EP3426070A1 - Electronic cigarette product and cartridge for an electronic cigarette product - Google Patents
Electronic cigarette product and cartridge for an electronic cigarette productInfo
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- EP3426070A1 EP3426070A1 EP17708765.7A EP17708765A EP3426070A1 EP 3426070 A1 EP3426070 A1 EP 3426070A1 EP 17708765 A EP17708765 A EP 17708765A EP 3426070 A1 EP3426070 A1 EP 3426070A1
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Definitions
- the present invention relates to an electronic cigarette product, comprising a housing having a mouth end, at least one air inlet opening and an air channel extending in the housing between the at least one air inlet opening and the mouth end, a liquid tank, an electrical energy store and an adding device connected to the liquid tank Generation of vapor and / or aerosol of liquid removed from the liquid tank and addition of the vapor and / or aerosol to an air stream flowing in the air channel.
- a wick e.g. made of glass fiber
- a heating coil When heating the heating coil, the liquid in the wick evaporates in the heating coil. Due to the capillary action, the evaporated liquid is fed from the liquid storage.
- Such an electronic cigarette is described by way of example in US 2016/0021930 A1.
- the object of the invention is to provide a safe, high-quality and certifiable electronic cigarette product and a cartridge in which the described disadvantages of the potential risk of overheating and the associated pollutant emissions are avoided.
- the invention solves this problem with the features of the independent claims.
- the execution of at least essential parts of the adding device as a microsystem unit according to the invention allows the complete decoupling of the liquid delivery or dosing of their heating for the purpose of evaporation.
- Liquid is conveyed or injected by microdosing, advantageously by means of a free-jet atomizer in accordance with the inkjet or bubble jet principle, into a chamber in the interior of the adding device.
- Spaced apart and functionally separate from it can advantageously be provided as part of an evaporator an exactly heatable heating element.
- the temperature of the heating element can be adjusted or regulated completely independently of the volume flow of the liquid.
- the amount of liquid delivered and thus the amount of vapor / aerosol can be set as desired.
- exact temperature control / regulation of the evaporator heating element overheating and resulting pollutants, such as acrylic compounds can be completely avoided.
- the microsystem technology used in accordance with the invention enables micrometer-accurate and exactly reproducible production of different electromechanical functional groups, including sensors and actuators, on a substrate, for example of a polymer, glass, ceramic, metal, semimetal, z.
- silicon silicon compounds or metal oxide compounds, in a single manufacturing process. In this way, according to the invention, the product quality required for mass production and certifiability can be ensured.
- the atomizer more advantageously also the evaporator of the adding device is designed as a microsystem unit.
- the evaporator may alternatively be made of less expensive materials.
- the liquid tank and the adding device are arranged in a replaceable cartridge.
- the adding device as part of the cartridge has the considerable advantage that a defined interface is thereby created, which allows a leak-free replacement of the cartridge without elaborate sealing measures, since the microstructure of the microsystem unit can be easily sealed or even self-sealing due to the surface tension.
- the cartridge can advantageously comprise a data or information storage unit for storing information and / or parameters relating to the cartridge.
- the ratio of the greatest extension of the microsystem unit to the mean diameter of the substantially rod-shaped housing in the region of the addition device is less than 0.5 and more preferably less than 0.4 and even more preferably less than 0.3 and especially advantageously less than 0.2.
- a compact construction of the microsystem unit increases the flexibility with regard to possible arrangements of the microsystem unit in the cigarette product or in the cartridge.
- the nebulizer is preferably a free jet nebulizer with a thermal or piezo actuator and a downstream nozzle.
- the atomizer may comprise an electric preheating element and a preheating chamber for preheating the liquid entering the adding device from the liquid tank. It may also be advantageous if a metallic, liquid-contacting part of the atomizer is set to a DC electrical voltage to effect ionization of the atomized liquid.
- the heating power of the evaporator heating element can be controlled and / or regulated to a defined desired temperature.
- the evaporator may comprise a piezoelectric element which is coupled to the electrical heating element.
- the heating element which vibrates due to the piezo excitation can lead to an improvement of the evaporation effect and / or achievement of self-cleaning effects, ie avoidance of burning or adhesion.
- different liquids can be atomized from a plurality of liquid tanks with a plurality of atomizers, the atomizers preferably being associated with a corresponding plurality of evaporators and heating elements.
- At least one liquid reservoir in the form of a liquid-on-chip device is provided.
- This technology which is also based on microsystems technology, enables small quantities of liquid to be stored directly on a chip, comparable to a drop that is enclosed in a kind of blister and can be released by targeted activation.
- a free-jet atomizer could be provided for atomizing a base liquid and the actual metering of flavors and / or active substances could take place via a liquid-on-chip device.
- a plurality of atomizers in particular in matrix or array form, can be arranged in the adding device.
- the plurality of atomizers may have a corresponding plurality of evaporators, for example se also be in matrix form.
- a plurality of addition devices or microsystem units may be arranged in the cigarette product.
- Fig. 2 is a cross-sectional view of a cartridge for an electronic cigarette product
- FIG. 14 is a functional diagram of a cigarette product according to the invention.
- the atomizer / doser 48 is adjusted so that an advantageous amount of liquid in the range between 1 .mu. ⁇ to 1 0 ⁇ , typically 4 ⁇ per Cei of Konsu elements added.
- the atomizer / doser 48 is designed to provide a (dosing) reserve.
- the atomizer / doser 48 may be adjustable in the amount of liquid per train.
- liquid 50 from the liquid tank 118 to the atomizer 48 may be used, for example in the form of at least one pump, for example a diaphragm pump, peristaltic pump, positive displacement pump, for example a spindle drive, gear pump , Alternatively, the negative pressure in the from Consumers generated airflow 30 are used to convey the liquid 50, for example via a connecting pipe.
- a pump for example a diaphragm pump, peristaltic pump, positive displacement pump, for example a spindle drive, gear pump
- the negative pressure in the from Consumers generated airflow 30 are used to convey the liquid 50, for example via a connecting pipe.
- the air sucked in through the inlet opening 31 is conducted in the air channel 30, optionally via the interface or separating surface 57, to the dispensing device 20.
- a filter in particular a fine filter for filtering out dust particles from the sucked air can be arranged.
- a pressure or flow switch 44 for activating the atomizer 48 and the evaporator 49 due to the generation of an air flow 34 by the consumer is arranged so that the air flow 34 flows past it.
- the flow switch 44 may be arranged in the flow-through variant in the evaporator chamber 24, see for example FIG. 5 and FIG. 6. Alternatively, the flow switch 44 can be arranged at a suitable location in the air duct 30 outside the evaporator chamber 24.
- the vapor or aerosol 40 is either supplied to the air flow 34 by flowing past the outside of the outlet opening 42 of the evaporator chamber 24, see Fig. 1, Fig.3, Fig.4, Fig.7, Fig.8, Fig.9 11 and 12.
- the air flow 34 flows through the adding device 20 and the vapor or aerosol 40 is taken up and taken up in the evaporator chamber 24 by the air flow 30, see FIGS. 5, 6 and FIG. 10.
- the vapor or aerosol 40 is added perpendicular to the airflow 34 flowing eccentrically and in the axial direction of the cigarette product 10.
- the air flow 34 flows through the adding device 20 perpendicular to the axial direction of the cigarette product 10.
- the cigarette product 10 preferably contains one or more pressure sensors for measuring and / or controlling the pressure or vapor pressure in the evaporator chamber 24, the pressure in the air duct 30, for example for activating or switching the tensioning device 20, and / or for leak testing between adding device 20 and liquid tank 18.
- the embodiment according to FIG. 4 differs from that according to FIG. 3 in that in this case the heating element 36 consists of a plurality of heating rods 41 protruding perpendicularly from the corresponding surface of the substrate 39, ie a quasi "standing" three-dimensional heating element structure.
- the adding device 20 is flowed through by the consumer-generated air stream 34 and thereby entrains the vapor or aerosol generated in the evaporation chamber 24. It's one for that Air inlet opening 42 and an air outlet opening 43 in the adding device 20 is provided.
- the pressure switch 44 for example a capacitor switch, for activating the atomizer 48 and the evaporator 49 as a result of the generation of an air flow 34 by the consumer, is advantageously integrated in the microsystem unit 45, for example in the evaporator component 23 (see FIG. 5), alternatively in the atomizer component 22 (see Fig. 6).
- liquid channel 27 can advantageously be arranged preheating with an electric preheating element 46 and a Vormérmkam mer 47, as exemplified in the embodiment according to the Fig. 5 and 6 is shown.
- the atomizer component 22 is designed as a microsystem unit 45, while the substrate 39 of the evaporator component 23 is made of a non-conductive material, in particular glass, ceramic or a plastic. This structure can be cheaper and thus advantageous.
- the evaporator component 23 is advantageously connected or bonded to the atomizer component 22.
- the liquid tank 18, which is preferably made of a plastic, for example PDMS (polydimethylsiloxane), is advantageously also firmly bonded to the atomizer component 22 or the microsystem unit 45 and liquid-tight, for example glued or welded.
- PDMS polydimethylsiloxane
- FIGS. 7 and 8 relate to an advantageous variant of the invention, in which different liquids 50, 50 A, for example the liquid 50 and a separate liquid active substance 50 A, are composed of a plurality of liquid tanks 18, 18A with a plurality of atomizers 48, 48A, here free-jet atomizers according to the inkjet or Bubblejet principle with actuators 25, 25A, atomized and evaporated with a plurality of corresponding evaporators 49, 49A or heating elements 36, 36A.
- the atomizer component 22 and the evaporator component 23 are designed as a uniform microsystem unit or assembly 45.
- the structure is comparable to that of Figure 6, ie only the atomizer 22 is designed as a microsystem unit, while the substrate 39 of the evaporator component 23 is made of a non-conductive material, in particular glass, ceramic or a plastic ,
- evaporators 49 All embodiments shown in the figures have one or more evaporators 49. However, embodiments without an evaporator are conceivable, for example for medical applications. Here it may be sufficient to produce an aerosol by means of atomizer 48 and to supply it to the air flow 30.
- atomizer 48 With a Free-jet atomizers according to the inkjet or Bubblejet principle, for example, droplets having a mean size in the range between 10 ⁇ and 50 ⁇ , preferably between 20 ⁇ and 40 ⁇ , typically produce about 30 ⁇ .
- the metering frequency is typically in the kHz range.
- a plurality of atomizers 48 for example in matrix form, can advantageously be arranged in the adding device 20.
- the plurality of atomizers 48 may be associated with a corresponding plurality of evaporators 49, for example likewise in matrix form.
- the adding device 20 can therefore also be referred to as an array, in microsystem design as an MST array.
- the number of atomizers 48 is preferably between two and twenty, preferably between three and ten.
- a plurality of adding devices 20 or microsystem units 45 can be arranged in the cigarette product.
- Information about the ingredient, ie the composition of the liquid stored in the liquid tank 18, is advantageously stored in the information store 53; Information about the process profile, in particular power / temperature control; Data for condition monitoring or system test, for example leak test; Data relating to copy protection and security against counterfeiting, in particular comprising an ID for unambiguously informing the consumption unit 17 or cartridge 21; Serial number, date of manufacture and / or expiry date; and / or number of trains (number of inhalation trains by the consumer) or the period of use.
- An electrical connection 54 is advantageously provided between the consumption unit 17 or the cartridge 21 and the energy supply unit 12 via a corresponding electrical interface 55, which makes it possible to replace the cartridge 21.
- the electrical connection 54 serves on the one hand for the data exchange between the consumption unit 17 or the cartridge 21 and the power supply unit 12, on the other hand the power supply of the consumption unit 17 or the cartridge 21 through the electrical energy storage 14.
- the data exchange can via a direct electrical coupling, for example by means Spring contact elements, a radio link or an optical connection done.
- the electrical / electronic unit 1 5 of the base 56 is advantageously set up to carry out statistical evaluations, in particular by software. These may relate, for example, to consumer behavior, for example the number of trains over time, the fluid consumption in general and / or per cartridge, nicotine absorption, fluid composition and the like. Other aspects of a statistical analysis may relate to market developments and trends. It is also possible to provide an API interface for application programming which, for example, makes it possible to display all sensor information in any combination.
- FIG. 14 An essentially self-explanatory functional circuit diagram of the cigarette product 10 according to the invention, based on the above-described reference numerals with the aid of the inserted reference symbols, is shown in FIG. 14.
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