E-cigarette
AssigneeJT International SA
InventorDick Paul Voerman
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Abstract
An e-cigarette includes a housing having a liquid section for holding a liquid and a battery section for holding a battery, which liquid section and battery section are configured to be coupled to each other, and a wick to take up the liquid, a heating member for heating the wick, wherein the liquid section includes a liquid reservoir provided with a liquid outlet to supply liquid to the wick and an air duct to create an air flow along the wick and to an air outlet.
Claims15
An e-cigarette comprising:
- a housing comprising:
- a liquid section configured to hold a liquid, and
- a battery section configured to hold a battery,
- wherein the liquid section and the battery section are configured to be coupled to each other,
- and
- a combined construction comprising:
- a wick configured to take up the liquid, and
- a heater configured to heat the wick,
- wherein the liquid section comprises a liquid reservoir provided with a liquid outlet through which liquid is configured to be supplied to the wick, and an air duct configured to permit an air flow along the wick and to an air outlet,
- wherein the combined construction has an outer surface which is at least partly electrically conductive, and
- wherein the liquid section includes a first support and a second support, and the combined construction is located in a fixed position between the first and second supports.
A component of an e-cigarette, the component comprising:
- a housing configured to hold a liquid, wherein the housing is configured to be coupled to a battery housing,
- a combined construction comprising:
- a wick configured to take up the liquid, and
- a heater configured to heat the wick,
- wherein the housing comprises a liquid reservoir provided with a liquid outlet through which liquid held inside the liquid reservoir is configured to be supplied to the wick, and an air duct configured to permit an air flow along the wick and to an air outlet,
- wherein the combined construction has an outer surface which is at least partly electrically conductive, and
- wherein the housing includes a first support and a second support, and the combined construction is located in a fixed position between the first and second supports.
A component of an e-cigarette, the component comprising a housing holding a liquid, the housing comprising:
- a liquid reservoir holding the liquid;
- a combined construction comprising:
- a wick configured to take up the liquid;
- a heater configured to heat the wick;
- and
- a coupling member configured to be coupled to a battery housing of the e-cigarette;
- wherein the liquid reservoir is provided with a liquid outlet through which the liquid is configured to be supplied to the wick, and an air duct configured to permit an air flow along the wick and to an air outlet,
- wherein the combined construction has an outer surface which is at least partly electrically conductive, and
- wherein the housing includes a first support and a second support, and the combined construction is located in a fixed position between the first and second supports.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.