Electronic cigarette with woven fiber tube atomizer
AssigneeFontem Ventures 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.
Claims20
An electronic smoking device comprising:
- a housing;
- an electrically conductive wick in the housing comprising:
- a first conductive section including a first wick end,
- a heating section, and
- a second conductive section including a second wick end, where the heating section, between the first conductive section and the second conductive section, has a higher electrical resistance than the first and the second conductive sections;
- and
- a liquid supply in the housing, wherein the first wick end is in fluid contact with the liquid supply.
A method of manufacturing an electronic smoking device, the method comprising:
- forming an electrically conductive wick comprising:
- a first conductive section including a first wick end,
- a heating section, and
- a second conductive section including a second wick end, where the heating section, between the first conductive section and the second conductive section, has a higher electrical resistance than the first and the second conductive sections;
- and
- placing the electrically conductive wick within a housing;
- and
- connecting the first wick end in fluid contact with a liquid supply.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.