# US 2014/0190501 A1 · Electronic cigarette > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2014/0190501 A1 - Document ID: US20140190501A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 13/748,927 - Filed: 2013-01-24 - Published: 2014-07-10 - Earliest claimed: 2013-01-05 - Assignees: Huizhou Kimree Technology Co., Ltd. Shenzhen Branch - Inventors: Qiuming Liu - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20140190501A1 ## CPC - A24F 40/485: Valves; Apertures - A24F 40/10: Devices using liquid inhalable precursors - A24F: SMOKERS' REQUISITES; MATCH BOXES; SIMULATED SMOKING DEVICES (inhaling appliances for medical purposes, shaped like cigars, cigarettes or pipes A61M15/06) ## Abstract An electronic cigarette is provided, comprising a cigarette rod (100) with smoke liquid and a battery, a cigarette holder (200) and a atomizer (300), 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 smoke liquid, the atomized smoke liquid is discharged through the cigarette holder (200), wherein, a pressure-regulating valve component (400) is provided between the cigarette rod (100) and the atomizer (300) to adjust the flow of the smoke liquid, the pressure-regulating valve component is installed between the cigarette rod and the atomizer to control the flow of the smoke liquid of the electronic cigarette, enabling to adjust the amount of atomizing smoke liquid inhaled by user, and thus the taste of smoking can be adjusted to satisfy different users' need, and the tobacco bar inflows from the battery and control panel can be prevented to extend the life of the electronic cigarette. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An electronic cigarette, comprising a cigarette rod (100) with smoke liquid and a battery, a cigarette holder (200) and a atomizer (300), 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 smoke liquid, the atomized smoke liquid is discharged through the cigarette holder (200), wherein, a pressure-regulating valve component (400) is provided between the cigarette rod (100) and the atomizer (300) to adjust the flow of the smoke liquid. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The electronic cigarette according to claim 1, wherein, the electronic cigarette further comprises a first support (500) and a second support (600), the pressure-regulating valve component (400) is fixed with the cigarette rod (100) and the atomizer (300) respectively through the first support and the second support. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The electronic cigarette according to claim 2, wherein, the pressure-regulating valve component (400) comprises a first valve gland (410), a elastic part (412) installed on the bottom of the first valve gland (410), a fixed part (414) winded by the elastic part (412) and the first support base (416) for supporting the fixed part (414); the first valve gland (410) is provided with several through-holes; the both ends of the first support base (416) are open and the inside of the first support base (416) is provided with several bulges apart from each other, and the fixed part (414) is set to the bulges placed on the inside of the first support base (416). ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The electronic cigarette according to claim 3, wherein, the fixed part (414) comprises a base (4142) and a body (4144) perpendicular to the base (4142), the base (4142) is set to the bulges placed on the inside of the first support base (416), and the elastic part (412) winds along the outside of the body (4144). ### Claim 5 (depends on 3) The electronic cigarette according to claim 3, wherein, the pressure-regulating valve component (400) also comprises a first sealing part (418), the both sides which are butting connected with the first valve gland (410), and the both ends of the first sealing part (418) are open. ### Claim 6 (depends on 4) The electronic cigarette according to claim 4, wherein, the body (4144) is insert into a through-hole of the first valve gland (410), and is butting fixed with the both sides of the inner wall of the through-hole. ### Claim 7 (depends on 2) The electronic cigarette according to claim 2, wherein, the pressure-regulating valve component (400) also comprises a second valve gland (420) with a through-hole (4202) at the top, a steel ball (422) and a second support base (424), the both ends of the second support base (424) are open and the inside of the second support base (424) is provided with several bulges apart from each other, the steel ball (422) is set to the bulges placed on the inside of the second support base (424). ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The electronic cigarette according to claim 7, wherein, the pressure-regulating valve component (400) also comprises a second sealing part (426), the both sides of the second sealing part (426) are butting connected with the second valve gland (420), and the both ends of the second sealing part (426) are open. ### Claim 9 (depends on 2) The electronic cigarette according to claim 2, wherein, the pressure-regulating valve component (400) also comprises a third support base (432) and the third valve (430) sleeved on the inner of the third support base (432), the bottom of the third support base (432) is provided with a through-hole (4322), the inside of the third valve (430) is provided with a connecting part (4302) that is corresponding to the through-hole, and one end of the connecting part (4302) is connected to the edge of the third valve (430) and movable relative to the third valve (430). ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The electronic cigarette according to claim 9, wherein, the connecting part (4302) is a round thin sheet.