DE202012005406U1 - Cigarette-type, electrically operated inhaler with a mouthpiece, evaporator and tank space - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention relates to a cigarette-like, electrically operated inhaler with a mouthpiece, an evaporator and tank space.

Description

The invention relates to a cigarettanartigen, electrically operated inhaler with a mouthpiece, an evaporator and tank space.

Electrically operated inhalers are known and proven in various embodiments. In addition to the inhalation of gaseous drugs or aerosols in medicine, for example in the treatment of respiratory diseases, there is also an inhalation for pleasure purposes, for example, in the smoking of tobacco.

Smoking tobacco by burning it off, like a cigarette, cigar or pipe, is highly harmful to health and increasingly undesirable to the public. Therefore, so-called electric cigarettes have recently come to development, for example in the EP 1 618 803 A1 or in the DE 10 2006 041 042 A1 However, the constructive structure is extremely complex and represent the most expensive disposable systems. The entire disassembly of the inhalers is not possible because of pressed or glued parts, so a repair and or thorough cleaning is not possible. The soldered cables also dissolve in case of overheating and the solder vapors could be inhaled under circumstances.

Against this background, the invention has the object to provide a cigarette-like, electrically operated inhaler available that allows structurally simple cost-effective operation.

This technical problem is solved in the cigarette-type, electrically operated inhaler in question that an exchangeable electrically heatable filament for the evaporation of the active ingredient is arranged in the evaporator chamber. The cigarette-like inhaler can be dismantled into all parts to clean, disinfect and replace any defects.

The inhaler according to the invention has a number of advantages. Thus, initially a detachable mouthpiece can be provided, which can be selected independently of the function of the inhaler to the taste of the user. Basically, then every commercially available mouthpiece can be used.

In order for the vaporized drug to reach the mouthpiece, the carrier material should be open-pored. The support material is guided through 2 holes, the upper support plates for the filament into the tank space below, and promotes by capillary action the active substance to be vaporized to the filament which produces a temperature necessary for the evaporation of the active ingredient

Provide the main body of the inhaler with an air hole to achieve the desired capillary effect. For example, a carrier material may be thought of as a glass fiber cord, but any other coarsely porous carrier material that will withstand the temperature necessary to vaporize the agent is also suitable.

It is particularly advantageous in such a design of the inhaler, that the filament is interchangeable. For this purpose, in a simple form, contact pins in the form of clamping or screw terminals can be provided for electrical connection and maintenance of the incandescent filament.

The helix itself can be formed by a simple heating wire which is wound on a sufficiently heat-resistant, electrically insulating carrier.

The electrical connection poles for the filament are as follows: The positively charged pole sits on the upper support plate in the evaporator chamber and is guided over the isolated from the base support screw through the tank space down the screw head in turn sits in isolation inside the basic support thread. The negatively charged pole sits on the lower support plate and is isolated through a hole in the upper positively charged support plate. The lower carrier plate is firmly connected to the base carrier.

This results in the evaporator chamber an arrangement of two differently charged connection poles between which an electric filament is attached. This electrical solution no cable connections are required and thus no harmful Lötzinndämpfe can be inhaled.

The operation of the inhaler according to the invention requires sufficient electrical energy which he obtains from commercially available battery carriers.

• Fig. 1: Grundträger mit fester unterer Trägerplatte
• Fig. 2: Verschlussdeckel
• Fig. 3: Grundkörper
• Fig. 4: O-Ring mit jeweils Sitz im Grundträger, Verschlussdeckel sowie auf der unteren Trägerplatte
• Fig. 5: Schraube zur Befestigung des Glühwendels
• Fig. 6: Schraube mit Sitz im inneren des Grundträgers
• Fig. 7: Anschlusspol (Negativ)
• Fig. 8: Anschlusspol (Positiv)
• Fig. 9: Glühwendel
• Fig. 10: Isolator
• Fig. 11: Trägerplatte oben

The materials of the invention are food safe and therefore harmless

• FIG. 1 : Base support with solid bottom support plate
• FIG. 2 : Cap
• FIG. 3 : Basic body
• FIG. 4 : O-ring with each seat in the base support, cover and on the lower support plate
• FIG. 5 : Screw for fixing the filament
• FIG. 6 : Bolt with seat inside the base carrier
• FIG. 7 : Terminal pole (negative)
• FIG. 8th : Connection pole (positive)
• FIG. 9 : Filament
• FIG. 10 : Insulator
• FIG. 11 : Support plate above

Basic carrier (No. 1 ) with connection thread approach at the bottom and shaft with fixed carrier plate basic carrier (No. 1 ) by inserting - O-ring (No. 4 ) - in the main body (No. 3 ) attached

Lower carrier plate (No. 1 ) isolated, with O-ring (No. 4 ), to the upper support plate (No. 11 )

Upper carrier plate (No. 11 ) with screw (No. 6 ), screwed inside the basic carrier located.

Connection contacts (No. 7 &No. 8th ) by thread approach down in upper support plate (no. 11 ) screwed

Cover (No. 2 ) by inserting - O-ring (No. 4 ) - in the main body (No. 3 ) attached

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Cited patent literature

• EP 1618803 A1 [0003]
• DE 102006041042 A1 [0003]

Claims (9)

The invention relates to a cigarettanartigen, electrically operated inhaler with a mouthpiece, an evaporator and tank space. Inhaler according to claim 1, characterized in that the helix (no. 9 ) is interchangeable. Inhaler according to one or more of the preceding claims, characterized in that the basic support (No. 1 ) has a thread to connect it to a suitable battery carrier. The electrical voltage is in 2 phases to the filament (no. 9 ) guided. Phase 1 via the basic carrier thread (No. 1 ) via a shaft to a support plate which is located above the tank space. Phase 2 via a screw (No. 6 ) isolated inside the basic carrier thread (No. 1 ) through the shaft to another support plate (no. 11 ) leads above the tank space which in turn leads isolated to the lower carrier plate. This creates above the tank space 2 differently poled carrier plates for receiving the filament (no. 9 ). The electrical voltage for the filament (No. 9 ) consist exclusively only of mutually insulated mechanical parts. The electrical connection poles (No. 7 &No. 8th ) for the filament (No. 9 ) are as follows: The positively charged pole (No. 8th ) sits on the upper support plate (No. 11 ) in the evaporator chamber and is above that of the basic carrier (no. 1 ) insulated screw (No. 6 ) led down through the tank space whose screw head in turn isolated in the interior of the basic carrier thread (no. 1 ) sits. The negatively charged pole (No. 7 ) sits on the lower support plate and is through a hole in the upper positively charged support plate (no. 11 ) carried out in isolation. The lower carrier plate is firmly connected to the base carrier. This results in the evaporator chamber an arrangement of two differently charged connection poles between the one electric filament (no. 9 ) is attached. By turning the housing (No. 3 ) with bore, the steam output is infinitely adjustable.

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