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US 10,327,478 B2Granted
Electronic cigarette
AssigneeFontem Holdings 1 B.V.
InventorLik Hon
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Abstract
An electronic cigarette comprises nicotine without harmful tar. The cigarette includes a shell, a cell, nicotine solution, control circuit, and an electro-thermal vaporization nozzle installed in the air suction end of the shell. The advantages of the present invention are smoking without tar, reducing the risk of cancer, the user still gets a smoking experience, the cigarette is not lit, and there is no fire danger.
Claims27
A vaporizing device, comprising:
- a rechargeable battery in a housing, the rechargeable battery electrically connected to a control circuit;
- a charging connector in the housing for charging the rechargeable battery;
- an LED in the housing electrically connected to the control circuit;
- at least one air inlet for allowing air to flow into the housing;
- a wire coil heating element inside of the housing, the wire coil heating element electrically connected to the control circuit, and with the wire coil heating element having a length aligned along and in contact with a length of fiber material;
- a liquid storage container holding a liquid movable into contact with the fiber material;
- the at least one air inlet leading into an air flow path in the housing to an outlet on the housing, with the length of fiber material in the air flow path;
- and
- the wire coil heating element vaporizing liquid from the liquid storage container.
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A vaporizing device, comprising:
- a first housing attachable to and detachable from a second housing;
- a rechargeable battery in the first housing electrically connected to a control circuit;
- a charging connector in the first housing electrically connected to the rechargeable battery;
- the first housing having an LED electrically connected to the control circuit;
- at least one air inlet for allowing air to flow into the second housing;
- a heating element comprising a wire coil inside of the second housing, the heating element electrically connected to the control circuit, and with the heating element contacting a fiber material;
- the second housing containing a liquid movable into contact with the fiber material;
- the at least one air inlet connecting into an air flow path in the second housing leading to an outlet on the second housing;
- and
- the heating element vaporizing the liquid.
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A vaporizing device, comprising:
- a first housing attachable to and detachable from a second housing;
- a rechargeable battery in the first housing electrically connected to a control circuit;
- a charging connector in the first housing electrically connected to the rechargeable battery;
- the first housing having an LED electrically connected to the control circuit;
- at least one air inlet for allowing air to flow into the second housing;
- a wire coil inside of the second housing, the wire coil electrically connected to the control circuit, and the wire coil wound around and contacting a fiber material, the fiber material longer than the wire coil;
- the second housing containing a liquid movable into contact with the fiber material;
- the at least one air inlet connecting into an air flow path in the second housing leading to an outlet in a mouthpiece on the second housing;
- the fiber material in between the rechargeable battery and the outlet;
- an air flow sensor positioned to sense air flow in the air flow path, with the air flow sensor electrically connected to the control circuit;
- and
- the wire coil vaporizing the liquid.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.