KR20240011522A - Cigarette insert door assembly of an aerosol generator - Google Patents

Abstract

According to one aspect of the embodiment, an aperture unit including a plurality of blades that opens and closes the entrance of the cigarette insertion portion; and a magnet unit that opens and closes the blades in a semi-automatic manner by mutual magnetic force. It provides a cigarette insert door assembly of an aerosol generator including a magnet unit.

Description

Cigarette insert door assembly of an aerosol generator {Cigarette insert door assembly of an aerosol generator}

The embodiment relates to a cigarette insert door assembly of an aerosol generating device that not only minimizes installation space but also allows semi-automatic opening and closing.

Recently, various types of aerosol generating devices that can improve the side effects that may occur when smoking cigarettes are being developed. These aerosol generating devices are broadly divided into a type that generates an aerosol by compressing tobacco leaves and heating a cigarette wrapped in paper with a filter, and a type that generates an aerosol by vaporizing the liquid filled in a liquid cartridge.

In the case of electronic cigarettes that generate aerosol using cigarettes, the cigarette portion is formed in the form of paper impregnated with inhalation substances or buried on the surface. Accordingly, when the cigarette unit is placed in a separate holder and the heater inside the holder is heated to vaporize the inhaled substance inside the cigarette unit, the user can inhale the vaporized inhaled substance through the filter unit.

In this way, electronic cigarettes that use cigarettes have the advantage of not causing combustion and can inhale vaporized substances through the filter unit using the same mechanism as smoking regular cigarettes, so the user feels the same as smoking a regular cigarette. You can feel it.

Korean Patent No. 2135894 (filed on February 12, 2018) discloses an aerosol generating device that can open and close the opening through which a cigarette is inserted with a simple operation.

A conventional aerosol generating device includes a first housing having a first opening into which a cigarette is inserted, and a plurality of devices installed in the first housing to be rotatable about an imaginary line extending in the longitudinal direction of the cigarette to open and close the first opening. It has two shutters and a second opening in communication with the first opening, surrounds the outer peripheral surface of the first housing so as to be rotatable with respect to the first housing, and is in sliding contact with the plurality of shutters to open a plurality of shutters according to the user's rotation operation. It includes a second housing that rotates the shutter.

According to the prior art, since the cigarette insert is configured to open and close in a slide structure, space is required to slide the parts, and as the user's force is continuously required to open and close the cigarette insert, there is a problem that it is inconvenient to use.

The embodiments aim to solve the above-described problems and other problems.

Another object of the embodiment is to provide a cigarette insert door assembly of an aerosol generating device that not only minimizes installation space but also allows semi-automatic opening and closing.

According to one aspect of the embodiment, an aperture unit including a plurality of blades that opens and closes the entrance of the cigarette insertion portion; and a magnet unit that opens and closes the blades in a semi-automatic manner by mutual magnetic force. It provides a cigarette insert door assembly of an aerosol generator including a magnet unit.

According to one aspect of the embodiment, the aperture unit includes a door cover that communicates with the cigarette insertion portion and forms an exterior, and a plurality of blades provided inside the door cover, each end of which is hingedly fixed to the door cover. It may include a door frame on which the blades are seated and provided with paths through which the blades are guided, and a holder on which the door frame is seated and rotatably mounted on the cigarette insertion portion.

According to one aspect of the embodiment, the magnet unit includes a fixing unit magnet disposed adjacent to the outside of the holder, is mounted on the holder, and is relative to the fixing unit magnet by mutual magnetic force within a set distance from the fixing unit magnet. It may include a rotating magnet that rotates by a set angle.

According to one aspect of the embodiment, at least three or more blades may be arranged in the circumferential direction.

According to one aspect of the embodiment, the blades may be provided with guide pins below the center of each, and the door frame may be provided with a plurality of guide slots through which the guide pins of the blades are guided.

According to one aspect of the embodiment, the guide slots may be spaced apart along the circumferential direction of the door frame and arranged to form a predetermined angle with respect to the circumferential direction of the door frame.

According to one aspect of the embodiment, the holder may be hook-assembled to the door cover and the door frame.

According to one aspect of the embodiment, the holder is configured in a ring shape with a magnet housing provided at a lower portion of one side, and the rotating part magnet may be assembled to the magnet housing.

According to one aspect of the embodiment, the fixed part magnet and the rotating part magnet may be arranged so that a repulsive force acts on each other.

According to one aspect of the embodiment, a repulsive force is applied to the rotating part magnet in a straight line with the fixed part magnet, and when the rotating part magnet is rotated to form a straight line with the fixed part magnet by an external force, the rotating part magnet is moved by the repulsive force. It can be rotated to achieve a set angle with respect to the fixture magnet.

According to the embodiment, the blades are configured to open and close the cigarette insert in the form of an aperture by the magnetic force of the magnet, so that the installation space can be minimized and the size of the product can be miniaturized, and semi-automatic opening and closing is possible, which has the advantage of being convenient to use. there is.

Figure 1 is a perspective view showing a door assembly that opens and closes a cigarette insertion portion of an aerosol generating device according to an embodiment.
Figure 2 is an exploded perspective view showing a door assembly that opens and closes the cigarette insertion portion of the aerosol generating device according to one embodiment.
3A to 3E are diagrams illustrating the order in which the door assembly that opens and closes the cigarette insertion portion of the aerosol generating device according to one embodiment is assembled.
FIGS. 4A to 4C are diagrams illustrating the operating state of the door assembly that opens and closes the cigarette insertion portion of the aerosol generating device according to one embodiment.

Hereinafter, this embodiment will be examined in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Figures 1 and 2 are a perspective view and an exploded perspective view showing a door assembly that opens and closes a cigarette insertion portion of an aerosol generating device according to an embodiment.

The cigarette insert door assembly of the aerosol generator according to one embodiment includes an aperture unit 100 that opens and closes the hole-shaped cigarette insert H, and a magnet that semi-automatically operates the aperture unit 100 by mutual magnetic force. It may be composed of a unit 200.

The aperture unit 100 includes a door cover 110 that forms the exterior, a plurality of blades 121 to 123 provided inside the door cover 110, and a door frame that guides the movement of the blades 121 to 123. It may include 130 and a holder 140 on which the door frame 130 is seated.

The door cover 110 has a cylindrical shape with a closed upper surface, and a hole 110h communicating with the cigarette insertion portion (H) may be provided in the center of the upper surface. Blades 121 to 123, the door frame 130, and the holder 140 may be disposed inside the door cover 110. A plurality of hinge protrusions 111 to 113 may be provided on the inner upper surface of the door cover 110 at regular intervals along the circumferential direction.

The blades 121 to 123 are composed of at least three or more arc shapes, and each blade 121 to 123 is disposed between the door cover 110 and the door frame 130 and is positioned at the entrance of the cigarette insertion portion (H). can be opened and closed.

As the other ends of the blades 121 to 123 are rotated in the forward or reverse direction with respect to one end of the blades 121 to 123, the other ends of the blades 121 to 123 are gathered or spread out to form the cigarette insertion portion (H). It can be opened and closed. In detail, hinge grooves 121a to 123a may be provided on one end of the upper surface of each blade 121 to 123 to correspond to the hinge protrusions 111 to 113 of the door cover 110, and each blade 121 to 123 123) The other end may be rotated around one end of each blade (121 to 123). Additionally, guide pins 121b to 123b may be provided on the central lower surface of each blade 121 to 123.

The door frame 130 is equipped with blades 121 to 123 to guide the movement of the blades 121 to 123, and has a hole (H) in the center of the door frame 130 that communicates with the cigarette insertion portion (H). 130h) may be provided.

A plurality of guide slots (131 to 133) are provided on the upper surface of the door frame (130) spaced apart along the circumferential direction. The guide slots (131 to 133) are connected to the guide pins (121b~) on the side of each blade (121 to 123). It may be arranged to form a predetermined angle with respect to the circumferential direction of the door frame 130 in an arc shape for guiding 123b). Accordingly, when the guide pins (121b to 123b) on the side of each blade (121 to 123) move along each guide slot (131 to 133), the one end side hinge grooves (121a to 123a) of each blade (121 to 123) Based on , the other end of each blade (121 to 123) can be rotated in the forward or reverse direction to open and close the cigarette insertion portion (H).

The holder 140 is coupled to the lower side of the door cover 110 and the door frame 130, and can transmit power through mutual magnetic force. The holder 140 has a ring shape and may be provided with a pocket-shaped magnet housing 141 with an open lower surface on one lower side, and a rotating magnet 220, which will be described below, may be mounted on the magnet housing 141. . The ring body of the holder 140 is disposed inside the door cover 110, but the magnet housing 141 can be installed to be exposed on the lower side of the door cover 110, and is preferably made of a material that allows magnetic force to pass through. do.

The door cover 110 remains fixed, but since the holder 140 rotates due to mutual magnetic force, the door frame 130 coupled to the holder 140 rotates, and the blades 121 to 123 are connected to the door. The cigarette insertion portion (H) can be opened and closed by moving between the cover 110 and the door frame 130.

The magnet unit 200 consists of a fixed magnet 210 disposed around the cigarette insertion portion (H), and a rotating magnet 220 installed on the side of the holder 140 adjacent to the fixed magnet 210, and located at an adjacent position. It may be arranged so that a repulsive force acts between the fixed magnet 210 and the rotating magnet 220.

The fixing part magnet 210 is disposed around the cigarette insertion part (H) on the aerosol generator side. It can be mounted on the main frame (F) arranged around the cigarette insertion part (H) and can maintain a fixed position. . As described above, the rotating part magnet 220 is mounted on the magnet housing 141 on the holder 140 side. It can be press-fitted into the magnet housing 141 and can be rotatably mounted together with the holder 140.

Based on the center of the door assembly, the fixed magnet 210 may be arranged on the outside in a fixed form, and the rotating part magnet 220 may be arranged on the inside in a rotatable form, but is not limited thereto. The fixed magnet 210 and the rotating magnet 220 are arranged so that the same poles face each other, and a repulsive force is applied at positions close to each other. prescribed

Therefore, when a predetermined external force is applied to the rotating part magnet 220 and the rotating part magnet 220 is positioned closest to the fixed part magnet 210 in a straight line, mutual repulsive force acts so that the rotating part magnet 220 moves to the fixed part magnet 210. ) It moves to one side or the other, and the rotating magnet 220 can be rotated in the forward or reverse direction by a set angle based on the center of the door assembly. Below, the process of opening and closing the cigarette insertion portion (H) in relation to the operation of the magnet unit 200 will be described in detail.

Figures 3A to 3E are diagrams illustrating the order in which the door assembly that opens and closes the cigarette insertion portion of the aerosol generating device according to one embodiment is assembled.

Looking at the assembly process of the door assembly that opens and closes the cigarette insert according to one embodiment, a plurality of blades 121 to 123 may be hingedly connected to the inside of the door cover 110, as shown in FIG. 3A. Each of the hinge protrusions 111 to 113 protruding downward from the inner upper surface of the door cover 110 may be fitted into the hinge grooves 121a to 123a provided on one upper surface of each blade 121 to 123. The blades 121 to 123 may be arranged to be spaced apart in the circumferential direction on the inside of the door cover 110.

As shown in FIG. 3B, the door frame 130 may be assembled below the plurality of blades 121 to 123. Guide pins 121b to 123b provided on the central lower surface of each blade 121 to 123 may be seated in each guide slot 131 to 133 provided on the upper surface of the door frame 130. Each guide pin (121b to 123b) may be installed along each guide slot (131 to 133).

In this way, one end of each blade (121 to 123) is hingedly connected to the door cover 110, and the center of each blade (121 to 123) moves along the door frame 130, so that the blades (121 to 123) may be mounted in the form of an aperture that opens and closes the cigarette insertion portion (H).

As shown in Figure 3c, the rotating part magnet 220 is forcefully fitted into the magnet housing 141 from the lower side of the holder 140, and as shown in Figures 3d and 3e, the rotating part magnet 220 is mounted on the holder ( 140) may be coupled to the lower side of the door cover 110 and the door frame 130.

The hook 142 provided on one side of the ring body of the holder 140 is assembled between the groove 114 provided on the lower inner peripheral surface of the door cover 110 and the protrusion 142 provided on the lower outer peripheral surface of the door frame 140. As a result, the holder 140 can be firmly fixed to the door cover 110 and the door frame 130. The ring body of the holder 140 is disposed inside the door cover 110, but the magnet housing 141 may be disposed to be exposed on the lower side of the door cover 110.

The door assembly assembled in this way can be mounted on the cigarette insertion portion (H) considering the positions of the rotating magnet 220 and the fixed magnet 210.

FIGS. 4A to 4C are diagrams illustrating the operating state of the door assembly that opens and closes the cigarette insertion portion of the aerosol generating device according to one embodiment.

Looking at the process by which the door assembly according to one embodiment opens the cigarette insertion portion, the process is as follows.

As shown in FIG. 4A, the rotating magnet 220 is spaced apart from the stationary magnet 210 in the opposite direction by more than a set angle, and the cigarette insertion portion H is opened with the blades 121 to 123 spread apart. maintain the status quo

When the door cover 110 is rotated in the forward direction by applying a predetermined external force, the door cover 110 and the door frame 130 and holder 140 connected thereto rotate in the forward direction, as shown in FIG. 4B.

Of course, one end of the blades 121 to 123 is hinged to the door cover 110, but the guide pins 121b to 123b of the blades move in one direction along the guide slots 131 to 133 of the holder, and the blades The other ends of the fields (121-123) gradually become constricted.

When the rotating magnet 220 is aligned with the fixed magnet 210, a repulsive force is applied between the rotating magnet 220 and the fixed magnet 210, as shown in FIG. 4C, so the rotating magnet 220 is automatically rotated. It is moved to be spaced apart from the fixed magnet 210 by more than a set angle in the forward direction, and the holder 140 on which the rotating magnet 220 is installed and the door cover 110 and door frame 130 connected thereto further rotate in the forward direction. .

Likewise, one end of the blades 121 to 123 is hinged to the door cover 110, but the guide pins 121b to 123b of the blades are moved in one direction along the guide slots 131 to 133 of the holder, The other ends of the blades 121 to 123 are completely retracted and operated to completely block the cigarette insertion portion (H).

Meanwhile, the process of closing the cigarette insertion portion by the door assembly according to one embodiment may be performed in the opposite direction to the process of opening it.

As shown in Figure 4c, the blades 121 to 123 block the cigarette insertion part (H), but when the door cover 110 is rotated in the reverse direction by applying a predetermined external force, the door cover (110) is rotated in the reverse direction as shown in Figure 4b. 110) and the door frame 130 and holder 140 connected thereto rotate in the reverse direction. Accordingly, as the blades 121 to 123 are guided by the door frame 130, the other ends of the blades 121 to 123 gradually spread apart.

When the rotating part magnet 220 approaches the fixed part magnet 210 to form a straight line, a repulsive force acts between the rotating part magnet 220 and the fixed part magnet 210 as shown in Figure 4a, so the rotating part magnet is automatically (220) is moved in the reverse direction to be spaced apart from the fixed magnet 210 by more than a set angle, and the holder 140 on which the rotating magnet 220 is installed and the door cover 110 and door frame 130 connected thereto are moved in the reverse direction. It rotates even more. Accordingly, as the blades 121 to 123 are guided by the door frame 130, the other ends of the blades 121 to 123 are completely opened and operated to open the cigarette insertion portion H.

The above description is merely an illustrative explanation of the technical idea of the present invention, and various modifications and variations will be possible to those skilled in the art without departing from the essential characteristics of the present invention.

Accordingly, the embodiments disclosed in the present invention are not intended to limit the technical idea of the present invention, but rather to explain it, and the scope of the technical idea of the present invention is not limited by these embodiments.

The scope of protection of the present invention should be interpreted in accordance with the claims below, and all technical ideas within the equivalent scope should be construed as being included in the scope of rights of the present invention.

100: Aperture unit 110: Door cover
111~113: Hinge projections 121~123: Blade
121a~123a: Hinge groove 121b~123b: Guide pin
130: Door frame 131~133: Guide slot
140: Holder 141: Magnet housing
142: Hook 200: Magnet unit
210: fixed part magnet 220: rotating part magnet

Claims (10)

An aperture unit including a plurality of blades that open and close the entrance of the cigarette insertion portion; and
A cigarette insert door assembly of an aerosol generator including a magnet unit that semi-automatically opens and closes the blades by mutual magnetic force. According to paragraph 1,
The aperture unit is,
a door cover that communicates with the cigarette insertion portion and forms an exterior;
a plurality of blades provided inside the door cover, each end of which is hingedly fixed to the door cover;
A door frame on which the blades are seated and provided with paths through which the blades are guided;
A cigarette insert door assembly of an aerosol generator including a holder on which the door frame is seated and rotatably mounted on the cigarette insert. According to paragraph 2,
The magnet unit is,
A fixing magnet disposed adjacent to the outside of the holder,
A cigarette insert door assembly of an aerosol generating device including a rotating magnet mounted on the holder and rotated by a set angle with respect to the fixed magnet by mutual magnetic force within a set distance from the fixed magnet. According to paragraph 2,
The blades are,
At least three cigarette insert door assemblies of an aerosol generating device arranged in a circumferential direction. According to paragraph 2,
The blades are,
Guide pins are provided at the bottom of each center,
The door frame is,
A cigarette insertion door assembly of an aerosol generator provided with a plurality of guide slots through which the guide pins of the blades are guided. According to paragraph 2,
The guide slots are,
Spaced apart along the circumferential direction of the door frame,
A cigarette insert door assembly of the aerosol generating device disposed at a predetermined angle with respect to the circumferential direction of the door frame.
According to paragraph 2,
The holder is,
A cigarette insert door frame of an aerosol generating device that is hook-assembled to the door cover and door frame. According to paragraph 3,
The holder is,
It is composed of a ring shape with a magnet housing on the lower part of one side,
The rotating magnet is,
A cigarette insert door assembly of an aerosol generating device assembled in the magnet housing. According to paragraph 3,
The fixed magnet and the rotating magnet are,
A cigarette insert door assembly of an aerosol generating device that is arranged to exert a repulsive force on each other. According to clause 4,
The rotating magnet is,
A repulsive force is applied in a straight line with the fixture magnet,
When the rotating part magnet is rotated to form a straight line with the fixed part magnet by an external force, the rotating part magnet is rotated to form a set angle with respect to the fixed part magnet by the repulsive force. Cigarette insertion door assembly of the aerosol generating device.

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