US2012273589A1PendingUtilityA1

Electronic cigarette

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Assignee: HON LIKPriority: Apr 29, 2003Filed: Jul 13, 2012Published: Nov 1, 2012
Est. expiryApr 29, 2023(expired)· nominal 20-yr term from priority
Inventors:Lik Hon
H02J 7/751H02J 7/00H05B 1/0244H05B 3/0014A24B 15/167H05B 1/0202A61M 15/06A24F 40/10A61M 2205/18A24F 40/51A61M 2205/8206A61M 15/008A24F 40/42A24F 40/485A61K 9/007A24F 40/90A24F 40/60A24F 40/40
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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.

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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.

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