CN217242688U

CN217242688U - Electronic cigarette

Info

Publication number: CN217242688U
Application number: CN202220177022.5U
Authority: CN
Inventors: 令狐昌红
Original assignee: Cig Green Industrial Shenzhen Co ltd
Current assignee: Koujia Holdings Ltd
Priority date: 2022-01-21
Filing date: 2022-01-21
Publication date: 2022-08-23
Anticipated expiration: 2032-01-21

Abstract

The application provides an electron cigarette, it includes: a smoke cartridge; the moving pipe is provided with a lug, and the cigarette cartridge is arranged in the moving pipe; the cigarette rod is internally limited with a first inner cavity, a first guide groove communicated with the first inner cavity is formed in the cigarette rod, the movable pipe sleeve is arranged in the first inner cavity, and the lug passes through the first guide groove and extends out of the cigarette rod; the sleeve assembly is provided with a second guide groove, the sleeve assembly is rotatably sleeved on the outer peripheral side of the cigarette rod, and the lug extends into the second guide groove; the two ends of the elastic component are respectively connected with the sleeve pipe component and the cigarette rod; the utility model provides an electron cigarette can realize when not using, accomodates the cartridge in the inside of tobacco rod to prevent that the cartridge from contacting the external bacterium and the dust in the air, avoid the cartridge to receive the pollution.

Description

Electronic cigarette

Technical Field

The application relates to an electron cigarette technical field especially relates to a can accomodate electron cigarette of cigarette bullet.

Background

The electronic cigarette mainly comprises a cigarette bullet and a cigarette rod, wherein an atomization core and tobacco tar are arranged in the cigarette bullet, and a battery is arranged in the cigarette rod and can supply power to the atomization core, so that the atomization core can heat the tobacco tar to form smoke for being absorbed by a consumer; at present, most electron cigarette on the market, its cartridge are connected in the outside of tobacco rod, and the cartridge is not containable, and when not using the electron cigarette promptly, the cartridge can not be accomodate in the inside of tobacco rod, when the consumer makes the electron cigarette drop to ground carelessly, the cigarette holder cap of cartridge is the foul that probably touches ground, and like this, the cigarette holder cap receives the pollution easily, can influence consumer's health.

Disclosure of Invention

An object of the application is to provide an electron cigarette, the electron cigarette of this application can realize when not using, accomodate the cigarette bullet in the tobacco rod, can avoid the cigarette bullet to contact external bacterium and the dust like in the air effectively to guarantee the cleanness of cigarette bullet.

To this end, the application embodiment provides an electron cigarette, and it includes: a smoke cartridge; the moving pipe is provided with a lug, and the cigarette cartridge is arranged in the moving pipe; the cigarette rod is internally limited with a first inner cavity, a first guide groove communicated with the first inner cavity is formed in the cigarette rod, the movable pipe is sleeved in the first inner cavity, and the lug passes through the first guide groove and extends out of the cigarette rod; the sleeve assembly is provided with a second guide groove, the sleeve assembly is rotatably sleeved on the outer peripheral side of the cigarette rod, and the lug extends into the second guide groove; and two ends of the elastic component are respectively connected to the sleeve component and the cigarette rod.

In some possible implementations, a projected shape of the second guide slot on a longitudinal section of the cannula assembly includes a triangle.

In some possible implementations, one end of the elastic member is fixedly connected to the tobacco rod, and the other end of the elastic member surrounds the outer circumference of the tobacco rod and abuts against the sleeve assembly.

In some possible implementations, two elastic members are included, and the two elastic members are oppositely arranged and surround the periphery of the cigarette rod.

In some possible implementations, the elastic member includes at least one of a spring and a bungee cord.

In some possible implementations, one end of the first guide slot is expanded to form a bayonet for limiting movement of the tab.

In some possible implementations, the sleeve assembly is rotatably sleeved on the middle of the cigarette rod.

In some possible implementations, the sleeve assembly is rotatably sleeved on one end of the cigarette rod, and a second inner cavity is defined inside the sleeve assembly, and the first inner cavity and the second inner cavity jointly form a receiving cavity for mounting the moving tube.

In some possible implementations, the sleeve assembly includes a first sleeve and a second sleeve, the first sleeve has the second guide slot, the first sleeve is rotatably sleeved on the outer circumference of the cigarette rod, and the second sleeve is clamped on the outer circumference of the first sleeve.

In some possible implementations, the cross-sectional shape of the tobacco rod includes circular, oval, rounded rectangular.

The application provides an electron cigarette, compares with prior art, and its beneficial effect lies in:

the cigarette cartridge is arranged in the moving pipe, the moving pipe is sleeved in the first inner cavity of the cigarette rod, the lug on the moving pipe penetrates through the first guide groove and extends out of the cigarette rod, the sleeve pipe assembly is sleeved on the outer peripheral side of the cigarette rod and enables the lug to extend into the second guide groove on the sleeve pipe assembly, a consumer can rotate the sleeve pipe assembly to rotate so as to drive the lug to slide along the first guide groove and drive the moving pipe and the cigarette cartridge to move relative to the cigarette rod, so that the cigarette cartridge can extend out of the cigarette rod or be accommodated in the cigarette rod, and therefore when the cigarette cartridge is not used, the cigarette cartridge can be accommodated in the cigarette rod so as to prevent the cigarette cartridge from contacting with the outside, such as bacteria or dust in the air and being polluted; and the both ends of elastic component connect respectively in thimble assembly and tobacco rod, at the rotating thimble assembly, in order to stretch out the tobacco rod to the outside in-process of tobacco rod, thimble assembly and tobacco rod can exert the effect to the elastic component, the elastic component contracts or stretches, in order to accumulate elasticity, later, the consumer can cancel the effort to the thimble assembly, thimble assembly just can be under the drive of elastic component, the antiport, and reply to original position, the lug position is motionless, like this, for some non-cylindrical tobacco rods, when canceling the effort to thimble assembly, the elastic component can drive thimble assembly antiport, in order to reply to the initial position on the tobacco rod, in order to guarantee the pleasing to the eye of the shell of the electron cigarette that thimble assembly and tobacco rod constitute, in order to improve the enjoyment that the consumer used the electron cigarette of this application.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the embodiments of the present application or the technical solutions in the prior art, the drawings needed to be used in the description of the embodiments or the prior art will be briefly described below, and it is obvious that the drawings in the following description are some embodiments of the present application, and other drawings can be obtained by those skilled in the art without creative efforts. In addition, in the drawings, like parts are denoted by like reference numerals, and the drawings are not drawn to actual scale.

Fig. 1 is a schematic view of a cartridge according to an embodiment of the present application being accommodated in an accommodating chamber;

figure 2 is a schematic view of the e-cigarette shown in figure 1 with the cartridge extending outside the receiving cavity;

figure 3 is a schematic view of the housing of the electronic cigarette shown in figure 1;

FIG. 4 is a schematic view of a tobacco rod with an oval cross-section;

figure 5 is an exploded view one of the electronic cigarette shown in figure 1;

figure 6 is an exploded view two of the electronic cigarette shown in figure 1;

FIG. 7 is a schematic view of a moving tube according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 8 is a schematic view of an inner sleeve of an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 9 is a schematic view of a first sleeve of an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 10 is a projection of the second guide channel of the first ferrule shown in FIG. 9 in longitudinal section thereof;

description of the reference numerals:

1. a smoke cartridge; 2. moving the tube; 21. a bump; 3. a tobacco stem; 31. a first lumen; 32. a first guide groove; 321. a bayonet; 322. a first end; 323. a second end; 33. a cross-section; 34. an outer sleeve; 35. an inner sleeve; 36. a rotating tank; 37. a limiting ring; 38. a light pillar; 4. a bushing assembly; 41. a second guide groove; 411. a first apex angle; 412. a second apex angle; 413. a third apex angle; 414. a first side; 415. a second edge; 42. a longitudinal section; 43. a second lumen; 44. a first sleeve; 45. a second sleeve; 46. an abutting portion; 5. an elastic member; 6. an accommodating cavity; 7. a lighting assembly; 71. a magnetic attraction seat; 72. an air induction switch.

Detailed Description

In order to make the objects, technical solutions and advantages of the embodiments of the present application clearer, the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present application, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are some embodiments of the present application, but not all embodiments. All other embodiments, which can be derived by a person skilled in the art from the embodiments given herein without making any creative effort, shall fall within the protection scope of the present application.

As shown in fig. 1 to 10, an embodiment of the present application proposes an electronic cigarette, which includes: a cartridge 1; a moving pipe 2 provided with a projection 21, the cartridge 1 being mounted in the moving pipe 2; the cigarette rod 3 is internally provided with a first inner cavity 31, the cigarette rod 3 is provided with a first guide groove 32 communicated with the first inner cavity 31, the moving pipe 2 is sleeved in the first inner cavity 31, and the lug 21 penetrates through the first guide groove 32 and extends out of the cigarette rod 3; the sleeve assembly 4 is provided with a second guide groove 41, the sleeve assembly 4 is rotatably sleeved on the outer peripheral side of the cigarette rod 3, and the lug 21 extends into the second guide groove 41; and the two ends of the elastic component 5 are respectively connected with the sleeve component 4 and the cigarette rod 3.

Based on the technical scheme, the cigarette cartridge 1 is arranged inside the moving pipe 2, the moving pipe 2 is sleeved in the first inner cavity 31 of the cigarette rod 3, the lug 21 on the moving tube 2 passes through the first guide groove 32 and extends out of the cigarette rod 3, the sleeve pipe assembly 4 is sleeved on the outer periphery of the cigarette rod 3, and the projection 21 is extended into the second guiding groove 41 of the sleeve assembly 4, the consumer can rotate the sleeve assembly 4, so as to drive the lug 21 to slide along the first guide slot 32, and drive the moving tube 2 and the cartridge 1 to move relative to the cigarette rod 3, so that the cartridge 1 can be extended to the outside of the tobacco rod 3 or be received inside the tobacco rod 3, and thus, when the cigarette holder is not used, the cigarette cartridge 1 can be accommodated in the cigarette rod 3 to prevent the cigarette cartridge 1 from being polluted due to the contact with the outside, such as bacteria or dust in the air, and when the cigarette holder is used, the cigarette cartridge 1 can be extended out of the cigarette rod 3 for the use of consumers; and two ends of the elastic component 5 are respectively connected with the sleeve component 4 and the cigarette rod 3, in the process of rotating the sleeve component 4 to extend the cigarette rod 3 to the outside of the cigarette rod 3, the sleeve assembly 4 and the tobacco rod 3 exert a force on the elastic member 5, and the elastic member 5 contracts or stretches, to accumulate the elastic force, and then the consumer can release the force applied to the sleeve assembly 4, the sleeve assembly 4 will be driven by the elastic member 5 to rotate in the opposite direction and return to the original position, in the process, the position of the protrusion 21 is not moved, and thus, for some non-cylindrical rods 3, when the force on the sleeve assembly 4 is removed, the resilient member 5 may drive the sleeve assembly 4 in a reverse rotation, so as to return to the initial position on the cigarette rod 3, so as to ensure the beauty of the shell of the electronic cigarette consisting of the sleeve assembly 4 and the cigarette rod 3 and improve the pleasure of consumers in using the electronic cigarette.

Referring to fig. 6, specifically, the cigarette rod 3 includes an outer sleeve 34 and an inner sleeve 35 sleeved inside the outer sleeve 34, the outer sleeve 34 is provided with a light beam 38, and the inner sleeve 35 defines a first inner cavity 31 therein; a cigarette lighting component 7 is arranged in the cigarette rod 3, the cigarette lighting component 7 comprises a power supply (not shown in the drawing), a magnetic suction seat 71 and an air induction switch 72, the power supply is electrically connected with the magnetic suction seat 71 and the air induction switch 72, the magnetic suction seat 71 is connected to the end part of the moving pipe 2 and is used for sucking the cigarette cartridge 1 and electrically connected with the cigarette cartridge 1, the air induction switch 72 is connected to the magnetic suction seat 71, when the cigarette cartridge 1 is installed in the moving pipe 2, the magnetic suction seat 71 can suck the cigarette cartridge 1, a circuit on the magnetic suction seat 71 is connected with the cigarette cartridge 1, the air induction switch 72 can sense information in the circuit connected with the cigarette cartridge 1 and send the information to the power supply, and the power supply can supply power to the cigarette cartridge 1 so as to heat and atomize tobacco tar in the cigarette cartridge 1; further, cartridge 1 includes tobacco tar memory bank, atomizing core and cigarette holder cap, and the tobacco tar is stored in the tobacco tar memory bank inside, and the atomizing core can heat the tobacco tar of the tobacco tar memory bank inside, makes it form smog, and later, the consumer alright inhale through the cigarette holder cap.

In some embodiments, the cross-sectional shape 33 of tobacco rod 3 includes circular, oval, and rounded rectangle, and correspondingly, the cross-sectional shape of sleeve assembly 4 also includes circular, oval, and rounded rectangle, when the cross-sectional shape 33 of tobacco rod 3 and the cross-sectional shape of sleeve assembly 4 are both circular, the shape of the housing of the electronic cigarette composed of sleeve assembly 4 and tobacco rod 3 will not change when sleeve assembly 4 is rotated; and when the shape of the cross section 33 of cigarette rod 3 and the cross section shape of sleeve pipe assembly 4 were ellipse or fillet rectangle, rotating sleeve pipe assembly 4, the shape of the shell of the electron cigarette that sleeve pipe assembly 4 and cigarette rod 3 constituteed just can change, can seem pleasing to the eye inadequately, can weaken consumer's purchase desire, and at this moment, elastic component 5 can make sleeve pipe assembly 4 counter-rotation, makes sleeve pipe assembly 4 keep unanimous with the shell of the electron cigarette that cigarette rod 3 constitutes to this is guaranteed the pleasing to the eye of electron cigarette shell.

Referring to fig. 9-10, in some embodiments, the projection shape of the second guide groove 41 on the longitudinal section 42 of the sleeve assembly 4 includes a triangle, specifically, the second guide groove 41 includes a first vertex 411, a second vertex 412, a third vertex 413, a first side 414 and a second side 415, when the cartridge 1 is received in the cigarette rod 3, the protrusion 21 passes through the first end 322 of the first guide groove 32 and extends into the first vertex 411 of the second guide groove 41, the third vertex 413 of the second guide groove 41 coincides with the second end 323 of the first guide groove 32, and at this time, the position of the sleeve assembly 4 on the cigarette rod 3 is the initial position; when the user rotates the sleeve assembly 4, the first side 414 of the second guide groove 41 pushes the protrusion 21 to slide from the first vertex 411 of the second guide groove 41 to the second vertex 412 of the second guide groove 41, and the protrusion 21 slides along the first guide groove 32 from the first end 322 of the first guide groove 32 to the second end 323 thereof, so that the cartridge 1 moves from the inside of the cigarette rod 3 to the outside of the cartridge 1, and the sleeve assembly 4 compresses or stretches the elastic member 5, and the elastic member 5 accumulates elastic force; thereafter, the consumer releases the force on the sleeve assembly 4, the sleeve assembly 4 is rotated in the opposite direction by the elastic member 5, the second guide groove 41 is rotated relative to the projection 21, such that the second vertex 412 of the second guide groove 41 is away from the projection 21, and the third vertex 413 of the second guide groove 41 is close to the projection 21 and coincides with the second end 323 of the first guide groove 32, so that the sleeve assembly 4 is returned to the initial position on the cigarette rod 3; thereafter, the consumer may rotate the sleeve assembly 4 backwards so that the second edge 415 of the second guide groove 41 pushes the projection 21 to slide the projection 21 along the first guide groove 32 from the second end 323 to the first end 322 of the first guide groove 32 to receive the cartridge 1 inside the rod 3, during which the sleeve assembly 4 also presses the elastic member 5 so that the elastic member 5 accumulates the elastic force to drive the sleeve assembly 4 to rotate when the consumer releases the force on the sleeve assembly 4 so that the sleeve assembly 4 can return to the initial position on the rod 3.

In some embodiments, one end of the elastic component 5 is fixedly connected to the cigarette rod 3, the other end of the elastic component 5 surrounds the outer circumference of the cigarette rod 3 and abuts against the sleeve component 4, the sleeve component 4 is provided with an abutting portion 46 for abutting against the elastic component 5, so that when the sleeve component 4 is rotated, the sleeve component 4 can conveniently press the elastic component 5, and the elastic component 5 can smoothly contract and accumulate elastic force; further, some embodiments may include two elastic members 5, two elastic members 5 are oppositely disposed and surround the outer circumference of the cigarette rod 3, so that, when the sleeve assembly 4 is rotated to extend the cartridge 1 from the inside of the cigarette rod 3 to the outside of the cigarette rod 3, the sleeve assembly 4 will press one of the elastic members 5, so that the elastic member 5 contracts and accumulates elastic force, and when the sleeve assembly 4 is rotated to store the cartridge 1 in the inside of the cigarette rod 3, the sleeve assembly 4 will press the other elastic member 5, so that the elastic member 5 contracts and accumulates elastic force. The elastic member 5 comprises at least one of a spring and a resilient cord, both of which provide sufficient elastic force to drive the sleeve assembly 4 to rotate when deformed.

In some embodiments, one end of the first guide groove 32 is expanded to form a bayonet 321 for limiting the movement of the protrusion 21, and in particular, the second end 323 of the first guide groove 32 is expanded to form the bayonet 321, and the protrusion 21 is clamped into the bayonet 321 and does not move when moving along the first guide groove 32 from the first end 322 to the second end 323 of the first guide groove 32, so as to limit the cartridge 1 from moving, and the cartridge 1 can be kept protruding out of the cigarette holder 3.

In particular, between the moving tube 2 and the inner sleeve 35 there is also connected an elastic element (not shown in the figures) for: when the lug 21 leaves the bayonet 321, the moving tube 2 is pulled, so that the lug 21 can slide along the first guide groove 32 to the first end 322 of the first guide groove 32; the consumer may rotate the sleeve assembly 4 to make the second edge 415 of the second guide groove 41 push the protrusion 21 away from the bayonet 321, and then the consumer may immediately release the force to the sleeve assembly 4, so that the elastic member can pull the moving tube 2 to move to receive the cartridge 1 inside the cigarette rod 3; the elastic member may also be a spring or a stretch cord.

Referring to fig. 3, in some embodiments, the sleeve assembly 4 is rotatably sleeved on the middle portion of the cigarette rod 3, the chamber inside the sleeve assembly 4 is overlapped with the first inner cavity 31 of the cigarette rod 3, and the moving tube 2 is completely sleeved in the first inner cavity 31; in some embodiments, the sleeve assembly 4 is rotatably sleeved on one end of the cigarette rod 3, and the sleeve assembly 4 defines a second inner cavity 43 inside, and the first inner cavity 31 and the second inner cavity 43 together form a receiving cavity 6 for mounting the moving tube 2.

Referring to fig. 5-10, in some embodiments, the sleeve assembly 4 includes a first sleeve 44 and a second sleeve 45, the first sleeve 44 has a second guiding groove 41, the first sleeve 44 is rotatably sleeved on the outer circumference of the cigarette rod 3, the second sleeve 45 is clamped on the outer circumference of the first sleeve 44, the consumer rotates the second sleeve 45, and the second sleeve 45 and the first sleeve 44 rotate synchronously; specifically, when the electronic cigarette is assembled, the moving tube 2 is firstly sleeved in the inner sleeve 35, the bump 21 penetrates through the first guide groove 32, the cigarette lighting assembly 7 is installed in the inner sleeve 35, the magnetic suction seat 71 is connected to the end portion of the moving tube 2, then the outer sleeve 34 is sleeved on the outer peripheral side of the inner sleeve 35, then the first sleeve 44 is sleeved on the periphery of the inner sleeve 35, the bump 21 extends into the second guide groove 41, then the second sleeve 45 is sleeved on the periphery of the first sleeve 44, and the second sleeve 45 is clamped with the first sleeve 44; the inner sleeve 35 is provided with a rotating groove 36, one end of the first sleeve 44 is rotatably connected in the rotating groove 36, the inner sleeve 35 is provided with a limiting ring 37, and the limiting ring 37 is used for abutting against the other end of the first sleeve 44 so as to prevent the first sleeve 44 from moving along the axial direction of the inner sleeve 35.

It should be noted that references in the specification to "one embodiment," "an example embodiment," "some embodiments," etc., indicate that the embodiment described may include a particular feature, structure, or characteristic, but every embodiment may not necessarily include the particular feature, structure, or characteristic. Moreover, such phrases are not necessarily referring to the same embodiment. Further, when a particular feature, structure, or characteristic is described in connection with an embodiment, it is within the knowledge of one skilled in the art to effect such feature, structure, or characteristic in connection with other embodiments whether or not explicitly described.

It should be readily understood that "on … …", "above … …" and "above … …" in this disclosure should be interpreted in its broadest sense such that "on … …" means not only "directly on something", but also includes the meaning of "on something" with intervening features or layers therebetween, and "above … …" or "above … …" includes not only the meaning of "above something" or "above" but also includes the meaning of "above something" or "above" with no intervening features or layers therebetween (i.e., directly on something).

Furthermore, spatially relative terms, such as "under," "below," "beneath," "above," "over," and the like, may be used herein for ease of description to describe one element or feature's illustrated relationship to another element or feature. Spatially relative terms are intended to encompass different orientations of the device in use or operation in addition to the orientation depicted in the figures. The device may have other orientations (rotated 90 degrees or at other orientations) and the spatially relative descriptors used herein interpreted accordingly as well.

It is noted that, in this document, relational terms such as "first" and "second," and the like, may be used solely to distinguish one entity or action from another entity or action without necessarily requiring or implying any actual such relationship or order between such entities or actions. Also, the terms "comprises," "comprising," or any other variation thereof, are intended to cover a non-exclusive inclusion, such that a process, method, article, or apparatus that comprises a list of elements does not include only those elements but may include other elements not expressly listed or inherent to such process, method, article, or apparatus. Without further limitation, an element defined by the phrase "comprising an … …" does not exclude the presence of other identical elements in a process, method, article, or apparatus that comprises the element.

Finally, it should be noted that: the above embodiments are only used for illustrating the technical solutions of the present application, and not for limiting the same; although the present application has been described in detail with reference to the foregoing embodiments, it should be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art that: the technical solutions described in the foregoing embodiments may still be modified, or some or all of the technical features may be equivalently replaced; and the modifications or the substitutions do not make the essence of the corresponding technical solutions depart from the scope of the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present application.

Claims

1. An electronic cigarette, comprising:

a smoke cartridge;

the moving pipe is provided with a lug, and the cigarette cartridge is arranged in the moving pipe;

the cigarette rod is internally limited with a first inner cavity, a first guide groove communicated with the first inner cavity is formed in the cigarette rod, the movable pipe is sleeved in the first inner cavity, and the lug passes through the first guide groove and extends out of the cigarette rod;

the sleeve assembly is provided with a second guide groove, the sleeve assembly is rotatably sleeved on the outer peripheral side of the cigarette rod, and the lug extends into the second guide groove;

and two ends of the elastic component are respectively connected with the sleeve pipe component and the cigarette rod.

2. The electronic cigarette of claim 1, wherein a projected shape of the second guide slot on a longitudinal cross-section of the sleeve assembly comprises a triangle.

3. The electronic cigarette according to claim 1, wherein one end of the elastic member is fixedly connected to the cigarette rod, and the other end of the elastic member surrounds the outer circumference of the cigarette rod and abuts against the sleeve assembly.

4. The electronic cigarette according to claim 3, comprising two elastic members, wherein the two elastic members are oppositely arranged and surround the outer periphery of the cigarette rod.

5. The electronic cigarette of claim 1, wherein the elastic member comprises at least one of a spring and a bungee cord.

6. The electronic cigarette of claim 1, wherein one end of the first guide slot expands to form a bayonet for limiting movement of the tab.

7. The electronic cigarette of claim 1, wherein the sleeve assembly is rotatably sleeved on a middle portion of the cigarette rod.

8. The electronic cigarette of claim 1, wherein the sleeve assembly is rotatably sleeved on one end of the cigarette rod, and a second inner cavity is defined inside the sleeve assembly, and the first inner cavity and the second inner cavity together form a receiving cavity for mounting the moving tube.

9. The electronic cigarette according to claim 1, wherein the sleeve assembly includes a first sleeve and a second sleeve, the second guide slot is opened on the first sleeve, the first sleeve is rotatably sleeved on the outer circumference of the cigarette rod, and the second sleeve is clamped on the outer circumference of the first sleeve.

10. The electronic cigarette of claim 1, wherein the cross-sectional shape of the tobacco rod comprises a circle, an ellipse, a rounded rectangle.