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US 10,701,972 B2Granted
Electronic cigarette with woven fiber tube atomizer
AssigneeFontem Holdings 1 B.V.
InventorsStefan Biel, Vaclav Borkovec
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Abstract
An electronic cigarette (10) includes an atomizer (26) having a coil-less heating element (4) with a heating section (6) connected to an electrical power source and two end sections in contact with a liquid supply (34). The heating element (4) is made of one or more woven fiber tubes (2) having a hollow interior such that the liquid can be transported from the liquid supply (34) to the heating section (6) through the hollow interior along the woven fiber tubes (2) or through the fiber materials via capillary action.
Claims19
An electronic smoking device comprising:
- a housing;
- one or more woven fiber tubes in the housing;
- and
- a liquid supply in the housing,
- wherein:
- at least one of the woven fiber tubes comprises an electrically conductive heating section and one or more end sections;
- a first side of the heating section is connected to a first electrical contact or a first lead;
- a second side of the heating section is connected to a second electrical contact or a second lead;
- the first or the second electrical contacts or the first and second leads are connectable to an electrical power source;
- and one or more end sections of the woven fiber tube are in contact with the liquid supply,
- wherein the woven fiber tube has a hollow interior and wherein the woven fiber tube is a bent woven sheet connected on opposite edges of the sheet.
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An electronic smoking device comprising:
- a housing;
- two or more woven fiber tubes in the housing;
- and a liquid supply in the housing, wherein:
- at least one of the woven fiber tubes comprises an electrically conductive heating section and one or more end sections;
- a first side of the heating section is connected to a first electrical contact or a first lead;
- a second side of the heating section is connected to a second electrical contact or a second lead;
- the first or the second electrical contacts or the first and second leads are connectable to an electrical power source;
- and one or more end sections of at least one of the woven fiber tubes are in contact with the liquid supply,
- wherein at least one of the woven fiber tubes has a hollow interior and
- wherein the two or more woven fiber tubes have different diameters and
- wherein only the fiber tube with the largest diameter has a heating section.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.