E-Fluid Constant Pressure Atomizer

Abstract

An E-fluid atomizer used with the handpiece for an e-cigarette that includes at least one sliding plunger disc made of magnetically attractive material located inside a cartridge that includes an inner cylinder and an outer cylinder. Disposed between the inner and outer cylinders is a gap filled with an elongated cylindrical coil assembly configured to create a magnetic force on the plunger disc when energized thereby forcing the disc downward in the inner cylinder filled with E-fluid. Located below the cylinders is an inner sleeve and insulator. Formed in the insulator is a combustion chamber containing a heating element. E-fluid flows into the combustion chamber and undergoes combustion with the heating element. Located below the inner sleeve and insulator is an end cap that includes a neck that attaches to a threaded port on the handpiece. Located inside the neck is an electrical element that connects to wires that connect to the coil assembly, the heating element and a battery mounted inside the handpiece.

1 . An atomizer ( 10 ) for an e-cigarette ( 5 ) that includes a handpiece ( 200 ) with a switch  210 , a battery ( 220 ), and a cartridge connection port ( 225 ), the atomizer ( 10 ) comprising:
 a. an outer cylinder ( 25 ) with a storage cavity ( 61 ) configured to be filled with hold E-fluid ( 150 ), an upper end opening and a lower end opening, the outer cylinder ( 25 ) includes a longitudinally aligned air/vapor passageway ( 60 ,  700 );   b. a transversely aligned plunger disc ( 30 ) located inside the storage cavity ( 61 ), the plunger disc ( 30 ) configured to slide longitudinally inside the storage cavity ( 61 ), the plunger disc ( 30 ) being made of magnetic or ferrous containing material that is attracted to a magnetic field disposed around the storage cavity ( 61 );   c. a coil assembly ( 50 ) located around the storage cavity ( 61 ), the coil assembly ( 50 ) configured to produce a magnetic field when electrically energized and force the plunger disc ( 30 ) downward inside the storage cavity ( 61 ) thereby applying a downward force on E-fluid ( 150 ) in the in the storage cavity ( 61 );   d. a mouthpiece ( 20 ) disposed over the upper end opening on the outer cylinder ( 25 );   e. an end cap ( 110 ) inserted into the lower opening on the outer cylinder ( 25 ), the end cap ( 110 ) includes a hollow upper body and a lower neck configured to connect to a connection port ( 225 ) on the handpiece ( 200 );   f. an insulator ( 100 ) located inside the end cap ( 110 );   g. a heating element ( 90 ) located inside the insulator; ( 100 )   h. an electrical element ( 130 ) configured to heat the heating element ( 90 ) when the switch ( 210 ) is activated; and   i. electrical connectors that connect the coil assembly ( 50 ) to the switch ( 210 ).   
     
     
         2 . The atomizer ( 10 ) as recited in  claim 1 , further including an inner sleeve containing a filament disc ( 80 ). 
     
     
         3 . The atomizer ( 10 ) as recited in  claim 2 , wherein the inner sleeve ( 70 ) in an inverted U-shape structure with a top surface ( 71 ) and pendent sidewalls ( 76 ), the top surface ( 71 ) includes fluid inlet holes ( 74 ) and the sidewalls include outlet ports ( 77 ). 
     
     
         4 . The atomizer ( 10 ) as recited in  claim 1 , further including an inner cylinder ( 40 ) located inside the outer cylinder ( 25 ). 
     
     
         5 . The atomizer ( 10 ) as recited in  claim 4 , further include a gap ( 66 ) formed between the outer cylinder ( 25 ) and the inner cylinder ( 40 ), located inside the gap is the coil assembly ( 50 ). 
     
     
         6 . The atomizer ( 10 ) as recited in  claim 1  wherein the coil assembly ( 50 ) is a segmented structure with a plurality of coil segments ( 54 - 59 ) separated by gaps ( 52 ). 
     
     
         7 . The atomizer ( 10 ) as recited in  claim 1 , wherein the end cap ( 110 ) includes air holes formed on the lower neck ( 116 ) of the end cap ( 110 ). 
     
     
         8 . An atomizer ( 10 ) used with an e-cigarette ( 5 ) that includes a handpiece ( 200 ) with an internal battery ( 220 ), and a cartridge connection port ( 225 ), the atomizer ( 10 ) comprising;
 an outer container ( 25 ) with storage cavity ( 61 ) filled with a vaporizing fluid ( 150 ), a mouthpiece ( 20 ) attached to the outer cylinder ( 25 ), a coil assembly ( 50 ) located inside the outer cylinder ( 25 ) and surrounding a storage cavity ( 61 ), a combustion chamber, a heating element ( 90 ) located in the combustion chamber and configured to vaporize fluid ( 150 ) delivered to the combustion chamber ( 104 ), electrical connectors that connect the heating element ( 90 ) and the coil assembly ( 50 ) to the connecting port ( 225 ) on the handpiece ( 200 ), a vapor passageway ( 66 ) formed in the outer cylinder ( 25 ) that enables vapor produced by the heating element ( 90 ) to flow into the mouthpiece ( 20 ); and   a plunger disc ( 30 ) located inside the storage cavity ( 61 ) configured to move inside in the storage cavity ( 61 ) and force the fluid ( 150 ) into the combustion chamber when an electrical current is applied to the coil assembly ( 50 ) to create a magnetic field.   
     
     
         9 . The atomizer ( 10 ) as recited in  claim 8 , wherein said outer container ( 25 ) includes a coaxially aligned inner cylinder ( 40 ) and an outer cylinder ( 60 ). 
     
     
         10 . The atomizer ( 10 ) as recited in  claim 9 , wherein a gap ( 66 ) is formed between the inner cylinder ( 40 ) and the outer cylinder ( 60 ). 
     
     
         11 . The atomizer ( 10 ) as recited in  claim 10  wherein the coil assembly ( 50 ) is located inside the gap ( 66 ) formed between the inner cylinder ( 40 ) the outer cylinder ( 60 ). 
     
     
         12 . The atomizer ( 10 ) as recited in  claim 8  wherein the coil assembly ( 50 ′) is a segmented structure with a plurality of coil segments ( 54 - 59 ) separated by gaps ( 52 ). 
     
     
         13 . The atomizer ( 10 ) as recited in  claim 11  wherein the outer cylinder ( 25 ) is made of transparent material and the coil assembly ( 50 ′) is a segmented structure with a plurality of coil segments ( 54 - 59 ) separated by gaps ( 52 ). 
     
     
         14 . The atomizer ( 10 ) as recited in  claim 8  wherein the plunger disc ( 30 ) is a magnet. 
     
     
         15 . The atomizer ( 10 ) as recited in  claim 8  wherein the plunger disc ( 30 ) is made of magnetically attractive material. 
     
     
         16 . A smoking fluid atomizer ( 10 ) that attaches to a handpiece ( 200 ) that includes a battery ( 220 ), a switch and a cartridge connection port ( 225 ), said atomizer ( 10 ) comprising:
 a. a container ( 25 ) with a storage cavity ( 61 );   b. a mouthpiece ( 20 ) attached to the container ( 25 ), the mouthpiece ( 20 ) includes a tip opening that communicates with the vapor passageway formed in the container ( 25 );   c. a plunger disc ( 30 ) located inside the storage cavity ( 61 ) in the container ( 25 ), the plunger disc ( 30 ) configured to force fluid inside the storage cavity ( 61 ) downward towards the lower opening in the container ( 25 ) when said plunger disc ( 30 ) moves inside the storage cavity ( 61 ), the plunger disc ( 30 ) being made of magnetic or ferrous containing material that is forced in at least one direction inside the storage cavity ( 61  when a magnetic field is created around the storage cavity ( 61 );   d. a coil assembly ( 50 ) located near said storage cavity configured to produce a magnetic field around the storage cavity ( 61 ) when electrically energized that causes the plunger disc ( 30 ) to move inside the storage cavity ( 61 );   e. an end cap ( 110 ) located below the container ( 25 );   f. a heating element ( 90 ) located inside the end cap ( 110 );   g. a conduit that transports vapor produced by the heating element ( 90 ) to the mouthpiece ( 20 ); and   h. a coupler for connecting the atomizer to the cartridge connection port ( 225 ) on the handpiece ( 200 ).   
     
     
         17 . The atomizer as recited in  claim 16 , wherein the coil assembly ( 50 ) is coupled to the switch ( 210 ) and the battery ( 220 ) in the handpiece ( 200 ) that selectively energizes the coil assembly ( 50 ). 
     
     
         18 . The atomizer as recited in  claim 16 , wherein the heating element ( 90 ) is coupled to the switch ( 210 ) and the battery ( 220 ) in the handpiece ( 200 ) that selectively energizes the heating element ( 90 ).