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ELECTRONIC CIGARETTE
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to the field of consumer electronic
products technology, more particularly, relates to an electronic cigarette.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
With increasing attention to physical health, people gradually come
to realize that tobacco is harmful to the health, so an electronic cigarette
that can ease addiction to tobacco and is less harmful to the health has
been generated. The electronic cigarette is used to simulate the taste of
smoking through atomizing the specially produced smoking liquid by an
atomizer. When producing the smoking liquid, the substances, which are
harmful to physical health such as nicotine, tar etc., are eliminated.
Because of lacking of harmful substances such as nicotine, tar etc., which
may make people addicted, the addiction to tobacco will become smaller
gradually after using the electronic cigarette. Thus the electronic cigarette
also has the effect of helping to stop smoking.
The existing electronic cigarette usually consists of a cigarette rod
and a cigarette holder fixedly connected to the cigarette rod. The cigarette
rod is provided with a battery, and the cigarette holder is provided with an
atomizer. The cigarette rod is connected with the cigarette holder through
a connecting member that is equipped with an air intake for inletting air.
The atomized smoking liquid enters into the cigarette holder through the
air intake. As the diameter of the air intake is invariable, the flow of the
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smoking liquid passing the air intake is also invariable. Thus it is difficult
to adjust the flow of the smoking liquid passing the air intake to regulate
the taste of smoking when using the existing electronic cigarette.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The objective of the present invention is to provide an electronic
cigarette which is using pressure-regulating valve technology, and can
effectively improve the taste of smoking and adjust the smoking strength,
aiming at the above-mentioned drawbacks of the laboriousness for
smoking and difficulties in adjusting the taste of smoking.
The technical solutions of the present invention for solving the
technical problems are as follows:
An electronic cigarette is provided, which comprises a cigarette rod
containing smoking liquid and including a battery, a cigarette holder and
an atomizer; the cigarette rod, the atomizer and the cigarette holder are
connected successively, and the battery provides power for the atomizer
to heat and atomize the smoking liquid, then the atomized smoking liquid
is discharged through the cigarette holder; wherein, a pressure-regulating
valve components is provided between the cigarette rod and the atomizer
to adjust the flow of the smoking liquid.
Advantageously, the electronic cigarette further comprises a first
support and a second support, and the pressure-regulating valve
component is fixed with the cigarette rod and the atomizer respectively
through the first support and the second support.
Advantageously, the pressure-regulating valve component comprises
a first valve gland, a elastic part installed on a bottom of the first valve
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gland, a fixed part twined by the elastic part and a first support base for
supporting the fixed part; the first valve gland is provided with a plurality
of through-holes; both ends of the first support base are open and an
inside of the first support base is provided with a plurality of bulges apart
from each other, and the fixed part is set to the bulges placed on the
inside of the first support base.
Advantageously, the fixed part comprises a base and a body
perpendicular to the base, the base is set to the bulges placed on the inside
of the first support base, and the elastic part winds along outside of the
body.
Advantageously, the pressure-regulating valve component also
comprises a first sealing part, both sides of the first sealing part are
butting connected with the first valve gland, and both ends of the first
sealing part are open.
Advantageously, the body is inserted into a through-hole of the first
valve gland, and is butting fixed with both sides of the inner wall of the
through-hole.
Advantageously, the pressure-regulating valve component also
comprises a second valve gland with a through-hole at a top of the second
valve gland, a steel ball and the second support base, both ends of the
second support base are open and an inside of the second support base is
provided with a plurality of bulges apart from each other, the steel ball is
set to the bulges placed on the inside of the second support base.
Advantageously, the pressure-regulating valve components also
comprises a second sealing part, both sides of the second sealing part are
butting connected with the second valve gland, and both ends of the
second sealing part are open.
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Advantageously, the pressure-regulating valve components also
comprise a third support base and a third valve sleeved in the third
support base, a bottom of the third support base is provided with a
through-hole, an inside of the third valve is provided with a connecting
part that is corresponding to the through-hole, and one end of the
connecting part is connected to an edge of the third valve and movable
relative to the third valve.
Advantageously, the connecting part is a round thin sheet.
When implementing the electronic cigarette of the present invention,
the following advantageous effects can be achieved: the
pressure-regulating valve component is installed between the cigarette
rod and the atomizer to control the flow of the smoking liquid of the
electronic cigarette, enabling to adjust the amount of atomized smoking
liquid inhaled by a user, and thus the taste of smoking can be adjusted to
satisfy different users' needs, and the smoking liquid can be prevented
from flowing to the battery and control panel to extend the lifetime of the
electronic cigarette.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
The present invention will be further described with reference to the
accompanying drawings and embodiments in the following, in the
accompanying drawings:
Figure 1 is a segment diagram of an electronic cigarette according to
an embodiment in the present invention;
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Figure 2 is a segment diagram of a pressure-regulating valve
component of the electronic cigarette according to a first embodiment in
the present invention;
Figure 3 is a sectional view of the overall structure of the
pressure-regulating valve component of the electronic cigarette according
to the first embodiment in the present invention;
Figure 4 is a drawing showing the air flow direction when the
pressure-regulating valve component of Figures 2 and 3 are in a smoking
state;
Figure 5 is a segment diagram of the pressure-regulating valve
component of the electronic cigarette according to a second embodiment
in the present invention;
Figure 6 is a sectional view of the overall structure of the
pressure-regulating valve component of the electronic cigarette according
to the second embodiment in the present invention;
Figure 7 is a drawing showing the air flow direction when the
pressure-regulating valve component of Figures 5 and 6 are in a smoking
state;
Figure 8 is a segment diagram of the pressure-regulating valve
component of the electronic cigarette according to a third embodiment in
the present invention;
Figure 9 is a sectional view of the overall structure of the
pressure-regulating valve component of the electronic cigarette according
to the third embodiment in the present invention;
Figure 10 is a drawing showing the air flow direction when the
pressure-regulating valve component of Figures 8 and 9 are in a smoking
state.
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DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT
To make the technical feature, objective and effect of the present
invention be understood more clearly, now the specific implementation of
the present invention is described in detail with reference to the
accompanying drawings and embodiments.
As shown in Figure 1, the electronic cigarette 10 of the present
invention comprises a cigarette rod 100 containing smoking liquid and
including a battery, a cigarette holder 200, an atomizer 300, a
pressure-regulating valve component 400, a first support 500 and a
second support 600. The cigarette rod 100, the atomizer 300 and the
cigarette holder 200 are connected successively, the battery provides
power for the atomizer 300 to heat and atomize the smoking liquid, the
atomized smoking liquid is vented from the cigarette holder 200. The
pressure-regulating valve component 400 is used to adjust the taste
pressure of the electronic cigarette and installed between the cigarette
holder 100 and the atomizer 300, the pressure-regulating valve
component 400 is fixed with the cigarette holder 100 through the first
support 500, and is fixed with the atomizer 300 through the second
support 600, and the shape of the first support 500 and the second support
600 are the same. In specific embodiments, the first support 500 and the
second support 600 are designed as a hollow cylindrical structure with
internal thread or external thread, and the first support 500 and the second
support 600 are connected with the cigarette holder 100 and the atomizer
300 by a screw-closure manner.
Embodiment 1
As shown in Figures 2 to 4, the pressure-regulating valve component
400 can be a spring valve. The pressure-regulating valve component 400
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comprises a first valve gland 410, an elastic part 412, a fixed part 414, a
first support base 416 and a first sealing part 418. The elastic part 412 is
installed on a bottom of the first valve gland 410, and winds along the
fixed part 414, the fixed part 414 is set to the inside of the first support
base 416, both sides of the first sealing part 418 are butting connected
with the first valve gland 410.
The first valve gland 410 is about hollow circular cylinder shaped,
and one end of the first valve gland 410 is open, the other end is provided
with a plurality of through-holes. In specific embodiments, the top of the
first valve gland 410 is provided with five through-holes which comprise
a larger through-hole 4102 located at the top centre and four smaller
through-holes 4104 which are spread around the larger through-hole 4102.
The purpose is to make the gas generated when smoking enter the
atomizer 300 from the smaller through-holes 4104. Understandably, the
shape of the through-hole has no specific limitation, it can be circular,
square, or other shapes, and in the embodiment the shape of the
through-hole is circular.
The elastic part 412 is fixed on the inner of the first valve gland 410,
and is corresponding to the larger through-hole 4102 of the top of the first
valve gland 410. In the embodiment, the elastic part 412 can be a coil
spring; of course, it can be other mechanical parts which have the
property of elasticity.
The fixed part 414 comprises a base 4142 and a body 4144. The base
4142 is circular, the body 4144 is perpendicular to the base 4142 and is
located on the middle of the base 4142. In the embodiment, the body
4144 is hollow circular cylinder shaped, the elastic part 412 winds along
the outside of the body 4144, and the body 4144 can stretch out a certain
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distance from the larger through-hole 4102 of the first valve gland 410,
and is butting fixed with the both sides of the inner wall of the larger
through-hole 4102.
The first support base 416 is cylindrical shape and both ends are
open. The inside of the first support base 416 is provided with a plurality
of bulges apart from each other, the bulges are cuboid, the base 4142 of
the fixed part 414 is set to the bulges placed on the inside of the first
support base 416.
The first sealing part 418 is also hollow circular cylinder shaped, the
diameter of the first sealing part 418 is slightly larger than the first
support base 416, and it is preferably that the first support base 416
should be placed in an inner of the first sealing part 418 at the right
moment. The both ends of the first sealing part 418 are open, wherein the
bottom opening of the first sealing part 418 is an inflow-port for the gas.
In the embodiment, when assembling the pressure-regulating valve
component 400, the first support base 416 is placed in the hollow interior
of the first sealing part 418, the opening of the bottom of the first sealing
part 418 is corresponding to the opening of the first support base 416,
then the fixed part 414 is set to the bulges placed on the inside of the first
support base 416, and specifically the base 4142 of the fixed part 414 is
set to the bulges placed on the inside of the first support base 416, finally
the elastic part 412 of the first valve gland 410 connected with the elastic
part 412 winds along the body 4144 of the fixed part 414, the
pressure-regulating valve component 400 with elastic is obtained. Due to
the existence of the pressure-regulating valve component 400, it can
control the flow of the smoking liquid of the electronic cigarette by
adjusting the elastic force of the elastic part 414 and further adjust the
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amount of atomizing smoking liquid inhaled by people. So the electronic
cigarette can improve the taste of smoking, satisfy different users' needs.
Figure 4 is a drawing showing the air flow direction when the
electronic cigarette comprising the pressure-regulating valve component
400 with the elastic part 412 is in a smoking state (the arrows represent
direction of the air flow). In the embodiment, when the user begins to
inhale gas through the cigarette holder 200, the fixed part 414 will be
sucked up under suction so that the base 4142 of the fixed part 414 is far
away the fixed part 414, the smoking liquid enters the atomizer 300 for
atomizing loop through the first sealing part 418, the first support base
416 and the smaller through-hole 4104 of the first valve gland 410. The
electronic cigarette of the present invention can adjust the taste of
smoking through change the elastic force of the elastic part 414, and can
prevent the tobacco bar inflows from the battery and control panel to
extend the life of the electronic cigarette.
Embodiment 2
As shown in Figure 5 to 7, an electronic cigarette is provided in the
second embodiment of the present invention. The electronic cigarette of
the second embodiment differs from the first embodiment only in using
other pressure-regulating valve component 400a instead of the above
pressure-regulating valve component 400, so the structure of the
pressure-regulating valve component 400a is shown in Figures 5 to 7.
Other components that are the same with the above electronic cigarette 10
will be not shown. The pressure-regulating valve component 400a
comprises the second valve gland 420, a steel ball 422, the second
support base 424 and the second sealing part 426. The steel ball 422 is set
to an inner of the second support base 424, and the second sealing part
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426 is butting connected with the second valve gland 420 going through
the second support base 424.
The second valve gland 420 is about hollow circular cylinder shaped,
and one end of the second valve gland 420 is open, the other end is
provided with a through-hole 4202, the through-hole 4202 is used to
make the gas generated when smoking enter the atomizer 300.
Understandably, the shape of the through-hole 4202 has no specific
limitation, it can be circular, square, or other shapes, and in the
embodiment the shape of the through-hole is circular.
The second support base 424 is about cylindrical shape and the both
ends are open, the diameter of the second base 424 is slightly smaller than
the second valve gland 420 and it is preferably that the second support
base 424 is encapsulated in the second valve gland 420. The inside of the
second support base 424 is provided with a plurality of bulges apart from
each other, the bulges are cuboid.
The steel ball 422 is hollow, and the weight of the steel ball 422
should not be overweight, otherwise, the steel ball 422 cannot be sucked
up. In the embodiment, it is preferably that the size of the steel ball 422 is
set to the inside of the second support base 424, and the through-hole
4202 of the second support base 424 is corresponding to the steel ball
422.
The second sealing part 426 is also hollow circular cylinder shaped,
the diameter of the second sealing part 426 is slightly larger than the
second support base 424, and it is preferably that the second support base
424 should be placed in an inner of the second sealing part 426 at the
right moment. The both ends of the second sealing part 426 are open,
wherein the bottom opening of the second sealing part 426 is a
inflow-port for the gas.
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In the embodiment, when assembling the pressure-regulating valve
component 400a, the second support base 424 is placed in the hollow
interior of the second sealing part 426, the opening of the bottom of the
second sealing part 426 is corresponding to the opening of the second
support base 424, then the steel ball 422 is set to the bulges placed on the
inside of the second support base 424, finally the second valve gland 420
is coated outside of the second support base 424, and is butting connected
with the second sealing part 426, the pressure-regulating valve
component 400a is obtained.
Figure 7 is a drawing showing the air flow direction when the
electronic cigarette comprising the pressure-regulating valve component
400a with the steel ball 422 is in a smoking state (the arrows represent
direction of the air flow). In the embodiment, when the user begins to
inhale gas through the cigarette holder 200, the steel ball 422 will be
sucked up under the suction, so the smoking liquid enters the atomizer
300 for atomizing loop through the second sealing part 426, the second
support base 424 and the through-hole 4202 of the second valve gland
420. The electronic cigarette of the present invention can adjust the taste
of smoking through change the weight and size of the steel ball 422, and
can prevent the smoking liquid from flowing to the battery and control
panel to extend the lifetime of the electronic cigarette.
Embodiment 3
As shown in Figures 8 to 10, an electronic cigarette is provided in a
third embodiment of the present invention. The electronic cigarette of the
third embodiment differs from the first embodiment only in using other
pressure-regulating valve component 400b instead of the above
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pressure-regulating valve component 400, so the structure of the
pressure-regulating valve component 400b is shown in Figures 8 to 10.
Other components that are the same with the above electronic cigarette 10
will be not shown. The pressure-regulating valve component 400b
includes a third support base 432 and a third valve 430. The third valve
430 is sleeved in the third support base 432.
The third support base 432 is cylindrical, and one end of the third
support base 432 is open, the other end is provided with a through-hole
4322. The diameter of the third support base 432 is slightly larger than
that of the third valve 430, and it is preferably that the third valve 430 is
sleeved in the third support base 432.
The third valve 430 is cylindrical, and one end of the third valve 430
is open, the other end is provided with an opening which is corresponding
to the through-hole 4322. The inside of the third valve 430 is provided
with a connecting part 4302, the connecting part 4302 is connected to an
edge of the third valve 430, and is corresponding to the through-hole
4322, so the connecting part 4302 can be kicked up freely by applying
external force. In the embodiment, the connecting part 4302 can be a
round thin sheet; of course, it can be other shapes such as squares. The
connecting part 4302 is prepared by using the silicone or other
lightweight materials.
In the embodiment, when assembling the pressure-regulating valve
component 400b, the third valve 430 provided with the connecting part
4302 is placed in the interior of the third support base 432, and the
through-hole 4322 of the third support base 432 is corresponding to the
connecting part 4302 of the third valve 430. As shown in Figure 10, the
electronic cigarette comprising the pressure-regulating valve component
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400b with the connecting part 4302 is in a smoking state. In the
embodiment, when smoking the one end of the connecting part 4302 is
kicked up under suction, so the smoking liquid enters the atomizer 300
through the through-hole 4322 of the third support base 432. The
electronic cigarette of the present invention can adjust the taste of
smoking by changing the weight of the connecting part 4302, and can
prevent the smoking liquid from flowing to the battery and control panel
to extend the lifetime of the electronic cigarette.
When implementing the electronic cigarette 10 of the present
invention, the following advantageous effects can be achieved: by
arranging the pressure-regulating valve component 400 between the
cigarette rod 100 and the atomizer 300, the pressure-regulating valve
component 400 can used to control the flow of the smoking liquid of the
electronic cigarette, and further adjust the amount of atomized smoking
liquid inhaled by a user. Therefore, the electronic cigarette can adjust the
taste of smoking, satisfy different users' needs, and can prevent the
smoking liquid from flowing to the battery and control panel to extend
the lifetime of the electronic cigarette.
While the embodiments of the present invention are described with
reference to the accompanying drawings above, the present invention is
not limited to the above-mentioned specific implementations. In fact, the
above-mentioned specific implementations are intended to be exemplary
not to be limiting. In the inspiration of the present invention, those
ordinary skills in the art can also make many modifications without
breaking away from the subject of the present invention and the
protection scope of the claims. All these modifications belong to the
protection of the present invention.
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