IP Library Patent Application 13548659
Patent Application
App. No. 13/548,659

ELECTRONIC CIGARETTE

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Patent No.
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App. No.
13/548,659
Abstract

An electronic cigarette comprises nicotine without harmful tar. The cigarette includes a shell, a cell, nicotine solution, control circuit, and an electro-thermal vaporization nozzle installed in the air suction end of the shell. The advantages are smoking without tar, reducing the risk of cancer, the user still gets a smoking experience, the cigarette is not lit, and there is no fire danger.

Claims (24)

1 . An atomizer for an electronic cigarette, comprising:

an enclosure;

a wire heater coil within the enclosure;

the enclosure having an inlet; and

the enclosure having an outlet to allow vapor, formed within the enclosure by liquid contacting the wire heater coil, to flow out of the enclosure.

2 . The atomizer of claim 1 with the enclosure comprising a fiber material.

3 . The atomizer of claim 1 with the inlet at one end of the enclosure and the outlet at an opposite end of the enclosure

4 . The atomizer of claim 1 with the enclosure comprising a substantially cylindrical tube.

5 . The atomizer of claim 1 further comprising a base attached to the enclosure.

6 . The atomizer of claim 5 with the inlet at least partially in the base.

7 . The atomizer of claim 5 wherein the base is cylindrical.

8 . The atomizer of claim 7 with the inlet extending through the cylindrical base.

9 . The atomizer of claim 5 further comprising screw threads on the base.

10 . The atomizer of claim 4 with the tube having an inner diameter of 0.05 to 2 mm.

11 . The atomizer of claim 4 with the tube having a length of 3-20 mm.

12 . The atomizer of claim 1 further comprising a liquid tube connecting into the inlet, for providing liquid into the enclosure.

13 . An atomizer for an electronic cigarette, comprising:

a tube having a liquid inlet;

a wire heater coil within the tube;

the tube having a vapor outlet to allow vapor, formed within the enclosure by liquid contacting the wire heater coil, to flow out of the tube.

14 . The atomizer of claim 13 with the tube comprising a fiber material.

15 . The atomizer of claim 13 with the liquid inlet at a first end of the tube and with the vapor outlet comprising an opening at a second end of the tube.

16 . The atomizer of claim 13 with a longitudinal axis of the wire heater coil substantially parallel to a longitudinal axis of the tube.

17 . The atomizer of claim 13 further comprising a base attached to the tube, with the liquid inlet extending through the base.

Assignments (4)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 11, 2013
From: RUYAN INVESTMENT (HOLDINGS) LIMITED
To: FONTEM HOLDINGS 1 B.V.
Reel/Frame 031795/0630 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Dec 10, 2013
From: SBT INVESTMENT (HOLDINGS) LIMITED
To: RUYAN INVESTMENT (HOLDINGS) LIMITED
Reel/Frame 031793/0742 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Dec 9, 2013
From: BEST PARTNERS WORLDWIDE LIMITED
To: SBT INVESTMENT (HOLDINGS) LIMITED
Reel/Frame 031784/0770 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 5, 2013
From: HON, LIK
To: BEST PARTNERS WORLDWIDE LIMITED
Reel/Frame 031726/0065 →