JP2018174880A - Electronic cigarette device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an electronic cigarette device capable of sucking a tobacco product on the market as an electronic cigarette as it is.SOLUTION: A cigarette product 10 on the market is stored in a housing part 108 as it is, and vapor generated by heating it by a heater is sucked. The housing part 108 is provided with an insertion body 110 to be inserted toward the pitch part inside of the cigarette product from the tip side of the cigarette product 10, and the cigarette product 10 can be heated also from the inside.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 2

Description

  The present invention relates to an electronic cigarette.

  In recent years, so-called "electronic cigarettes" have been popularized under the influence of passive smoking movement and rising health awareness. Electronic cigarettes electrically heat a heated object (cartridge etc.) containing nicotine and a scent component with a heater etc., and by sucking the water vapor generated by the heating, smoking is simulated without smoking. Is a device to

  For example, the electronic cigarette 1 described in Patent Document 1 (the code shown in the paragraph is the same as the code of Patent Document 1) has a suction port 4 and a substantially rod-like casing 2, and the casing 2 At least one discharge head provided inside the nozzle for discharging the flavor generation medium as a droplet from a nozzle communicating with the cavity by driving an actuator to change the pressure in the cavity filled with the liquid flavor generation medium And a control means 27 provided in the casing 2 for controlling the driving of the discharge means.

  Also, in recent years, places and times that can be smoked are also limited in detail in restaurants and the like, and a case such as "OK if electronic cigarette that does not emit smoke" has appeared.

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  However, all conventional electronic cigarette devices require a "dedicated" replaceable cartridge (heated body) for each device.

  It is a feeling that smokers want to smoke in any places, and as the above cases where the places and time that can be smoked in restaurants etc. are restricted to small areas, it is normal. The need arises to carry both tobacco and electronic cigarettes. In particular, since an electronic cigarette differs in the cartridge which can be used according to the kind of apparatus to be used, in a restaurant etc., the action of sucking and smoking ordinary cigarettes from others is not always possible. Therefore, it has been necessary to prepare and carry a considerable number of electronic cigarette cartridges in advance.

  Therefore, the present invention has been made to solve these problems, and it is an object of the present invention to provide an electronic cigarette device capable of sucking a commercially available tobacco product as it is as an electronic cigarette. There is.

  In order to solve the above problems, the present invention relates to a housing portion capable of housing a commercial cigarette product (hereinafter sometimes referred to simply as "cigarette product") as it is, and a heater portion for heating the housed tobacco product. The method is characterized in that the vapor generated by heating the tobacco product by the heater section is sucked.

  Thus, the electronic cigarette device of the present invention can accommodate and heat the tobacco product as it is, and can suction the water vapor (including tobacco components such as nicotine) generated by the heating.

  In addition, the housing portion is characterized in that the housing is provided with an insertion body which is inserted from the tip end side of the tobacco product toward the inside of the cut portion of the tobacco product by housing the tobacco product in the housing portion. .

  The water vapor generated when the tobacco product is heated is generated by heating the water contained in the original tobacco product's chopped portion (dried and chopped tobacco leaf) by the heater. However, when the water is removed by heating by the heater, no more water vapor is generated even if tobacco components such as nicotine remain in the division, so that it is not possible to perform satisfactory pseudo smoking. However, by providing the insert inserted inside the serration as in the present invention, when the tobacco product is removed, a "hole formed by the insert" is created at that position, so that the hole is filled with water. By doing this, it is possible to use the same tobacco product again to perform pseudo-smoking by electronic cigarette.

  The insert may also be configured to generate heat.

  According to this structure, since the tobacco product can be heated not only from the surface side but also from the inside, tobacco components such as nicotine contained in the tobacco product can be efficiently extracted as vapor.

  Further, the storage portion is characterized in that one end side of the tobacco product is exposed outside the storage portion even when the tobacco product is completely stored.

  With this configuration, the exposed (tobacco product) portion can be covered and suctioned, and there is no need to put a mouth on the device itself, so cleaning of the mouthpiece and the like are unnecessary and it is hygienic is there.

  Moreover, the cover body provided with the steam hole for the said vapor | steam to pass may be provided, and the said cover body is good also as mountable so that the exposed part of the said tobacco product may be covered.

  If comprised in this way, omission etc. of the accommodated tobacco product can be prevented beforehand.

  Furthermore, the cover body comprises a hollow needle in communication with the steam hole, the hollow needle reaching from the end face of the filter to the incisions of the tobacco product when the tobacco product is a product with a filter It is desirable to have a length that

  Commercially available tobacco products are often provided with so-called filters, but the electronic tobacco device according to the present invention does not necessarily burn the tobacco products themselves, so tobacco components such as nicotine which can be generated as water vapor The absolute amount is less than when burning the tobacco product. Furthermore, if the low tobacco component such as nicotine is filtered by the filter, it is not possible to perform satisfactory pseudo smoking. Therefore, by providing a hollow needle with a length that allows the filter to penetrate through the cover body, and communicating the hollow portion of the hollow needle with the steam hole, water vapor containing tobacco components such as generated nicotine can be efficiently sucked. It is possible to do

  By applying the present invention, commercially available tobacco products can be sucked as electronic cigarettes as they are.

It is an external view of the electronic cigarette apparatus which is an example of embodiment of this invention, Comprising: (a) is a front side perspective view, (b) is a side surface perspective view. It is a partial cross-section block diagram of the electronic cigarette apparatus which is an example of embodiment of this invention. It is a partial cross-section block diagram of the electronic cigarette apparatus which is an example of embodiment of this invention, Comprising: It is the figure which showed the state which removed the cover body. It is a cover body periphery enlarged view in FIG. It is a figure showing a state where water is supplied by a syringe to the tip of the tobacco product removed from the electronic cigarette device.

  Hereinafter, the electronic cigarette apparatus 100 which is an example of embodiment of this invention is added, referring an accompanying drawing. It should be noted that in order to facilitate understanding of the drawings, there are parts in which the size and dimensions of each part are expressed in an exaggerated manner, and there are parts that do not necessarily match the actual product. In addition, each drawing shall be viewed in the direction of reference numerals, and the orientation will be expressed as upper, lower, left, right, front, and back based on the orientation.

<Configuration of electronic cigarette device>
As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the electronic cigarette device 100 shown as an example of the embodiment of the present invention has an operation button 104 for operating the built-in heater on the side surface of the substantially rectangular case sink 102. , Has a simple appearance with a removable cover body 112 on the top surface. At the center of the upper surface of the cover body 112, a steam hole 116 for suctioning steam is formed.

  As shown in FIG. 3, a battery 106 is provided in the casing 102. The battery 106 may be a replaceable dry battery or the like.

  Further, below the cover body 112, there is provided a housing portion 108 capable of housing a commercially available tobacco product. That is, the housing portion is formed in a cylindrical shape with a bottom. Further, in the present embodiment, the containing portion 108 itself functions as a heater. Note that, by operating the operation button 104, the storage portion 108, which is also a heater, generates heat to a predetermined temperature using the power of the battery 106.

  Although not shown, a control unit for controlling the heat generation state of the battery and the heater is naturally mounted.

  At the center of the bottom surface of the housing portion 108, a needle-like insert 110 extending upward is provided. In the present embodiment, the insert 110 is integrally formed with the accommodating portion 108, and the heat generated from the accommodating portion functioning as a heater is also transmitted to the insert 110, and the insert 110 also generates heat. It is assumed.

  Further, when the tobacco product 10 is housed in the housing portion 108, the filter portion of the tobacco product is configured to be exposed from the casing 102, and the cover body 112 is mounted on the housing portion 108 so as to cover the exposed portion. .

  The cover body 112 is tailored to have a cylindrical shape with a top, and is provided with a hollow needle 114 (in the drawing, it is drawn thicker than it actually is for easy understanding of the structure) downward from the center of the top surface. The hollow portion 115 of the hollow needle 114 is in communication with the steam hole 116 provided on the upper surface of the cover body 112.

<Function and function of electronic cigarette device>
When using the electronic cigarette device 100 shown as an example of the embodiment of the present invention, the cover body 112 is removed from the casing 102, the tobacco product 10 is inserted into the housing portion 108, and the cover body 112 is attached again for use. When the cover body 112 is attached again, the hollow needle 114 provided on the cover body 112 is attached while being inserted into the filter 12 of the tobacco product 10. Thereafter, when the operation button 104 is operated, the housing portion 108 functioning as a heater generates heat, and the stored tobacco product 10 is heated.

  The pseudo smoker sucks in the cover body 112 to suck in the water vapor (including a tobacco component such as nicotine) generated by the heating through the steam holes 116.

  As described in the above configuration, in the present embodiment, the insert 110 is also configured to generate heat.

  Since it can heat not only from the surface side of tobacco product 10 but from the inside by having constituted in this way, it becomes possible to take out tobacco components, such as nicotine contained in tobacco product 10, efficiently as steam. There is.

  In addition, the housing portion 108 is provided with the insert body 110 which is inserted from the leading end side of the tobacco product 10 into the cut portion of the tobacco product 10 by housing the tobacco product 10. The water vapor generated when the tobacco product 10 is heated is generated by heating the water contained in the original (cut and dried tobacco leaf) portion of the tobacco product 10 by the heater. However, when the water is removed by heating by the heater, no more water vapor is generated even if tobacco components such as nicotine remain in the division, so that it is not possible to perform satisfactory pseudo smoking. However, by providing the insert 110 inserted inside the serration as in the present invention, as shown in FIG. 5, when the tobacco product 10 is removed, the holes 14 formed by the insert are in that position. Therefore, it is possible to perform pseudo smoking by electronic cigarette again using the same tobacco product 10 by supplying water 20 into the hole 14 using, for example, a syringe 22. .

  Further, the cover body 112 is provided with a hollow needle 114 having a hollow portion 115 in communication with the steam hole 116, and the hollow needle 114 is a filter when the tobacco product 10 is a product with the filter 12. The length from the end face of 12 to the cut portion of the tobacco product 10 (that is, the length which can penetrate the filter 12).

  Although commercially available tobacco products 10 are often provided with a so-called filter 12, in the electronic cigarette device 100 according to the present invention, the tobacco products 10 themselves can not be burned and thus can be generated as water vapor. The absolute amount of isobaric component is less than when burning the tobacco product. Furthermore, if the small amount of tobacco component such as nicotine is filtered by the filter 12, it is not possible to perform satisfactory pseudo smoking. Therefore, the cover body 112 is provided with a hollow needle 114 having a length capable of penetrating the filter 12, and the hollow portion 115 of the hollow needle 114 and the steam hole 116 are communicated with each other, thereby containing tobacco components such as nicotine generated. It is possible to efficiently absorb water vapor by bypassing the filter 12.

<Other configuration example>
Although the cover body 112 is provided in the above, it may not be provided in some cases (in particular, in the case of a so-called double-ended cigarette in which the tobacco product 10 is not originally provided with the filter 12). Even in such a case, the storage portion 108 is configured so that one end side (filter side) of the tobacco product 10 is exposed to the outside of the storage portion 108 even when the tobacco product 10 is completely stored. Since the filter portion (of the tobacco product 10) can be covered and suctioned, and the device itself does not need to have a mouth, cleaning at each time of the mouthpiece is unnecessary and it is hygienic.

10: commercial cigarette product 12: filter 14 (commercial cigarette product): hole formed by insert 20: water 22: syringe 100: electronic cigarette device 102: Casing 104 ··· Operation button 106 · · · Battery 108 ··· Housing (heater)
110 ... insert body 112 ... cover body 114 ... hollow needle 115 ... hollow portion 116 ... steam hole

Claims (6)

A storage unit that can store commercial cigarette products as it is,
A heater unit for heating the accommodated tobacco product;
An electronic cigarette device, wherein the vapor generated by heating the tobacco product by the heater unit is sucked. In claim 1,
The electronic cigarette is characterized in that the housing portion is provided with an insert body which is inserted from the tip end side of the tobacco product into the cut portion of the tobacco product by housing the tobacco product in the housing portion. apparatus. In claim 2,
An electronic cigarette device characterized in that the insert also generates heat. In any one of claims 1 to 3,
The electronic cigarette apparatus according to claim 1, wherein one end side of the tobacco product is exposed to the outside of the housing portion even when the housing portion completely houses the tobacco product. In claim 4,
An electronic cigarette device comprising: a cover body provided with steam holes through which the vapor passes, the cover body being mountable so as to cover an exposed portion of the tobacco product. In claim 5,
The cover body comprises a hollow needle in communication with the steam hole;
The electronic cigarette device, wherein the hollow needle has a length that reaches from the end face of the filter to the cut portion of the tobacco product when the tobacco product is a product with a filter.

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