the utility model.

Fig. 5 is an enlarged schematic view of region F in fig. 2.

Fig. 6 is a schematic perspective view of an end cap according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 7 is an exploded view of the end cap shown in fig. 4.

Fig. 8 is a schematic perspective view of an adjusting member according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 9 is a schematic view of the end cap shown in fig. 4 with the spacer omitted and the adjusting member in a positional relationship.

Fig. 10 is a schematic perspective view of a power supply device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 11 is a sectional view taken along the direction B-B in fig. 10.

Fig. 12 is an exploded view of the power supply device.

Fig. 13 is another perspective view of the exploded view of fig. 12.

Fig. 14 is a partial structural sectional view of an aerosol generating device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Wherein, in the figures, the respective reference numerals:

1. a housing; 11. a main body; 12. a cigarette holder.

2. An atomizer; 21. a liquid storage pipe; 211. a liquid storage cavity; 22. a cover body; 221. a communicating hole; 23. a base; 231. an air inlet; 24. an atomizing core; 241. an atomizing chamber; 242. a heat generating member; 25. a sleeve; 26. a smoke guide pipe.

3. An adjustment structure; 31. a mating member; 311. a confluence groove; 32. an air inlet; 33. an adjustment member; 331. a touch portion; 332. a card slot; 34. a window; 35. an end cap; 351. an opening; 352. a chute; 353. and (7) clamping blocks.

4. A power supply device; 41. a mounting seat; 411. mounting grooves; 412. an airway; 413. an accommodating groove; 414. a spacer block; 42. a switch; 43. an electric core; 44. a charging circuit board; 441. a through hole; 5. and a control panel.

Detailed Description

In order to make the technical problems, technical solutions and advantageous effects to be solved by the present invention more clearly apparent, the present invention is further described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings and embodiments. It should be understood that the specific embodiments described herein are merely illustrative of the utility model and are not intended to limit the utility model.

It will be understood that when an element is referred to as being "connected" or "disposed" to another element, it can be directly on the other element or be indirectly connected to the other element. When an element is referred to as being "connected to" another element, it can be directly connected to the other element or be indirectly connected to the other element.

In the description of the present invention, it should be noted that, unless otherwise explicitly specified or limited, the terms "mounted," "connected," and "connected" are to be construed broadly, e.g., as meaning either a fixed connection, a removable connection, or an integral connection; can be mechanically or electrically connected; they may be directly connected or indirectly connected through intervening media, or may be connected through the use of two elements or the interaction of two elements. The specific meanings of the above terms in the present invention can be understood by those skilled in the art according to specific situations.

It will be understood that the terms "length," "width," "upper," "lower," "front," "rear," "left," "right," "vertical," "horizontal," "top," "bottom," "inner," "outer," and the like, as used herein, refer to an orientation or positional relationship indicated in the drawings, which is solely for the purpose of facilitating the description and simplifying the description, and do not indicate or imply that the device or element being referred to must have a particular orientation, be constructed and operated in a particular orientation, and is therefore not to be construed as limiting the utility model.

Reference throughout this specification to "one embodiment" or "an embodiment" means that a particular feature, structure, or characteristic described in connection with the embodiment is included in at least one embodiment of the present application. Thus, the appearances of the phrases "in one embodiment," "in some embodiments," or "in some embodiments" in various places throughout this specification are not necessarily all referring to the same embodiment. Furthermore, the particular features, structures, or characteristics may be combined in any suitable manner in one or more embodiments.

As shown in fig. 1 and 2, the present invention provides an aerosol generating device, comprising a housing 1, and an atomizer 2, an air inlet structure 3 and a power supply device 4 mounted on the housing 1, wherein the atomizer 2 is used for storing an aerosol-forming substrate and heating and atomizing the aerosol-forming substrate to form smoke, the smoke is inhaled by a user to achieve a simulated smoking effect, the air inlet structure 3 is used for adjusting the air inlet amount of the atomizer 2, and the power supply device 4 is used for supplying power to the atomizer 2.

Referring to fig. 2, in some embodiments, the housing 1 includes a main body 11 and a mouthpiece 12 hermetically mounted on a first end opening of the main body 11, and the main body 11 is a cavity structure with two open ends for carrying the atomizer 2, the air inlet structure 3 and the power supply device 4. It will be appreciated that in other embodiments not shown, the body 11 acts as the body of the power supply device 4, the atomiser 2 is connected to the body 11 to enable connection of the atomiser 2 to the power supply device 4, and the mouthpiece 12 is provided on the atomiser 2.

As shown in fig. 3 and 4, in some embodiments, the atomizer 2 is mounted inside the main body 11 of the housing 1 and near the mouthpiece 12, the atomizer 2 includes a liquid storage tube 21, a cover 22 which is hermetically fitted on a first end opening of the liquid storage tube 21 and has a communication hole 221 communicating with the mouthpiece 12, a base 23 which is hermetically fitted on a second end opening of the liquid storage tube 21, an atomizing core 24 connected to the base 23, and a smoke guide tube 26 for communicating the atomizing core 24 and the cover 22, and the smoke guide tube 26 forms a smoke outlet channel for communicating the atomizing cavity 241 and the communication hole 221. A liquid storage cavity 211 for storing aerosol-forming substrates is formed in the liquid storage tube 21, an air inlet 231 is formed on the base 23, an atomizing cavity 241 is formed in the atomizing core 24, the atomizing cavity 241 is communicated with the air inlet 231, a heating element 242 is further installed in the atomizing cavity 241 on the atomizing core 24, the heating element 242 is used for heating the atomizing aerosol-forming substrates, a liquid inlet hole for communicating the liquid storage cavity 211 with the atomizing cavity 241 is further formed on the atomizing core 24, so that the aerosol-forming substrate in the liquid storage cavity 211 enters the atomizing cavity 241 and contacts with the heating member 242, the smoke guide tube 26 is located in the liquid storage cavity 211, one end of the smoke guide tube 26 is inserted into the atomizing core 24, the other end of the smoke guide tube 26 is connected to the cover 22 and is communicated with the communicating hole 221, thereby, the atomizing chamber 241 is communicated with the communication hole 221 through the smoke guide tube 26, so that the aerosol-forming substrate heated and atomized by the heating element 242 in the atomizing chamber 241 can flow to the cigarette holder 12 through the smoke guide tube 26 and the communication hole 221. In this embodiment, the atomizer 2 further includes a sleeve 25 disposed in the liquid storage cavity 211 and sleeved on the atomizing core 24 to enhance the strength of the atomizing core 24 so that the atomizing core 24 is not easily deformed, and the atomizing core 24 can be firmly connected to the smoke guide tube 26. In addition, in the present embodiment, the atomizing core 25 is in a cotton core-wound type, and it is understood that in other embodiments not shown in the drawings, the atomizing core 25 may also be in a porous ceramic type.

As shown in fig. 3, in some embodiments, the aerosol generating device further includes a control board 5, a rib 232 is protruded from an end of the base 23 away from the liquid storage tube 21, the control board 5 is connected to the rib 232 on the base 23 to prevent the control board 5 from blocking the air inlet 231 when the control board 5 is mounted on the base 23, and a gap (not shown) is formed in the main body 11 between the atomizer 2 and the power supply device 4 at an interval to communicate with the air inlet 231.

In some embodiments, the nebulizer 2 further comprises a permeable member (not shown) received in the reservoir 211, and the permeable member is configured to uniformly distribute the aerosol-forming substrate in the reservoir 211, so as to prevent the aerosol-forming substrate in the reservoir 211 from being unable to permeate into the atomizing wick 24 in time, and to prevent the heat generating member 242 from being burned or overheated. In this embodiment, the permeable member is a fiber cotton, it is understood that the permeable member may also be a microporous ceramic, stainless steel mesh.

As shown in fig. 2 and 5, in some embodiments, the air intake structure 3 includes a fitting member 31, a plurality of air intake holes 32 with different apertures, an adjusting member 33 slidably connected to the fitting member 31, and a window 34, the plurality of air intake holes 32 with different apertures are disposed on the fitting member 31, the window 34 is disposed on the adjusting member 33, or the plurality of air intake holes 32 with different apertures are disposed on the adjusting member 33, the window 34 is disposed on the fitting member 31, and the sliding adjusting member 33 enables the window 34 to communicate with one of the air intake holes 32 to adjust the air intake amount of the atomizer. When the suction force is unchanged, different air inlet flows can be obtained by adjusting the alignment of the different air inlet holes 32 and the window 34, the quantitative adjustment of the air inlet amount can be realized, and a user can quickly adjust the suction force to the appointed suction taste.

In some embodiments, the air intake holes 32 are arranged on the fitting member 31 or the adjusting member 33 along a straight line, and in this embodiment, the number of the air intake holes 32 is three, but not limited to three. It is understood that in other embodiments, a plurality of air intake holes 32 with different diameters may be arranged on the fitting member 31 or the adjusting member 33 along a curved line, only if the arrangement direction of the air intake holes 32 coincides with the sliding direction of the adjusting member 33.

As shown in fig. 6 and 7, in some embodiments, the air intake structure 3 further includes an end cover 35, the fitting member 31 is mounted on the end cover 35 and close to the inside of the main body 11, the end cover 35 is hermetically mounted on the second end opening of the main body 11, one end of the fitting member 31 far away from the end cover 35 is provided with a converging groove 311 communicated with the plurality of air intake holes 32 or the windows, as shown in fig. 7, the end cover 35 is further provided with an opening 351 for allowing air in the external environment to enter the plurality of air intake holes 32 or the windows 34, as shown in fig. 9, one end surface of the end cover 35 close to the fitting member 31 is provided with a sliding groove 352, and the adjusting member 33 is slidably received in the sliding groove 352 and abuts against the fitting member 31. With the above solution, when assembling, the installation of the air intake structure 3 is facilitated, for example: the adjusting member 33 and the end cap 35 may be assembled first, and then the end cap 35 may be assembled to the main body 11 of the housing 1 together with the air inlet structure 3. Through the technical scheme, the adjusting piece 33 can slide in the sliding groove 352 relative to the matching piece 31, so that the window 34 on the adjusting piece 33 is aligned with one of the air inlet holes 32, and the air inlet amount of the air inlet 231 on the atomizer 2 is adjusted.

As shown in fig. 5, in some embodiments, in order to facilitate the user to adjust the position of the adjusting member 33 by himself/herself, the adjusting member 33 is provided with a touching portion 331, and the touching portion 331 partially protrudes out of the end cap 35 through the opening 351, so that the user can reach the touching portion 331.

Referring to fig. 8, in some embodiments, a plurality of engaging slots 332 are recessed in the side surface of the adjusting element 33, and referring to fig. 9, a plurality of engaging blocks 353 for engaging with the engaging slots 332 are protruded from the end cap 35 at positions corresponding to the engaging slots 332, so that the adjusting element 33 is locked to the end cap 35 when the adjusting element 33 is moved to the position where the window 34 is aligned with the air inlet hole 32. Through the technical scheme, when the adjusting piece 33 moves to the position where the window 34 is aligned with the specified air inlet hole 32, the clamping block 353 is accommodated in the corresponding clamping groove 332, so that the position of the adjusting piece 33 relative to the matching piece 31 is locked temporarily, and when the adjusting piece 33 is pulled by applying force, slight elastic deformation is forced to occur between the adjusting piece 33 and the end cover 35, and the clamping block 353 is separated from the clamping groove 332. It will be appreciated that the positions of the detent 332 on the adjustment member 33 and the detent 353 on the end cap 35 may be interchanged.

As shown in fig. 2, in some embodiments, the power supply device 4 is mounted in the main body 11 and close to the air intake structure 3, and the power supply device 4 includes a mounting seat 41 which is in sealing abutment with the inner wall of the main body 11, an electric core 43 supported on the mounting seat 41, and a switch 42 for controlling the activation of the atomizing core 24 in the atomizer 2.

As shown in fig. 12, in some embodiments, the mounting seat 41 is provided with a mounting groove 411 for receiving and fixing the switch 42, in this embodiment, the switch 42 is an air flow switch, the switch 42 is received and fixed in the mounting groove 411, and referring to fig. 14, the mounting seat 41 is provided with an air passage 412 communicating with the confluence groove 311, and the air passage 412 is communicated with the mounting groove 411. Through the above scheme, when the user sucks the cigarette holder 12, the outside air flows to the confluence groove 311 through the air inlet holes 32, then enters the air passage 412 through the confluence groove 311, and the switch 42 in the installation groove 411 is triggered to be opened through the flow of the air flow when passing through the air passage 412, so that the atomization core 24 in the atomizer 2 is controlled to work.

As shown in fig. 10, 11 and 12, in some embodiments, the power supply device 4 further includes a charging circuit board 44 for charging the battery cell 43, the charging circuit board 44 is disposed between the mounting seat 41 and the mating member 31, and the charging circuit board 44 is provided with a through hole 441 aligned with the bus bar slot 311 and the air duct 412, so as to prevent the charging circuit board 44 from blocking the airflow communication between the bus bar slot 311 and the air duct 412. The charging circuit board 44 is provided with a charging interface (not shown) penetrating out of the end cover 35. Referring also to fig. 14, the bus bar slot 311 and the air passage 412 are thus communicated through the through hole 441 on the charging circuit board 44.

As shown in fig. 13, in some embodiments, an end of the mounting base 41 away from the end cap 35 is provided with a receiving groove 413 communicating with the air passage 412, and a corresponding end of the battery cell 43 is received in the receiving groove 413, and in order to prevent the battery cell 43 from blocking the air passage 412, a spacing block 414 abutting against a corresponding end of the battery cell 43 is convexly provided at a bottom of the receiving groove 413 on the mounting base 41.

As shown in fig. 2, in some embodiments, the power supply device 4 further includes a filling member 45 wrapped outside the battery cell 43 and abutting against an inner side wall of the main body 11, and the filling member 45 is configured to stabilize the battery cell 43 and prevent the battery cell 43 from shaking randomly; as shown in fig. 13, in order to prevent the filling member 45 from obstructing the air flow from flowing to the air inlet 231 of the atomizer 2 through the air passage 412, a gap 451 for the air flow to pass through is formed on one side of the filling member 45, and a communication groove 415 is formed in the interior of the accommodating groove 413 at a portion outside the electrical core 43, and the communication groove 415 is used for communicating the accommodating groove 413 and the gap 451. Through the above technical scheme, the air flow can flow into the accommodating groove 413 through the air passage 412, then flows into the gap 451 through the communicating groove 415, and finally flows into the air inlet 231 of the atomizer 2, and when the air flow passes through the atomizing cavity 241, the air flow is mixed with the aerosol-forming substrate heated and atomized by the heating member 242 to form smoke, and then flows out from the cigarette holder 12 to finish smoking.

In other embodiments, not shown, the air inlet structure 3 may be disposed on a side wall of the main body 11 in the housing 1 and between the atomizer 2 and the power supply device 4 to adjust the air inlet amount of the atomizing chamber 241 in the atomizer 2.

The above description is only for the purpose of illustrating the preferred embodiments of the present invention and is not to be construed as limiting the utility model, and any modifications, equivalents and improvements made within the spirit and principle of the present invention are intended to be included within the scope of the present invention.

Claims (10)

1. An air intake structure characterized in that: including the unequal inlet port in fitting piece, a plurality of apertures, with fitting piece sliding connection's regulating part and window, the unequal inlet port in a plurality of apertures sets up on the fitting piece, the window sets up on the regulating part, or the unequal inlet port in a plurality of apertures sets up on the regulating part, the window sets up on the fitting piece, the sliding adjustment spare can make window and one of them inlet port intercommunication to adjust the air input of atomizer.

2. The air intake structure according to claim 1, characterized in that: the air inlets are arranged on the fitting piece along a straight line.

3. The air intake structure according to claim 1, characterized in that: the air inlet structure further comprises an end cover, the matching piece is installed on the end cover, a sliding groove is formed in one end face, close to the matching piece, of the end cover, and the adjusting piece is contained in the sliding groove in a sliding mode and abuts against the matching piece in a supporting mode.

4. An air intake structure according to claim 3, wherein: the end cover is also provided with openings for air in the external environment to enter the plurality of air inlets or the windows.

5. The air intake structure according to claim 4, characterized in that: the adjusting piece is provided with a touch part, and the touch part protrudes out of the end cover through the opening part.

6. An air intake structure according to claim 3, wherein: and one end of the fitting piece, which is far away from the end cover, is provided with a confluence groove communicated with the plurality of air inlets or the windows.

7. An aerosol generating device, comprising: comprising a housing, and an atomiser for storing and heat atomising an aerosol-forming substrate and power supply means for powering the atomiser, the aerosol generating device further comprising an air inlet structure as claimed in any of claims 1 to 6.

8. An aerosol generating device according to claim 7, wherein: the housing includes a body and a mouthpiece sealingly fitted over a first end opening of the body.

9. An aerosol generating device according to claim 8, wherein: the atomizer is installed in the main part and is close to the position of cigarette holder, power supply unit install in the main part and be close to air inlet structure.

10. An aerosol generating device according to claim 9, wherein: the power supply unit includes sealed butt be in mount pad on the main part inner wall, be used for controlling the switch that the atomizer starts, support in electric core and charging circuit board on the mount pad, the mounting groove has been seted up on the mount pad, the switch is the air current switch, the switch is acceptd and is fixed in the mounting groove, the air flue has been seted up on the mount pad, and the air flue with the mounting groove communicates with each other, charging circuit board set up in the mount pad with between the fitting piece, charging circuit board be equipped with the through-hole that the air flue was counterpointed.

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