TWI796137B - Electronic cigarette - Google Patents

Abstract

An electronic cigarette includes an outer housing, an inner housing, and a host body. The inner housing is disposed in the outer housing, and is configured to be movable between an open position and a closed position. The inner housing has at least one housing magnet assembly. The host body is movably disposed in the inner housing. The host body has at least one host magnet assembly. When the inner housing is arranged in the closed position, the host body can be hidden in the outer housing by a magnetic force generated between the at least one housing magnet assembly and the at least one host magnet assembly. When the inner housing is turned from the closed position to the open position, the at least one housing magnet assembly is rotated and generates an opposite magnetic force to the at least one host magnet assembly so as to push the host body to be exposed outside the outer housing.

Description

e-cigarette

The invention relates to an electronic cigarette, in particular to an electronic cigarette imitating a cigarette, the cigarette holder of which can be hidden in the outer casing when not in use.

E-cigarettes are electronic products that imitate cigarettes or cigarettes. By atomizing smoke liquid, steam is generated for users to smoke.

Electronic cigarettes are usually equipped with a mouthpiece for the user to hold in his mouth when smoking. The mouthpiece is arranged on the liquid storage tank (liquid storage bottle), or called a vapor pad. Cigarette holder also can be designed into different shapes, selects for the user.

However, the mouthpiece of the general electronic cigarette is usually exposed outside the electronic cigarette without a retractable mechanism. The cigarette holder is exposed to the environment, and it is easy to contaminate other items, and there are doubts about hygiene. In addition, the exposed mouthpiece is also easy to lose.

In addition, after the pod is installed in the traditional electronic cigarette, the circuit is continuously connected, and there is no power-off mechanism. If the host fails, it may cause accidental continuous heating, which is prone to danger.

The technical problem to be solved by the present invention is to provide an electronic cigarette with a hidden mouthpiece, which can lift the body of the main body through a magnetic mechanism, so that when the user is not smoking, the mouthpiece can be lowered to a storage position , hidden inside the electronic cigarette to improve hygiene.

The technical problem to be solved by the present invention is to provide an electronic cigarette in view of the deficiencies of the prior art, which solves the problem that after the cartridge is installed in the traditional electronic cigarette, the circuit is continuously connected and has no power-off function, which may cause accidental continuous heating.

In order to solve the above technical problems, one of the technical solutions adopted by the present invention is to provide an electronic cigarette, which includes an outer casing, an inner casing, and a main body. The inner casing is passed through the outer casing and is adapted to rotate between an open position and a closed position relative to the outer casing. The inner casing includes at least one casing magnet group. The main machine body is movably arranged in the inner casing, and the main machine body includes at least one main machine magnet group.

When the inner casing is in the closed position, a magnetic force is generated between the at least one casing magnet group and the at least one main body magnet group, so that the main body is located in the outer casing.

When the inner casing rotates from the closed position to the open position, the at least one main body magnet group rotates to generate another opposite magnetic force with the at least one casing magnet group, thereby driving the main body Move and be exposed outside the outer shell.

In order to solve the above-mentioned technical problems, according to one embodiment of the present invention, it further includes a pair of line breakpoints and a line connection, the pair of line breakpoints are located on one side of the host body, and the line connection is located on the On the moving path of the pair of circuit breakpoints, when one end of the host body is exposed outside the casing, the line connection connects the pair of circuit breakpoints to make the electronic cigarette energized.

One of the beneficial effects of the present invention is that the electronic cigarette provided by the present invention can change the magnet set by the action of magnetism, the attraction and repulsion of the magnet set, and the rotation of the inner casing in the open position or the closed position. The directions of suction and repulsion are used to lift the host body so that the host body can be exposed outside the casing, or lower the host body so that the host body can be hidden in the casing.

In order to further understand the features and technical content of the present invention, please refer to the following detailed description and drawings related to the present invention. However, the provided drawings are only for reference and description, and are not intended to limit the present invention.

[first embodiment]

Referring to FIGS. 1 to 5 , the present invention provides an electronic cigarette, which includes an outer shell 10 , an inner shell 20 , and a main body 30 . The outer casing 10 extends along a lengthwise direction. The inner casing 20 is installed in the outer casing 10, and is suitable for rotating between an open position (as shown in FIG. 2 ) and a closed position (as shown in FIG. 1 ) relative to the outer casing 10; the main body 30 is arranged in the inner casing 10 The housing 20 is adapted to move linearly along the longitudinal direction of the outer housing 10 . The host body 30 includes a battery control unit 34 and a pod 36 . The battery control unit 34 includes a battery (not shown), a circuit board (not shown) . . . and the like. The cartridge 36 is detachably arranged on the top of the battery control part 34 . The cartridge 36 includes a liquid tank 361 and a mouthpiece 362 . The smoke oil tank 361 is provided with a heater (not shown) and a conductive terminal (not shown). The top of the battery control part 34 of the main body 30 is provided with an electrode terminal 35 (refer to FIG. 7 ), which can provide power to heat the pod 36 to generate smoke for inhalation. The pod 36 can also be provided with a cylindrical magnet (not shown) to be attracted to the electrode terminal 35 of the main body 30 (see FIG. 7 ).

One of the features of the present invention is that the inner housing 20 is provided with at least one housing magnet group (such as 21 or 22 ). The host body 30 is provided with at least one host magnet set (such as 31 or 32 ). Through the action of the magnetic force, the main body 30 is provided with the function of folding. In other words, when the electronic cigarette is used, the main body 30 and its pod 36 protrude from the outer shell 10; when the electronic cigarette is not used, the main body 30 is stored in the outer shell 10 . In order to achieve hygiene and provide protection.

As shown in FIG. 1 , a preferred feasible embodiment of the present invention will be described below in conjunction with the drawings. The number of housing magnet groups is two, namely the first housing magnet group 21 and the second housing magnet group 22 . Correspondingly, there are two main body magnet groups, namely the first main body magnet group 31 and the second main body magnet group 32 . The "first" and "second" are only used to distinguish the positions of the two magnet groups. In this embodiment, the structures of the housing magnet groups (21 and 22) of the two groups may be the same, and the structures of the main body magnet groups (31 and 32) of the two groups may also be the same. The advantage is that an attracting magnetic force and a repulsive magnetic force can be generated at both ends of the host body 30 at the same time, so as to double the magnetic force applied to the host body 30 . However, the present invention is not limited thereto. The number of the housing magnet group and the host magnet group can be one, which will be described with an example later.

Please refer to FIG. 1 and FIG. 4 at the same time. For convenience of explanation, FIG. 4 does not show the inner casing 20 . Specifically, the first housing magnet group 21 is arranged at the first end 201 of the inner housing 20, that is, the top end as shown in FIG. 1 , and the second housing magnet group 22 is arranged at the second end 202 of the inner housing 20, The second end 202 is opposite to the first end 201 , that is, the bottom end as shown in FIG. 1 . Among them, the "top end" and "bottom end" are used to distinguish the two sets of housing magnets (21, 22) when the electronic cigarette is upright and the mouthpiece is placed upward. It should be added that the structure of the first housing magnet group 21 in this embodiment may be the same as that of the second housing magnet group 22 . Wherein, the magnetic pole arrangement of the first housing magnet group 21 and the second housing magnet group 22 are opposite. This kind of arrangement is to cooperate two host magnet groups (31,32) to be the same magnetic pole. However, the present invention is not limited thereto, and the magnetic pole arrangement of the first housing magnet group 21 and the second housing magnet group 22 may be the same. Correspondingly, the magnetic pole arrangements of the two host magnet groups (31, 32) are reversed. The purpose is to make both ends of the host body 30 simultaneously generate an attractive magnetic force and a repulsive magnetic force.

In this embodiment, there are two main body magnet groups, namely the first main body magnet group 31 and the second main body magnet group 32 . In fact, the structures of the main magnet groups of the two groups may be the same. The first main body magnet group 31 and the second main body magnet group 32 are respectively adjacent to the first end 201 and the second end 202 of the inner casing 20 . Specifically, the first main body magnet group 31 is disposed on the first part 341 of the main body 30 , and the first part 341 in this embodiment is located at the top of the battery control part 34 . The second main body magnet group 32 is fixed on the second portion 342 of the main body 30 . In this embodiment, the second part 342 is located at the bottom of the battery control part 34 . The host body 30 can move linearly between the first housing magnet group 21 and the second housing magnet group 22 along the longitudinal direction of the outer housing 10 .

As shown in Figures 4 and 5, specifically, in this embodiment, the first housing magnet group 21, the second housing magnet group 22, the first main machine magnet group 31 and the second main machine magnet group 32 have The semi-arc-shaped N-pole magnetic region and the semi-circular-arc-shaped S-pole magnetic region, that is, each magnetic region has an arc shape of about 180 degrees. However, the present invention is not limited thereto. For example, the magnetic region of the present invention may also be a 90-degree arc-shaped magnetic region, which will be described with examples later. Furthermore, the shape of the magnets of the present invention is not limited to arc magnets, and may also be columnar powerful magnets, and the polarities of two adjacent magnets are opposite. For example: the N pole of a columnar magnet faces the same direction as the S pole of another columnar magnet. In addition, the number may be two or more pairs.

As shown in Figure 1, when the inner casing 20 is in the closed position, the first casing magnet group 21 and the first main body magnet group 31 magnetically repel each other, and the second casing magnet group 22 and the second main body magnet group 32 magnetically repel each other. suck. Thereby, the host body 30 is attracted and positioned at the lower position by the second housing magnet group 22, that is to say, the host body 30 is in the storage position, and the host body 30 and its mouthpiece 362 are hidden in the outer shell 10, preventing the mouthpiece 362 from being exposed to the outside world.

As shown in Figure 2 and referring to Figure 5, when the inner housing 20 is in the open position, the first housing magnet group 21 is magnetically attracted to the first main body magnet group 31, and the second housing magnet group 22 is magnetically attracted to the second main body magnet group. Group 32 magnetically repel each other. Thereby, the host body 30 is attracted by the first shell magnet set 21 and positioned at an upper position, that is, close to the first end 201 of the inner shell 20 . In this state, the host body 30 is at the use position, and the host body 30 and its mouthpiece 362 are exposed to the outer casing 10 for the user to smoke.

As shown in Figure 3 and referring to Figure 4, when the user does not use the electronic cigarette, he can turn the inner housing 20 to the closed position, the first housing magnet group 21 and the first main body magnet group 31 are magnetically repelled, and the second housing The body magnet group 22 is magnetically attracted to the second main body magnet group 32 . Thereby, the host body 30 is attracted by the second casing magnet set 22 and positioned at a lower position, that is, close to the second end 202 of the inner casing 20 .

As shown in FIGS. 1 to 3 , regarding the manner of turning the inner housing 20 to the closed position or the opened position, in this embodiment, the electronic cigarette further includes an operating knob 60 connected to the inner housing 20 . The bottom is exposed at the bottom of the outer casing 10 in a rotatable manner. When the operating knob 60 is turned, the inner housing 20 is driven to rotate around an axis X parallel to the longitudinal direction of the outer housing 10 (or central axis). However, the present invention is not limited thereto, as long as the inner casing 20 can be rotated and moved relative to the outer casing 10 .

The present invention utilizes the principle of magnetism, and the pod 36 of the main body 30 can be ejected from the top of the outer shell 10 by rotating the inner casing 20 half a turn about 180 degrees, and then the pod 36 of the main body 30 can be stored by turning half a turn to the inside of the outer casing 10. When the electronic cigarette of the present invention is not in use, the main body 30 and the mouthpiece 362 can be hidden in the outer casing 10 to avoid pollution or contamination caused by the mouthpiece 362 being exposed.

Another feature of this embodiment is that the main body 30 and its pod 36 are restricted to move only along the longitudinal direction of the outer casing 10 , that is, along the axis X, and the main body 30 is restricted from rotating. Please refer to FIG. 1 to FIG. 3 and FIG. 6 , wherein an anti-rotation mechanism 70 is provided between the outer casing 10 and the host body 30 to limit the movement of the host body 30 relative to the outer casing 10 along the longitudinal direction of the outer casing 10 . The anti-rotation mechanism 70 includes a pair of grooves 71 disposed on the outer casing 10 and extending along the longitudinal direction, and a pair of protruding rails 72 disposed on the main body 30 . More specifically, the outer casing 10 has a pair of grooves 71 , the cartridge 36 forms a pair of protruding rails 72 , and the pair of protruding rails 72 are respectively slidably disposed in the pair of grooves 71 .

Another feature of the present invention is to solve the problem that after the cartridge is installed in the traditional electronic cigarette, the circuit is continuously connected and there is no power-off function, which may cause accidental continuous heating of the cartridge. Wherein, when the cartridge 36 of this embodiment is located in the outer shell 10 , the electronic cigarette is in a power-off state, and when the cartridge 36 is exposed outside the outer shell 10 , the electronic cigarette is in a power-on state. Please refer to Figure 7 and Figure 8, more specifically, the electronic cigarette of this embodiment has a pair of circuit breakpoints (33a, 33b), and a pair of circuit breakpoints (33a, 33b) are set on the surface of the main body 30, and It is exposed on one side of the host body 30 . The electronic cigarette also has a line connection 13, and the line connection 13 is located on the moving path of a pair of line breakpoints (33a, 33b). For example, a pair of line breakpoints (33a, 33b) can be used to disconnect the battery line, respectively connected to a pair of elastic terminals, or elastic conduction elements. The line connection 13 may be a metal element that can connect the pair of elastic terminals.

As shown in FIG. 7 , in order to clearly show the pair of circuit breakpoints ( 33 a , 33 b ), FIG. 7 moves the host body 30 and the pair of circuit breakpoints ( 33 a , 33 b ) outside the outer casing 10 . When the inner casing 20 is in the closed position, a pair of circuit breakpoints (33a, 33b) leave the circuit connection 13, and the electronic cigarette is in a power-off state. The inner housing 20 may be made of insulating material, such as plastic, or the inner wall of the inner housing 20 may be coated with insulating material. Therefore, the inner casing 20 does not conduct the pair of line breakpoints (33a, 33b).

As shown in Figure 8, when the inner casing 20 is in the open position, a pair of line breakpoints (33a, 33b) move up along with the host body 30, and the line connection 13 is connected to the pair of line breakpoints (33a, 33b), so that the electronic Smoke formation is energized. In this embodiment, the line wiring 13 may be fixed on the outer shell 10, the line wiring 13 extends through the first shell magnet group 21 and is located in the inner shell 20, the line wiring 13 will not rotate with the inner shell 20 . The line connection 13 is close to the inner surface of the top end of the inner housing 20 . A pair of line breakpoints (33a, 33b) can be located near the battery control part 34 of the host body 30, connected to the outside of the host-body 30 by an electrode of the battery (not shown).

[Second embodiment]

As shown in FIG. 9 , it is a three-dimensional schematic view of the magnet assembly of the electronic cigarette according to the second embodiment of the present invention. The inner housing 20 includes a housing magnet group, that is, a first housing magnet group 21 . The main machine body 30 may include a main machine magnet group, that is, a first main machine magnet group 31 . The first housing magnet group 21 cooperates with the first main body magnet group 31 . When the inner casing 20 is in the closed position, the main body 30 and its pod 36 are positioned on the outer casing 10 through a magnetic force between the first casing magnet group 21 and the first main body magnet group 31 , that is, mutually repulsive magnetic force. Inside. When the inner casing 20 rotates from the closed position to the open position, the first casing magnet group 21 and the first main body magnet group 31 generate another opposite magnetic force, that is, a magnetic force that attracts each other, so that the main body 30 and its cartridges 36 moves and is exposed to the outside of the outer casing 10. However, the present invention is not limited thereto. For example, the inner casing 20 may also include the second casing magnet group 22 , and the main body 30 includes the second main body magnet group 32 . The second shell magnet set 22 can be driven by rotating the inner shell 20 to generate a magnetic force of mutual attraction or repulsion with the second main body magnet set 32 .

[Third embodiment]

As shown in FIG. 10 , it is a three-dimensional schematic view of the magnet assembly of the electronic cigarette according to the third embodiment of the present invention. The magnetic region of the magnet in this embodiment is a 90-degree arc-shaped magnetic region. Specifically, the inner housing 20 includes two sets of first housing magnet groups 21a and two second housing magnet groups 22a. The main body 30 includes two first main body magnet groups 31 a and two second main body magnet groups 32 a. Each magnet group is configured with N-pole and S-pole magnetic regions, and the N-pole and S-pole are staggered from each other. During operation of this embodiment, the inner housing 20 only needs to be rotated by 90 degrees to change the direction of the magnetic force.

However, the shape of the magnets of the present invention is not limited to arc magnets, and may also be columnar (for example cylindrical or square columnar) powerful magnets, and the polarities of two adjacent magnets are opposite. For example: the N pole of a columnar magnet faces the same direction as the S pole of another columnar magnet. That is to say, the housing magnet group and the main body magnet group may respectively have at least two columnar magnetic regions with opposite polarities. In addition, the number may be two or more pairs.

[Advantageous Effects of Embodiment]

One of the beneficial effects of the present invention is that the electronic cigarette provided by the present invention can change the magnet group through the action of magnetism, the attraction and repulsion of the magnet group, and the rotation of the inner casing 20 at the open position or the closed position. The direction of the suction and repulsion force is to lift the host body 30 so that the host body 30 can be exposed outside the outer shell 10, or lower the host body 30 so that the host body 30 can be hidden in the outer shell 10.

The content disclosed above is only a preferred feasible embodiment of the present invention, and does not therefore limit the scope of the patent application of the present invention. Therefore, all equivalent technical changes made by using the description and drawings of the present invention are included in the application of the present invention. within the scope of the patent.

10: Outer shell 13: Line Wiring 20: Inner shell 201: first end 202: second end 21, 21a: the first housing magnet group 22, 22a: second housing magnet group 30: Host body 31, 31a: the first host magnet group 32, 32a: second host magnet group 33a, 33b: circuit breakpoint 34:Battery control department 341: first part 342: second part 35: electrode terminal 36: Pod 361: smoke oil warehouse 362: cigarette holder 60: Operation knob 70: Anti-rotation mechanism 71: Groove 72: convex rail X: axis

Fig. 1 is a cross-sectional view of the electronic cigarette in the closed position according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 2 is a cross-sectional view of the electronic cigarette in the open position according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 3 is a cross-sectional view of the electronic cigarette from the open position to the closed position according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a schematic perspective view of the magnet assembly of the electronic cigarette in the closed position according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a schematic perspective view of the magnet assembly of the electronic cigarette in the open position according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 6 is a cross-sectional view of the electronic cigarette according to the first embodiment of the present invention along line VI-VI of Fig. 2 .

Fig. 7 is an exploded cross-sectional view of the electronic cigarette according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 8 is a cross-sectional view of the electronic cigarette in the energized state according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 9 is a schematic perspective view of a magnet assembly of the electronic cigarette according to the second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 10 is a schematic perspective view of a magnet assembly of an electronic cigarette according to a third embodiment of the present invention.

10: Outer shell

20: Inner shell

201: first end

202: second end

21: The first housing magnet group

22: The second housing magnet group

30: Host body

31: The first host magnet group

32: The second host magnet group

34:Battery control department

341: first part

342: second part

36: Pod

361: smoke oil warehouse

362: cigarette holder

60: Operation knob

70:Anti-rotation mechanism

71: Groove

72: convex rail

Claims (8)

An electronic cigarette, comprising: an outer shell; an inner shell, which is passed through the outer shell and adapted to rotate between an open position and a closed position relative to the outer shell, and the inner shell includes at least one The housing magnet group, the at least one housing magnet group includes a first housing magnet group and a second housing magnet group, the inner housing includes an opposite first end and a second end, the The first casing magnet group is arranged at the first end of the inner casing, the second casing magnet group is arranged at the second end of the inner casing; and a host body is movably arranged at the first end of the inner casing. In the inner casing, the main machine body includes at least one main machine magnet group, and the at least one main machine magnet group includes a first main machine magnet group and a second main machine magnet group arranged at intervals on the main machine body, and the first main machine magnet group A main body magnet group and the second main body magnet group are respectively adjacent to the first end and the second end; when the inner casing is in the closed position, the first casing magnet group and the first The magnet group of the main engine repels each other magnetically, and the magnet group of the second housing is magnetically attracted to the second magnet group of the main engine, so that the main engine body is located in the outer shell; when the inner shell rotates from the closed position When the open position is reached, the first housing magnet group and the first main body magnet group magnetically attract each other, and the second housing magnet group and the second main body magnet group magnetically repel each other, thereby driving all The host body moves through the first casing magnet group and is exposed outside the casing. The electronic cigarette according to claim 1, wherein the first housing magnet group, the second housing magnet group, the first main body magnet group and the second main body magnet group respectively comprise a semi-arc The N-pole magnetic region and the semi-arc-shaped S-pole magnetic region. The electronic cigarette according to claim 1, wherein the first housing magnet group, the second main body magnet group, the first main body magnet group and the second main body magnet group respectively have at least two polarity directions Opposite columnar magnetic domains. The electronic cigarette according to claim 1, wherein the electronic cigarette further includes an operation knob, the operation knob is connected to the inner casing, and is rotatably exposed to the outer casing, when the operation knob rotates , the operating knob drives the inner housing to rotate. The electronic cigarette according to claim 1 further includes an anti-rotation mechanism arranged between the outer casing and the main body to limit the movement of the main body relative to the outer casing along a straight line. According to the electronic cigarette according to claim 5, the anti-rotation mechanism includes a pair of grooves provided on the outer casing and a pair of protruding rails provided on the main body, and the pair of protruding rails can slide respectively ground is set in the pair of grooves. The electronic cigarette according to claim 1, wherein when the main body is inside the housing, the electronic cigarette is in a power-off state, and when one end of the main body is exposed outside the housing, the electronic cigarette is power-on state. The electronic cigarette as described in claim item 7, further comprising a pair of circuit breakpoints and a line connection. On the moving path, when one end of the main body is exposed outside the casing, the circuit connection connects the pair of circuit breakpoints to make the electronic cigarette in a power-on state.

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