Simulated cigarette device
AssigneeKind Consumer Limited
InventorAlex Hearn
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Abstract
A simulated cigarette device (1) comprising an elongate housing (3) having an inhaling outlet at one end (5) and a refill inlet. A reservoir (7) extends along a substantial portion of the housing and has a refill valve (6) adjacent to the refill inlet and an outlet valve (9) adjacent to the inhaling outlet, which is operable to allow gas from the reservoir to pass from the reservoir and out of the inhaling outlet. An air flow passage into the housing downstream of the reservoir leads to the inhaling outlet. A valve opening mechanism having a rotatable valve (16,28) is associated with the air flow passage and is arranged to open the outlet valve (9) as air is sucked through the air flow passage.
Claims12
A simulated cigarette device comprising:
- an elongate housing having a main axis, an inhaling outlet at one end, and a refill inlet,
- a reservoir extending along a substantial portion of the housing and having a refill valve adjacent to the refill inlet and an outlet valve adjacent to the inhaling outlet, which is operable to allow gas from the reservoir to pass from the reservoir and out of the inhaling outlet;
- an air flow passage into the housing downstream of the reservoir and leading to the inhaling outlet, the air flow passage is open to fluid communication with the inhaling outlet when the outlet valve is closed, and
- a valve opening mechanism having a rotatable valve rotatable about an axis perpendicular to the main axis, associated with the air flow passage and arranged to open the outlet valve as air is sucked through the air flow passage.
A simulated cigarette device comprising:
- an elongate housing having an inhaling outlet at one end and a refill inlet;
- a reservoir extending along a substantial portion of the housing and having a refill valve adjacent to the refill inlet and an outlet valve adjacent to the inhaling outlet, which is operable to allow gas from the reservoir to pass from the reservoir and out of the inhaling outlet;
- an air flow passage into the housing downstream of the reservoir and leading to the inhaling outlet;
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- a valve opening mechanism having a rotatable valve associated with the air flow passage and arranged to open the outlet valve as air is sucked through the air flow passage, wherein the rotatable valve comprises a plurality of elements positioned to be acted on by air flowing through the air flow passage, wherein the plurality of elements comprise a pair of pivotally mounted plates, each of which is positioned partly within the air flow passage and partly within an outlet flow passage, the plates being rotatable from a first position in which the plates meet one another to seal the outlet flow passage to a second position in which the plates are separated to open the outlet flow passage, the plates being arranged to rotate to the second position to open the outlet valve as air is sucked through the air flow passage, wherein the plates are biased to the first position to hold the rotatable valve closed when not in use, and wherein portions of the plates which are in the outlet flow passage are generally perpendicular to the remainder of the plates.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.