CN219537465U - Atomizer and electronic atomization device - Google Patents
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Abstract
The utility model provides an atomizer and an electronic atomization device, wherein the atomizer comprises a shell, an atomization core, an oil storage cavity, an air inlet channel, an air outlet channel and an atomization cavity, wherein the atomization core is arranged in the shell; two ends of the atomizing cavity are respectively communicated with the air inlet channel and the air outlet channel; the atomization core is communicated with the oil storage cavity and comprises an atomization surface arranged towards the atomization cavity, and the atomization core is used for heating a liquid atomization medium to form aerosol at the atomization surface; after the air flow in the air inlet channel enters the atomizing cavity, the junction of the air flow and the aerosol is positioned above the atomizing surface, and the air flow drives the aerosol to flow from above the atomizing surface and enter the air outlet channel; when the utility model is used, the air flow can not be directly blown on the atomizing core for heating the atomizing medium, so that the temperature of the atomizing core is reduced while the air flow is prevented from carrying away aerosol, and the heat utilization rate is improved.
Description
Technical Field
The utility model relates to the technical field of electronic cigarettes, in particular to an atomizer and an electronic atomization device.
Background
At present, the air passage design of the electronic cigarette atomizer is basically that air flow directly blows or closely blows through the atomizing surface of the atomizing core. Because the airflow velocity in the atomizer is higher during suction, the flow velocity can reach 10-20 m/s, so that forced flow heat exchange of air to the atomizing core is very strong, a large amount of heat is lost to the atomizing core and the heating body, and the heat utilization efficiency of the atomizer is greatly reduced.
In an atomizer disclosed in patent publication No. CN215075497U, the tangential angle between the tangential line of the air inlet channel at the joint of the communicating atomizing chambers and the atomizing surface is an acute angle, so that the air flow entering the atomizing chambers from the air inlet channel is prevented from deflecting in a larger direction, and the air flow is reduced to form vortex in the atomizing chambers. According to the technical proposal, although the loss of air flow and retention and residence time in aerosol are reduced, the condensate generated in an atomization cavity is reduced; but this technical scheme also forms the vortex and has reduced the cooling heat dissipation of air current to atomizing core to a certain extent through reducing the air current in atomizing intracavity simultaneously, and then has alleviateed the heat loss that the atomizing core caused because the air current directly blows the atomizing face.
Therefore, in order to further alleviate the cooling heat loss caused when the air flow blows across the atomizing surface of the atomizing core, the heat utilization efficiency of the atomizing core is improved, and a technical scheme with high heat utilization rate of the atomizing core is necessarily designed.
Disclosure of Invention
The utility model aims to provide an atomizer and an electronic atomization device, when the atomizer is used, air flow cannot be directly blown onto an atomization core for heating an atomization medium, so that the temperature of the atomization core is reduced while aerosol is prevented from being carried away by the air flow, and the heat utilization rate is improved.
The utility model provides an atomizer, which comprises a shell, an atomizing core, an oil storage cavity, an air inlet channel, an air outlet channel and an atomizing cavity, wherein the atomizing core is arranged in the shell; two ends of the atomizing cavity are respectively communicated with the air inlet channel and the air outlet channel; the atomization core is communicated with the oil storage cavity and is positioned at one side of the atomization cavity, the atomization core comprises an atomization surface arranged towards the atomization cavity, and the atomization core is used for heating a liquid atomization medium to form aerosol at the atomization surface; after the air flow in the air inlet channel enters the atomizing cavity, the junction of the air flow and the aerosol is positioned above the atomizing surface, and the air flow drives the aerosol to flow from the upper part of the atomizing surface and enter the air outlet channel.
Further, the atomizing core comprises a porous matrix and an atomizing surface, wherein the porous matrix is communicated with the oil storage cavity, a groove which is arranged towards the air outlet channel is formed in the porous matrix, and the atomizing surface is arranged on the bottom surface of the groove.
Further, a connecting seat is arranged in the shell, and the atomizing core is arranged on the connecting seat.
Further, an infusion channel is arranged on the connecting seat and is used for communicating the oil storage cavity and the atomizing core.
Further, the atomizing cavity is arranged on the connecting seat, and the air outlet channel is connected with the connecting seat.
Further, an air inlet communicated with the air inlet channel is formed in the shell, the air inlet is formed in the bottom of the shell, a gap is formed between the connecting seat and the shell, and the gap forms the air inlet channel.
Further, the shell is provided with an air inlet communicated with the air inlet channel, the air inlet is arranged on two side surfaces of the shell, and the air inlet is positioned on two horizontal sides of the atomizing cavity.
Further, the air outlet channel is arranged on the upper side of the atomizing cavity, the atomizing core is arranged on the lower side of the atomizing cavity, the atomizing surface faces towards the air outlet channel, and the air inlet channels are respectively connected to two sides of the atomizing cavity.
Further, two oil storage cavities are arranged, and the oil storage cavities are respectively arranged on two sides of the air outlet channel.
The utility model also provides an electronic atomization device which comprises a power supply and the atomizer, wherein the atomizer is connected with the power supply.
According to the utility model, the liquid atomization medium stored in the oil storage cavity is heated to form aerosol, and when the air flow enters the atomization cavity from the air inlet channel, the atomization core is arranged at one side of the atomization cavity, so that the aerosol formed at the atomization surface is only swept from one side of the atomization surface and taken away to be conveyed to the air outlet channel, so that the air flow cannot directly blow the atomization core to generate forced flow heat exchange, the heat loss of the air flow to the atomization core is greatly reduced, and the heat utilization rate of the atomization core is improved.
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The accompanying drawings are included to provide a further understanding of the utility model, and are incorporated in and constitute a part of this specification, illustrate the utility model and together with the description serve to explain the utility model. In the drawings:
fig. 1 is a schematic structural view of a first embodiment of the present utility model.
Fig. 2 is a schematic diagram of a split structure of a first embodiment of the present utility model.
Fig. 3 is a schematic diagram of a first cross-sectional structure of a first embodiment of the present utility model.
Fig. 4 is a second sectional view schematically showing the structure of the first embodiment of the present utility model.
Fig. 5 is a schematic structural diagram of a connection base according to a first embodiment of the present utility model.
Fig. 6 is a schematic structural view of the atomizing core in the first embodiment of the present utility model.
Fig. 7 is a schematic cross-sectional structure of the atomizing core in the first embodiment of the present utility model.
Fig. 8 is a schematic structural view of a second embodiment of the present utility model.
Fig. 9 is a first sectional view schematically showing a structure of a second embodiment of the present utility model.
Fig. 10 is a second cross-sectional structure diagram of a second embodiment of the present utility model.
Reference numerals: 10. a housing; 11. an air inlet; 12. an air outlet; 13. a base; 2. an atomizing core; 21. an atomizing surface; 22. a porous matrix; 221. a groove; 23. an electrode; 3. an oil storage chamber; 41. an air intake passage; 42. an air outlet channel; 43. an atomizing chamber; 5. a connecting seat; 51. an oil delivery passage; 52. and a through hole.
Detailed Description
The following describes in further detail the embodiments of the present utility model with reference to the drawings and examples. The following examples are illustrative of the utility model and are not intended to limit the scope of the utility model.
The terms first, second, third, fourth and the like in the description and in the claims, are used for distinguishing between similar elements and not necessarily for describing a particular sequential or chronological order.
First embodiment.
Referring to fig. 1-2, an atomizer provided in a first embodiment of the present utility model includes a housing, an atomizing core 2 disposed in the housing, an oil storage chamber 3 for storing a liquid atomizing medium, an air inlet channel 41, an air outlet channel 42, and an atomizing chamber 43; two ends of the atomizing cavity 43 are respectively communicated with the air inlet channel 41 and the air outlet channel 42; the atomization core 2 is communicated with the oil storage cavity 3 and is positioned at one side of the atomization cavity 43, the atomization core 2 comprises an atomization surface 21 arranged towards the atomization cavity 43, and the atomization core 2 is used for heating liquid atomization medium to form aerosol at the atomization surface 21; after the air flow in the air inlet channel enters the atomization cavity 43, the junction of the air flow and the aerosol is located above the atomization surface 21, and the air flow drives the aerosol to flow from above the atomization surface 21 and enter the air outlet channel 42. Specifically, the housing includes a casing 10 and a base 13 that are disposed to cover each other.
According to the above arrangement, the atomization core 2 heats the liquid atomization medium stored in the oil storage cavity 3 to form aerosol, when the air flow enters the atomization cavity 43 from the air inlet channel 41, the atomization core 2 is arranged on one side of the atomization cavity 43, and then the aerosol formed at the atomization surface 21 is only swept from one side of the atomization surface 21 and taken away, and is conveyed to the air outlet channel 42, so that the air flow cannot directly blow the atomization core 2 to perform forced flow heat exchange, the heat loss caused by the air flow to the atomization core 2 is greatly reduced, and the heat utilization rate of the atomization core 2 is improved.
Further, referring to fig. 6 and 7, the atomizing core 2 includes a porous base 22 and an atomizing surface 21, which are communicated with the oil storage chamber 3, the porous base 22 is provided with a groove 221 disposed toward the air outlet channel 42, and the atomizing surface 21 is disposed at the bottom of the groove 221; in this embodiment, the atomizing core 2 further includes an electrode 23 electrically connected to the atomizing surface 21, and one end of the electrode 23 is disposed through the porous substrate 22.
By disposing the atomizing face 21 of the atomizing core 2 on the bottom surface of the groove 221 of the porous base 22, the atomizing face 21 is away from the air flow in the atomizing chamber 43; when the oil storage device works, the porous matrix 22 conveys the liquid atomization medium in the oil storage cavity 3 to the atomization surface 21, the electrode 23 supplies power to the atomization surface 21 to heat the liquid atomization medium to generate aerosol, and air flow takes away the aerosol from the upper part of the porous matrix 22, so that the air flow is prevented from directly blowing to the atomization core 2; to reduce the cooling effect of the air flow on the atomizing core 2; meanwhile, the atomizing core 2 heats the liquid atomizing medium only through the atomizing surface 21, so that heat loss is further reduced, and the heat utilization rate is improved.
Specifically, the atomization surface 21 is a metal-woven microporous screen, the diameter of the microporous screen can be 20-100 μm, the pore diameter of the microporous screen can be 30-210 μm, and the average thickness of the microporous screen is 20-100 μm. Wherein the porous matrix 22 is made of ceramic material, the microstructure is a three-dimensional porous structure, and the pore diameter of the porous heating body matrix is 10-50 μm, preferably 30 μm. The surface microfeatures of the microporous mesh are substantially identical to the surface microfeatures of the porous substrate 22 so that the microporous mesh does not cover the pores of the porous substrate 22 and so that the tobacco tar can be transported from the porous multi-thermal substrate to the atomizing face 21 through the pores.
More specifically, the atomizing surface 21 may be made of gold and its alloy, platinum and its alloy, titanium and its alloy, iron-chromium-aluminum alloy, nickel-chromium alloy, or stainless steel alloy.
Further, referring to fig. 2-4, a connecting seat 5 is disposed in the housing, and the atomizing core 2 is mounted on the connecting seat 5.
Further, referring to fig. 2, 3 and 5, the connection seat 5 is provided with an infusion channel, and the infusion channel is used for communicating the oil storage cavity 3 and the atomizing core 2. Specifically, the infusion channels are respectively arranged at two sides of the connecting seat 5.
Further, referring to fig. 3, the atomizing chamber 43 is disposed on the connection base 5, and the air outlet channel 42 is connected to the connection base 5.
Specifically, referring to fig. 2, 3 and 5, a through hole 52 corresponding to the air outlet channel 42 is provided at a middle position of the upper end of the connecting seat 5, the air outlet channel 42 is vertically provided at a middle position of the housing 10, and the two oil storage cavities 3 are symmetrically provided at two sides of the air outlet channel 42; when the connecting seat 5 is installed in the shell, the air outlet channel 42 is inserted in the through hole 52; the atomizing chamber 43 is provided at the lower side of the through hole 52.
Further, referring to fig. 1, 2, 3 and 4, the housing is provided with an air inlet 11 communicating with the air inlet channel 41, the air inlet 11 is disposed on two sides of the housing, and the air inlet 11 is disposed on two horizontal sides of the atomizing chamber 43.
Wherein, the arrow in fig. 3 is the flow direction of the liquid atomizing medium, and the arrow in fig. 4 is the flow direction of the air flow, the aerosol and the mixture of the two.
When in operation, the atomizing core 2 heats the liquid atomizing medium to form aerosol on the atomizing surface 21, a user sucks the aerosol from the air outlet 12 to drive air flow to enter from the air inlets 11 on the two side surfaces of the shell and flow through the atomizing cavity 43, at the moment, the air flow direction is parallel to the atomizing surface 21, when the air flow flows through the atomizing cavity 43, the air flow sweeps over the atomizing surface 21 and takes away the aerosol in the atomizing cavity 43 to enter the air outlet channel 42, and finally the air flow is discharged from the air outlet 12, so that the user can smoothly suck the aerosol.
Further, referring to fig. 3, the air outlet channel 42 is disposed on the upper side of the atomizing chamber 43, the atomizing core 2 is disposed on the lower side of the atomizing chamber 43, the atomizing surface 21 is disposed towards the air outlet channel 42, and the air inlet channels 41 are respectively connected to two sides of the atomizing chamber 43.
In the present embodiment, the air inlet 11 is disposed on both sides of the housing on the atomizing chamber 43, and the air inlet channel 41 is disposed between the atomizing chamber 43 and the air inlet 11; the air inlet channel 41 and the air outlet channel 42 are perpendicular to each other, and when the air flow enters the atomizing chamber 43 from the air inlet channel 41, the air flow direction is parallel to the atomizing surface 21.
In this way, when the air flow enters the atomizing chamber 43 from the air inlet channel 41, the air flow direction is parallel to the atomizing surface 21 and has a certain interval, so that the cooling effect of the air flow on the atomizing core 2 is better avoided, and the heat utilization rate is improved.
Further, referring to fig. 3 and 5, two oil storage chambers 3 are provided, and the oil storage chambers 3 are respectively disposed at two sides of the air outlet channel 42. Specifically, the two oil storage chambers 3 are respectively communicated with the two oil delivery passages 51.
Second embodiment.
Referring to fig. 8-10, a difference between the atomizer provided by the second embodiment of the present utility model and the first embodiment is that in the present embodiment, an air inlet 11 is provided on the housing and is in communication with the air inlet channel 41, the air inlet 11 is provided at the bottom of the housing, and a gap is provided between the connection seat 5 and the housing, and the gap forms the air inlet channel 41.
The arrows in fig. 9 are the flow directions of the liquid atomizing medium, and the arrows in fig. 10 are the flow directions of the air flow, the aerosol and the mixture of the air flow and the aerosol.
The utility model also provides an electronic atomization device, which comprises a power supply (not shown in the figure) and the atomizer, wherein the atomizer is electrically connected with the power supply through the electrode 23.
The foregoing is merely illustrative of the present utility model, and the present utility model is not limited thereto, and any person skilled in the art will readily recognize that variations or substitutions are within the scope of the present utility model. Therefore, the protection scope of the present utility model shall be subject to the protection scope of the claims.
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1. The atomizer is characterized by comprising a shell, an atomization core, an oil storage cavity, an air inlet channel, an air outlet channel and an atomization cavity, wherein the atomization core is arranged in the shell; two ends of the atomizing cavity are respectively communicated with the air inlet channel and the air outlet channel; the atomization core is communicated with the oil storage cavity and is positioned at one side of the atomization cavity, the atomization core comprises an atomization surface arranged towards the atomization cavity, and the atomization core is used for heating a liquid atomization medium to form aerosol at the atomization surface; after the air flow in the air inlet channel enters the atomizing cavity, the junction of the air flow and the aerosol is positioned above the atomizing surface, and the air flow drives the aerosol to flow from above the atomizing surface and enter the air outlet channel;
the atomization core comprises a porous matrix and an atomization surface, wherein the porous matrix is communicated with the oil storage cavity, a groove which is arranged towards the air outlet channel is formed in the porous matrix, and the atomization surface is arranged on the bottom surface of the groove.
2. The atomizer of claim 1 wherein said atomizing face is a metal braided microporous mesh.
3. The atomizer of claim 1 wherein a connector is provided in said housing, said atomizing core being mounted on said connector.
4. The atomizer of claim 3 wherein said connection base is provided with an infusion channel for communicating said reservoir with said atomizing core.
5. A nebulizer as claimed in claim 3, wherein the nebulization chamber is provided on the connection base, the outlet channel being connected to the connection base.
6. A nebulizer as claimed in claim 3, wherein the housing is provided with an air inlet communicating with the air inlet channel, the air inlet being provided at the bottom of the housing, a gap being provided between the connection seat and the housing, the gap forming the air inlet channel.
7. The atomizer of claim 1 wherein said housing is provided with air inlet openings communicating with said air inlet passages, said air inlet openings being provided on both sides of said housing, and said air inlet openings being located on both horizontal sides of said atomizing chamber.
8. The atomizer of claim 1 wherein said air outlet passage is provided on an upper side of said atomizing chamber, said atomizing core is provided on a lower side of said atomizing chamber, and said atomizing face is provided toward said air outlet passage, said air inlet passages being connected to both sides of said atomizing chamber, respectively.
9. The atomizer of claim 8 wherein there are two said oil storage chambers, said oil storage chambers being disposed on either side of said air outlet passage.
10. An electronic atomising device comprising a power source and an atomiser according to any one of claims 1 to 9, the atomiser being connected to the power source.
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