JP2017127300A - Smokeless smoking article - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a smokeless smoking article for heating tobacco leaves without setting fire and evaporating nicotine from the tobacco leaves to aspirate the nicotine, in which smoke may not occur as in normal smoking, and therefore a smoker can obtain feeling of the smoke passing the throat and can obtain the feeling of smoking satisfaction.SOLUTION: A connection part is installed so that an atomizer of a commercial electronic cigarette may be attached to a conventional smokeless smoking article, and thereby a smoker can aspirate the nicotine evaporated from cigarette leaves inserted into the smokeless smoking article and electronic cigarette smoke at the same time. Further, a heater and a lighting fixture that can be attached to the connection part of the smokeless smoking article are also devised.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 3

Description

  The present invention relates to a further improvement of the smokeless smoking tool disclosed in Patent Document 1.

  The smokeless smoking device is disclosed in Patent Document 1, Patent Document 2, and Patent Document 3, and a commercially available cigarette with a filter, cigarette, or cigar Cigarettes with filters, etc. that are sold to improve the various harmful effects of normal smoking (hereinafter referred to as normal smoking) that sucks nicotine evaporating from the leaves. The nicotine contained in the tobacco leaf is evaporated and sucked without burning the tobacco leaf, while using the product as it is. In the following description, a commercially available cigarette with a filter will be described as an example, but the same explanation can be made with a cigarette or a cigar.

Japanese Patent No. 5272200 Special table 2009-509521 JP-A-6-114105 Japanese Patent Application No. 2013-095251

  The inconveniences of the prior application jigs shown in Patent Document 2 and Patent Document 3 and the improvement measures thereof are described in detail in Patent Document 1, and therefore are omitted here. The applicant of the present application is disclosed in Patent Document 1 as Example 4, and in the present application, the smokeless smoking device 100 disclosed in FIG. 17 was prototyped and used by many smokers. The smokeless smoking device 100 includes four parts, a housing part 401, a rechargeable battery part 49, a battery part connecting part 24, and a lid 23. A DC jack 26 receives a DC 5V voltage supplied when charging the built-in lithium ion rechargeable battery. Reference numeral 27 denotes a charge display LED for displaying a charge state. FIG. 18 is an axial sectional view of the smokeless smoking device 100. The casing portion into which the cigarette with filter is inserted includes an outer tube 104 having at least one air intake hole 141, an inner tube 105 having at least one air intake hole 142, and an approximately center of the inner tube. It has a heater 131 located in the part. When a cigarette with a filter (not shown) is inserted from the front end portion 101 with the cigarette portion at the top, the heater 131 is inserted in the approximate center of the cigarette portion. When the power switch 28 is turned on in this state, the controlled voltage is supplied from the rechargeable battery unit 49 to the heater, the heater 131 is heated, and the nicotine evaporates from the tobacco leaves with the heat, and the smoker When sucked from the filter, the nicotine can be sucked without generation of smoke containing harmful components that normally occur during smoking. The indicator 136 informs the smoker of the operating state of the smokeless smoking device by color or blinking. The structure of the heater 131 is described in detail in Patent Document 4 and will not be described. However, as the heater insulating tube 20 disclosed as Example 3 in the document, the surface of the heater 131 is the surface. Al tube with ceramic film treated and ceramic insulator are mentioned, but in this application, the cost is further reduced by using AL tube, SUS tube, brass tube, etc. with heat-resistant paint applied and cured on the surface. Went. In addition, after winding and fixing the nichrome wire around the surface of the AL tube, SUS tube, brass tube, etc. with heat-resistant paint applied and cured on the surface, heat-resistant paint is applied and cured on the surface, and between the nichrome wires Sometimes the leakage resistance value is increased.

  Many smokers comment that heating the inserted cigarette leaf with a filter with a heater 131 can sufficiently suck the nicotine that evaporates from the tobacco leaf without generating smoke. Therefore, the desire to smoke due to nicotine deficiency in the brain is suppressed, and even if you do not normally smoke, you can continue working without irritation, but when nicotine is inhaled to the lungs, the smoke that normally occurs during smoking passes through the throat I can't feel the feeling of smoking because I can't get a feel. It was that. In addition, during use, the tip of the heater disposed almost at the center of the part where the cigarette with filter of the smokeless smoking device 100 is inserted sometimes deviates from the center of the insertion part. In that case, there was also a complaint that the cigarette with a filter could not be inserted into the smokeless smoking tool 100 successfully unless the smokeless smoking tool was disassembled and the tip of the heater was readjusted to be the center of the insertion part. Furthermore, since the rechargeable battery 29 is only pressed against the positive electrode (not shown) by the negative electrode spring 7, it may fall out of the rechargeable battery holder 9, and a problem has been pointed out.

  The so-called electronic cigarettes currently on the market, when smokers inhale, use a solution containing glycerin and water as the main components (a solution called E-juice, hereinafter referred to as E-juice) for heating. Heat with a heater to generate a collection of fine particles of glycerin and water. The particle size of the generated particles is almost the same size as the smoke generated during smoking, so it looks like cigarette smoke, spreads in the smoker's mouth, and inhales to the lungs. The particles pass through the smoker's throat. At this time, it seems that the smoker feels that the smoke that is emitted when the leaves of the real cigarettes and the wrapping paper pass through the throat. Recently, since smoke of electronic cigarettes may be disliked by non-smokers, when smokers exhale the smoke of electronic cigarettes into the lungs, the smoke was devised so that the smoke is not visible. -Juice is also sold.

As means for solving the above-mentioned complaints of smokers, in Patent Document 1, a container containing E-juice is placed near a heater for heating tobacco leaves, and electronic cigarette smoke is generated by the heat of the heater. Smoke-free smoking equipment has been devised, but when actually prototyped, the electric power given to the heater when heating the tobacco leaves can generate enough electronic cigarette smoke that smokers require I found it impossible.

FIG. 1 is an external view of a smokeless smoking tool 100 according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention. FIG. 2 is an axial sectional view thereof. The smokeless smoking device has a connecting portion 36 so that a smoke generating portion (referred to as an atomizer) of a commercially available electronic cigarette can be attached. The connecting portion 36 has a shape that is compatible with a 510 base that is used in a power source of a commercially available electronic cigarette. In the present application, the 510-510 conversion base for a commercially available electronic cigarette is remodeled because of the availability of the member, but even if this method is not used, the metal member is processed and the 510 base An externally compatible shape may be made by machining. The following description describes how to make the connection 36 using a commercially available 510-510 conversion base for electronic cigarettes. A commercially available filter paper inserted into the smokeless smoking device by attaching a commercially available electronic cigarette atomizer to the connection portion 36 of the smokeless smoking device 100 of Example 1 of the present application and sucking it from the mouthpiece portion of the atomizer. The nicotine evaporated from the cigarette leaf of the cigarette and the smoke generated from the atomizer can be sucked at the same time.

Furthermore, FIG. 3 is an external view of the smokeless smoking tool 100 according to the second embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 4 is an axial sectional view thereof. The smokeless smoking tool incorporates a terminal part B108 holding a perforated spacer 111 and a guide pipe 107 having a tip part B109 in place of the inner tube 105 of the smokeless smoking tool of Example 1. When the smoker pulls out the guide tube 107 from the main body, the heater 131 is designed to be forced to substantially come to the center of the guide tube by the hole 110 of the perforated spacer 111. As a result, the heater 131 is inserted almost at the center of the tobacco portion of the inserted cigarette with filter.

Furthermore, FIG. 6 is an axial cross-sectional view of the smokeless smoking device 100 of Example 3 of the present invention. The smokeless smoking device has been constructed so that it can be used by inserting a new concept filter cigarette “heat stick” or short cigarette recently released by Philip Morris.

Further, FIG. 12 shows a heater 600 according to the present invention. The heater 600 includes a heater 132 having a connection portion that can be attached to the connection portion 36 shown in FIG. The heater 600 is a heater newly devised so that a commercially available tobacco leaf (for example, a tobacco leaf for a pipe) can be used.

Furthermore, the conventional smokeless smoking device 100 has a dedicated charging circuit and a dedicated DC jack 26 for receiving DC 5 V in order to charge a built-in lithium ion rechargeable battery. By adopting the new driving circuit and new software, the charger 700 with a USB connector for a commercially available electronic cigarette shown in FIG. 22 can be connected to the connecting portion without incorporating a dedicated charging circuit and a dedicated DC jack. By connecting to 36, the built-in lithium ion rechargeable battery can be charged.

Furthermore, the conventional smokeless smoking device 100 uses a lithium ion rechargeable battery with a control circuit, but by adopting a new drive circuit, an inexpensive lithium ion rechargeable battery without a control circuit can be used.

Furthermore, the outer tube 104 used in the conventional smokeless smoking device 100 was an AL tube treated with an oxide film having a very clean surface with a thickness of 0.3 mm to 0.6 mm. The AL tube was very expensive and the product cost was high. In the present application, it has become possible to make an inexpensive outer tube by devising a semicircular resin molded part 710 that can be molded with a thickness of 0.3 mm to 0.6 mm.

Furthermore, a heater for heating the inserted cigarette leaf in the smokeless smoking device 100, a heater in the commercially available electronic cigarette atomizer 400, and a heater in the heater 600 are separately provided. We also devised a new drive software to control.

Furthermore, in the new driving software, it is possible to determine the use mode of the smokeless smoking tool and the heater heating temperature in this mode by operating the switch at the initial stage of energization.

By adopting a guide tube instead of the inner tube of a smokeless smoking device, the tip of the heater that heats the tobacco leaf is now forced to the center of the inserted cigarette with a filter. . Furthermore, by devising the internal shape of the semi-circular resin part and creating an area where the terminal part B can rotate, the guide pipe is removed from the place by rotating the guide pipe about 90 degrees on the spot. I didn't come here.

Furthermore, a heater for heating the inserted tobacco leaves by attaching a commercially available electronic cigarette atomizer to the connection part 36 of the smokeless smoking device 100 of Example 1 or Example 2 according to the present invention, and E -It will have heaters for heating the juice, and by controlling these heaters separately, the nicotine from the tobacco leaves and the atomizer without the generation of harmful smoke and sidestream smoke normally generated during smoking The smoke of electronic cigarettes from the smoking area can be ingested at the same time, and the smoking sensation that “the smoke passes through the throat” that is usually obtained when smoking is obtained. Hereinafter, this usage is expressed as “smokeless smoking + electronic cigarette mode”.

However, in places where smoke can be produced, if the smoke generation switch is not pressed, the smoke of the electronic cigarette will not be generated, and only nicotine from the tobacco leaf can be sucked. Can be used.

Furthermore, by attaching and using only the atomizer for electronic cigarettes in the connection part 36 without inserting a commercially available cigarette with a filter into the smokeless smoking device 100 of Example 1 or Example 2 according to the present invention. It can be used as an electronic cigarette. Hereinafter, this usage is expressed as “electronic cigarette mode”.

Furthermore, a smoker can enjoy smokeless smoking using commercially available cigarettes by attaching the heater 600 to the connection part 36 of the smokeless smoking device 100 of Example 1 or Example 2 according to the present invention. It became possible. Hereinafter, this usage is referred to as “heater mode”.

Further, by attaching a mouthpiece to the connection portion 36 of the smokeless smoking device 100 of the first or second embodiment according to the present invention, the same usage as a conventional smokeless smoking device can be performed. Hereinafter, this usage is referred to as “smoke-free smoking mode”.

Further, by inserting a heat stick or a short cigarette into the smokeless smoking device 100 of Example 3 of the present invention, it became possible to smokelessly smoke a heat stick or a short cigarette. Furthermore, when a heat stick is inserted, by increasing the heating temperature of the heater, it is possible to smoke and smoke.

Furthermore, it is possible to charge a built-in lithium ion rechargeable battery by adopting a new circuit so that the connecting portion 36 of the smokeless smoking device 100 according to the present invention can be connected to a charger for a commercially available electronic cigarette. Because it became possible, a dedicated charging circuit and a dedicated DC jack 26 became unnecessary, and the manufacturing cost of the smokeless smoking device was reduced.

Furthermore, the manufacturing cost of the smokeless smoking tool has been reduced by adopting a semi-circular resin molded part for the outer tube of the smokeless smoking tool 100 of the present invention.

In addition, the adoption of a new drive circuit makes it possible to use an inexpensive lithium-ion rechargeable battery without a control circuit.

Furthermore, the newly devised software is incorporated in the smokeless smoking device 100 of the first, second or third embodiment of the present invention, and the smoker can use the smoker depending on the number of switch operations in the initial stage of smoking. The mode and the heating temperature of the heater in the mode can be determined, and smoking can be performed at the heating temperature preferred by the smoker.

Furthermore, FIG. 24 is a cross-sectional view perpendicular to the axial direction of the rechargeable battery of the rechargeable battery unit 49, and shows only a cross section of the rechargeable battery holder 9 and a cross section of the rechargeable battery 29. A double-sided pressure-sensitive adhesive tape 3 having a different adhesive force between the front and back sides is applied to the surface of the rechargeable battery holder 9 that contacts the rechargeable battery 29 (the one having a stronger adhesive force is used for adhesion to the rechargeable battery holder 9). Thus, when the rechargeable battery holder 9 is inserted, the rechargeable battery 29 is fixed on the surface having the weak adhesive force of the double-sided tape, and the rechargeable battery is not easily detached. . Further, when the rechargeable battery is taken out, the rechargeable battery 29 can be removed with a little force without the double-sided tape being peeled off.

External view of smokeless smoking device of Example 1 according to the present invention Axial sectional view of the smokeless smoking device of Example 1 External view of smokeless smoking device of Example 2 according to the present invention Axial cross-sectional view of the smokeless smoking device of Example 2 Axial cross-sectional view of the smokeless smoking implement of Example 2 with the guide tube pulled out Axial cross-sectional view of the smokeless smoking device of Example 3 according to the present invention External view (a) and axial sectional view (b) of 510-510 conversion base for electronic cigarette on the market A sectional view (a) in the axial direction of the connection part 36 of the smokeless smoking device according to the present invention, a front view (b) of the circular printed circuit board used in the connection part 36, and an external view (c) assembled with the circular printed circuit board. ) Three-dimensional exploded view (a) of the chamber 48 incorporating the connecting portion 36 used in the smokeless smoking device according to the present invention, and its axial sectional view (b). It is an axial sectional view of a mouthpiece used in combination with the smokeless smoking device according to the present invention. An axial cross-sectional view (a) of an example of a commercially available electronic cigarette atomizer used in combination with the smokeless smoking device of Example 1, 2 or 3 and an enlarged tip of the inner electrode C54 Figure (b) A sectional view (a) in the axial direction of the heater 600 used in combination with the smokeless smoking device of the first embodiment, the second embodiment, or the third embodiment, an axial sectional view of the tobacco leaf insertion jig 60, and a tip. External view of part C112 (c) A sectional view in the axial direction of the heater 132 having a connecting portion that can be attached to the connecting portion 36 inside the heater 600. External view of the outer tube of the smokeless smoking device according to the present invention made of a thin semi-circular resin molded part, and external views of the tip part 101 and the terminal part 102 External view (a) of semi-circular resin molded product 710, cross-sectional view (b) of sliding region (A) when two semi-circular resin molded products are combined, and cross-section of rotating region (B) Figure (c) and external view of terminal part B108 (d) The circuit diagram of the circuit part improved so that it can charge from the connection part 36 incorporated in the smokeless smoking implement by this invention Conventional smokeless smoking device disclosed in Patent Document 1 Axial sectional view of a conventional smokeless smoking device disclosed in Patent Document 1 Circuit diagram of charging circuit incorporated in conventional smokeless smoking device disclosed in Patent Document 1 Circuit diagram of main circuit incorporated in conventional smokeless smoking device disclosed in Patent Document 1 External view (a) of power supply unit 500 of an electronic cigarette that is commercially available, external view (b) of atomizer 400, and axial sectional view of 510 base 501 External view of a commercially available charger 700 with a USB connector for electronic cigarettes A three-dimensional exploded view (a) of the chamber 48 with a rotation preventing function of the connecting portion 36 used in the smokeless smoking device according to the present invention, and an axial sectional view (b) thereof. Sectional drawing of the rechargeable battery holder which comprises the rechargeable battery part currently used for the smokeless smoking implement by this invention, a rechargeable battery, and a double-sided adhesive tape A sectional view (a) in the axial direction of the heater of the new shape used in the smokeless smoking device according to the present invention, a sectional view (b) of the insulating tube, an external view (c) of the insulating tube, and 2 instead of the insulating tube External view of heater using insulator with holes (d)

  FIG. 17 is an external view of a conventional smokeless smoking tool 100 disclosed as Example 4 in Patent Document 1. FIG. A smoker inserts into the smokeless smoking tool 100 from the tip part 101 with a cigarette portion of a commercially available cigarette with a filter (not shown) as the head, and sucks it from the filter portion. FIG. 18 is an axial cross-sectional view of the smokeless smoking device 100, in which the inner tube 105 having the air intake hole 142 and the heater 131 are illustrated. FIG. 19 is a circuit diagram of a charging circuit incorporated in the conventional smokeless smoking device 100, and FIG. 20 is a circuit diagram of a main circuit incorporated in the conventional smokeless smoking device 100. Since each component of the conventional smokeless smoking tool 100 and the details of its function are described in detail in Patent Document 1, they are omitted here.

  FIG. 1 is an external view of the smokeless smoking device 100 of Example 1 of the present application, and FIG. 2 is an axial sectional view thereof. However, the O-ring 10 not shown in FIG. 1 is additionally written in the cross-sectional view. The smokeless smoking device 100 includes a main body portion 200, a rechargeable battery portion 49, a battery portion connecting portion 24, and a connecting portion 36 including an outer electrode B35 and an inner electrode K25. The battery part connecting part 24 is fixed to the main body part 200 and the rechargeable battery part 49 together with the chamber 48 and the mounted main printed circuit board 31 by two screws 74 using the mounting holes 40. The main body portion 200 includes a tip part 101, a terminal part 102, a button 30, an outer tube 104, and an inner tube 105. Near the center of the inner tube 104 is a heater 131 having a heater tip 106. The outer pipe 104 has at least two air intake holes 141, and the outside air flows into the space between the outer pipe 104 and the inner pipe 105 through the holes, and the heater is heated. It releases the heat from the smokeless smoking tool and lowers the surface temperature of the outer tube 104. The main printed circuit board 31 has various circuit components shown in FIG. 16 such as a display 136 and a switch 22, two pins 33 that receive power from a connector on the charging circuit printed circuit board 32, and a heater that heats tobacco leaves. A connector (not shown) that fits 131 and the two pins 66 of the connecting portion 36 is mounted. The rechargeable battery unit 49 includes the rechargeable battery holder 9, the rechargeable battery 29, and the charging circuit printed board 32. The charging circuit printed circuit board 32 includes SW1 (power switch 28) in the circuit diagram shown in FIG. 16, a negative electrode spring 7, a base 8 for fixing the spring, and a connector (which supplies power to the main printed circuit board 31). (Not shown) are implemented. 18 is a nicotine introduction tube A, 19 is a nicotine introduction tube B, 66 is a connection pin.

FIG. 21 shows a typical external view of a commercially available electronic cigarette. FIG. 21A is an external view of a power supply unit 500 for an electronic cigarette. The power supply unit 500 includes a rechargeable battery unit 504 including a rechargeable battery, a drive circuit unit having a switch 503, an outer electrode E502, and an inner electrode. It consists of a 510 base 501 having F505. FIG. 21B is an external view of a portion called a commercially available atomizer 400 (or a cartomizer) used by being attached to the power supply unit. FIG. 11A is an axial sectional view of the atomizer 400. FIG. 11B is an enlarged view of the tip of the inner electrode C54 having an outer diameter of 4 mmφ having a notch portion 52 having a width of 2.0 mm and a hole 38 having a diameter of 2 mmφ. The atomizer 400 includes an electrode part 402 having an outer electrode D55 and an inner electrode C54, a smoke generating part 403, and a mouthpiece part 404. The smoke generating part is composed of a liquid waste 64 for storing E-juice and a string 63 for carrying the E-juice to the smoke generating heater 62 in the smoke generating chamber 65. FIG. 21C is an axial sectional view of the 510 base 501. The outer electrode 502 has a thread inside, and the insulator G506 is used to hold a circular inner electrode F505 substantially at the center of the outer electrode 502. The 510 base 501 is said to be a 510 base in the electronic cigarette industry, and is a base used for the power supply unit of most commercially available electronic cigarettes. When using a commercially available electronic cigarette, the following procedure is generally used. FIG. 22 shows a commercially available charger 700 with a USB connector for an electronic cigarette. This is composed of a USB connector 701, a cord 702, a charging circuit portion 703 having a display 706, and a base 707 having an outer electrode G704 (GND electrode) and an inner electrode H705 (plus electrode). The charging circuit unit 703 has a built-in circuit that receives a DC 5V voltage from the USB connector 701 and generates a control voltage for charging a lithium ion rechargeable battery used in an electronic cigarette. The display 706 displays the charging state by the light emission of the LED. A person who intends to smoke with an electronic cigarette first needs to fully charge a lithium ion rechargeable battery built in the power supply unit 500. Therefore, the 510 base 501 of the power supply unit 500 is inserted while being rotated into the base 707 of the charger 700 with a USB connector shown in FIG. At this time, the inner electrode F505, the inner electrode H705, the outer electrode E502, and the outer electrode G704 are electrically connected to each other. In this state, when the USB connector 701 of the charger 700 with a USB connector is inserted into a DC 5V power supply, charging of the lithium ion rechargeable battery inside the charging unit 504 starts. One to two hours after the start of charging, when the display 706 generates a sign that charging is complete, the power supply unit 500 is disconnected from the charger 700 with a USB connector. Next, the liquid waste 64 of the atomizer 400 is filled with E-juice, and when the atomizer 400 is inserted into the 510 base 501 of the power supply unit 500 while rotating the electrode unit 402 of the atomizer, the inner electrode F505 and the inner electrode C54 are inserted. The outer electrode E502 and the outer electrode D55 are electrically connected to each other. In this state, when the smoker sucks from the mouthpiece part 404, the outside air is taken in through the gap between the 510 base 501 and the electrode part 402, and the notch 52 → hole 38 → smoke generating chamber at the tip of the inner electrode C54. 65⇒The mouthpiece and outside air flow and reach the smoker's mouth. At this time, when the smoker presses the switch 503, the voltage of the lithium ion rechargeable battery is supplied to the heater 62 for generating smoke, and the temperature of the heater rises from about 150 ° C to about 250 ° C. Due to this temperature rise, the E-juice around the string 63 is heated, becomes steam, and is carried to the smoker's mouth along with the outside air. The smoker sucks and exhales this vapor, and the smoke as if smoking a real cigarette is exhaled.

As shown in FIG. 21 (c), the internal structure of the 510 base 501 of the electronic cigarette power supply unit 500 is such that the inner electrode F505 without a hole is at the center and the outer side is the outer electrode E502. The space between them is filled with an insulator G506. The both electrodes are connected to the electronic circuit using solder or welding. However, in this method, since the center inner electrode F505 is only held by the insulator G505, the center inner electrode F505 is pushed and moves inward during use. There is a bug that occurs. Furthermore, since there are no holes in the inner electrode F505 and the insulator 506, outside air can be taken in only by wrapping around from the outer periphery of the 510 base 501 as described above. The 510 base 501 of the electronic cigarette power supply unit 500 having such a structure cannot be used for the smokeless smoking device of the present invention. This is because when a smoker uses a mouthpiece or a commercially available electronic cigarette atomizer attached to the connection part, the outside air is taken in from the tip part 101 of the smokeless smoking device 100 and the generated nicotine together with the generated nicotine. This is because it cannot pass through the inside of the smoker's mouth.

FIG. 7A is an external view of a commercially available 510-510 conversion base for electronic cigarettes. FIG. 7B is an axial cross-sectional view thereof, and an inner electrode A34 and an insulator 39 are provided in the outer electrode B35. The inner electrode A34 is held and insulated at the center of the outer electrode by an insulator 39. There are two holes 51. This 510-510 conversion base cannot be used as a connection part of the smokeless smoking device of the present invention as it is because air cannot move between the right and left spaces inside the outer electrode B35. FIG. 8A is an axial cross-sectional view of the connection portion 36 newly devised for use as the connection portion 36 for the smokeless smoking device 100 of the present invention. That is, a circular P plate D (shown in front view in FIG. 8B) 12, an inner electrode K25, an inner electrode A34 of a commercially available 510-510 conversion base, and an outer electrode B35 from which the insulator 39 is taken out, The electrode part (the external view is shown in FIG. 8C) composed of the pins 66 is fixed to the inside of the outer electrode B35 with a metal screw 41. The diameter of the hole 46 is about 1.6 mmφ. The circular P plate D has two notch portions 43 and two pin holes 45 for attaching the connection pins 66. The land of the central hole 46 and the land of one pin hole 45 are connected by wiring (not shown). The upper and lower cutouts 43 are also provided with electrodes (gold plating) on their end faces, and are connected to the lands of the other pin holes 45 by wiring (not shown). The inner electrode K25 has a circular tip with a size of 2.5 mmφ to 6.0 mmφ, a rod-shaped portion with a length of 1.5 mmφ and a length of 3 mm, and a surface plated with gold. This rod-shaped portion is put into the hole 46 of the circular P plate D12 and soldered to a certain position, and is electrically connected to the land of the central hole 46. The size of the circular tip of the inner electrode K25 needs to be MIN 2.1 mmφ or more in order to connect with the notch 52 at the tip of the inner electrode C54 of the commercially available atomizer shown in FIG. Further, in order to fit inside the connection portion 36, the inner diameter of the connection portion 36 is 6.5 mmφ, so it is necessary to be 6 mmφ or less.

Further, tapping (M1.0 to M2.0) was performed on the two holes 51 of the 510-510 conversion cap. The electrode part shown in FIG. 8 (c) is inserted into the outer electrode B35 from which the inner electrode A34 and the insulator 39 are taken out from the 510-510 conversion base, and a bar-shaped metal screw (length 1.5 mm to 3.5 mm) 41 is inserted. A connection portion 36 is formed by using two screw holes formed by tapping and fixing the electrode portion inside. At this time, the screw 41 to be inserted is screwed into the notch 43 of the two printed circuit boards, and the electrode on the wall surface of the notch 43 and the outer electrode B35 are electrically connected. As a result, the outer electrode B35 of the connection portion 36, the screw 41, the cutout portion 43 of the printed circuit board, and one pin 66 are electrically connected, and the inner electrode K25 of the connection portion 36 and the other pin 66 are electrically connected. Are electrically connected. Further, the notches on both sides of the notch 43 of the circular P-plate D12 allow air to travel between the left and right spaces of the connecting part 36.

FIG. 9A is a three-dimensional exploded view for explaining a chamber 48 devised for incorporating the connecting portion 36 into the smokeless smoking device 100 of the present invention. The chamber 48 is composed of three parts. One is a connecting portion 36 having two pins 66, the other is a chamber component A76 composed of two parts, and the other is a chamber component B75 having a nicotine introduction tube B19. FIG. 9B is an axial sectional view after assembling these three parts. The chamber component A76 is composed of two semicircular resin parts. When these two semicircular resin parts are combined, as shown in FIG. 9B, the constricted portion of the connecting portion 36 is fitted. Furthermore, although not shown, the chamber component B75 has a hole through which the two pins 66 pass. By using the chamber 48 having the connecting portion 36 made in this way, the air entering from the nicotine introduction tube B19 passes through the notches on both sides of the notched portions 43 of the two circular printed circuit boards. It is possible to come out on the left side of the connecting portion 36. Further, the two pins 66 can be easily connected to a predetermined circuit by being inserted into a connector on the main printed circuit board or by soldering the two pins 66 directly to the main printed circuit board. It is like that. Further, when a large rotational force is applied to the connecting portion 36 when an atomizer is attached or a charger is attached, the connecting portion 36 rotates in the room component A and the pin 66 is bent. Therefore, as shown in FIG. 23, the metal screw 41 is lengthened, the hole 81 is formed in the chamber component A76, and the metal screw is inserted into the hole, thereby the inside of the chamber component A76. As shown in 82 and 83, the connecting portion is attached to the chamber component A76 and the chamber component B75 so as to prevent the connection portion 36 from rotating and to prevent movement of the connecting portion 36 and the chamber component B75. The room component A76 having 36 can prevent rotation in the room component B75. Furthermore, a stopper 84 is attached to the chamber component B75 so that the chamber component B75 does not rotate in the battery unit communication portion 24. By incorporating the chamber 48 having such an improved structure, even when a large force is applied when the atomizer or the charger is attached to the connecting portion 36, the 510 base does not rotate.

As can be seen from the axial sectional views of FIG. 2 and FIG. 4, the space for inserting the cigarette of the main body portion 200 and the space of the connection portion 36 in the battery portion connection portion 24 include the nicotine introduction tube A18 and the nicotine introduction tube. Connected using B19. However, a part of the chamber 48 is also used to hold the main printed circuit board. When the nicotine introduction tube A18 comes out from the main body side and the nicotine introduction tube B19 comes out from the chamber 48, and when the battery part connecting part 24 is fixed to the main body part 200 and the battery part 49 with two screws 74, these These two tubes are made to fit so that air does not leak. The diameters of these tubes are designed to be 0.5φ to 2.5mmφ, and this diameter makes it possible to control the flow rate of nicotine delivered to the smoker's mouth.

FIG. 3 is an external view of the smokeless smoking device 100 according to the second embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 4 is an axial sectional view thereof. In the smokeless smoking device 100 of the second embodiment, a newly devised guide pipe 107 having a tip part B109 and a terminal part B108 to which a holed spacer 111 having a hole 110 is attached is used instead of the inner pipe 105. Built in. FIG. 5 shows an axial cross-sectional view of the guide tube 107 drawn out from the smokeless smoking device 100 to the full extent. The hole 110 serves as a hole through which the heater 131 is inserted and nicotine evaporated from the inserted tobacco leaf passes. How to use the guide tube 107 will be described. While using the smokeless smoking device 100, it sometimes happens that the heater tip 106 is displaced from the center of the inner tube. In such a state, the heater 131 is inserted so as to be shifted from the center of the cigarette part of the inserted cigarette with filter. Or it may become impossible to insert. As shown in FIG. 5, even when the heater front end portion 106 is displaced from the center, the heater front end portion 106 is forced by the hole 110 by fully pulling out the guide tube from the main body. Therefore, it is positioned at the center portion of the guide tube 107. In this state, the cigarette portion of the cigarette with filter (not shown) is inserted into the guide tube 107 from the tip part B109 side, and the cigarette with filter is inserted into the main body portion 200 of the smokeless smoking tool 100 together with the guide tube. By inserting, it is easy to understand that the heater 131 is inserted in a substantially central portion of the tobacco portion. As shown in FIG. 4, in a state where the guide tube 107 is inserted into the main body portion 200, the terminal component B 108 is engaged with the terminal component 102, and is fitted between the outer tube 104 and the guide tube 107. This prevents air from being carried to the smoker's mouth. Further, as shown in FIG. 5, even if the guide tube 107 is pulled out from the main body 200, the end component B108 and the end component 101 are stopped so that the front end portion 106 of the heater stops at a position where it does not come out of the hole 110. The parts are made. Furthermore, when the spacer 111 with a hole is made of a material that can withstand high temperatures such as metal or ceramic, the guide tube is pulled out as shown in FIG. 5 and a cigarette with a filter is inserted. You can stop using the cigarette at one third of the length of the cigarette. When used in this way, it becomes possible to smoke one cigarette with a filter in three portions, and the smoking cost is reduced. However, the concentration of the generated nicotine has a disadvantage that it becomes thin because air from the air intake hole 141 is mixed, but if the number of suctions is increased, the amount of nicotine that can be sucked does not change.

FIG. 6 shows a smokeless smoking device 100 according to a third embodiment of the present invention. The major difference from the first and second embodiments is that there is no 510 base 36 and there is a charging circuit portion mounted on a conventional smokeless smoking device. That is, the outer shape of the battery part connecting part 24 is different. The smokeless smoking device 100 is a new concept filter cigarette “heat stick” (appearance is the shape of a general filter cigarette with an outer diameter of 7.5 mmφ, which was recently released by Philip Morris. It is a cigarette with a filter with a length of about 15mm and a total length of about 45mm including the filter.This cigarette can be used by inserting it into a special heater sold by Philippe. When a smoker inserts a heat stick into a dedicated heater, turns on the power, and sucks it from the filter part, the flat heater inserted in the cigarette tobacco part causes the tobacco leaf in the tobacco part to When heated, nicotine and vapor are generated from the tobacco leaf, and the smoker can simultaneously suck the generated nicotine and vapor. This product is designed to give you the feeling of “smoke passes through the throat” that is usually obtained when smoking, but unfortunately the steam looks like smoke during smoking. Smoking using the product does not seem to be smokeless, but it seems that there is much less health damage due to smoke than during normal smoking. Unlike the filter section of cigarettes with a filter, the inside is made in a skirt, and it is devised to be carried to the smoker's mouth without absorbing the generated nicotine or vapor.), Cigarettes with a shorter length than ordinary cigarettes with filters were designed to be used. The difference from the second embodiment is that the heater 131 is made shorter, and the heater is inserted only into the inserted heat stick cigarette part or the short cigarette cigarette part. Further, the guide tube B6 is inserted so that the terminal component B108 is not pulled out from the front end portion 106 of the heater to the left side in the drawing when the guide tube A118 is pulled out. Furthermore, a spacer 111 with a hole, a tip part C119, and a commercially available mouthpiece 53 are added. Although these three parts are shown as separate parts in the drawing, it is easy to make the three parts into one part. Next, a method for a smoker to use the smokeless smoking device of Example 3 according to the present invention will be described. The smoker pulls the guide tube A118 having the end piece B108 fully from the main body until it is stopped by the guide tube B6. In this state, the heat stick and the short cigarette are put in the guide tube with the heat stick and the short cigarette part being the head. Then, the tip part C119 is fitted into the guide tube A118 and inserted into the main body together with the guide tube A118. In this state, when the power supply SW28 is turned on, the voltage of the built-in lithium ion rechargeable battery is supplied to the heater 131 while being turned on / off at a certain ratio, and the tobacco leaf in the tobacco part is heated, and nicotine and Steam is generated. The smoker attaches a commercially available mouthpiece 53 to the tip part C119 and performs suction and smoking. When the heat stick is heated at about 140 ° C. to about 180 ° C., smoke = steam is not generated and nicotine comes out. As a result of experiments, it was found that smoke = steam comes out when heated at about 190 ° C. to about 250 ° C. As a result, it can be seen that, by changing the heating temperature in step 1, smoke can be smoked without smoking in a non-smoking area, and smoke can be smoked in a smoking area. Therefore, it was newly developed in response to the voices of users who are good even without an atomizer for electronic cigarettes. By removing the connection portion 36, the length of the main body is shortened accordingly, and the main body is hidden in the hand when used.

FIG. 10 (a) is an axial cross-sectional view of an example of a mouthpiece 47 designed to be used in combination with the smokeless smoking jig 100 of the first and second embodiments of the present invention. The mouthpiece 47 has a thread so as to be fitted to the screw of the outer electrode B35. The smoker uses the mouthpiece 47 by attaching it to the connection part 36 of the smokeless smoking device 100. FIG. 10B is an axial cross-sectional view in which a silicon tube 50 having an inner diameter of about 9 mmφ is attached to a commercially available mouthpiece 53 sold under the trade name “Select 25”. Since the outer diameter of the commercially available mouthpiece 53 is approximately the same as the outer diameter 9.1 mmφ of the connection portion 36, the mouthpiece 53 is fitted with the connection portion 36 by the attached silicon tube 50. When these mouthpieces are attached to the connection portion 36, the smoke of the electronic cigarette is not generated, but the nicotine evaporated from the inserted tobacco leaf can be sucked in the same manner as the conventional smokeless smoking tool. Furthermore, since these mouthpieces are smaller than commercially available electronic cigarette atomizers, it is clear that the shape of the smokeless smoking jig 100 can be reduced. In addition, if the smoker inhales through the mouthpiece, the air taken in will pass through the inserted filter cigarette, heat stick, or short cigarette filter, so clean air will be removed. Is included. Furthermore, cotton and a filter can be put in the space part inside a mouthpiece, and the flavor, ammonia water, etc. which evaporate at room temperature here can be added, and flavors, such as a flavor and ammonia, can also be added to nicotine.

  FIG. 11A is an axial cross-sectional view of an example of a commercially available atomizer 400 for electronic cigarettes. The smoker attaches the atomizer 400 to the connection part 36 of the smokeless smoking tool 100 according to the present invention while rotating it. When the attachment is completed, the outer electrode D55 and the inner electrode C54 of the atomizer are electrically connected to the outer electrode B35 and the inner electrode K25 of the connecting portion 36, respectively. FIG. 11B is an enlarged view of the distal end portion of the inner electrode C54. The front end portion is not a flat surface, but has a notch portion 52 having a width of 2 mm. Nicotine generated by heating of the cigarette with a filter inserted in the smokeless smoking device 100, the heat stick, or the tobacco part of the short cigarette passes through the nicotine introduction tube A18 and the nicotine introduction tube B19, enters the chamber 48, and enters the circular P The plate D12 passes through the notch 43 and reaches the left side of the connecting portion 36. Then, from the notch 52 of the inner electrode C54 of the atomizer, it enters the hole 38, passes through the smoke generation chamber 65, is mixed with the smoke of E-juice generated by the smoke generation heater 62, and passes through the mouthpiece 404. , Carried to the smoker's mouth. However, since the connection portion 36 and the electrode portion 402 of the atomizer are not in close contact with each other, there is a possibility that air enters from this portion and dilutes the generated nicotine. As shown in FIG. 2, the O-ring 10 may be put in the connection portion 36. Although the O-ring is not shown in FIGS. 1, 3, 4 and 5, it is possible to insert an O-ring in the same manner.

FIG. 12 is an axial cross-sectional view of a heater 600 that has been developed so that tobacco leaves used in pipes and the like can also be used. A heater 600 shown in FIG. 12A is composed of a heater 132 having a connecting portion that can be attached to the connecting portion 36 shown in FIG. 13 and an outer tube 4 having an air intake hole 141. . The heater 132 is obtained by removing the inner electrode A34 and the insulator 39 from the 510-510 conversion base shown in FIG. 7 and attaching a circular P plate E13 to which a heater made of the insulating tube 20 and the heating element wire 21 is attached. The two metal screws 41 are used to fix the inside of the outer electrode B35. The circular P plate E13 used here has the same shape as that shown in FIG. 8B, has no two pin holes 45, and the central hole 46 has a diameter of about 0.5 to 0.8 mmφ. The hole has been changed. A circular electrode is provided around the central hole 46 and is electrically connected to the notch 43. The portion of the notch 43 is blocked with resin after assembly so that air does not flow. Since the outer diameter of the outer electrode B35 is about 9.1 mmφ, an AL tube having an inner diameter of about 9.2 mmφ and a wall thickness of 0.2 to 0.6 mm is used. Further, the heater 132 is fixed to the outer tube 4 using a screw or an adhesive. The outer diameter of the lead wire 17 is a brass wire having a diameter of 0.4 mm to 0.7 mm and is plated with gold in order to reduce the contact resistance with the inner electrode K25. Alternatively, there is a structure in which the lead wire is covered with a gold-plated tube and the lead wire and the tube are connected by solder, or a connector whose outer side is gold-plated is inserted into the lead wire. Further, the heating element wire 21 wound around the insulating tube 20 at the heater tip 106 is connected to the lead wire 17 by welding or soldering, or is connected to the lead wire 17 by using a connector marketed under the part number AF-0.5. There is also a structure in which the heating element wire 21 is fixed and then the portion is soldered. Further, at the end portion of the insulating tube 20, a thin heat-resistant insulating tape is wound for one or more turns, and further, the thin copper tape 15 is wound for one or more turns, and the end portion of the heating element wire 21 is wound thereon. It is done. The portion is covered with a metal metal eyelet 14, and solder is passed between the metal eyelet and the copper tape to be electrically connected. Further, the metal eyelet 14 is soldered to a circular electrode around the hole 46 on the printed circuit board, and is connected to the outer electrode B35 by a metal screw at the notch 43. FIG. 12B shows a cigarette leaf insertion jig 60 for smokelessly smoking cigarette leaves used in a pipe or the like using a heater 600. The jig is made of an inner tube 5 having a hole 117, a tip part C112, and a commercially available mouthpiece 53. FIG. 12C shows an external view of the tip part C112. The tip part C112 has a mouthpiece fitting part 116, an inner tube fitting part 114 having a hole 115, and a cut 113 for taking in air. The smoker attaches the heater 600 to the connection part 36 of the smokeless smoking tool 100 while rotating it. Then, the inner tube 5 having the hole 117 is filled with tobacco leaves used in a pipe or the like. Then, the tip part C112 is inserted into the inner tube 5 until it stops. Then, the tobacco leaf insertion jig 60 in which the commercially available mouthpiece 53 is attached to the mouthpiece fitting portion 116 is inserted into the outer tube 4 of the heater 600. In this state, when a control voltage for heating the heater is supplied from the main body, the cigarette leaf around the heater is heated, nicotine evaporates, passes through the hole 115, passes through the mouthpiece 53, and smokers. The nicotine will be carried to the mouth. At this time, the flow of air is as follows: notch 113 ⇒ space created by the inside of the outer tube 4 and the outside of the inner tube 5 ⇒ hole 117 ⇒ hole 115 ⇒ mouthpiece 53 ⇒ mouth of the smoker. It is obvious that it works to lower the temperature of the outer tube surface. In addition, a thin tape can be wound around the surface of the outer tube 4 to deteriorate the heat conduction and to make the appearance beautiful.

FIG. 14 shows an external view of a combination of two semicircular resin parts 710 that can be used in place of the outer pipe 104 of the smokeless smoking device 100 of the present invention, a tip part 101, and nicotine introduction. It is an external view of the termination | terminus component 102 which has pipe | tube A18. As the outer tube 104 of the conventional smokeless smoking device 100, an AL tube having an outer diameter of 14 mmφ and a wall thickness of 0.5 mm with a decorative oxide film is used. It had the disadvantage of being very expensive. Therefore, we considered creating a tube that can be replaced with an AL tube by resin molding. However, long pipes need to be tapered in the drawing direction in order to be extracted from the resin mold after molding. A tube with a large thickness cannot be formed by resin molding. That is, a draft (1.5 / 100) is required in the longitudinal direction, and when making a 20 mm long tube, it is necessary to place a difference in wall thickness on both sides of about 0.3 mm. It turned out that it cannot be made by resin molding with uniform thickness. Therefore, a part 710 having a semicircular cross section as shown in FIG. It is clear that this shape can be easily made with a cheap mold. By rotating one semicircular resin part 710 up and down and left and right and combining the two, it becomes possible to make a tube having a uniform thickness. As shown in FIG. 15 (a), the semicircular resin component 710 has a fitting area indicated by (C), a rotating area indicated by (B), and a sliding area indicated by (A). ing. FIG. 15 (b) shows a cross-sectional view of the sliding area (A) of the tube made by the two semicircular resin parts 710. As can be seen from the figure, the inner surface of the sliding area (A) is shaped like a part of a circle cut out. This is because the semicircular resin part 710 made of one mold is used. In order to make a gap so that there is no gap when two are used and fitted, a certain thickness is required, and as a result, this notch is formed. In the present application, this notch is used well to create a rotation area and a sliding area. FIG. 15C shows a sectional view of the rotation region (B) of the tube. FIG. 15D is an external view of the termination part B108. The terminal part B108 has a cylindrical portion having a width L1, and a part thereof is cut out. Furthermore, the convex part 103 of length L2 is attached. In the smokeless smoking device 100 of the second embodiment or the third embodiment of the present invention, the terminal component B108, the guide tube 107 (or the guide tube A118), and the tip component B109 (or the tip component C119) are integrated. When placed in the outer tube made of the two semicircular resin parts 710, when the terminal part B108 is at the cross section (sliding region (A)) shown in FIG. The guide tube can move in the axial direction of the center line of the outer tube, but cannot rotate around the center line. This is apparent from the diagrams of FIGS. 15B and 15D. However, when the terminal part B108 is located at the position of the cross section shown in FIG. 15C (rotation region (B)) (that is, the guide tube is fully pulled from the outer tube or fully inserted). In this case, the guide tube with the terminal part B can be rotated about the center line of the outer tube as a center, and can move in the axial direction of the center line by rotating approximately 90 degrees. Disappear. That is, inside the both side fitting regions (C) of the semicircular resin component 710, there is a rotation region (B) having a circular cross section, and the length thereof is made (L1 + 1.5) mm. Yes. Furthermore, L2 of the convex portion 103 is made 1.3 mm. When this convex portion 103 is not present, the end part B is in the rotation region, and even if it is rotated 90 degrees, the length of the rotation region is made (L1 + 1.5) mm. Still, since 1.5 mm moves in the axial direction of the center line of the outer tube, the convex portion 103 is added to suppress this movement to about 0.2 mm. In the smokeless smoking device according to the third embodiment of the present invention, the semicircular resin component used may be provided with another rotational region around the center of the sliding region. As is clear from the above description, the guide tube 107 (or the guide tube A118) with the terminal part B108 is prevented from coming out when it is rotated at least 90 degrees when it is fully inserted into the main body. Obviously. By adopting this semicircular resin part 710, it has become possible to make an inexpensive outer tube instead of an expensive AL tube. Furthermore, in order to improve the appearance of the product, after combining the tip part 101, the two semicircular resin parts 710 and the terminal part 102, a decorative tape is wound around the surface to increase the strength and the appearance. It looks good and is used. In the figure, the air hole 141 is described. However, when this air hole is not provided, or when a decorative tape is wound on the surface, the air hole allows the outer tube to flow. The role of lowering the surface temperature of the tube cannot be fulfilled, but when it is actually made and tested, an air layer is formed between the outer tube and the inner tube, or between the outer tube and the guide tube, and the air does not flow. However, it has been found that the heat from the heater inside the air layer becomes a heat insulating material, and the surface temperature of the outer tube is not increased so much, so this air hole is not always necessary.

24 is a cross-sectional view of the rechargeable battery holder 9 constituting the rechargeable battery unit 49, the rechargeable battery 29, and the double-sided pressure-sensitive adhesive tape 3 of the smokeless smoking device 100 according to the present invention (a cross section of a surface perpendicular to the axial direction of the smokeless smoking device). Figure). In the conventional system, as shown in FIG. 18, the rechargeable battery can be immediately pulled downward by simply pressing the rechargeable battery against the positive electrode with the negative electrode spring 7. This is because the rechargeable battery must be removed in order to bring the smokeless smoking device into the aircraft. However, even during normal use, there was a complaint that the rechargeable battery would come off immediately. Therefore, on the surface of the rechargeable battery holder 9 that is in contact with the rechargeable battery 29, the length is about half the length of the rechargeable battery, the width is about 3 to 7 mm, and the thickness is about 0.3 to 1.5 mm. Double-sided adhesive tape 3 with different adhesive strength on both sides was attached (experimental results show that the difference in adhesive strength between the front and back sides is required to be 5 to 15 (N / 20 mm)). The strong adhesive surface is attached to the rechargeable battery holder. By doing so, the rechargeable battery 29 is fixed with a weak adhesive force. When the battery is removed, the rechargeable battery 29 is easily detached, but the double-sided adhesive tape 3 is not peeled off, and the above claims disappear.

FIG. 19 is a circuit diagram of a charging circuit used in a conventional smokeless smoking device and the smokeless smoking device of Example 3, and FIG. 20 is a circuit diagram of a main circuit. CN1 is a DC jack 26, LED is a charge display LED 27, SW1 is a power switch 28, and IC3 is a charge control IC. When the terminal 3 of the SW 1 is brought down to the terminal 1 and 5 VDC is supplied from the CN 1, the voltage / current controlled by the IC 3 is supplied to the lithium ion rechargeable battery and charged. When the terminal 3 of the SW1 is turned down and the terminal 2 is turned down, the voltage of the lithium ion rechargeable battery is supplied from Vout to Vout of the main circuit. IC2 is a constant voltage output IC that outputs a constant voltage from the voltage of Vout. D1 (two-color display LED) is a display 136, IC1 is an 8-bit microcomputer having an EEPROM in which driving software is written, and Heater1 is a built-in heater 131. FIG. 16 is a circuit diagram used in the smokeless smoking device 100 according to the first embodiment and the second embodiment of the present invention. In the charger 700 with a commercially available USB connector shown in FIG. It is a circuit diagram which enabled it to charge. Specifically, SW1 on the left side of the alternate long and short dash line in FIG. Furthermore, the above-mentioned pin 33 is composed of two pins, Vout and GND. Various components on the right side of the one-dot chain line in FIG. 16 are mounted on the main printed circuit board 31 described above.

First, the working voltage of this circuit will be described. Conventionally, lithium ion rechargeable batteries have used expensive lithium ion rechargeable batteries with control circuits. This is a characteristic of a lithium ion rechargeable battery. In order to avoid the weak point that the rechargeable battery cannot be recharged when the output voltage is used until the output voltage drops below a certain voltage (about 2.3 V). When the output voltage of the rechargeable battery drops to about 2.7 V, it is a lithium ion rechargeable battery with a circuit that stops the output of the lithium ion rechargeable battery. However, the portion with this circuit is more expensive than a lithium ion rechargeable battery without this circuit. Therefore, the present application has been devised so that an inexpensive lithium-ion rechargeable battery without a control circuit can be used. That is, in various steps of the driving software, the output voltage of the lithium ion rechargeable battery is measured while passing a current through the heater. Further, the ON / OFF ratio is changed by the voltage so that the power supplied to the heater 131 and the object connected to the connection unit 36 is constant. In addition, when the voltage is lower than a preset voltage, a warning that the voltage of the built-in lithium ion rechargeable battery is low is notified by a color and blinking of the indicator 136 to the smoker. Stop the operation. As a result of the experiment, it has been found that the constant voltage output voltage of IC2, the driving voltage of IC1, and the voltage for stopping the operation of the circuit must satisfy a certain relational expression in order to perform such an operation. It was. That is, the voltage at which the operation of the circuit is stopped> the constant voltage output voltage of IC2 + 0.15V. And the drive voltage of IC1> 2.5V. From this, it was found that the voltage for stopping the operation of the circuit can be set only to a voltage of 2.65V or more. As a result, when the driving voltage of IC1 is 2.8V (= constant voltage output voltage of IC2) and the output voltage of the built-in lithium ion rechargeable battery is lowered to 2.95V or less, the operation of the circuit is stopped. Designed.

Next, the drive software incorporated in the smokeless smoking device according to the first or second embodiment of the present invention will be described. The driving software is made up of six steps from step 0 to step 5. Each unit creates unit software for a certain period, and the duration is determined by the number of repetitions. It is made. In this way, when it is desired to change the duration of each step, the software can be easily changed. The certain period used in the explanation of the following software is used for explanation, and it is not necessary to explain that the certain period can be freely set. In order to change the surface temperature of the heater by four levels, the values of the four ON / OFF ratios are tabulated in advance. For example, in the case of 1, ON / OFF ratio = 20%. In the case of 2, ON / OFF ratio = 30%. In the case of 3, ON / OFF ratio = 40%. In the case of 4, ON / OFF ratio = 50%. This level can be changed from 2 to 16 at the time of software production. The driving software has five modes: 1) smokeless smoking + electronic cigarette mode, 2) electronic cigarette mode, 3) heater mode, 4) soft number display mode, and 5) charge mode.

Step 0: In this step, the use mode of the smokeless smoking device is determined by the number of times the smoker presses SW2 during this step period. That is, 0 times = smokeless smoking + electronic cigarette mode (with an atomizer attached to the connecting portion 36 to simultaneously suck nicotine and electronic cigarette smoke). 1 time = electronic cigarette mode (attaching part 36 is attached with an atomizer and used as an electronic cigarette). 2 times = heater mode (the heater 36 is attached to the connecting portion 36, and the object inserted into the heater is heated and sucked). 3 times or more = soft number display mode. In this step, the diode D1 green is ON for 0.1 seconds ⇒ SW2 check ⇒ The diode D1 green is basically 0.1 seconds OFF, and 0.2 seconds software is repeated 5 times (0.2 seconds x 5 This is repeated 5 times, so that the green LED of the diode D1 blinks rapidly for 5 seconds. During this 5 seconds, the smoker counts the number of times the switch 22 is pressed, determines the use mode of the smokeless smoking device, and proceeds to step 1. In step 0, the output voltage of the built-in lithium ion rechargeable battery is continuously applied to the heater 131. However, when the switch 22 is pressed even once, the continuous application to the heater 131 is stopped. The reason is that in the smokeless smoking + electronic cigarette mode, the switch 22 is never pressed, so the voltage is continuously applied to the heater 131 for 5 seconds, and the inserted tobacco leaf continues to be heated. Because it is, the time until it becomes possible to smoke is shortened. On the other hand, in other modes, it is not necessary to apply the voltage to the heater 131. Therefore, if the switch 22 is pressed even once, the application to the heater 131 is stopped.

Since step 1 differs depending on each mode, first, the case of smokeless smoking + electronic cigarette mode will be described.
Step 1; In Step 1, the surface temperature of the heater 131 is changed in Step 3 according to the number of times the smoker presses the switch 22 (for example, 0 to 4 times, 5 times or more is the same value as the 4 times pressed). Can be set to any of the four levels. In this step, the diode D1 green is ON for 0.25 seconds ⇒ SW2 check ⇒ The diode D1 green is ON for 0.25 seconds, repeating the 0.5 second software twice (0.5 seconds x 2 times) = 1 second), and this is repeated 10 more times. During this time, the output voltage of the built-in lithium ion rechargeable battery is continuously applied to the heater 131. The surface temperature of the heater supplied to the heater 131 in step 3 at the ON / OFF ratio determined in advance by the number of times the switch 22 is pressed during the 10 seconds is set to a predetermined temperature. Become. When the smoker presses the switch 22, the red LED of the diode D1 lights up to inform the smoker that the switch 22 has been pressed. Thus, the smoker can know which temperature the surface temperature of the heater 131 is set by the number of times the red LED of the diode D1 is turned on. The number of times the switch 22 is pressed is counted up to 4 times, and the software is made so that the same ON / OFF ratio is obtained when 5 times or more is 4 times. That is, the smoker can select a 4-level ON / OFF ratio, that is, the smoker can select a 4-level heating temperature. The number of times the smoker has pressed the switch 22 is recorded in a predetermined location of the EEPROM built in the IC 1, and the smoker must press the switch 22 once in step 1 at the next smoking. For example, the inserted cigarette is heated at the surface temperature of the heater 131 used last time.
Step 2: In this step, as in Step 1, the output voltage of the built-in lithium ion rechargeable battery is continuously applied to the heater 131. In this step, the output of the GP2 terminal is set to “H” for 0.1 second, and the heater 131 is continuously energized. ⇒ The output voltage of the built-in lithium ion rechargeable battery is measured from the input voltage of the GP4 terminal. Is set to “H”, and the software for 1.0 second based on continuous energization of the heater 131 is repeated 15 times. If the output voltage of the built-in lithium ion rechargeable battery is less than or equal to the minimum operating voltage, the red LED of the diode D1 blinks for 15 seconds and stops operating. During this step, the diode D1 turns off the green LED for 0.5 seconds-ON / 0.5 seconds-OFF. From the start of this green blinking, the smoker can determine that he can start smoking.
Step 3: In this step, the surface voltage of the heater 131 is applied by applying the output voltage of the built-in lithium ion rechargeable battery to the heater 131 at a predetermined ON / OFF ratio depending on the number of times the switch 22 is pressed in Step 1. Is a step in which is controlled to a certain value. The software is set so that the surface temperature increases as the number of times the switch 22 is pressed increases. In this step, the output voltage of the built-in lithium ion rechargeable battery is measured from the input voltage of the GP4 terminal while the heater 131 is continuously energized with the output of the GP2 terminal set to “H” for 0.1 second. The output voltage of the built-in lithium ion rechargeable battery is applied to the heater 131 at an ON / OFF ratio determined in advance by the measured rechargeable battery voltage for 9 seconds. Alternatively, it is possible to measure the resistance value of the heater 131 from the value of the current flowing through the heater 131 in 0.1 second, and change the ON / OFF ratio of the heater 131 by taking this value into account. If the output voltage of the built-in lithium ion rechargeable battery is less than or equal to the minimum operating voltage, the red LED of the diode D1 blinks for 15 seconds and stops operating. During this step, the diode D1 turns off the green LED for 0.5 seconds-ON / 0.5 seconds-OFF. During this step, if the smoker has pressed SW2 for a certain time or longer (for example, 0.2 seconds), the GP2 output of IC1 becomes “L”, the power to the heater 131 is stopped, and the indicator 136 is Since it turns red and the GP0 output outputs an ON / OFF signal at a predetermined rate, power is supplied to the atomizer connected to the Connector, and smoke of the electronic cigarette is generated. If the switch SW2 is held down for 10 seconds or longer, the output of GP0 is automatically set to “L” and the output is output to GP2. This is to prevent the atomizer from being heated excessively.
Step 4: In this step, the application of the output voltage to the heater 131 is stopped, but the remaining heat of the heater 131 still leaves nicotine from the tobacco leaf. By including this step, at the end of this step, the temperature of the tobacco leaf is lowered, and even if the smoker removes the tobacco leaf immediately after smoking, there is no danger of being burned. Here, software with a basic period of 1 second is repeated 10 times. During this step, the green LED of the diode D1 is turned on for 0.5 seconds-ON / 0.5 seconds-OFF. After this step ends, the operation goes to sleep.
Step 5: When the smoker turns off the power switch 28, the supply voltage to the IC 1 becomes 0V, and the driving software stops.
While the green LED of the diode D1 from step 2 to step 4 is OFF for 0.5 seconds-ON / 0.5 seconds-OFF, SW2 in this circuit diagram continuously continues for 1 second or more. When turned ON, the output of the GP0 terminal becomes “H” and the output of GP2 becomes “L”. The output of GP0 is measured at the ON / OFF ratio determined by the output voltage of the built-in lithium ion rechargeable battery measured at the GP4 terminal, or the value of the current flowing through the heater connected to the connection portion 36, The ON / OFF voltage of the built-in lithium ion rechargeable battery is supplied to the heater that is turned ON / OFF and connected to the connection unit 36. At this time, the red LED of the diode D1 changes to continuous lighting and informs the smoker that the heater is heated. When the switch 22 is turned off, the heating of the heater is stopped, the heating 131 is returned to, and the green LED of the diode D1 is turned on / off.

Next, in the electronic cigarette mode, when the above step 0 is completed, the green LED and the red LED of the diode D1 are simultaneously turned on, and the step 1 of lighting in orange starts. In Step 1, turn on orange for 0.25 seconds ⇒ check SW2 ⇒ repeat 0.5 second software based on lighting in orange for 0.25 seconds (0.5 seconds x 2 times = 1 second). Is repeated 10 times. In this 10 seconds, the output voltage of the built-in lithium ion rechargeable battery is not applied to the heater of the atomizer connected to the connection portion 36. In the next step 3, the orange lighting for 0.5 seconds ⇒ SW2 check ⇒ the 1 second software that turns off the orange for 0.5 seconds is repeated 120 times to enter sleep. If the smoker keeps pressing the switch 22 for 1 second or more while the orange blinking in Step 3, the output of GP0 is set to “H” for 0.1 second, and the heater of the atomizer connected to the connection portion 36 is set. While the power is supplied, measure the output voltage of the built-in lithium ion rechargeable battery using the GP4 terminal. If the voltage is below the minimum operating voltage of the built-in lithium ion rechargeable battery, the red LED of the diode D1 blinks for 15 seconds. To stop the operation. If it is equal to or higher than the minimum operating voltage of the built-in lithium ion rechargeable battery, the heater is turned on / off at a predetermined ratio based on the rechargeable battery voltage measured for 0.9 seconds. Alternatively, the current value flowing through the heater is measured for 0.1 second, and the heater is turned ON / OFF based on this value. While the switch 22 is being pressed, the red LED of the diode D1 is continuously lit. Next, the state of the switch 22 is confirmed. While the switch 22 is being pressed, the above operation is repeated. When it is detected that the switch 22 is no longer pressed, the power supply to the heater is stopped and the diode D1 blinks orange. However, if the heater is energized for 10 seconds or more, the heater will be overheated. Therefore, even if the switch 22 is kept pressed for 10 seconds or more, the energization to the heater is automatically stopped. The software is made. In step 1, when the smoker presses the switch 22, the diode D1 lights in red, notifying the smoker that the switch 22 has been pressed, and the heater in step 3 depending on the number of times the button is pressed. ON / OFF ratio can be changed. The number of times the smoker has pressed the switch 22 is recorded in a predetermined location of the EEPROM built in the IC 1, and the smoker must press the switch 22 once in step 1 at the next smoking. For example, the previously used ON / OFF ratio is used.

      Next, in the heater mode, the operations from Step 1 to Step 5 in the case of smokeless smoking + electronic cigarette mode are performed. However, in the heater 131 in the operation description, the color of the heater connected to the connector and the diode D1 is changed from green to red and from red to green. In this mode, if the switch 22 is pressed for 1 second or longer after Step 2, the diode D1 turns green only while the switch 22 is being pressed, and the heater connected to the Connector has a built-in lithium ion charge. It is designed so that the output voltage of the battery is applied continuously or a voltage with a fairly high ON / OFF ratio is output. As a result, the surface temperature of the heater is higher while the switch 22 is being pressed. This function is named the turbo function.

      Next, in the soft number display mode, in step 1, the soft number is displayed in hexadecimal using the red / green color of the diode D1. Specifically, when the number is “88”, since it is “0x58” in hexadecimal notation, it is displayed as lighting once red, blinking green six times, lighting once red, and lighting nine times green. The number of green blinks is displayed once more than the number to be displayed. None, after step 2. By inserting this mode, the number of built-in drive software can be read out, which is very useful for failure analysis.

  Next, the case of the charging mode will be described. The charger 700 with a USB connector for a commercially available electronic cigarette shown in FIG. 22 is attached to the connecting portion 36 (= Connector), but this is done, so that Tr2 is in an OFF state so that charging is performed. I can not. Therefore, when the power switch 28 is turned on while pressing the switch 22, the charging mode is set. When entering this charging mode, Tr2 is always ON. In this state, when the USB connector 701 is connected to a USB terminal with a DC5V output, a charging current controlled by the built-in lithium ion rechargeable battery flows and is charged. The end of charging is notified to the smoker by the display 706. Initially, in Step 0, five modes including a charging mode were created. However, in this method, the operation in step 0 is a little complicated. Due to the output voltage drop of the built-in lithium ion rechargeable battery in step 0, there is a risk that the IC1 will drop to a voltage at which it cannot be operated before going into the charge mode, and charging will not be possible. For these two reasons, we devised a method of turning on the power switch while pressing the switch 22.

Next, the driving software incorporated in the smokeless smoking device of Example 3 according to the present invention will be described. Since the smokeless smoking tool of Example 3 is exclusively for heat sticks and short cigarettes, the driving software is very easily made. In other words, it is made up of four steps from Step 0 to Step 3, and each step is created so that unit software for a certain period is created and the duration is determined by the number of repetitions. . In step 0, the driving software determines whether smokeless smoke or smoked smoke. In step 1, the heating temperature change of the heater can be set. In step 2, smoking time. Step 3 ends smoking. Furthermore, by turning on the power while pressing the switch 22, the soft number display / heater surface temperature variable range change mode can be made.

Step 0: In this step, the diode D1 is turned on for 0.1 seconds, the SW2 is checked, and then the diode D1 is turned on for 0.1 seconds. Second x 5 times = 1 second), and this is repeated 3 times. During this time, if the switch 22 is not pressed once, the smoked smoking mode is set. It was devised to enter smokeless smoking mode when pressed more than once.

First, the case of the smoked smoking mode will be described.
Step 1: In this step 1, the surface temperature of the heater 131 is changed in step 2 according to the number of times the smoker presses the switch 22 (for example, 0 to 6 times, 7 times or more is the same value as 6 times pressed). , 6 levels can be set. In order to change the surface temperature of the heater by six levels, six ON / OFF ratio values are tabulated in advance. This level can be changed from 2 to 16 at the time of software production. In this step, the diode D1 green is ON for 0.25 seconds ⇒ SW2 check ⇒ The diode D1 green is ON for 0.25 seconds, repeating the 0.5 second software twice (0.5 seconds x 2 times) = 1 second), and this is repeated 10 more times. During this time, the output voltage of the built-in lithium ion rechargeable battery is continuously applied to the heater 131, or the output voltage having a certain ON / OFF ratio waveform is applied. In step 2, the ON / OFF ratio of the output voltage is changed and supplied to the heater 131 according to the number of times the switch 22 is pressed during the 10 seconds. When the smoker presses the switch 22, the red LED of the diode D1 lights up to inform the smoker that the switch 22 has been pressed. Thus, the smoker can know which temperature the surface temperature of the heater 131 is set by the number of times the red LED of the diode D1 is turned on. The number of times the smoker has pressed the switch 22 is recorded in a predetermined location of the EEPROM built in the IC 1, and the smoker must press the switch 22 once in step 1 at the next smoking. For example, the inserted heat stick or short cigarette is heated at the surface temperature of the heater 131 used last time.
Step 2; In this step, the surface temperature of the heater 131 is applied by applying the output voltage of the built-in lithium ion rechargeable battery to the heater 131 at a predetermined ON / OFF ratio depending on the number of times the switch 22 in Step 1 is pressed. Is a step in which is controlled to a certain value. The software is set so that the surface temperature increases as the number of times the switch 22 is pressed increases. In this step, the output voltage of the built-in lithium ion rechargeable battery is measured from the input voltage of the GP4 terminal while the heater 131 is continuously energized with the output of the GP2 terminal set to “H” for 0.1 second. The output voltage of the built-in lithium ion rechargeable battery is applied to the heater 131 at an ON / OFF ratio determined in advance by the measured rechargeable battery voltage for 9 seconds. Alternatively, it is possible to measure the resistance value of the heater 131 from the value of the current flowing through the heater 131 in 0.1 second, and change the ON / OFF ratio of the heater 131 by taking this value into account. If the output voltage of the built-in lithium ion rechargeable battery is less than or equal to the minimum operating voltage, the red LED of the diode D1 blinks for 15 seconds and stops operating. During this step, the diode D1 turns off the green LED for 0.5 seconds-ON / 0.5 seconds-OFF. This step lasts about 5 minutes.
Step 3: In this step, the application of the output voltage to the heater 131 is stopped, but the remaining heat of the heater 131 still leaves nicotine from the tobacco leaf. By including this step, at the end of this step, the temperature of the tobacco leaf is lowered, and even if the smoker removes the tobacco leaf immediately after smoking, there is no danger of being burned. Here, software with a basic period of 1 second is repeated five times. During this step, the green LED of the diode D1 is turned on for 0.5 seconds-ON / 0.5 seconds-OFF. After this step ends, the operation stops. In step 2, when the switch 22 is continuously turned on for 1 second or more while the green LED of the diode D1 is turned on for 0.5 seconds-ON / 0.5 seconds-OFF, the IC1 is switched to SW2. The software is built to detect that the button is pressed and increase the supply of power to the heater 131. This is for smokers to use during smoking and when they want to inhale a lot of smoke by heating the tobacco leaves. This is called a turbo function.

Next, the case of the smokeless smoking mode will be described. This mode is the same as the smoked mode, but the variable range of the heater surface temperature can be changed in a lower temperature range than the smoked mode. Furthermore, the turbo function is not installed because it is troubled if smoke is emitted.

Next, a method for displaying a software number will be described. This mode is a hidden mode that does not inform the smoker, and the producer enters the mode by turning on the power switch 28 while pressing the switch 22. When entering this mode, the red lights continuously for 2 seconds. Next, the green flashes for 5 seconds, and the variable range of the ON / OFF ratio applied to the heater 131 can be changed by the number of times the switch 22 is pressed during this period. Change mode. For example, in step 2, if the variable range is 6 levels, a 10 level ON / OFF ratio table is incorporated in the software, and if switch 22 is pressed 0 times in 5 seconds, 1 to 6 levels The smoker can select the ON / OFF ratio according to the number of times the switch 22 is pressed in step 2. If pressed once, 2 to 7 levels. 3 to 8 levels when pressed twice. 4 to 9 levels when pressed 3 times. 5 to 10 levels when pressed four times. In this way, when the producer ships the product, it is possible to set which level is used according to the resistance value of the built-in heater 131, and the variation in the set temperature due to the variation in the resistance value of the heater 131 can be set. I was able to reduce it. Heater surface temperature variable range change mode Next, enter the soft number display mode. Since the method of displaying the software number is the same as described above, the description is omitted.

      Normally, software for performing an interrupt operation normally assigns one of the input / output terminals GP0 to GP5 to a switch input and performs the interrupt operation when the switch is pressed. However, in that case, a circuit that suppresses the chattering of the switch operation is necessary, and the circuit configuration becomes complicated. In addition, when all six input / output terminals are used as in the present application circuit, an inexpensive 8-bit microcomputer having only eight terminals cannot be used, and a more expensive microcomputer having more output terminals is used. There is a need. Alternatively, if the switch is accidentally pressed for a moment, a problem that the operation starts will also occur. Therefore, a method has been devised that can perform an interrupt operation using GP3, which is an input-only terminal. That is, all the basic operations of the above software are software having a basic period of 1 second, and a line for checking whether the GP3 terminal is “H” or “L” in this 1 second software is inserted. A new software was devised. By doing so, it is not determined that the GP3 input has become “H” unless the switch 22 is kept pressed for 1 second at the longest, so that the chattering prevention circuit is unnecessary. Furthermore, since the operation does not start when the button is pressed for a moment, a malfunction can be prevented. In addition, an inexpensive microcomputer can be used. It came to have a number of merits. Furthermore, a line for measuring the output voltage of the built-in lithium ion rechargeable battery was inserted in the software for 1 second. As a result, the output voltage of the rechargeable battery is measured every second, and the rechargeable battery used conventionally uses a lithium ion rechargeable battery with a control circuit that detects the output voltage and stops the output. However, lithium-ion rechargeable batteries without a control circuit can now be used, and the purchase price of lithium-ion rechargeable batteries can be purchased at about half.

  Next, how to use the smokeless smoking device 100 according to the first embodiment or the second embodiment of the present invention will be described. First, the case where it uses as smokeless smoking + electronic cigarette mode is demonstrated. The smoker inserts the commercially available cigarette with a filter, which is used habitually, into the main body portion 200 with the cigarette portion at the top, with the atomizer 400 attached to the smokeless smoking device 100. Alternatively, in the case of the smokeless smoking device 100 according to the second embodiment of the present invention, the guide tube is pulled out, and a commercially available cigarette with a filter that is used habitually is inserted into the guide tube, and is inserted into the smokeless smoking device together with the guide tube. In the inserted cigarette with a filter, only the filter part comes out of the tip part B109. In this state, when the smoker turns on the power switch 28, the indicator 136 blinks green quickly for 5 seconds. If the button is not pressed once during the blinking, in Step 1, the green light is continuously turned on for 10 seconds, and it is possible to confirm that the smoker has entered the smokeless smoking + electronic cigarette mode. Next, in step 2, green blinks for 15 seconds, and the output voltage of the built-in lithium ion rechargeable battery is continuously applied to the heater 131. Next, in Step 3, while blinking green for 170 seconds, an ON / OFF waveform of the output voltage of the rechargeable battery is applied to the heater 131. Next, in step 4, the green light blinks for 10 seconds, and the output voltage of the rechargeable battery is not applied to the heater 131. Since the button 30 is made of a transparent or translucent material, the light of the indicator 136 is projected and the button becomes the color, so that the smoker can understand the operating state of the smokeless smoking device 100. ing. When the indicator 136 blinks in green, when the smoker sucks from the mouthpiece 404 of the atomizer 400 with power supplied only to the heater 131, the nicotine that has evaporated from the tobacco leaves heated by the heater 131 Is carried to the smoker's mouth as described above. In this state, since no power is supplied to the heater 62 of the atomizer, no smoke of E-juice is generated. However, since nicotine is sucked through the filter during normal smoking, most of the nicotine is absorbed by the filter. Double nicotine can be sucked.

If the smoker depresses the button 30 while the display 136 is blinking green in steps 2, 3, and 4, the switch 22 on the main printed circuit board is turned on. When the button 30 is continuously pressed for 1 second or longer, the heater driving circuit stops supplying power to the heater 131 while the button 30 is continuously pressed, and the built-in lithium ion rechargeable battery is connected to the pin 66 in the connection portion 36. 29 power is supplied. The reason for this is that if power is supplied to two heaters simultaneously, a large amount of current flows, the voltage drop at the internal resistance of the built-in lithium ion rechargeable battery is large, and power that can substantially heat the heater cannot be supplied. Because. Even if the power supply to the heater 131 is stopped, since the tobacco leaf was heated, it has been found as a result of experiments that the evaporation of nicotine continues for at least about 10 seconds. Due to the capillary phenomenon, the E-juice in the liquid waste 64 has permeated the string 63, and the electric power of the built-in lithium ion rechargeable battery 29 is supplied to the smoke generating heater 62 via the pin 66. The smoke generating heater 62 is heated, and smoke containing glycerin and water as main components is generated. When the smoker sucks from the mouthpiece 404 in this state, the nicotine is guided from the nicotine introduction tube A18 and the nicotine introduction tube B19 to the smoke generation chamber 62 of the atomizer 400 and supplied to the smoker mixed with the smoke generated here. The E-juice sold in Japan cannot be ingested with electronic cigarettes sold in Japan because nicotine-containing products are not sold for violation of the Pharmaceutical Affairs Law. With the smokeless smoking device 100 according to the invention, it is possible to mix nicotine from a cigarette with a filter that is used habitually into the smoke of an electronic cigarette that does not contain nicotine. Will be able to.

Next, a case where the electronic cigarette mode is used will be described. In this case, when the atomizer 400 is attached to the smokeless smoking tool 100 without inserting the cigarette with filter and the power switch 28 is turned on, the indicator 136 blinks quickly in green for 5 seconds. When the button 30 is pressed once for 0.2 seconds or more during this blinking, the switch 22 is turned ON once, and in the next step 1, it is changed to orange continuous lighting. During the orange continuous lighting, the surface temperature of the heater 62 can be changed by the number of times the switch 22 is pressed. In the next step 2, it blinks orange. If the button 30 is pressed for 1 second or longer during the orange blinking in step 2, the display turns on continuously in red, and the output voltage of the built-in lithium ion rechargeable battery in the heater 62 in the atomizer is set to a predetermined ON / OFF state. Supplied at an OFF ratio, electronic cigarette smoke is generated. When you stop pressing the button 30, it returns to blinking orange. As can be seen from this operation, it can be used only as a normal electronic cigarette. Furthermore, since most commercially available electronic cigarettes can be used for the connection part 36, the smoker can enjoy with his favorite atomizer.

Next, the case where it uses in heater mode is demonstrated. Also in this case, the heater 600 is attached to the connection part 36 of the smokeless smoking tool 100 without inserting the cigarette with filter. Further, the inner tube 5 with the tip part into which the tobacco leaf is put is inserted into the outer tube 4. When the power switch 28 is turned on in this state, while the indicator 136 is blinking green quickly for 5 seconds (step 0), when the button 30 is pressed twice more than 0.2 seconds, the next In Step 1, the red light is continuously turned on for 10 seconds. During the red continuous lighting, the surface temperature of the heater of the heater can be changed in the next step 3 by the number of times the button 30 is pressed. In step 1 and step 2, the output voltage of the built-in lithium ion rechargeable battery is continuously applied to the connection unit 36. In the next step 3 (flashing red), the output voltage of the built-in lithium ion rechargeable battery is supplied to the connection unit 36 at a predetermined ON / OFF ratio depending on the number of times the button 30 is pressed in step 2. .

FIG. 25 shows a heater of a newly devised structure used for the heater of the heat stick, the smokeless smoking tool for short cigarettes and the heater shown in FIG. 6 and FIG. The cross section of the insulating tube 20 constituting the heater used so far is almost circular. In the case of a substantially circular heater, it has been found from experimental results that the diameter that can be inserted into the cigarette is 1.6 mmφ or less. Experiments have shown that if you try to insert a heater with a larger diameter than this, the web will break. For this reason, only the central portion in contact with the heater surface was in contact with the tobacco leaf, and the heating efficiency was poor. In order to improve this phenomenon, in order to increase the area in contact with the heater surface that is easy to insert into the wrapper, the insulating tube 20 is shown in FIG. 25 (b) as its sectional view and as shown in FIG. The cross-section was an ellipse or a circular shape that was extended horizontally. This insulating tube has a width of 3 mm and a standing width of 1 mm. The AL tube is manufactured while being drawn out so as to have this shape. By using the insulating tube having such a shape, the contact area with the tobacco leaf is increased, but a heater having a novel shape that can be easily inserted can be obtained, and the heating efficiency of the tobacco leaf is increased. FIG. 25D shows an external view of a heater that has two holes as the insulating tube 20 and uses the insulator as the insulating tube 20. A heating element wire wound around the surface of the insulator is not shown.

  By equipping a conventional smokeless smoking device with a connection so that an atomizer for a commercially available electronic cigarette can be attached, nicotine evaporating from a cigarette with a favorite filter and E-juice without nicotine Smoke can be sucked in at the same time, so that you can feel the smoke passing through your throat without damaging the harmful smoke that occurs when smoking with fire. Became. Further, in a place where smoke can be produced, if the button 30 is not pressed, the smoke of E-juice is not generated, and the conventional feature that only nicotine can be sucked is maintained. In addition, the use of a guide tube ensures that the tip of the heater is always at the center of the body. Furthermore, by using a semi-circular resin molded part, a commercially available electronic cigarette charger by changing the circuit, etc., a cheaper smokeless smoking tool can be produced.

6 Guide tube C
9 Rechargeable battery holder 22 Switch 25 Inner electrode K
28 Power switch 29 Rechargeable battery 34 Inner electrode A
35 Outer electrode B
36 Connection part 43 Notch part 48 Room 49 Rechargeable battery part 100 Smokeless smoking tool 103 Convex part 104 Outer tube
107 Guide tube 108 Termination part B
109 Tip part B
111 Perforated spacer 118 Guide tube A
119 Advanced Parts C
132 Heater 136 having a connecting portion that can be attached to the connecting portion 36
710 Semi-circular resin molded part 725 LED

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In the smokeless smoking device in which the portion into which the cigarette is inserted has a double structure of the outer tube and the inner tube and has a long and narrow heater at the center of the inner tube, the connecting portion 36 constituted by the outer electrode B35 and the inner electrode K25. And the connection part has the same shape as a 510 base used for a power supply part of a commercially available electronic cigarette, and has a space through which air flows between the outer electrode and the inner electrode. Smokeless smoking equipment characterized by The connection part 36 according to claim 1 is obtained by taking out an inner electrode A34 and an insulator of a 510-510 conversion base for a commercially available electronic cigarette, is substantially circular, has a notch part 43, and has an inner part in the center. A smokeless smoking device characterized in that a printed circuit board to which an electrode K25 is attached is installed inside the outer electrode B and is fixed to the outer electrode with a metal screw. 3. The smokeless smoking device according to claim 1, wherein a guide tube 107 having a terminal part B108 is inserted instead of the inner tube. The smokeless smoking device according to claim 3, wherein two semi-circular resin molded parts having a fitting region on both sides, a rotation region on the inside, and a sliding region on the inside are bonded as an outer tube. When the guide tube 107 having the end piece B108 is used as an inner tube and the end piece B is in the sliding region, the guide tube moves only in the direction of the central axis of the outer tube, and the end piece B Smokeless smoking device characterized by being able to rotate around the central axis of the outer tube when inserted into the rotating region The convex part 103 of height L2 is attached to the terminal part B used for the smokeless smoking device according to claim 4, and the length of (L1 + L2) is substantially equal to that of the rotation region (B) of the semicircular resin part. The guide tube was hardly moved axially when the end piece was in the rotation region and rotated approximately 90 degrees around the central axis of the outer tube. Smokeless smoking equipment characterized by A charger for a commercially available electronic cigarette is connected to the connection portion 36 of the smokeless smoking device according to any one of claims 1 to 5, and the power switch 28 is turned on while the smoker presses the switch 22. A smokeless smoking device characterized by having a drive software that can charge a lithium ion rechargeable battery built in the smokeless smoking device   The smokeless smoking device according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein the switch 22 has two or more use modes of the smokeless smoking device and is in a period of Step 0 immediately after the power is turned on. The use mode of the smokeless smoking device is determined by the number of times the button is pressed, and the smoker can recognize the set mode by the display color of the indicator 136 and the flashing method in Step 1, and during the period of Step 1 In addition, a smokeless smoking device characterized by incorporating driving software characterized in that the surface temperature of the heater can be changed in step 3 by the number of times the switch 22 is pressed. In the drive software according to claim 7, the number of times the switch 22 is pressed during the step 1 period is stored, and when the switch 22 is not pressed once during the step 1 period at the next smoking, Smokeless smoking device characterized by built-in driving software that uses the number of times of previous smoking   The smokeless smoking device having a mechanism in which the connection part 36 of the smokeless smoking device according to any one of claims 1 to 8 does not rotate in the chamber 48.   The heater which has a heater with the connection part of the shape which can be attached to the connection part 36 of the smokeless smoking instrument of any one of Claim 1-9   6. The smokeless smoking device according to any one of claims 4 and 5, wherein the smokeless smoking device does not have the connecting portion 36 and incorporates a conventional charging circuit.   The smokeless smoking device according to claim 11, wherein the smokeless smoking device has two use modes, and during step 0, the switch 22 is pressed or not, depending on whether the two modes are selected. Depending on the number of times the switch 22 is pressed, the surface temperature of the heater can be changed in Step 2 and the number of times the heater 22 is pressed in Step 1 is memorized, and the switch 1 is pressed once in Step 1 at the next smoking. If not, the smokeless smoking device is characterized in that the number of previous smoking is used.     The smokeless smoking device according to claim 12, wherein the producer can change the surface temperature variable range of the heater in step 2 by turning on the power switch 28 while pressing the switch 22 before shipping. Smokeless smoking equipment   The smokeless smoking device according to any one of claims 1 to 13, wherein the rechargeable battery 29 placed in the rechargeable battery holder 9 is fixed with a double-sided tape having different adhesive strength on the front and back sides. Features smokeless smoking equipment     The cross-sectional shape of the heater insulation tube used in the smokeless smoking device according to any one of claims 1 to 14 is an ellipse or a shape obtained by extending a circle horizontally. Smokeless smoking equipment

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