Electronic Cigarette

Liu; Qiuming

Patent Application Summary

U.S. patent application number 14/412431 was filed with the patent office on 2015-07-02 for electronic cigarette. The applicant listed for this patent is KIMREE HI-TECH INC.. Invention is credited to Qiuming Liu.

Application Number20150181940 14/412431
Document ID /
Family ID51622380
Filed Date2015-07-02

United States Patent Application 20150181940
Kind Code A1
Liu; Qiuming July 2, 2015

ELECTRONIC CIGARETTE

Abstract

Disclosed is an electronic cigarette (200), comprising a cylindrical housing (1) and an atomizer (21) provided inside the housing (1). An end of the housing (1) is provided with a suction nozzle primary cover (51) and a suction nozzle secondary cover (52), the suction nozzle primary cover (51) and the suction nozzle secondary cover (52) are successively inserted and fixed to an inner wall of the housing (1), and a cooling cavity is formed between the suction nozzle primary cover (51) and the suction nozzle secondary cover (52). Both the suction nozzle primary cover (51) and the suction nozzle secondary cover (52) are provided with a ventilation hole (512, 523) in communication with the cooling cavity, and a ventilation column (521) is formed in the suction nozzle secondary cover (52) for communicating the cooling cavity with the outside of the electronic cigarette. This electronic cigarette can reduce or avoid the possibility of a smoker inhaling cigarette liquid, and improve the safety of use.


Inventors: Liu; Qiuming; (Huizhou City, CN)
Applicant:
Name City State Country Type

KIMREE HI-TECH INC.

Tortola

VG
Family ID: 51622380
Appl. No.: 14/412431
Filed: April 9, 2013
PCT Filed: April 9, 2013
PCT NO: PCT/CN2013/073964
371 Date: December 31, 2014

Current U.S. Class: 131/329
Current CPC Class: A24F 47/008 20130101; A24F 7/00 20130101; A24D 3/043 20130101
International Class: A24F 47/00 20060101 A24F047/00; A24F 7/00 20060101 A24F007/00; A24D 3/04 20060101 A24D003/04

Foreign Application Data

Date Code Application Number
Mar 27, 2013 CN PCTCN2013073292

Claims



1. An electronic cigarette including a cylindrical casing and an atomizer provided in the casing, wherein, one end of the casing is provided with a mouthpiece main cover and a mouthpiece vice cover, the mouthpiece main cover and the mouthpiece vice cover are separately inserted in and fixed to the inner wall of the casing in sequence, a cooling cavity for cooling the fine tobacco-liquid particles contained in the smoke on the inner wall thereof and allowing for as the smoke flowing through and transferring heat with the mouthpiece main cover and the mouthpiece vice cover the heat being absorbed by the both as a share, is formed between the mouthpiece main cover and the mouthpiece vice cover, the mouthpiece main cover and the mouthpiece vice cover both are provided thereon with vent holes communicating with the cooling cavity, the inside of the mouthpiece vice cover is formed with a vent column communicating the cooling cavity with the external of the electronic cigarette.

2. The electronic cigarette according to claim 1, wherein the mouthpiece vice cover includes a cylindrical vice cover body formed by combination of a top wall and a side wall and comprising a vice cover cooling cavity, the vent column is formed inside of the mouthpiece vice cover and extends axially from the top wall to the atomizer direction, the vent hole of the mouthpiece vice cover is formed inside the vent column and allows for the vice cover cooling cavity communicating with external air of the electronic cigarette, and the vent hole is a bending-type vent hole which is nonlinear and bends at least once to change the smoke flow path.

3. The electronic cigarette according to claim 2, wherein, the vent column is shaped as a cylinder and the bottom thereof is closed, an axial vent hole communicating with the external of the mouthpiece vice cover is formed inside the vent column and axially extends outward, at least one radial vent hole communicating the vice cover cooling cavity and the axial vent hole is radially provided to a part of the vent column within the vice cover cooling cavity, the bending-type vent hole is composed of the axial vent hole and the at least one radial vent hole.

4. The electronic cigarette according to claim 3, wherein 4 radial vent holes are provided on the vent column.

5. The electronic cigarette according to claim 2, wherein a locating rim matching the casing is formed on the top end outer side wall of the mouthpiece vice cover and radially extends outward.

6. The electronic cigarette according to claim 1, wherein an insertion peg shaped as a cylinder is formed on the mouthpiece main cover, the vent hole of the mouthpiece main cover is provided in the middle of the insertion peg and runs through the whole mouthpiece main cover along the insertion peg.

7. The electronic cigarette according to claim 2, wherein the mouthpiece main cover further includes a cylindrical main cover body formed by combination of a top wall and a side wall and having an accommodation cavity formed inside, the main cover body tensionally engaging with the inner side wall of the casing by the side wall thereof, the insertion peg is formed inside the mouthpiece main cover and extends axially from the top wall to the atomizer direction.

8. The electronic cigarette according to claim 1, wherein the mouthpiece vice cover is abutted with the mouthpiece main cover.

9. The electronic cigarette according to claim 1, wherein the mouthpiece vice cover is distanced with the mouthpiece main cover at a set distance, space in part of the casing which is between the mouthpiece main cover and the mouthpiece vice cover is deemed as a part of the cooling cavity.

10. The electronic cigarette according to claim 1, wherein the mouthpiece main cover and the mouthpiece vice cover are both made from plastic material with good heat insulation effect.
Description



FIELD OF THE INVENTION

[0001] The present invention relates to the field of electronic cigarette.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

[0002] Existing electronic cigarette typically includes a cylindrical shaped casing, inside of the casing is equipped with a tobacco-liquid cup for holding tobacco-liquid, an atomizer for atomizing the tobacco-liquid to smoke, and a storage power source for supplying power for the atomizer. A part of the casing is provided with a mouthpiece cover for sucking by smokers, the number of the mouthpiece cover is only one and the thickness of the inner-wall thereof is relatively thin. Since smoke flows out of the electronic cigarette via the mouthpiece cover from the inner of the electronic cigarette, and the vent hole of the mouthpiece cover is commonly a linear vent hole, some fine particles of the tobacco-liquid included in the smoke will be sucked into the mouth of the smoker directly from the linear vent hole, thus a phenomenon that the smokers suck in tobacco-liquid occurs. Moreover, due to the relatively thin wall thickness or the single-wall design of the inner wall of the mouthpiece cover, hot smoke will transfer heat with the mouthpiece cover when flowing through the mouthpiece cover, which leads to a continuous increasing of the mouthpiece temperature, exhibits a potential safety hazard of the smoker mouth being burnt or scalded. In addition, because the tobacco-liquid cup is provided with components such as a cup seat and an atomizer seat etc. inside, this complex inner structure results in time-consuming and inconvenient during assembly and disassembly.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

[0003] The object of the present invention is to provide an electronic cigarette, which can reduce or avoid the inhaling of the tobacco-liquid by smokers.

[0004] To achieve the above object, the present invention provides an electronic cigarette including a cylindrical casing and an atomizer provided in the casing, wherein, one end of the casing is provided with a mouthpiece main cover and a mouthpiece vice cover, the mouthpiece main cover and the mouthpiece vice cover are separately inserted in and fixed to the inner wall of the casing in sequence, a cooling cavity for cooling the fine tobacco-liquid particles contained in the smoke on the inner wall thereof and allowing for as the smoke flowing through and transferring heat with the mouthpiece main cover and the mouthpiece vice cover the heat being absorbed by the both as a share, is formed between the mouthpiece main cover and the mouthpiece vice cover, the mouthpiece main cover and the mouthpiece vice cover both are provided thereon with vent holes communicating with the cooling cavity, the inside of the mouthpiece vice cover is formed with a vent column communicating the cooling cavity with the external of the electronic cigarette.

[0005] Wherein the mouthpiece vice cover includes a cylindrical vice cover body formed by combination of a top wall and a side wall and comprising a vice cover cooling cavity, the vent column is formed inside of the mouthpiece vice cover and extends axially from the top wall to the atomizer direction, the vent hole of the mouthpiece vice cover is formed inside the vent column and allows for the vice cover cooling cavity communicating with external air of the electronic cigarette, and the vent hole is a bending-type vent hole which is nonlinear and bends at least once to change the smoke flow path.

[0006] Wherein, the vent column is shaped as a cylinder and the bottom thereof is closed, an axial vent hole communicating with the external of the mouthpiece vice cover is formed inside the vent column and axially extends outward, at least one radial vent hole communicating the vice cover cooling cavity and the axial vent hole is radially provided to a part of the vent column within the vice cover cooling cavity, the bending-type vent hole is composed of the axial vent hole and the at least one radial vent hole.

[0007] Wherein 4 radial vent holes are provided on the vent column.

[0008] Wherein a locating rim matching the casing is formed on the top end outer side wall of the mouthpiece vice cover and radially extends outward .

[0009] Wherein an insertion peg shaped as a cylinder is formed on the mouthpiece main cover, the vent hole of the mouthpiece main cover is provided in the middle of the insertion peg and runs through the whole mouthpiece main cover along the insertion peg.

[0010] Wherein, the mouthpiece main cover further includes a cylindrical main cover body formed by combination of a top wall and a side wall and having an accommodation cavity formed inside, the main cover body tensionally engaging with the inner side wall of the casing by the side wall thereof, the insertion peg is formed inside of the mouthpiece main cover and extends axially from the top wall to the atomizer direction.

[0011] Wherein the mouthpiece vice cover is abutted with the mouthpiece main cover.

[0012] Wherein the mouthpiece vice cover is distanced with the mouthpiece main cover at a set distance, space in part of the casing which is between the mouthpiece main cover and the mouthpiece vice cover can be deemed as a part of the cooling cavity.

[0013] Wherein, the mouthpiece main cover and the mouthpiece vice cover are both made from plastic material with good heat insulation effect.

[0014] By employing the above technical proposal, the present invention has the following advantages: first, a vent column is formed inside the mouthpiece vice cover, a bending-type vent hole communicating with external air of the mouthpiece vice cover is formed inside the vent column and is nonlinear with bending at least once to change the smoke flow path , which can reduce or avoid the inhaling of the tobacco-liquid by smoker. Secondly, the formation of a cooling cavity between the mouthpiece main cover and the mouthpiece vice cover of the mouthpiece component allows for the fine tobacco-liquid particles contained in the smoke naturally cooling and condensing on the inner wall of the cooling cavity, which can reduce or avoid inhaling of the tobacco-liquid by smoker. Moreover, while smoke flowing through the mouthpiece component, the heat exchanged between the smoke and the mouthpiece component is absorbed by the mouthpiece main cover and the mouthpiece vice cover as a share, such that the temperatures of the mouthpiece main cover and the mouthpiece vice cover are relatively low, which can avoid burning or scalding the mouth of the smoker and improve the utilization safety of the electronic cigarette. In addition, a closed space for storing the tobacco-liquid is formed by the mouthpiece cover, the liquid isolating member and a part of the casing together, replacing the conventional tobacco-liquid cup. The liquid-storage member is accommodated within the closed space and the inner structure is simple, which makes the assembly and disassembly of the electronic cigarette convenient and quick.

[0015] Embodiments of the present invention taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings are described in details as following.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0016] FIG. 1 is a front view of an electronic cigarette according to a first embodiment of the invention.

[0017] FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view of the electronic cigarette according to the first embodiment of the invention.

[0018] FIG. 3 is an exploded view of the electronic cigarette according to the first embodiment of the invention.

[0019] FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view of the mouthpiece main cover of the electronic cigarette according to the first embodiment of the invention.

[0020] FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view of the mouthpiece vice cover of the electronic cigarette according to the first embodiment of the invention.

[0021] FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view of the liquid isolating member of the electronic cigarette according to the first embodiment of the invention.

[0022] FIG. 7 is a front view of an electronic cigarette according to a second embodiment of the invention.

[0023] FIG. 8 is a cross-sectional view of the electronic cigarette according to the second embodiment of the invention.

[0024] FIG. 9 is a perspective view of the mouthpiece vice cover of the electronic cigarette according to the second embodiment of the invention.

[0025] FIG. 10 is a cross-sectional view of the mouthpiece vice cover of the electronic cigarette according to the second embodiment of the invention.

[0026] FIG. 11 is a front view of an electronic cigarette according to a third embodiment of the invention.

[0027] FIG. 12 is a cross-sectional view of the electronic cigarette according to the third embodiment of the invention.

[0028] FIG. 13 is a cross-sectional view of the mouthpiece main cover of the electronic cigarette according to the third embodiment of the invention.

[0029] FIG. 14 is a cross-sectional view of the mouthpiece vice cover of the electronic cigarette according to the third embodiment of the invention.

[0030] FIG. 15 is a cross-sectional view of an electronic cigarette according to a fourth embodiment of the invention.

[0031] FIG. 16 is a cross-sectional view of the mouthpiece main cover of the electronic cigarette according to the fourth embodiment of the invention.

[0032] FIG. 17 is a perspective view of the mouthpiece vice cover of the electronic cigarette according to the fourth embodiment of the invention.

[0033] FIG. 18 is a cross-sectional view of the mouthpiece vice cover of the electronic cigarette according to the fourth embodiment of the invention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0034] It should be noted that, in case no interference is resulted in, the embodiments and features contained herein may be combined with each other. The present invention is described in greater detail in conjunction with the accompanying drawings and embodiments. For purposes of description, direction shown in FIG. 15 will be referred in this embodiment.

[0035] As shown in FIGS. 1 to 6, a first embodiment of the present invention provides an electronic cigarette 100, which is an integrated electronic cigarette including a casing 1, the casing 1 is an integrated casing and shaped as a hollow cylinder. One end of the casing 1 is provided with a mouthpiece component 4 for sucking by smoker, and the other end of the casing 1 is closed by a base cover 19 on which an intake hole and an indicator light (not marked in the Fig.) are provided. Material of the casing 1 employs any one of following materials with the required hardness: metals, plastics, wood or paper materials.

[0036] The electronic cigarette 100 also includes: an atomizer 21 for transferring the tobacco-liquid into smoke by atomizing, a duct 35 for smoke flowing therethrough, a liquid-storage member 37 for storing tobacco-liquid, a liquid isolating member 31 for preventing tobacco-liquid from leaking, a storage power source 36 as well as a separate member 38 disposed between the liquid isolating member 31 and the storage power source 36, provided in the casing 1.

[0037] The mouthpiece component 4 includes a mouthpiece main cover 41 and a mouthpiece vice cover 42 used in combination with the mouthpiece main cover 41, a cooling cavity for cooling the fine tobacco-liquid particles contained in the smoke on the inner wall thereof and allowing for the heat being absorbed by the mouthpiece main cover 41 and the mouthpiece vice cover 42 as a share while the smoke flowing through the mouthpiece component 4 is formed between the mouthpiece main cover 41 and the mouthpiece vice cover 42. The mouthpiece main cover 41 is inserted into the casing 1 and fixed to the inner wall of the casing by tensionally engaging of the outer side wall thereof. The mouthpiece main cover 41 includes a cylindrical main cover body 410 formed by combination of a bottom wall and a side wall and comprising a main cover cooling cavity 413, an insertion peg 411 is formed on the bottom wall of the mouthpiece main cover 41 and axially extends outward, a vent hole 412 is provided in the middle of the insertion peg 411, axially perforating the mouthpiece main cover 41 and communicating with the center through hole of the duct 35, a locating rim 414 matching the casing 1 is formed on the top end outer wall of the mouthpiece main cover 41 and radially extends outward. The mouthpiece vice cover 42 is inserted into the main cover cooling cavity 413 of the mouthpiece main cover 41 and tensionally fixed to the side wall of the main cover cooling cavity 413. The mouthpiece vice cover 42 includes a cylindrical vice cover body 420 formed by combination of a top wall and a side wall and comprising a vice cover cooling cavity 422, a vent hole 421 is provided on the top wall of the vice cover body 420 and axially perforating to allow for venting between the inside and outside of the vice cover cooling cavity 422.

[0038] Since the vice cover cooling cavity 422 of the mouthpiece vice cover 42 is communicating with the main cover cooling cavity 413 of the mouthpiece main cover 41, the smoke enters into the main cover cooling cavity 413 from the vent hole 412 in the mouthpiece main cover 41, and then enters into the mouth of a smoker from the vent hole 421 of the mouthpiece vice cover 42 through the vice cover cooling cavity 422 of the mouthpiece vice cover 42. In this process, a part of fine tobacco-liquid particles contained in the smoke are cooled and condensed into tobacco-liquid drops on the side wall of the vent hole 412 of the mouthpiece main cover 41 and flow back to the duct 35, the other part of fine tobacco-liquid particles contained in the smoke continue to be cooled and condensed into tobacco-liquid drops on the top wall and side wall of the vice cover cooling cavity 422, the tobacco-liquid drops remain in the mouthpiece vice cover 422 or flow back to the duct 35 through the side wall of the vent hole 412 of the mouthpiece main cover 41. The amount of the fine tobacco-liquid particles contained in the smoke are reduced significantly after cooling and condensing twice in the mouthpiece cover component 4, thus the possibility of tobacco-liquid particles being inhaled in smoker mouth is greatly reduced or avoided. Meanwhile, the smoke will transfer heat with the mouthpiece component 4 when flowing through the mouthpiece component 4, and the heat exchanged may be absorbed by the mouthpiece main cover 41 and the mouthpiece vice cover 42 and also be distributed and shared by both. Therefore, the mouthpiece main cover 41 and the mouthpiece vice cover 42 each has a relatively low increased temperature when exchanging heat with the smoke respectively, which can prevent the smoker from burning or scalding at time of sucking the mouthpiece component 4, and thus improve the utilization safety. In order to further improve the utilization safety of the mouthpiece cover component 4, the mouthpiece main cover 41 and the mouthpiece vice cover 42 are both made from plastic materials with better heat insulation effect.

[0039] Inside the casing of the electronic cigarette 100 is provided with an atomization device (not marked in the Fig.) for transferring the tobacco-liquid into smoke by atomizing. The atomizer 21 is a part of the atomization device. The atomization device also includes a control board 22 for controlling the operation of the atomizer 21 and a control board support 23. The control board 22 is placed in the control board support 23, and a micro-pneumatic switch is provided on the control board 22 to control the circuit to energize in order to make the electric heat wire start to work. The atomizer 21 includes an electric heat wire 211 and a liquid guiding member 212 for absorbing the tobacco-liquid and supporting the electric heat wire 211, the electric heat wire 211 winds around the liquid guiding member 212. The liquid guiding member 212 can absorb and store the tobacco-liquid, and can be made from glass fiber or materials with liquid absorbent and liquid storage properties, such as cotton materials. In the present example, the liquid guiding member 212 is accommodated and fixed in the duct 35 which will be described hereafter, and both ends of the electric heat wire 211 respectively run through the liquid isolating member 31 and are electrically connecting with the positive electrode and the negative electrode of the control board 22.

[0040] The liquid isolating member 31 is inserted into the casing 1 and is fixed to the inner wall of the casing 1 by the tensional engagement of the outer side wall thereof, the liquid isolating member 31 is shaped as a cylinder and includes a main body 310 formed by combination of a side wall (not marked in the Fig.) and a bottom wall (not marked in the Fig.), the middle of the liquid isolating member 31 is provided with an insertion peg 311 for inserting with the duct 35, the middle of the insertion peg 311 is provided with a vent hole 312 axially running through the main body 310, an annular inner cavity 313 for accommodating the duct 35 and the liquid-storage member 37 is formed between the insertion peg 311 and the inner side wall of the liquid isolating member 31, a tensioner ring 314 for matching the casing 1 is formed on the outer side wall of the liquid isolating member 31 and radially extends outward. The main body 310 is fixed to the inner wall of the casing 1 by the tensional engagement of the outer side wall thereof and the tensioner ring 314; the bottom of the annular inner cavity 313 is provided with a wire guiding hole 315 locating at the outside of the insertion peg 312 and axially perforating the bottom wall of the liquid isolating member 31.

[0041] In this example, the liquid isolating member 31, the mouthpiece main cover 41 and a part of the casing 1 together form a closed space similar to the conventional tobacco-liquid cup for storing the tobacco-liquid. The liquid isolating member 31 and the mouthpiece main cover 41 are fixed to the inner wall of the casing 1 oppositely and spaced with a certain distance. The liquid isolating member 31 is used for preventing the tobacco-liquid in the liquid-storage member 37 from leaking out of the closed space. In the closed space is proved with a liquid-storage member 37 for storing the tobacco-liquid and a duct 35 for supporting the liquid-storage member, the liquid-storage member 37 is sleeved on the outside of the duct 35 and located between the liquid isolating member 31 and the mouthpiece main cover 41, both ends of the liquid-storage member 37 are separately abutted with the liquid isolating member 31 and the mouthpiece main cover 41 so as to be fixed axially.

[0042] The duct 35 is used to support the liquid-storage member 37 meanwhile used to support the liquid guiding member 212, and also used as a channel guiding the smoke produced after the tobacco-liquid being atomized by the atomizer 2. In this example, the duct 35 is a hollow cylindrical tube with a center through hole and can be made from plastic or fiber materials such as glass fiber tube, including a top portion and a bottom portion, wherein the top portion is inserted with the insertion peg 411 of the mouthpiece main cover 41, and the bottom portion is abutted with the liquid isolating member 31 and sleeved on the insertion peg 311 of the liquid isolating member 31, that is, the insertion peg 311 of the liquid isolating member 31 is inserted and fixed into the duct 35. The center through hole of the duct 35 is communicated with the vent hole 412 of the mouthpiece main cover 41 and the vent hole 313 of the liquid isolating member 31 respectively. A fixing groove 351 for supporting and fixing the liquid guiding member 212 is provided in the duct 35 and runs through the tube wall, the liquid guiding member 212 lies across the inside of the duct 35 and both ends thereof separately run through the fixing groove 351 and abut to the liquid-storage member 37 to absorb the tobacco-liquid for atomizing by the electric heat wire 211.

[0043] The liquid-storage member 37 is used for absorbing and storing the tobacco-liquid in order for the atomizer 2 atomizing the tobacco-liquid subsequently, and can be made from materials with liquid absorbent and liquid storage properties, such as cotton material. The liquid-storage member 37 has a hollow cylinder structure, and is sleeved on the outer side of the duct 35 and tensionally engaged with the outer wall of the duct 35 to support. The inner side wall of the liquid-storage member 37 is also abutted with the liquid guiding member 212. The tobacco-liquid penetrates from the liquid-storage member 37 to the inside of the liquid guiding member 212, and is evaporated to smoke by the electric heat wire 211 after being absorbed.

[0044] During smoking, external air enters from the intake hole on the bottom of the casing 1, through the vent hole 313 of the liquid isolating member 31, the center through hole of the duct 35, the vent hole 412 of the mouthpiece main cover 41, the vent hole 421 of the mouthpiece vice cover 42 flows out of the casing 1, forming an air path inside the electronic cigarette, and the electronic cigarette communicating with external air smoothly. Of course, external air can also enters directly from the vent hole 421 of the mouthpiece vice cover 42 through the vent hole 412 of the mouthpiece main cover 41 into the casing 1 and reach inside of the duct 35. When tobacco-liquid in the liquid-storage member 37 runs out, the tobacco-liquid can be reloaded by pulling out the mouthpiece cover component 4.

[0045] As shown in FIGS. 7 to 10, a second embodiment of the present invention provides an electronic cigarette 100', which has a substantially same internal structure with that of the electronic cigarette 100, except for that the electronic cigarette 100' includes a mouthpiece cover component 4' similar to the mouthpiece cover component 4, wherein the mouthpiece cover component 4' includes the mouthpiece main cover 41 and a mouthpiece vice cover 42' used in combination with the mouthpiece main cover 41, and the mouthpiece vice cover 42' is inserted into the main cover cooling cavity 413 of the mouthpiece main cover 41 and tensionally fixed to the side wall of the main cover cooling cavity 413. The mouthpiece vice cover 42' includes a vice cover body 420' formed by combination of a top wall and a side wall and comprising a vice cover cooling cavity 422', a vent hole 421' is provided on the top wall of the vice cover body 420' and axially perforates to allow for venting between the inside and outside of the vice cover cooling cavity 422; the bottom of the vice cover body 420' extends outward to form an insertion peg 423' for inserting with the main cover cooling cavity 413 of the mouthpiece main cover 41, the inside of the insertion peg 423' is provide with a through hole 424' communicating with the vice cover cooling cavity 422'.

[0046] The principle of the mouthpiece cover component 4' is the same with that of the mouthpiece cover component 4, and will not be described in details herein. The mouthpiece cover component 4' and the mouthpiece cover component 4 play the same role and have the same effect.

[0047] As shown in FIGS. 11 to 14, a third embodiment of the present invention provides an electronic cigarette 100'', which has a substantially same internal structure with that of the electronic cigarette 100, except for that the electronic cigarette 100'' includes a mouthpiece cover component 4'' similar to the mouthpiece cover component 4, wherein the mouthpiece cover component 4'' also includes a mouthpiece main cover 41'' and a mouthpiece vice cover 42'' used in combination with the mouthpiece main cover 41'', the mouthpiece main cover 41'' is inserted into the casing 1 and fixed to the inner wall of the casing 1 by the tensional engagement of the outer side wall thereof. The mouthpiece main cover 41'' includes a main cover body 410'' tensionally engaging with the inner side wall of the casing 1, the bottom of the main cover body 410'' axially extends outward to form an insertion peg 411'' for inserting with the duct 35 in order to define one end of the duct 35, a vent hole 412'' is provided in the middle of the insertion peg 411'' and axially perforates the mouthpiece main cover 41'' and communicates with the center through hole of the duct 35. The mouthpiece vice cover 42'' is inserted in the casing 1 and tensionally fixed to the inner side wall of the casing 1, meanwhile is abutted to the mouthpiece main cover 41'' or distanced at an appropriate distance. The mouthpiece vice cover 42'' includes a cylindrical vice cover body 420'' formed by combination of a top wall and a side wall and comprising a vice cover cooling cavity 422'', a vent hole 421'' is provided on the top wall of the vice cover body 420'' and axially perforating to allow for venting between the inside and outside of the vice cover cooling cavity 422''; a locating rim 423'' matching with the casing 1 is formed on the top end outer side wall of the mouthpiece vice cover 42'' and radially extending outward. At this time, the space between the mouthpiece main cover 41'' and the mouthpiece vice cover 42'' which is inside part of the casing 1 can also be deemed as a part of the vice cover cooling cavity 422''.

[0048] Since the vice cover cooling cavity 422'' of the mouthpiece vice cover 42'' is communicating with the main cover cooling cavity 412'' of the mouthpiece main cover 41'', the smoke enters into the vice cover cooling cavity 422'' of the mouthpiece vice cover 42'' from the vent hole 412'' in the mouthpiece main cover 41'', and then enters into the mouth of a smoker from the vent hole 421'' of the mouthpiece vice cover 42''. In this process, the principle of the mouthpiece cover component 4'' is the same with that of the mouthpiece cover component 4, and will not be described in details herein. The mouthpiece cover component 4'' and the mouthpiece cover component 4 play the same role and have the same effect.

[0049] As shown in FIGS. 15 to 18, a fourth embodiment of the present invention provides an electronic cigarette 200, which has a substantially same internal structure with that of the electronic cigarette 100, except for that the electronic cigarette 200 includes a mouthpiece cover component 5 similar to the mouthpiece cover component 4, wherein the mouthpiece cover component 5 also includes a mouthpiece main cover 51 and a mouthpiece vice cover 52 used in combination with the mouthpiece main cover 52, a cooling cavity substantially identical with the cooling cavity described in the first embodiment is also formed between the mouthpiece main cover 51 and the mouthpiece vice cover 52. The mouthpiece main cover 51 is first inserted into the casing 1 and tensionally fitted to the inner wall of the casing 1 by the outer side wall thereof. The mouthpiece vice cover 52 is then inserted in the casing 1 and tensionally fixed to the inner side wall of the casing 1, meanwhile abutted to the mouthpiece main cover 51 or distanced at an appropriate distance. In this embodiment, the space inside part of the casing 1 which is between the mouthpiece main cover 51 and the mouthpiece vice cover 52 can also be deemed as a part of the cooling cavity.

[0050] As shown in FIG. 16, the mouthpiece main cover 51 further includes a cylindrical main cover body 510 formed by combination of a top wall and a side wall and having an accommodation cavity 513 formed inside, the main cover body 510 tensionally engaging with the inner side wall of the casing 1 by the side wall thereof, an insertion peg 511 for inserting with the duct 35 to define one end of the duct 35 is formed inside of the mouthpiece main cover 51 and extends axially from the top wall to the atomizer 21 direction, the insertion peg 511 is shaped as a cylinder, a vent hole 512 is provided in the middle of the insertion peg 511 and axially runs through the whole mouthpiece main cover 51 and communicates with the center through hole of the duct 35. As shown in FIG. 17 and FIG. 18, the mouthpiece vice cover 52 includes a cylindrical vice cover body 520 formed by combination of a top wall and a side wall and comprising a vice cover cooling cavity 522, a vent column 521 is formed inside the mouthpiece vice cover 52 and extends axially from the top wall to the atomizer 21 direction, a bending-type vent hole is provided on the mouthpiece vice cover 52 for the inside of the vice cover cooling cavity 522 communicating with the external of the electronic cigarette 200, the bending-type vent hole is formed inside the vent column 521 and communicates with the external air of the mouthpiece vice cover 52, the so-called bending-type vent hole represents a nonlinear vent hole bending at least once to change the smoke flow path. The vent column 521 is shaped as a cylinder and the bottom thereof is closed, an axial vent hole 523 communicating with the external of the mouthpiece vice cover is formed inside the vent column 521 and axially extends outward, at least one radial vent hole 524 communicating with the axial vent hole 523 is radially provided to a part of the vent column 521 within the vice cover cooling cavity 522, so as to allow the vice cover cooling cavity 522 to communicate with the axial vent hole 523, thus allow the inner of the vice cover cooling cavity 522 to communicate with external; the bending-type vent hole is composed of the axial vent hole and the at least one radial vent hole. In this embodiment, 4 radial vent holes 524 are provided on the vent column 521. But the number of the radial vent holes 524 is not limited to 4 and can be set depending on the actual smoke amount. A locating rim 525 matching the casing 1 is formed on the top end outer side wall of the mouthpiece vice cover 52 and radially extends outward .

[0051] Since the vice cover cooling cavity 522 of the mouthpiece vice cover 52 is communicating with the vent hole 512 of the mouthpiece main cover 51, the smoke enters the vice cover cooling cavity 522 of the mouthpiece vice cover 52 via the vent hole 512 on the mouthpiece main cover 51, and enters the smoker mouth via the bending-type vent hole on the vent column 521, that is, enters the axial vent hole 523 via the radial vent hole 524 and then enters the smoker mouth via the axial vent hole 523. Since the smoke changes the flow path during flowing through the bending-type vent hole, few fine tobacco-liquid particles contained in the smoke remain after the first cooling by the vice cover cooling cavity 522, and the remained fine tobacco-liquid particles are continuously cooled and condense on the inner wall of the radial vent hole 524, which can further reach the goal of reducing or avoiding the inhaling of the tobacco-liquid by smoker. In this process, the principle of the mouthpiece cover component 5 is the same with that of the mouthpiece cover component 4, and will not be described in details herein. The mouthpiece cover component 5 and the mouthpiece cover component 4 play the same role and have the same effect.

[0052] The above description discloses the specific embodiments of the present invention. Note that those skilled in the art will appreciate multiple modifications and variations in light of the features of the present invention, and those modifications and variations shall be deemed within the scope of this invention.

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