EP3020289A1 - Verdampfer für eine elektronische zigarette - Google Patents

Verdampfer für eine elektronische zigarette Download PDF

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Publication number: EP3020289A1
Authority: EP; European Patent Office
Prior art keywords: vaporizer; sticker; electronic cigarette; filter tip; vaporizer according
Prior art date: 2013-07-11
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EP13889233.6A

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Qiuming Liu

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Kimree Technology Co Ltd

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Kimree Hi-Tech Inc

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2013-07-11

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2016-05-18

2013-07-11 Application filed by Kimree Hi-Tech Inc filed Critical Kimree Hi-Tech Inc

2016-05-18 Publication of EP3020289A1 publication Critical patent/EP3020289A1/de

2017-04-12 Publication of EP3020289A4 publication Critical patent/EP3020289A4/de

2018-10-17 Application granted granted Critical

2018-10-17 Publication of EP3020289B1 publication Critical patent/EP3020289B1/de

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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A24—TOBACCO; CIGARS; CIGARETTES; SIMULATED SMOKING DEVICES; SMOKERS' REQUISITES
- A24D—CIGARS; CIGARETTES; TOBACCO SMOKE FILTERS; MOUTHPIECES FOR CIGARS OR CIGARETTES; MANUFACTURE OF TOBACCO SMOKE FILTERS OR MOUTHPIECES
- A24D3/00—Tobacco smoke filters, e.g. filter-tips, filtering inserts; Filters specially adapted for simulated smoking devices; Mouthpieces for cigars or cigarettes
- A24D3/17—Filters specially adapted for simulated smoking devices
- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A24—TOBACCO; CIGARS; CIGARETTES; SIMULATED SMOKING DEVICES; SMOKERS' REQUISITES
- A24F—SMOKERS' REQUISITES; MATCH BOXES; SIMULATED SMOKING DEVICES
- A24F40/00—Electrically operated smoking devices; Component parts thereof; Manufacture thereof; Maintenance or testing thereof; Charging means specially adapted therefor
- A24F40/40—Constructional details, e.g. connection of cartridges and battery parts
- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A24—TOBACCO; CIGARS; CIGARETTES; SIMULATED SMOKING DEVICES; SMOKERS' REQUISITES
- A24F—SMOKERS' REQUISITES; MATCH BOXES; SIMULATED SMOKING DEVICES
- A24F40/00—Electrically operated smoking devices; Component parts thereof; Manufacture thereof; Maintenance or testing thereof; Charging means specially adapted therefor
- A24F40/10—Devices using liquid inhalable precursors

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the present application relates to the field of cigarette substitutes, and more particularly relates to an electronic cigarette vaporizer.
the electronic cigarette is more and more widely used as a substitute to conventional cigarette.
the electronic cigarette in the prior art consists of a vaporizer and a battery rod, a battery is arranged in the battery rod, and the vaporizer is electrically connected to the battery rod.
An oil cup is arranged in the vaporizer to contain oil liquid.
a filter is further arranged on the vaporizer.
the smoke is filtered by the filter and then provided for user's suction.
the filter is glued to the vaporizer through glues, and the filter and the vaporizer are fixed in an outer tube.
glues always contain some compositions harmful to human body. Frequent contact or suction of these compositions will damage human body.
human body contacts and holds the outer tube of the electronic cigarette to realize the suction, thus such structure makes the user feel that the cigarette holder is very hard, and lacks the soft feeling of the convention cigarette, which cause the user to generate mental resistance and render the smoking cessation ineffective.
the vaporizer in the prior art is assembled, the filter is aligned with the outer tube and then inputted into the outer tube, thus the assembly is inconvenient and does not benefit to mechanization.
the objective of the present application is to provide an electronic cigarette vaporizer which adopts a fixing process without glues, avoids the danger that the glues will harm the human body and improves user's experience.
the vaporizer body and the filter tip are coplanar axially.
the vaporizer body comprises a vaporizer tube and a sealing element sleeved in the vaporizer tube, and ends of the sealing element and the vaporizer tube are directly abutted against the filter tip.
an outer diameter of the vaporizer tube is the same as a diameter of the filter tip.
a smoke vent hole is defined in the sealing element.
the first sticker is any one selected from fiber paper, craft paper, tipping paper and synthetic paper.
a thickness of the first sticker is ranged from 0.01 mm to 1 mm.
the filter tip is made of one or more material selected from chemical fiber, sponge and breathable foam.
an antiskid layer is coated outside the first sticker.
the first sticker comprises an inner surface and an outer surface
the inner surface is a smooth surface which is fitted well with outer surfaces of the vaporizer body and the filter tip
the outer surface has a convex-concave pattern and/or a character.
a second sticker configured to shape the filter tip is covered outside the filter tip.
the second sticker is arranged between the filter tip and the first sticker.
a thickness of the second sticker is less than a thickness of the first sticker.
a thickness of the second sticker is ranged from 0.01 mm to 0.5 mm.
the second sticker is any one selected from fiber paper, craft paper, tipping paper and synthetic paper.
a total of a thickness of the second sticker and a diameter of the filter tip is equal to an outer diameter of the vaporizer tube.
the second sticker is further covered on one end of the vaporizer body.
the electronic cigarette vaporizer of the present invention provides a same feeling as convention cigarette when inputted into the mouth, satisfies the user's mental and physical requirements to improve the user's experience, and benefits to improve the effectiveness of smoking cessation. Furthermore, when it needs to replace the filter tip, it only needs to tear off the first sticker, which facilitates the replacement of the filter tip, thus the operation is easy and cost-save.
the vaporizer body 10 and the filter tip 30 are coaxially arranged and are coplanar axially. Ends of the vaporizer body 10 and the filter tip 30 are abutted against each other, and then the first sticker 20 is wrapped around the whole peripheral surfaces of the vaporizer body 10 and the filter tip 30.
the vaporizer body 10 comprises a vaporizer tube 110 and a sealing element 120, and the sealing element 120 is sleeved in the vaporizer tube 110.
ends of the vaporizer tube 110 and the sealing element 120 are both abutted against the filter tip 30, and an outer diameter of the vaporizer tube 110 is the same as a diameter of the filter tip 30.
the outer diameter of the vaporizer tube 110 is equal to the diameter of the filter tip 30, and the vaporizer tube 110 and the filter tip 30 are coplanar.
the first sticker 20 is allowable to closely wrap around outer surfaces of the filter tip 30 and the vaporizer tube 110 to make the vaporizer body 10 and the filter tip 30 be connected together. If the outer diameter of the vaporizer tube 110 is larger or less than the diameter of the filter tip 30, when using the first sticker 20 to wrap the vaporizer tube 110 and the filter tip 30, it will render the wrap un-tight, and may even appear that the filter 30 falls out or drop out from the sticker to negatively affect the user's experience.
a smoke vent hole 122 is defined in the sealing element 120, which is configured to enable vaporized smoke flow to filter tip 30 for user's suction. Understandably, the smoke vent hole 122 is a through hole defined in the sealing element 120, which may defined in a middle portion of the sealing element 120 or may defined in a position deviate from the middle portion. There is no limit to the number of the smoke vent hole 122.
the first sticker 20 comprises an inner surface (not shown) and an outer surface (not shown).
the inner surface is a surface well fit to outer surfaces of the vaporizer body 10 and the filter tip 30.
the inner surface is a smooth surface which benefits to the well fitness to the vaporizer body 10 and the filter tip 30.
the outer surface is exposed to the outside and is in sight of human' eyes, thus a convex-concave pattern and/or a character are defined on the outer surface.
identifications such as company logo, trade mark and so on can be printed on the outer surface, and characters for product introduction may also be printed on the outer surface.
the first sticker 20 is any one selected from fiber paper, craft paper, tipping paper and synthetic paper. Further, the first sticker 20 may also be plastic paper or ordinary writing paper, etc. In the present invention, the tipping paper is used as the first sticker 20. Furthermore, a thickness of the first sticker 20 is ranged from 0.01 mm to 1 mm. If the thickness of the first sticker 20 is too small, for example less than 0.01 mm, the vaporizer body 10 and the filter tip 30 may not be wrapped closely, which renders the connection between the vaporizer body 10 and the filter tip 30 infirm. If the thickness of the first sticker 20 is too large, for example larger than 1 mm, it lacks the feeling of conventional cigarette when the user uses since the first sticker 20 is too thick and hence negatively affects the user's experience.
the thickness of the first sticker 20 is 0.08 mm.
multi layers of the first sticker 20 may be wrapped around the outer surfaces of the vaporizer body 10 and the filter tip 30. Namely, multi layers of the first sticker 20 may be wrapped around the electronic cigarette vaporizer of the present invention.
the number of the layers of the first sticker 20 may be set according to process requirements. Understandably, when multi layers of the first sticker 20 are wrapped, the multi layers of the first sticker 20 are arranged without gap.
an antiskid layer (not shown) is coated outside the first sticker 20.
the filter tip 30 is a cylindrical flexible body which has a same feeling as the filter tip of the conventional cigarette, satisfies the user's mental and physical requirements to improve the user's experience, and benefits to improve the effectiveness of smoking cessation.
the filter tip 30 not only functions for filtering but also functions as a suction nozzle.
the filter tip 30 is made of one or more material selected from chemical fiber, sponge and breathable foam.
the filter tip 30 may be made of chemical fiber, such as acetate fiber, polyester fiber, polyamide fiber and viscose fiber.
a heating wire is arranged in the electronic cigarette vaporizer and the heating wire is twined around a glass fiber wick, a part of glass fiber of the glass fiber wick will get rid of the glass fiber wick when the heating wire heats to vaporize the tobacco liquid, and the suspension of the glass fiber is rendered under the carry of the air flow of the electronic cigarette vaporizer.
the filter tip 30 the suspended particles such as glass fiber and other harmful gases can be filtered, which can ensure the smoke sucked by the user is harmless, reduce the harm of smoking to the user, and actually realize non-toxic smoking.
the filter tip 30 made of chemical fiber, sponge and breathable foam is very similar to the cigarette holder of the conventional cigarette in senses of touch and vision, the feeling of using the present product is the same as that of smoking the conventional cigarette, and the user's experience is enhanced.
the electronic cigarette vaporizer of the present invention does not need to use the glue to glue the vaporizer body 10 and the filter tip 30 together, completely avoids the glues harming human body and facilitates automatic production. Further, the electronic cigarette vaporizer of the present invention provides a same feeling as the convention cigarette when inputted into the mouth, satisfies the user's mental and physical requirements to improve the user's experience, and benefits to improve the effectiveness of smoking cessation. Furthermore, when it needs to replace the filter tip 30, it only needs to tear off the first sticker 20, which facilitates the replacement of the filter tip 30, thus the operation is easy and cost-save.
an electronic cigarette vaporizer according to a second embodiment of the present invention is provided.
the difference of the second embodiment to the first embodiment lies in that the electronic cigarette vaporizer further defines a second sticker 40 which is arranged between the filter tip 30 and the first sticker 20 and configured to wrap the filter tip 30, i.e. the second sticker 40 is configured to shape the filter tip 30.
the filter tip 30 is made of chemical fiber, sponge or breathable foam, the surface of the filter tip 30 is unsmooth. During the manufacturing process, the exteriors of some of the filter tips 30 are very rough or even uneven, thus the second sticker 40 is firstly wrapped outside the filter tip 30 in the present embodiment to shape the filter tip 30, then the first sticker 20 is wrapped outside the second sticker 40 and the vaporizer body 10, and hence forming a complete electronic cigarette vaporizer.
a total of a thickness of the second sticker 40 and the diameter of the filter tip 30 is equal to the outer diameter of the vaporizer tube 110.
the first sticker 20 is closely attached to the outer surfaces of the second sticker 40 and the vaporizer body 10.
the second sticker 40 is also any one selected from fiber paper, craft paper, tipping paper and synthetic paper. Certainly, the second sticker 40 may also be plastic paper or ordinary writing paper, etc. Understandably, since the second sticker 40 is wrapped outside the filter tip 30 and configured to shape the filter tip 30, the second sticker 40 should use a litter thin sticker.
the thickness of the second sticker 40 is less than that of the first sticker 20. Preferably, the thickness of the second sticker 40 is ranged from 0.01 mm to 0.5 mm and a preferred thickness of the second sticker 40 is 0.03 mm.
the second sticker 40 may wrap one end of the vaporizer body 10.
the second sticker 40 both wrap the vaporizer body 10 and the filter tip 30.
outer surfaces of the vaporizer body 10 and the filter tip 30 is wrapped with two layers of stickers. Since the electronic cigarette vaporizer is very heavy, the filter tip can be better fixed by wrapping two layers of stickers to prevent the filter tip 30 from falling out. In other implementation, more layers, such as three layers, four layers or even more layers of stickers may wrap the filter tip 30 and the vaporizer body 10, which is not repeated here.

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EP13889233.6A 2013-07-11 2013-07-11 Verdampfer für eine elektronische zigarette Not-in-force EP3020289B1 (de)

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PCT/CN2013/079246 WO2015003373A1 (zh)	2013-07-11	2013-07-11	电子烟雾化器

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