CN111493360A

CN111493360A - Cigarette bullet and electron cigarette

Info

Publication number: CN111493360A
Application number: CN201910084174.3A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 邱伟华; 罗国秋
Original assignee: Changzhou Paiteng Electronic Technology Co Ltd
Current assignee: Changzhou Paiteng Electronic Technology Co Ltd
Priority date: 2019-01-29
Filing date: 2019-01-29
Publication date: 2020-08-07

Abstract

The invention provides a cigarette bullet and an electronic cigarette. The cigarette bullet includes cigarette bullet casing and lower cover structure, the cigarette bullet casing includes the stock solution chamber, lower cover structure be equipped with the atomizing chamber of stock solution chamber intercommunication, lower cover structure still including accept in imbibition spare and heating member in the atomizing chamber, the heating member constitutes the partly of atomizing chamber perisporium, the heating member is in the atomizing chamber with between the imbibition spare, lower cover structure's one end with the cigarette bullet casing relatively fixed, lower cover structure's the other end can be operated, and with lower cover structure go up with the cigarette bullet casing relatively fixed's one end rotates as the center, makes imbibition spare exposes. The cigarette cartridge is convenient to use. In addition, still provide an electron cigarette that adopts this cigarette bullet.

Description

Cigarette bullet and electron cigarette

Technical Field

The invention belongs to the technical field of smoking simulation, and particularly relates to a cigarette bullet and an electronic cigarette adopting the same.

Background

At present, electronic cigarettes have become a mature smoking substitute in the market, and a battery supplies power to a heating unit in a cartridge, so that the heating unit heats tobacco juice under electric drive to generate smoke for a user to smoke. However, the homogenization of the smoke cartridge in the existing market is serious, the liquid absorbing part and the heating part in the body are difficult to disassemble, the operability is poor, and the use experience of a user is influenced.

Disclosure of Invention

In view of the above, it is desirable to provide a cartridge that is convenient to use and an electronic cigarette using the cartridge.

The utility model provides a cigarette bullet, its includes cigarette bullet casing and lower cover structure, the cigarette bullet casing includes the stock solution chamber, lower cover structure be equipped with the atomizer chamber of stock solution chamber intercommunication, lower cover structure still including accept in imbibition spare and heating member in the atomizer chamber, heating member constitutes a part of atomizer chamber perisporium, heating member is in the atomizer chamber with between the imbibition spare, the one end of lower cover structure with the cigarette bullet casing relatively fixed, the other end of lower cover structure can be operated, and with the lower cover structure go up with the one end of cigarette bullet casing relatively fixed rotates as the center, makes imbibition spare exposes.

Further, the lower cover structure comprises a sealing cover connected with the cartridge shell, and the liquid absorbing piece arranged in the atomizing cavity can be taken out by operating the sealing cover relative to the cartridge shell.

Further, the lower cover structure further comprises a body and a base connected with the lower end of the body, the atomization cavity is arranged in the body, the body faces towards one end of the liquid storage cavity, a placing groove for containing the heating element is formed in one end of the liquid storage cavity, and a connecting groove for containing the liquid playing element is formed in the base.

Furthermore, an operation groove is formed in the sealing cover corresponding to the liquid absorbing piece, and a blocking piece capable of blocking the placing groove is arranged in the operation groove.

Furthermore, the end face of the sealing cover facing the liquid absorbing piece is provided with a shielding groove, and a sealing ring which can be abutted against the wall of the placing groove is arranged in the shielding groove.

Furthermore, a plugging piece is arranged in the connecting groove, and the liquid suction piece is arranged between the plugging piece and the heating piece.

Furthermore, the sealing cover is provided with a pushing bulge capable of pushing the plugging piece towards the end face of the plugging piece.

Further, the lower end face of the cartridge housing is provided with a crimping piece corresponding to the heating piece.

Further, the cartridge still including accept in feed liquor lid in the cartridge casing, the feed liquor is covered and has been seted up at least one intercommunication the stock solution chamber with the lower liquid hole in atomizing chamber.

Furthermore, the body is provided with a liquid injection hole communicated with the liquid storage cavity, and the sealing cover is provided with a cigarette liquid plug corresponding to the liquid injection hole.

Furthermore, a smoke outlet communicated with the atomization cavity and the outside is formed in the cartridge shell, and at least one air inlet communicated with the outside and the atomization cavity is formed in the upper portion of the side portion of the cartridge shell.

Furthermore, the shell of the cartridge is provided with a smoke outlet communicated with the atomizing cavity and the outside, and the sealing cover is provided with at least one air inlet communicated with the outside air and the atomizing cavity.

An electronic cigarette comprises a battery device and a cartridge electrically connected with the battery device, wherein the cartridge is the cartridge as described in any one of the above.

In the electronic cigarette, one end of the lower cover structure is relatively fixed with the cigarette bullet shell, the other end of the lower cover structure can be operated, and the end of the lower cover structure relatively fixed with the cigarette bullet shell is rotated as a center, so that the liquid absorbing part is exposed; the electronic cigarette is convenient for replacing the liquid absorbing piece.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a schematic perspective view of an electronic cigarette according to a first embodiment of the present invention;

figure 2 is a cross-sectional view of the e-cigarette of figure 1;

figure 3 is an enlarged view of a portion of the electronic cigarette shown in figure 2 at a;

figure 4 is a schematic structural view of a cartridge in the electronic cigarette shown in figure 1;

figure 5 is a schematic structural view of an atomization housing in the electronic cigarette shown in figure 1;

figure 6 is a schematic perspective view of a battery device in the electronic cigarette shown in figure 1;

fig. 7 is a schematic structural diagram of a state of a cartridge in an electronic cigarette according to a second embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 8 is a schematic view of the cartridge of FIG. 7 in another configuration;

figure 9 is a cross-sectional view from a perspective of the cartridge of figure 7 when it is being fed downwardly;

figure 10 is an enlarged partial view of the cartridge of figure 9 at B;

figure 11 is a cross-sectional view from a perspective of the cartridge of figure 7 with air intake;

figure 12 is a cross-sectional view of the cartridge of figure 11 from another perspective;

FIG. 13 is a schematic view of a first state of the cartridge according to the third embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 14 is a schematic view of the cartridge of FIG. 13 in another configuration;

FIG. 15 is a schematic view of the mating relationship of the sealing cap and base in a cartridge in accordance with a fourth embodiment of the invention;

figure 16 is a schematic structural view of a fifth embodiment of the cartridge of the present invention in one of its states;

figure 17 is a cross-sectional view of the cartridge of figure 16;

figure 18 is a schematic view of another state of the cartridge of figure 16; and

figure 19 is a cross-sectional view of the cartridge of figure 18.

The reference numbers in the drawings are as follows:

electronic cigarette 100

cartridge

10, 30 battery device 20 cartridge housing 11, 31

Lower cover structure 12, 33

liquid inlet cover

13,32 backstop 111 connecting part 112

Air inlet 1111 and

smoke outlet

1112, 312 first division plate 1113 second division plate 1114

Air inlet channel 1115 and air outlet channel 1116

liquid storage cavities

1117 and 1118 and 3332 of liquid storage cavities

Smoke

liquid stopper

1119, 343 groove 1121 protrusion 1122 atomization shell 121

Heating element

122, 332

liquid absorbing element

123, 334

body

1211, 331

sealing cap

1212, 34

Placement channels

1213, 3311 bent channels 1214 to leave empty slots 1215 through receptacle 1216

Bent end 1221 atomizing cavity 1222 of clamping groove 1218 of clamping piece 1217

Control plate 23 of liquid inlet hole 131 and battery shell 21 accommodating cavity 211

Battery 24 key structure 25

electrode contacts

26, 335 keys 251

The electronic switch 252 is connected with the port 3333 through the groove 322 by the buckle 314

Base 333 connecting slot 3331 of mounting hole 3312 of pressure welding piece 313

Protrusion 3313 of air outlet passage 3121 of plug portion 341 and bushing 336

Plugging part 3451 clamping groove 3411 electrode hole 342 air inlet channel 3122

Shielding slot 347 operating slot 346 catches slot 344 blanking member 345

Cap body portion 3453 snap projection 3452 push projection 348

Detailed Description

To facilitate an understanding of the invention, the invention will now be described more fully with reference to the accompanying drawings. Preferred embodiments of the present invention are shown in the drawings. This invention may, however, be embodied in many different forms and should not be construed as limited to the embodiments set forth herein. Rather, these embodiments are provided so that this disclosure will be thorough and complete.

It will be understood that when an element is referred to as being "secured to" another element, it can be directly on the other element or intervening elements may also be present. When an element is referred to as being "connected" to another element, it can be directly connected to the other element or intervening elements may also be present.

Unless defined otherwise, all technical and scientific terms used herein have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which this invention belongs. The terminology used in the description of the invention herein is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting of the invention. As used herein, the term "and/or" includes any and all combinations of one or more of the associated listed items.

Example one

Referring to fig. 1, an electronic cigarette 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a cartridge 10 and a battery device 20. The cartridge 10 is electrically connected to the battery device 20, and the cartridge 10 heats the liquid under the power of the battery device 20, so that the liquid is atomized into smoke.

Referring to fig. 2, the cartridge 10 includes a cartridge housing 11, a lower cover structure 12 mounted at one end of the cartridge housing 11, and an inlet cover 13 mounted in the cartridge housing 11 and abutting against the lower cover structure 12.

Referring to fig. 4, the cartridge case 11 is substantially in the shape of a cylinder with an open end, the cartridge case 11 includes a stopping portion 111 and a connecting portion 112 formed by bending the lower end of the stopping portion 111 inward along the radial direction of the stopping portion 111 and used for connecting with the lower cover structure 12, in this embodiment, the stopping portion 111 and the connecting portion 112 are integrally formed, it can be understood that in other embodiments not shown, the stopping portion 111 and the connecting portion 112 can be divided into two detachable parts, and the stopping portion 111 and the connecting portion 112 can be connected in a manner of snap-fit, insertion-fit, or the like.

Referring to fig. 2 again, an air inlet 1111 is opened above the side of the stopping portion 111 and communicates with the outside, and external air enters the stopping portion 111 through the air inlet 1111. The number of the air intake holes 1111 may be N, where N is a natural number greater than or equal to one, and the distance between the N air intake holes 1111 depends on the specific design, and it is understood that in other embodiments not shown, the air intake holes 1111 may also be opened at the top, the side below, or the bottom of the stopper portion 111. The top end of the stopping portion 111 is further opened with a smoke outlet 1112 communicated with the inner cavity of the stopping portion 111. The blocking portion 111 is internally provided with a first separating plate 1113 and a second separating plate 1114 which extend downwards along the axial direction of the blocking portion 111 at intervals, the first separating plate 1113 is close to the air inlet hole 1111, and the second separating plate 1114 is close to the smoke outlet 1112, in this embodiment, the first separating plate 1113 and the second separating plate 1114 are integrally formed with the top inner surface of the blocking portion 111, it can be understood that in other embodiments not shown, the first separating plate 1113 and the second separating plate 1114 can be connected with the top inner surface of the blocking portion 111 in a clamping, inserting and other ways, a cavity which is formed by enclosing between the first separating plate 1113 and the side portion of the blocking portion 111 where the air inlet 1111 is opened forms an air inlet channel 1115 which is communicated with the air inlet hole 1111, and an air outlet channel which is formed by enclosing between the second separating plate 1114 and the side portion of the blocking portion 111 which is close to the smoke outlet 1112 forms an air outlet channel 1116 which is communicated. The first separating plate 1113, the second separating plate 1114 and the top inner wall of the stopping part 111 jointly form a liquid storage cavity 1117 for storing the smoke liquid, and the stopping part 111 is further provided with a liquid injection hole 1118 for communicating the liquid storage cavity 1117 with the outside, in the embodiment, a smoke liquid plug 1119 is arranged in the liquid injection hole 1118, and the smoke liquid plug 1119 is made of rubber materials, understandably, in other embodiments not shown, the smoke liquid plug 1119 can also be made of other materials with good sealing performance such as silica gel, when a user needs to inject the smoke liquid into the liquid storage cavity 1117 through the liquid injection hole 1118, after the user injects the smoke liquid into the liquid storage cavity 1117 through the liquid injection hole 1118, the smoke liquid plug 1119 is installed in the liquid injection hole 1118, and the smoke liquid plug 1119 can seal the liquid injection hole 1118, so that the smoke liquid in the liquid storage cavity 1117 is prevented from leaking to the outside from the liquid injection hole 1118.

Grooves 1121 are formed on both side walls of the connecting portion 112, and a protrusion 1122 for connecting with the lower cover structure 12 is formed on the wall of each groove 1121.

Referring to fig. 2 and 3, and fig. 5, the lower cover structure 12 includes an atomizing housing 121 connected to the connecting portion 112, a heating member 122 installed in the atomizing housing 121, and a liquid sucking member 123 provided on top of the heating member 122. In the present embodiment, the lower cover structure 12 is connected to one end of the cartridge case 11 by a connecting structure (not shown), and the liquid absorbing member 123 can be taken out from the cartridge case 11 by operating the lower cover structure 12.

The atomizing housing 121 includes a body 1211 disposed in the connecting portion 112 and a sealing cap 1212 disposed at a lower end of the body 1211.

The top of the body 1211 is provided with a placing groove 1213 for accommodating the liquid absorbing member 123, two ends of a bottom wall of the placing groove 1213 are provided with bending grooves 1214 which are bent inwards along the axial direction of the body 1211 and are used for mounting the heating member 122, two end side walls of the body 1211 are provided with hollow grooves 1215 inwards along the radial direction of the body 1211, and a wall of each hollow groove 1215 is provided with at least one flow guiding hole (not shown), in the present embodiment, the flow guiding hole on the wall of one of the hollow grooves 1215 is communicated with the air inlet channel 1115 and the placing groove 1213, and the flow guiding hole on the wall of the other hollow groove 1215 is communicated with the air outlet channel 1116 and the placing groove 1213.

Two insertion holes 1216 are formed in the sealing cover 1212 corresponding to the lower ends of the two bending grooves 1214, each insertion hole 1216 is communicated with the corresponding bending groove 1214, two ends of the sealing cover 1212 protrude upwards along the axial direction of the sealing cover 1212 to form two clamping pieces 1217 used for being connected with the connecting portion 112, the two clamping pieces 1217 radially correspond to the two blank grooves 1215 respectively, and each clamping piece 1217 is provided with a clamping groove 1218 corresponding to the protrusion 1122. In this embodiment, the fastening members 1217 are connection structures, since each fastening member 1217 has a radial gap with the wall of the corresponding hollow groove 1215 in the radial direction, and the outer surface of the sidewall of the connection portion 112 and the outer surface of the protrusion 1122 provided on the outer surface of the sidewall are not in the same plane, and there is a difference, by leaving the radial gap, the two sidewalls of the connection portion 112 provided with the protrusion 1122 can be respectively placed in the two gaps, and when the two fastening grooves 1218 are respectively matched with the two protrusions 1122, the lower lid structure 12 can be connected with the protrusion 1122 of the cartridge housing 11 through the fastening groove 1218, so that the lower lid structure 12 can be kept fixed relative to the cartridge housing 11, and, by providing the hollow grooves 1215 on the two sides of the body 1211, when the two sidewalls of the connection portion 112 provided with the protrusion 1122 are respectively placed in the two gaps, it is convenient for the user to adjust the positions of the protrusion 1122 and the fastening groove 1122 when assembling, assembly dislocation is prevented, it can be understood that the blank slot 1215 can be omitted, and when the blank slot 1215 is omitted, the two clamping members 1217 are made of soft materials such as silica gel and rubber, which is convenient for a user to install the protrusion 1122 in the clamping groove 1218. It will be appreciated that in other embodiments, not shown, the positions of the snap 1217 and the projections 1122 may be reversed, i.e. the snap 1217 may also be provided on the cartridge housing 11 and the projections 1122 may also be provided on the aerosol housing 121, provided that the lower cover structure 12 is held stationary relative to the cartridge housing 11 by the projections 1122 fitting within the snap recesses 1218. It will be appreciated that in other embodiments not shown, the lower cover structure 12 may also be connected to the cartridge housing 11 by magnetic, threaded or the like connection.

It can be understood that the type of the heating element 122 can be a heating wire, a heating network, a heating sheet, etc., the heating element 122 can be made of steel, nickel baking alloy, ceramic, etc., in this embodiment, the heating element 122 is a steel heating sheet sintered with conductive paste, the heating element 122 is disposed in the placing groove 1213, two ends of the heating element 122 are respectively penetrated through the two bending grooves 1214 and then bent inward along the radial direction of the body 1211 to form bending ends 1221, and each bending end 1221 is provided with a connecting hole (not shown) corresponding to the inserting hole 1216 for connecting with the battery device 20.

The liquid absorbing member 123 is disposed in the placing groove 1213 and abuts against the heating member 122, and in this embodiment, the liquid absorbing member 123 is disposed on the top of the heating member 122, but it is to be understood that in other embodiments not shown, the liquid absorbing member 123 may be disposed on the bottom of the heating member 122 as long as the liquid absorbing member 123 at least partially abuts against the heating member 122. Imbibition piece 123 is made by the material that cotton, cotton or porous ceramic easily absorb liquid, and imbibition piece 123 can absorb the tobacco juice gradually to conduct the tobacco juice that absorbs gradually to heating member 122 on, make heating member 122 heat the tobacco juice that atomizes imbibition piece 123 and absorb, the space that heating member 122 heated the atomized tobacco juice forms with inlet channel 1115, the atomizing chamber 1222 that outlet channel 1116 all communicates.

Referring to fig. 2, in the present embodiment, the liquid inlet cover 13 and the smoke shell 11 are two detachable parts, the liquid inlet cover 13 is installed in the smoke shell 11, one end of the liquid inlet cover 13 is located between the body 1211 and the first partition 1113 and abuts against the top surface of one end of the body 1211, the other end of the liquid inlet cover 13 is located between the body 1211 and the second partition 1114 and abuts against the top surface of the other end of the body 1211, so that the liquid inlet cover 13 can be fixed relative to the smoke shell 11, it can be understood that in other embodiments not shown, one end of the liquid inlet cover 13 can be connected with the sidewall of the first partition 1113, and the other end of the liquid inlet cover 13 can be connected with the sidewall of the second partition 1114, the connection manners include but are not limited to snapping, inserting, screwing, etc., it can be understood that in other embodiments not shown, the two ends of the liquid inlet cover 13 are respectively connected with the first partition 1113, The second partition 1114 is integrally formed so long as the liquid inlet cap 13 can be held fixed relative to the cartridge housing 11. The liquid inlet cover 13 is provided with at least one liquid inlet hole 131 for communicating the liquid storage cavity 1117 with the placing groove 1213, so that the smoke liquid in the liquid storage cavity 1117 can flow through the liquid absorbing member 123 through the liquid inlet hole 131 and then be gradually absorbed by the liquid absorbing member 123.

Referring to fig. 2 and fig. 6, the battery device 20 includes a battery case 21 covering the lower cover structure 12 and abutting against the lower end of the stopping portion 111, a control board 23 and a battery 24 accommodated in the battery case 21, a key structure 25 mounted on the battery case 21, and two electrode contacts 26 mounted above the battery case 21 at intervals.

The battery case 21 is provided with a receiving cavity 211 for mounting the cartridge 10, in this embodiment, the connecting portion 112 is disposed in the receiving cavity 211, and the top end of the battery case 21 abuts against the lower end of the stopping portion 111, so that the battery device 20 can be kept fixed relative to the cartridge 10, and it can be understood that in other embodiments not shown, the battery case 21 can be connected to the stopping portion 111 by magnetic connection, clamping connection, or the like, so that the battery device 20 can be kept fixed relative to the cartridge 10.

The control board 23 and the battery 24 are arranged in this order from top to bottom in the axial direction of the battery case 21.

The key structure 25 includes at least one key 251 mounted on the battery housing 21 and an electronic switch 252 disposed in the battery housing 21 and connected to the control board 25 and one of the keys 251. In the present embodiment, the user controls the turning on or off of the battery device 20 by pressing the key 251 connected to the electronic switch 252 so that the key 251 can turn on or off the electronic switch 252. It is understood that in other embodiments, which are not shown, the electronic switch 252 may be omitted, when the electronic switch 252 is omitted, each key 251 is connected to the control board 23, one of the keys 251 may be used for controlling the battery device 20 to be turned on or off, one of the keys 251 may be used for controlling the output power of the battery device 20 to the cartridge 10 to be increased, and one of the keys 251 may be used for controlling the output power of the battery device 20 to be decreased to the cartridge 10, and it is understood that the functions and the number of the keys 251 are not limited and may be set according to the control requirements of the battery device 20.

In this embodiment, the two electrode contacts 26 are fixed on the bottom wall of the receiving cavity 211 by means of, but not limited to, clamping, screwing, etc., the distance between the two electrode contacts 26 is equal to the distance between the two insertion holes 1216, one end of each electrode contact 26 penetrates through the wall of the receiving cavity 211 and is connected to the control board 23, and when the battery device 20 is connected to the cartridge 10, the end of each electrode contact 26 away from the control board 23 can sequentially penetrate through the insertion holes 1216, the connection holes and the heating element 122 to be fixed.

The installation process comprises the following steps: first, the lower cover structure 12 is mounted on the lower end of the cartridge housing 11, the lower cover structure 12 is connected to the protrusion 1122 of the cartridge housing 11 through the snap groove 1218, and the lower cover structure 12 can be kept fixed relative to the cartridge housing 11, so that the sealing cover 1212 can cover the lower end opening of the cartridge housing 11; next, the connecting portion 112 is placed in the receiving cavity 211, and the top end of the battery case 21 abuts against the lower end of the stopping portion 111, so that the battery device 20 can be kept fixed relative to the cartridge 10, and at this time, one end of each electrode contact 26, which is far away from the control board 23, can sequentially pass through the insertion hole 1216, the connecting hole, and the heating element 122 to be kept fixed.

The use process comprises the following steps: during the notes liquid, the user can be through annotating liquid hole 1118 to stock solution chamber 1117 dropwise add tobacco juice, and after the user finishes to stock solution chamber 1117 through annotating liquid hole 1118 with the tobacco juice stopper 1119 and install in annotating the liquid hole 1118, the tobacco juice stopper 1119 can seal and annotate the liquid hole 1118, prevents that the tobacco juice in the stock solution chamber 1117 from annotating liquid hole 1118 and leaking to the external world.

When the cartridge 10 and the battery device 20 are assembled, the end of each electrode contact 26 remote from the control board 23 can be sequentially inserted through the insertion hole 1216, the connection hole, and then connected to the heating element 122, thereby limiting the radial displacement of the electrode contact 26, so that the electrode contact 26 can be more stably connected to the heating element 122. The electronic cigarette is started, the circuit is conducted, the liquid absorbing member 123 gradually conducts the absorbed cigarette liquid to the heating member 122, so that the heating member 122 heats the cigarette liquid absorbed by the atomizing liquid absorbing member 123, when a user sucks, the external air can be mixed with the smoke in the atomizing cavity 1222 through the air inlet channel 1115, and the mixed smoke flows out from the smoke outlet 1112 through the air outlet channel 1116 to be sucked by the user.

When a user needs to clean the heating element 122 in the atomizing housing 121 or replace the liquid absorbing element 123 in the atomizing housing 121, after the user separates the cartridge 10 from the battery device 20, the user detaches the lower cover structure 12 installed at one end of the cartridge housing 11, separates the lower cover structure 12 from the cartridge housing 11, removes the heating element 122 and the liquid absorbing element 123 installed in the top placement groove 1213 of the body 1211, and removes the heating element 122 and the liquid absorbing element 123, which is not only convenient for cleaning dirt on the heating element 122, but also convenient for replacing the liquid absorbing element 123, or, when the clamping element 1217 is made of soft materials such as silica gel and rubber, by pulling one of the clamping elements 1217, the clamping groove 1218 on the clamping element 1217 is separated from the protrusion 1122 corresponding to the position thereof, and the other clamping element 1217 is also connected with the cartridge housing 11, at this time, the end of the lower cover structure 12 fixed relative to the cartridge housing 11 rotates around the end, namely, the end of the clip member 1217 connected to the cartridge case 11 is rotated until the heating member 122 and the liquid absorbing member 123 installed in the top slot 1213 of the body 1211 can be taken out. In the electronic cigarette 100 of the present embodiment, since the placement groove 1213 is formed in the top of the body 1211, when the heating member 122 is cleaned and the liquid absorbing member 123 is replaced, the heating member 122 and the liquid absorbing member 123 can be taken out in a manner of being lifted up and down, and the heating member 122 and the liquid absorbing member 123 are prevented from falling down to the ground, and the smoke absorbed by the liquid absorbing member 123 can be prevented from overflowing to the outside and leaking.

In the electronic cigarette 100 of the present invention, since the lower cover structure 12 includes the atomizing housing 121 detachably connected to the cartridge housing 11 and the liquid absorbing member 123 installed in the atomizing housing 121, the top end of the atomizing housing 121 is provided with the placement groove 1213, the liquid absorbing member 123 is disposed in the placement groove 1213, the atomizing housing 121 is detached or rotated relative to the cartridge housing 11, and the liquid absorbing member 123 disposed in the placement groove 1213 can be taken out; the electronic cigarette 100 of the present invention facilitates replacement of the liquid absorbing member 123.

Example two

Referring to fig. 7 to 9, a second embodiment of the present invention provides an electronic cigarette (not shown), which includes a cartridge 30 and a battery device (not shown). The cartridge 30 is electrically connected to the battery device, and the cartridge 30 heats the liquid under the power of the battery device, so that the liquid is atomized into smoke.

The cartridge 30 includes a cartridge case 31, an inlet cover 32 housed in the cartridge case 31, and a lower cover structure 33 mounted to the lower end of the cartridge case 31.

Referring to fig. 9 and 10, the cartridge case 31 is substantially cylindrical with an open lower end, the inner cavity of the cartridge case 31 forms a liquid storage cavity 311 for storing liquid smoke, the upper end of the cartridge case 31 is provided with a smoke outlet 312, and the lower end surface of the cartridge case 31 is provided with a press-connection member 313. In this embodiment, a catch 314 for connecting with the sealing cover 34 is also provided below the side of the cartridge housing 31.

The liquid inlet cover 32 is installed in the smoke cartridge shell 31, in this embodiment, the liquid inlet cover 32 is connected with the smoke cartridge shell 31 in a clamping manner, understandably, in other embodiments not shown, the liquid inlet cover 32 can also be connected with the smoke cartridge shell 31 in a connection manner such as a threaded connection manner, at least one liquid outlet hole (not shown) communicated with the liquid storage cavity 311 is formed in the liquid inlet cover 32, and at least one groove 322 used for being connected with the lower cover structure 33 is formed in the lower end of the liquid inlet cover 32.

The lower cover structure 33 includes a body 331 connected to the lower end of the liquid inlet cover 32, a heating member 332 provided in the body 331, a base 333 connected to the lower end of the body 331, a liquid absorbing member 334 provided in the base 333, and a sealing cover 34 for shielding the connection of the lower end of the cartridge case 31 and the cartridge case 31. In the present embodiment, one end of the lower cover structure 33 is fixed to the cartridge case 31, the other end of the lower cover structure 33 is operable, and the liquid absorbing member 334 is exposed by rotating around the end of the lower cover structure 33 fixed to the cartridge case 31.

Referring to fig. 10, the body 331 is provided with a placing groove 3311 corresponding to the pressing member 313 for placing the heating member 332, two sides of the placing groove 3311 on the body 331 are respectively provided with a mounting hole 3312 for connecting with the base 333, the upper end of the body 331 protrudes upwards along the axial direction of the body 331 to form a protrusion 3313 corresponding to the groove 322, in this embodiment, the body 331 is matched with the groove 322 through the protrusion 3313, so that the body 331 and the liquid inlet cover 32 are kept relatively fixed, and it can be understood that in other embodiments not shown, the body 331 can be connected with the liquid inlet cover 32 by adopting a connection method such as a threaded connection.

It is understood that the type of the heating element 332 may be a heating wire, a heating net, a heating sheet, etc., the heating element 332 may be made of steel, nickel baked alloy, ceramic, etc., in this embodiment, the heating element 332 is a steel heating sheet sintered with conductive paste, the heating element 332 is disposed in the accommodating slot 3311, and two ends of the heating element 332 are opened corresponding to the two mounting holes 3312 and respectively provided with through holes (not shown).

The base 333 is provided with a connecting groove 3331 corresponding to the heating member 332 for mounting the liquid absorbing member 334, and the base 333 is further provided with two connecting ports 3333 corresponding to the two through holes. In this embodiment, the two connection ports 3333 are respectively provided with an electrode contact 335, one end of each electrode contact 335 sequentially passes through the connection port 3333 and the through hole and then extends into the mounting hole 3312, in this embodiment, a bushing 336 is sleeved on an end surface of the electrode contact 335 extending into the mounting hole 3312, an outer surface of the bushing 336 abuts against a hole wall of the mounting hole 3312, and the electrode contact 335 can be fixed relative to the heating element 332 by the bushing 336 abutting against the hole wall of the mounting hole 3312. It will be appreciated that in other embodiments, not shown, the end surfaces of the electrode contacts 335 extending into the mounting holes 3312 may also be connected by snap-fit engagement with the walls of the mounting holes 3312, or the like, so that the electrode contacts 335 remain fixed relative to the heating element 332. In this embodiment, the base 333 is further provided with a liquid injection hole 3332 which sequentially penetrates through the body 331 and the liquid inlet cover 32 and is communicated with the outside, a sealing plug (not shown) is arranged in the liquid injection hole 3332, the sealing plug is made of a rubber material, understandably, in other embodiments which are not shown, the sealing plug can be made of other materials with better sealing performance such as silica gel, when the user needs to inject liquid, the user can drop the smoke liquid into the liquid storage cavity 311 through the liquid injection hole 3332, after the user finishes the process of adding the smoke liquid into the liquid storage cavity 311 through the liquid injection hole 3332, the sealing plug is installed in the liquid injection hole 3332, the liquid injection hole 3332 can be sealed, and the smoke liquid in the liquid storage cavity 311 is prevented from leaking to the outside from the liquid injection hole 3332.

The liquid absorbing member 334 is provided in the connecting groove 3331, and in the present embodiment, the upper end surface of the liquid absorbing member 334 abuts against the lower end surface of the heating member 332. The liquid absorbing member 334 is made of a material which is easy to absorb liquid, such as cotton, cotton cloth or porous ceramic, the liquid absorbing member 334 can gradually absorb smoke liquid flowing from the liquid storage cavity 311 to the liquid absorbing member 334 through the lower liquid hole, and gradually conduct the absorbed smoke liquid to the heating member 332, so that the heating member 332 heats the smoke liquid absorbed by the atomized liquid absorbing member 334, the space where the heating member 332 heats the atomized smoke liquid forms an atomizing cavity (not shown), the heating member 332 forms a part of the peripheral wall of the atomizing cavity, and the atomizing cavity is communicated with the smoke outlet 312 to form an air outlet channel 3121.

Referring to fig. 8 and 9, one end of the sealing cover 34 and the inner wall of the lower end of the cartridge housing 31 are integrally formed, the other end of the sealing cover 34 protrudes upwards along the axial direction of the sealing cover 34 to form a clamping portion 341, a clamping groove 3411 corresponding to the clamping buckle 314 is formed on the clamping portion 341, the clamping buckle 314 can be matched with the clamping groove 3411 to open or close the connecting groove 3331, and the liquid absorbing member 334 in the connecting groove 3331 is replaced. For example, when the sealing cover 34 and the lower end of the cartridge case 31 are connected in a snap-fit manner, two fasteners 314 are provided, the two fasteners 314 are oppositely disposed below the side portion of the cartridge case 31, two snap-fit portions 341 are provided, the two snap-fit portions 341 are respectively provided at two ends of the sealing cover 34, each snap-fit portion 341 is provided with a snap groove 3411 corresponding to the fastener 314, and a user can replace the liquid absorbing member 334 in the connecting groove 3331 by detaching at least one of the fasteners 314 from the corresponding snap groove 3411, so that the connecting groove 3331 is exposed; for example, when the sealing cap 34 and the lower end of the cartridge case 31 are magnetically connected, the sealing cap 34 and the cartridge case 31 are both made of a material having magnetism, and the polarity of the magnetic poles of the sealing cap 34 and the cartridge case 31 are different, the user can replace the liquid absorbing member 334 in the connecting groove 3331 by detaching the sealing cap 34 from the cartridge case 31 so that the connecting groove 3331 is exposed; for example, when the sealing cover 34 is rotatably connected to the lower end of the cartridge case 31, the lower end of the cartridge case 31 is provided with a shaft hole (not shown), the sealing cover 34 is provided with a rotating hole (not shown) corresponding to the shaft hole, a rotating shaft is provided in the rotating hole, and one end of the rotating shaft is inserted into the rotating hole and extends into the shaft hole, it should be understood that the opening position of the shaft hole is not limited, the shaft hole may be provided at the end of the sealing cover 34, or the shaft hole may be provided at the side of the sealing cover 34, and a user can rotate around the end of the sealing cover 34 fixed relative to the cartridge case 31 to expose the connecting groove 3331, thereby replacing the liquid absorbing member 334 in the connecting groove 3331, it should be understood that the rotating direction of the sealing cover 34 relative to the cartridge case 31 is not limited, the sealing cover 34 can rotate along the axial direction of the cartridge case 31, or, the sealing cover 34 can also rotate along the radial direction of the cartridge housing 31, and the rotating direction of the sealing cover 34 is determined according to the position of the shaft hole on the sealing cover 34.

In this embodiment, the sealing cover 34 is provided with two electrode holes 342 corresponding to the lower ends of the two electrode contacts 335, and when the user does not need to replace the liquid absorbing member 334, the sealing cover 34 can shield the lower end of the cartridge case 31, so that the lower ends of the two electrode contacts 335 are exposed to the outside through the two electrode holes 342, and the user can connect to the battery device through the two electrode contacts 335, which are partially exposed.

Referring to fig. 9, in an embodiment, the sealing cover 34 is further provided with at least one air inlet (not shown) communicating with the outside air and the atomizing chamber, when the electronic cigarette is in use, the outside air can enter the atomizing chamber through the air inlet to mix with the smoke, and the smoke mixed with the outside air flows out of the smoke outlet 312 through the air outlet channel 3121 to be sucked by a user. Referring to fig. 11 and 12, in another embodiment, the air inlet communicated with the atomizing chamber may be further disposed above the side portion of the cartridge housing 31, and the inner cavity of the air inlet communicated with the atomizing chamber forms an air inlet channel 3122, at this time, the external air can enter the air inlet channel 3122, flow downward into the atomizing chamber, mix with the smoke, and flow upward through the air outlet channel 3121 to the smoke outlet 312 for flowing out.

It is understood that in other embodiments not shown, the base 333 may be omitted, when the base 333 is omitted, the placing groove 3311 is a through groove, a limiting groove (not shown) for fixing the heating element 332 is formed on a groove wall of the placing groove 3311, a limiting protrusion (not shown) corresponding to the limiting groove is formed on the heating element 332, and the heating element 332 can be stably installed in the placing groove 3311 by the cooperation between the limiting protrusion and the limiting groove; at this time, the liquid absorbing member 334 is installed in the placing groove 3311 at a side far from the pressing member 313, the liquid absorbing member 334 can abut against an end surface of the heating member 332 far from the pressing member 313, one end of each electrode contact member 335 sequentially passes through the through hole and then extends into the installation hole 3312, so that the electrode contact member 335 can be kept fixed relative to the heating member 332, and a user can expose the connection groove 3331 by adjusting the sealing cover 34, thereby facilitating the user to take out the liquid absorbing member 334 located in the connection groove 3331.

It will be appreciated that in other embodiments, not shown, the sealing plug may be omitted, when the sealing plug is omitted, the sealing cover 34 is provided with a liquid plug 343 corresponding to the liquid injection hole 3332, the liquid plug 343 may be made of silica gel, rubber or the like, when the sealing cover 34 shields the lower end of the cartridge case 31, the liquid plug 343 may block the liquid injection hole 3332, when the user needs to inject liquid, the liquid injection hole 3332 may be exposed by adjusting the sealing cover 34, and the liquid storage cavity 311 may be filled with liquid through the liquid injection hole 3332.

The battery device is mounted on the cartridge 30 such that the positive and negative poles of the battery device can be connected to the two electrode contacts 335, respectively, and the circuit is open.

The installation process comprises the following steps: the liquid inlet cover 32 is installed in the cartridge case 31, the heating member 332 is installed in the body 331, the body 331 is installed at the lower end of the liquid inlet cover 32, the liquid absorbing member 334 is installed in the base 333, the base 333 is installed at the lower end of the body 331, and the sealing cover 34 is installed at the lower end of the cartridge case 31.

The use process comprises the following steps: by providing the pressing member 313, the pressing member 313 can compact the heating member 332 and the liquid absorbing member 334, when the user needs to replace the liquid absorbing member 334, the user can conveniently take out the liquid absorbing member 334 positioned in the connecting groove 3331 by adjusting the sealing cover 34 to expose the connecting groove 3331; when a user needs to clean the dirt on the heating member 332, the user can take out the heating member 332 installed in the body 331 by adjusting the sealing cover 34, and sequentially detaching the base 333 and the body 331.

In the electronic cigarette of the present invention, since one end of the lower cover structure 33 is fixed to the cartridge case 31, the other end of the lower cover structure 33 can be operated, and the one end of the lower cover structure 33 fixed to the cartridge case 31 is rotated as a center, so that the liquid absorbing member 334 is exposed; the electronic cigarette of the present invention facilitates replacement of the liquid absorbing member 334.

EXAMPLE III

Referring to fig. 13-14, the main difference between the cartridge 30 of the third embodiment and the cartridge 30 of the second embodiment is that the sealing cover 34 is formed with an operation slot 346 corresponding to the liquid absorbing member 334, a retaining slot 344 is formed by extending along a slot wall of the operation slot 346 in a direction toward the electrode hole 342, a blocking member 345 is disposed in the operation slot 346, in the present embodiment, the blocking member 345 is made of a high temperature resistant transparent material, the blocking member 345 includes a blocking portion 3451 adapted to a slot diameter of the operation slot 346, a retaining protrusion 3452 disposed on a side of the blocking portion 3451 and corresponding to the retaining slot 344, and a cover portion 3453 disposed on the blocking portion 3451 and far from one end of the operation slot 346, in the present embodiment, the blocking member 345 is engaged with the retaining slot 344 through the retaining protrusion 3452, so that the blocking member 345 can be fixed with the sealing cover 34, and when the user needs to replace the liquid absorbing member 334, the user can remove the blocking member 345, leaving the attachment slot 3331 exposed to facilitate removal of the wicking member 334 positioned in the attachment slot 3331 by a user. It should be understood that, in other embodiments, which are not shown, the blocking member 345 may be detachably connected to the groove wall of the operation groove 346 by means of inserting, screwing, etc., for example, the retaining groove 344 may be omitted, and when the retaining groove 344 is omitted, the retaining protrusion 3452 is also omitted, in which case, the blocking member 345 may be made of soft material such as rubber, silica gel, etc., so as to increase the friction force between the outer wall of the blocking portion 3451 and the groove wall of the operation groove 346, so that the blocking member 345 can be fixed to the sealing cover 34 by the abutting force between the outer wall of the blocking portion 3451 and the groove wall of the operation groove 346, for example, an outer thread section (not shown) is provided on the outer wall of the blocking portion 3451, an inner thread section (not shown) is provided on the groove wall of the operation groove 346, so that the blocking member 345 can be fixed to the sealing cover 34 by the screw-thread fit between the outer wall of the blocking portion 3451 and the groove wall, at this time, as long as the user can operate the blocking member 345, the blocking member 345 is separated from the operation groove 346, so that the connection groove 3331 is exposed, thereby facilitating the user to take out the liquid absorbing member 334 positioned in the connection groove 3331. In the present embodiment, the diameter of the cover body 3453 is larger than the diameter of the blocking part 3451, so as to better shield the operation groove 346, and prevent the smoke liquid from leaking from the operation groove 346 when the liquid absorbing member 334 fails to absorb the smoke liquid in time, and because the blocking part 345 is made of a high temperature resistant transparent material, when the outer wall of the blocking part 3451 is matched with the groove wall of the operation groove 346, one end of the blocking part 3451 can abut against the liquid absorbing member 334, on one hand, a abutting force is applied to the liquid absorbing member 334, so that the liquid absorbing member 334 can better abut against the heating member 332, on the other hand, whether one end face of the liquid absorbing member 334 abuts against one end face of the heating member 332 can be determined, so as to improve the user experience, on the other hand, the user can observe whether the liquid absorbing member 334 has been fully placed through the blocking part 345, if the liquid absorbing member 334 is fully placed, the user can place enough member 334 through the blocking part 345, thereby ensuring that the liquid absorbing member 334 can absorb the tobacco juice in time.

Example four

Referring to fig. 15, the cigarette cartridge 30 according to the fourth embodiment is different from the cigarette cartridge 30 according to the second embodiment in that the end surface of the sealing cover 34 facing the liquid absorbing member 334 is provided with a shielding groove 347, the shielding groove 347 is a blind groove, in the present embodiment, the groove wall of the shielding groove 347 is substantially rectangular, a sealing ring (not shown) made of a material with good sealing performance such as silica gel or rubber is provided in the shielding groove 347, and when a user does not need to take out the liquid absorbing member 334 provided in the connecting groove 3331, the sealing cover 34 is covered, the sealing ring can abut against the groove wall of the connecting groove 3331, and the smoke absorbed by the liquid absorbing member 334 is prevented from overflowing from the connecting groove 3331.

EXAMPLE five

Referring to fig. 16-19, the main difference between the cartridge 30 of the fifth embodiment and the cartridge 30 of the second embodiment is that the liquid absorbing member 334 and the blocking member 345 are both disposed in the connecting groove 3331, the liquid absorbing member 334 is disposed between the blocking member 345 and the heating member 332, and the blocking member 345 and the groove wall of the connecting groove 3331 are connected to block the connecting groove 3331, the connection modes include but are not limited to snap connection, plug connection, and the like, in this embodiment, the blocking member 345 is made of a material with good sealing property such as rubber, silica gel, and the like, so as to increase the friction force between the outer wall of the blocking member 345 and the groove wall of the connecting groove 3331, and by the abutting force between the outer wall of the blocking member 345 and the groove wall of the connecting groove 3331, the blocking member 345 can prevent the smoke liquid absorbed by the liquid absorbing member 334 from leaking to the outside through the gap between the groove wall of the connecting groove 3331 and the side portion of the blocking member 345, one end of the blocking member, the user can push, rotate or otherwise adjust the blocking piece 345 to expose the connecting groove 3331, so as to remove the liquid absorbing piece 334 in the connecting groove 3331, the end face of the sealing cover 34 facing the blocking piece 345 is provided with a pushing protrusion 348 capable of cooperating with the blocking piece 345, when the sealing cover 34 covers the connecting groove 3331, the pushing protrusion 348 can push the blocking piece 345, so that the blocking piece 345 moves towards the liquid absorbing piece 334 to abut against the liquid absorbing piece 334, the liquid absorbing piece 334 abuts against the heating piece 332 under the pushing of the blocking piece 345, when the sealing cover 34 completely covers the connecting groove 3331, the blocking piece 345 applies a holding force to the liquid absorbing piece 334 under the abutting of the pushing protrusion 348, so that the liquid absorbing piece 334 can better abut against the heating piece 332.

The use process comprises the following steps: when the user needs to inject liquid, the user can drop the tobacco juice into the liquid storage cavity 311 through the liquid injection hole 3332; when the user needs to replace the liquid absorbing member 334, the user can remove the blocking member 345 by operating the sealing cover 34 with respect to the cartridge housing 31 so that the connecting groove 3331 is exposed, thereby removing the liquid absorbing member 334 positioned in the connecting groove 3331.

The above examples only express embodiments of the present invention, and the description thereof is more specific and detailed, but not construed as limiting the scope of the present invention. It should be noted that, for a person skilled in the art, several variations and modifications can be made without departing from the inventive concept, which falls within the scope of the present invention. Therefore, the protection scope of the present patent shall be subject to the appended claims.

Claims

1. The utility model provides a cigarette bullet, its characterized in that, includes cigarette bullet casing and lower cover structure, the cigarette bullet casing includes the stock solution chamber, lower cover structure be equipped with the atomizing chamber of stock solution chamber intercommunication, lower cover structure still including accept in imbibition spare and heating member in the atomizing chamber, heating member constitutes the partly of atomizing chamber perisporium, heating member is in the atomizing chamber with between the imbibition spare, lower cover structure's one end with cigarette bullet casing relatively fixed, lower cover structure's the other end can be operated, and with lower cover structure go up with cigarette bullet casing relatively fixed's one end rotates as the center, makes imbibition spare exposes.

2. The cartridge of claim 1, wherein the lower cap structure includes a sealing cap connected to the cartridge housing, the sealing cap being operable relative to the cartridge housing to enable removal of the wicking element disposed in the aerosolization chamber.

3. The cartridge of claim 2, wherein the lower cover structure further comprises a body and a base connected to a lower end of the body, the atomizing chamber is disposed in the body, a receiving slot for receiving the heating element is formed at an end of the body facing the reservoir, and a connecting slot for receiving the liquid absorbing element is formed on the base.

4. The cartridge of claim, wherein the sealing cover has an operating slot corresponding to the liquid absorbing member, and a blocking member is disposed in the operating slot for blocking the disposing slot.

5. The cartridge of claim 3, wherein the end of the sealing cap facing the liquid absorbing member is provided with a shielding groove, and a sealing ring capable of abutting against the wall of the placing groove is arranged in the shielding groove.

6. The cartridge of claim 3, wherein a blocking member is disposed within the attachment slot, and the wicking member is disposed between the blocking member and the heating member.

7. The cartridge according to claim 6, wherein an end face of the sealing cap facing the block piece is provided with a pushing projection capable of pushing the block piece.

8. The cartridge of claim 1, wherein the lower end surface of the cartridge housing is provided with a crimping member corresponding to the heating element.

9. The cartridge of claim 1, further comprising a liquid inlet cap received in the cartridge housing, wherein the liquid inlet cap defines at least one liquid outlet hole communicating the reservoir chamber and the aerosolization chamber.

10. The cartridge of claim 3, wherein the body defines a filling hole communicating with the reservoir, and the sealing cap defines a plug corresponding to the filling hole.

11. The cartridge of claim 1, wherein the cartridge housing defines a smoke outlet communicating with the aerosolization chamber and the environment, and wherein the cartridge housing defines at least one air inlet above a side portion of the cartridge housing communicating with the environment and the aerosolization chamber.

12. The cartridge of claim 2, wherein the cartridge housing defines a smoke outlet communicating with the aerosolizing chamber and the environment, and the sealing cap defines at least one air inlet communicating with the aerosolizing chamber and the environment.

13. An electronic cigarette, characterized in that: the electronic cigarette comprises a battery device and a cartridge electrically connected with the battery device, wherein the cartridge is the cartridge according to any one of claims 1 to 12.