IP Library Granted Patent US 8,899,240
Granted Patent B2
US 8,899,240 · App. 13/125,274 · Granted Dec 2, 2014

Electric substitute cigarette

Inventor: Bernard Karel Mass (Hamont, BE)
A61M15/06A24F47/008A61M2205/8206
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Patent No.
US 8,899,240
App. No.
13/125,274
Granted
Dec 2, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

An electronic substitute cigarette includes a cigarette rod( 10 ) and a simulated cigarette mouthpiece( 20 ). Said cigarette rod( 10 ) includes a power source and an electronic circuit. Said simulated cigarette mouthpiece( 20 ) includes a simulated filter( 25 ), a liquid storage chamber( 28 ) and an atomizer( 22 ). The atomizer( 22 ) is connected with the power output terminal of the cigarette rod( 10 ). A columnar alloy sponge is mounted within the atomizer( 22 ). The simulated filter( 25 ) includes a main body( 252 ) and a through hole( 254 ). The liquid chamber( 28 ) mounted into one end of the through hole( 254 ) includes a container( 281 ) having at least one protrusions( 284 ) and a sealing membrane( 30 ). While the simulated filter( 25 ) with the liquid chamber( 28 ) is engaged with the atomizer( 22 ), the sealing membrane( 30 ) is broken by the columnar alloy sponge, the liquid in the container ( 281 ) leaks out and gets into the columnar alloy sponge and then is atomized by the atomizer( 22 ), then gases or smoke flows into space between the protrusions(284) and the simulated filter( 25 ) and gets into the mouth of the user.

Claims (21)

1. An electronic substitute cigarette comprising:

a cigarette rod comprising a battery and an electronic circuit; and

a simulated cigarette mouthpiece comprising a simulated filter, a liquid chamber and an atomizer;

wherein the simulated filter comprises a main body and a through hole;

the liquid chamber comprises a sealing membrane for sealing a container of the liquid chamber and is mounted into one end of the through hole of the simulated filter forming a simulated filter with the integrated liquid chamber; and

the atomizer is attachable to the simulated filter with the integrated liquid chamber and comprises a columnar alloy sponge, when the simulated filter with the integrated liquid chamber is engaged with the atomizer, the sealing membrane is broken by the columnar alloy sponge, and liquid in the container permeates into the columnar alloy sponge to be atomized by the atomizer.

2. The electronic substitute cigarette as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the atomizer is connected with a power output terminal of the electronic substitute cigarette.

3. The electronic substitute cigarette as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the liquid chamber and its sealing membrane are made of non-rigid materials.

4. The electronic substitute cigarette as claimed in claim 1 , wherein at least one protrusion is extended from a sidewall of the container.

5. The electronic substitute cigarette as claimed in claim 4 , wherein each protrusion comprises a first portion and a second portion narrower than the first portion, the first portion of each protrusion supports against an interior wall of the simulated filter, and spaces between the protrusions and the simulated filter let airflow overpass.

6. The electronic substitute cigarette as claimed in claim 5 , wherein part of a front end of the liquid chamber, corresponding to the second portion of its protrusion, is accommodated into one end of the atomizer.

7. The electronic substitute cigarette as claimed in claim 1 , wherein at least one groove is designed in a sidewall of the container for preventing liquid from leaking out.

8. The electronic substitute cigarette as claimed in claim 1 , wherein said liquid chamber further comprises a base comprising a support portion and a plate, the plate engaged into the tail end of the through hole, at least one venthole designed in the support portion, an opening designed in the plate, and the vent hole and the opening connected each other to let airflow overpass.

9. The electronic substitute cigarette as claimed in claim 1 , wherein said atomizer is adapted to the through hole of the simulated filter.

10. The electronic substitute cigarette as claimed in claim 1 , wherein said liquid chamber is available for perfusion of 0.05ml-1.00m 1 liquid.

11. The electronic substitute cigarette as claimed in claims 1 , wherein the simulated filter integrated with the liquid chamber is an one-off product, which can be plugged out from the atomizer and discarded with the liquid chamber once liquid inside the liquid chamber is used up, after that, a new simulated filter integrated with a new liquid chamber is to be covered on the atomizer.

12. The electronic substitute cigarette as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the simulated filter is soft.

13. The electronic substitute cigarette as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the simulated filter is made by rolling paper and filling soft materials within the rolling paper.

14. The electronic substitute cigarette as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a firelight simulating device installed on one end of the cigarette rod comprises at least a LED flashing light.

15. The electronic substitute cigarette as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the liquid chamber and its sealing membrane are made of PE, PC or PU.

16. The electronic substitute cigarette as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the simulated filter is made by rolling paper and filling fiber, artificial fiber, cotton or sponge structure within the rolling paper.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 23, 2025
From: MASS, BERNARD KAREL
To: FONTEM HOLDINGS 2 B.V.
Reel/Frame 071206/0935 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 23, 2025
From: FONTEM HOLDINGS 2 B.V.
To: FONTEM HOLDINGS 1 B.V.
Reel/Frame 071207/0001 →
Continuity (1)
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