ATOMIZER

Description

CROSS-REFERENCE TO PRIOR APPLICATION

This application is a continuation of International Application No. PCT/CN2024/140326, filed on Dec. 18, 2024, which claims priority to Chinese Patent Application No. 202421187589.6, filed on May 28, 2024, which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.

TECHNICAL FIELD

The present application relates to the technical field of electronic atomization, and in particular to an atomizer.

BACKGROUND

This section is intended to illustrate the content related to the present application, which is not necessarily be the disclosed prior art.

In the related art, some atomizers have two atomization chambers, and aerosols formed by atomizing the atomizable substrates in the two atomization chambers will flow to the nozzle. However, when the two atomization chambers are independent of each other and store different types of atomizable substrates, the aerosols generated by the atomizable substrates when the two atomization chambers work simultaneously are prone to diverge towards one side of the outlet of the nozzle respectively, thereby affecting the user's taste.

SUMMARY

This application provides an atomizer, comprising: a nozzle body; wherein, a mixing chamber is provided in the nozzle body, a side of the nozzle body is provided with a first air inlet port and a second air inlet port in communication with the mixing chamber, another side of the mixing chamber is provided with a suction port in communication with the mixing chamber; a spoiler structure is provided in the mixing chamber, and the spoiler structure is configured that gas flowing into the mixing chamber from the second air inlet port passes through at least part of the spoiler structure.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a structural schematic diagram of a nozzle assembly of an atomizer according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 2 is a sectional view of the nozzle assembly of the atomizer according to the embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 3 is a bottom view of a nozzle body according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 4 is an axonometric view of a spoiler plug according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 5 is an axonometric view of the spoiler plug according to the embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 6 is a sectional view of the nozzle body according to the embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 7 is a sectional view of the atomizer according to the embodiment of the present application; and

FIG. 8 is an exploded view of the atomizer according to the embodiment of the present application.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

This application provides an atomizer, comprising: a nozzle body; wherein, a mixing chamber is provided in the nozzle body, a side of the nozzle body is provided with a first air inlet port and a second air inlet port in communication with the mixing chamber, another side of the mixing chamber is provided with a suction port in communication with the mixing chamber; a spoiler structure is provided in the mixing chamber, and the spoiler structure is configured that gas flowing into the mixing chamber from the second air inlet port passes through at least part of the spoiler structure.

The nozzle body of the atomizer provided in this application has at least the following advantages:

In this application, the nozzle body has a mixing chamber inside, and the air inlet end of the mixing chamber is in communication with the first air inlet port and the second air inlet port, while the suction end of the mixing chamber is in communication with the suction port. In this way, one kind of aerosols generated by atomization of the atomizable substrates in the first atomization chamber and another kind of aerosols generated by the second atomization chamber will be mixed in the mixing chamber, and then the mixed airflow is discharged from the suction port, thereby avoiding the two kinds of aerosols from diverging towards one side of the suction port respectively. In addition, the spoiler structure is disposed in the mixing chamber to disturb the gas flowing into the mixing chamber from the second air inlet port, so that the two kinds of aerosols are mixed more thoroughly and uniformly, thereby further improving the user's mouthfeel.

In some embodiments, an installation chamber is provided in the nozzle body, and the installation chamber is in communication with the mixing chamber and forms a communicating port; the spoiler structure comprises a spoiler plug, and the spoiler plug is arranged in the installation chamber; the spoiler plug has a flow guiding surface, and the flow guiding surface forms a flow guide path from the second air inlet port to the communicating port.

In some embodiments, the spoiler structure further comprises spoiler ribs, which are arranged on an inner wall of the installation chamber and/or the spoiler plug, and are located within the flow guide path.

In some embodiments, the flow guiding surface is a smooth inclined surface, a lower portion of the smooth inclined surface corresponds to the second air inlet port in a first direction, and a higher portion of the smooth inclined surface corresponds to the communicating port in a second direction, wherein the first direction intersects with the second direction.

In some embodiments, a head of the spoiler plug is interference-fitted in the installation chamber, and a tail of the spoiler plug is provided with two supporting legs, the supporting legs abut against the nozzle body, and the flow guiding surface is located between the two supporting legs.

In some embodiments, the atomizer comprises a second atomization assembly, and a second air outlet port of the second atomization assembly is in communication with the second air inlet port.

In some embodiments, the second air outlet port is non-coaxial with the second air inlet port.

In some embodiments, the second atomization assembly comprises a second reservoir cotton and a second atomization member, a center of the second reservoir cotton is provided with a second atomization channel, the second atomization assembly is located at a bottom of the second atomization channel, and the second air outlet port is formed at a top of the second atomization channel.

In some embodiments, the atomizer further comprises a first atomization assembly, the first air outlet port of the first atomization assembly is in communication with the first air inlet port, and the first air outlet port is coaxially arranged with the first air inlet port.

In some embodiments, the first atomization assembly comprises a first reservoir cotton and a first atomization assembly, a center of the first reservoir cotton is provided with a first atomization channel, the first atomization assembly is located at a bottom of the first atomization channel, and the first air outlet port is formed at a top of the first atomization channel.

In some embodiments, the spoiler structure comprises a plurality of spoiler plates; the spoiler plates are located on an inner wall of the mixing chamber, and a flow guide gap is provided between the spoiler plates and the inner wall of the mixing chamber.

In some embodiments, the nozzle body further comprises a reduction chamber, the reduction chamber is isolated from the mixing chamber, and the first air inlet port is located closer to the reduction chamber relative to the second air inlet port.

In some embodiments, the atomizer further comprises a nozzle pad, wherein the nozzle pad is wrapped around a side of the nozzle body provided with the suction port; and the nozzle pad is provided with an avoiding port, and the avoiding port is aligned with the suction port.

In some embodiments, the atomizer further comprises a nozzle cover, the nozzle cover covers a side of the nozzle body provided with the suction port; and an inner wall of the nozzle cover is provided with a sealing plug inserted in the suction port.

In some embodiments, a gas inflow of the first air inlet port into the mixing chamber is greater than a gas inflow of the second air inlet port into the mixing chamber.

In some embodiments, the spoiler structure comprises a rotating fan blade.

In some embodiments, the spoiler plug is made of a silicone material.

In some embodiments, the nozzle pad is made of a liquid silicone material.

In some embodiments, the atomizer further comprises a power supply assembly, which is electrically connected to the first atomization assembly and the second atomization assembly, respectively.

In some embodiments, the power supply assembly is configured to selectively provide electric energy to the first atomization assembly and the second atomization assembly.

The above description is only an overview of the technical solutions of the present application. In order to have a clearer understanding of the technical means of the present application, it can be implemented according to the content of the specification. In order to make the above and other objectives, features, and advantages of the present application more obvious and understandable, specific implementations of the present application are described below.

In order to make the objectives, the technical solutions, and the advantages of the embodiments of this application clearer, the following will provide a clear and complete description of the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application in conjunction with the accompanying drawings. Obviously, the described embodiments are only a part but not all of the embodiments of the present application. All other embodiments obtained by a person of ordinary skill in the art based on the embodiments in this application without creative efforts fall within the protection scope of this application.

It should be understood that, the terminology used herein is only for the purpose of describing specific example embodiments and is not intended to be limiting. Unless otherwise explicitly stated in the context, the singular forms such as “a/an”, “one”, and “the” used herein may also indicate the inclusion of plural forms. The terms “comprising”, “including”, and “having” are inclusive and therefore indicate the presence of the stated features, elements, and/or components, but do not exclude the presence or addition of one or more other features, elements, components, and/or combinations thereof.

Although the terms first, second, etc. may be used herein to describe a plurality of elements, components, regions, layers, and/or sections, these elements, components, regions, layers, and/or sections should not be limited by these terms. These terms may only be used to distinguish one element, component, region, layer, or section from another region, layer, or section. Unless explicitly stated in the context, terms such as “first”, “second”, and other numerical terms used in the text do not imply an order or a sequence. In addition, in the description of this application, unless otherwise specified and limited, the terms “disposed” and “connected” should be broadly understood, for example, it may be a fixed connection, a detachable connection, or an integrated connection, or it may be directly connected or indirectly connected by using an intermediate medium. For those skilled in the art, the specific meanings of the above terms in this application can be understood according to specific situations.

For ease of description, spatial relative relationship terms can be used in the text to describe a relationship between one element or feature relative to another element or feature as shown in the figure, and these relative relationship terms are, for example, “outer”, “end”, “upper”, “lower”, “high”, “low”, “inner”, “middle”, “side”, “axial”, “first direction”, “second direction”, etc. Such spatially relative relationship terms are intended to comprise different orientations of the mechanism in use or operation in addition to the orientation depicted in the figures. For example, if the mechanism in the figure is turned over, the element described as “below another element or feature” or “under another element or feature” will subsequently be oriented as “above another element or feature”. Therefore, the example term ‘below’ may comprise orientations above and below. The mechanism may be otherwise oriented (rotated 90 degrees or in other directions) and the spatial relative relationship descriptors used in the text should be interpreted accordingly.

Embodiments of the atomizer will be described in detail below with reference to FIG. 1 to FIG. 8.

Referring to FIG. 1 and FIG. 2, the present application provides an atomizer 100, comprising a nozzle assembly 110 which comprises a nozzle body 111. The interior of the nozzle body 111 is provided with a mixing chamber 1111. One side of the nozzle body 111 is provided with a first air inlet port 1112 and a second air inlet port 1113 in communication with the mixing chamber 1111, and another side of the mixing chamber 1111 is provided with a suction port 1117 in communication with the mixing chamber 1111. The interior of the mixing chamber 1111 is provided with a spoiler structure 200, and the spoiler structure 200 is configured that gas flowing into the mixing chamber 1111 from the second air inlet port 1113 passes through at least part of the spoiler structure 200.

In this application, the nozzle body 111 has a mixing chamber 1111 inside. The air inlet end of the mixing chamber 1111 is in communication with the first air inlet port 1112 and the second air inlet port 1113, and the suction end of the mixing chamber 1111 is in communication with the suction port 1117. In this way, the aerosols generated by atomization of the atomizable substrates in the first atomization chamber and the second atomization chamber will be mixed in the mixing chamber 1111, and then the mixed airflow is discharged from the suction port 1117, thereby avoiding the aerosols generated by atomization of the two kinds of atomizable substrates from diverging towards one side of the suction port 1117 respectively. In addition, the spoiler structure 200 is disposed in the mixing chamber 1111 to disturb the gas flowing into the mixing chamber 1111 from the second air inlet port 1113, so that the aerosols generated by atomization of the two kinds of atomizable substrates are mixed more thoroughly and uniformly, thereby further improving the user's mouthfeel.

For easy understanding, referring to FIG. 7 and FIG. 8, the main structure of atomizer 100 in this application will be described below.

In some embodiments, the atomizer 100 comprises a shell 120 and a nozzle assembly 110, where the nozzle assembly 110 is located at the top of the shell 120 in some embodiments. An oil cup 130 is provided in the shell 120, and a first atomization assembly 140 and a second atomization assembly 150 that are independent of each other are provided in the oil cup 130. A first air outlet port 1411 of the first atomization assembly 140 is in communication with the first air inlet port 1112 of the nozzle assembly 110, and a second air outlet port 1511 of the second atomization assembly 150 is in communication with the second air inlet port 1113 of the nozzle assembly 110. In some embodiments, the first atomization assembly 140 is used as a main atomization assembly, and the second atomization assembly 150 is used as a flavor auxiliary atomization assembly, such as auxiliary sweetness, auxiliary acidity, auxiliary ice, etc. The gas flow of the first air outlet port 1411 of the first atomization assembly 140 flowing into the first air inlet port 1112 of the nozzle assembly 110 is set to a, and the gas flow of the second air outlet port 1511 of the second atomization assembly 150 flowing into the second air inlet port 1113 of the nozzle assembly 110 is set to b, then a>b.

In some embodiments, referring to FIG. 7, the first air outlet port 1411 of the first atomization assembly 140 is coaxially arranged with the first air inlet port 1112 of the nozzle assembly 110, and the second air outlet port 1511 of the second atomization assembly 150 is non-coaxially arranged with the second air inlet port 1113 of the nozzle assembly 110. On the premise of ensuring smooth flow of the primary aerosols generated by the primary atomizable substrate, the disturbance to the auxiliary aerosols generated by the auxiliary atomizable substrate is increased, so that the auxiliary aerosols can be uniformly mixed with the primary aerosols when flowing into the mixing chamber 1111 of the nozzle assembly 110.

In some embodiments, a power supply assembly 160 is further provided in the shell 120, and the power supply assembly 160 is located at the bottom of the shell 120. In addition, in some embodiments, the first atomization assembly 140 comprises a first reservoir cotton 141 and a first atomization assembly 142. The center of the first reservoir cotton 141 is provided with a first atomization channel 1412, and the first atomization assembly 142 is located at the bottom of the first atomization channel 1412 and electrically connected to the power supply assembly 160. The top of the first atomization channel 1412 forms the first air outlet port 1411. Similarly, in some embodiments, the second atomization assembly 150 comprises a second reservoir cotton 151 and a second atomization assembly 152. The center of the second reservoir cotton 151 is provided with a second atomization channel 1512, and the second atomization assembly 152 is located at the bottom of the second atomization channel 1512 and electrically connected to the power supply assembly 160. The top of the second atomization channel 1512 forms the second air outlet port 1511.

In order to ensure more thorough and uniform mixing of the two aerosols flowing into the mixing chamber 1111 from the first air inlet port 1112 and the second air inlet port 1113, the spoiler structure 200 is arranged in the mixing chamber 1111 and the installation chamber 1114 in communication with the mixing chamber 1111. In some embodiments, the spoiler structure 200 may be a spoiler plug 112, and/or a spoiler rib 115, and/or a spoiler plate 116.

Specifically, the term “and/or” in this application should be understood as follows:

The term “and/or” located between the first body and the second body comprises any of the following meanings: (1) only the first body, (2) only the second body, and (3) both the first body and the second body. The term “and/or” located between the last two bodies in a list of three or more bodies refers to comprising at least one body in a list of any particular combination of bodies in the list. For example, “A, B, and/or C” has the same meaning as “A and/or B and/or C”, comprising the following combinations of A, B, and C: (1) only A, (2) only B, (3) only C, (4) A and B without C, (5) A and C without B, (6) B and C without A, and (7) A and B and C.

In some embodiments, referring to FIG. 2 to FIG. 5, the spoiler structure 200 comprises the spoiler plug 112. The interior of the nozzle body 111 further has an installation chamber 1114, which is in communication with the mixing chamber 1111 and forms a communicating port 1115. The interior of the installation chamber 1114 is provided with the spoiler plug 112. The spoiler plug 112 has a flow guiding surface 1121, which forms a flow guide path from the second air inlet port 1113 to the communicating port 1115.

In some embodiments, the spoiler plug 112 may be made of a silicone material. Referring to FIG. 2 and FIG. 4, the head of the spoiler plug 112 is tightly fitted in the installation chamber 1114 in an interference fit manner, the tail of the spoiler plug 112 is provided with two supporting legs 1124, and the supporting legs abut against the nozzle body 111, and the flow guiding surface 1121 is provided between the two supporting legs 1124.

Referring to FIG. 2 and FIG. 5, in some embodiments, the flow guiding surface 1121 is a smooth inclined surface, with a lower portion 1122 of the smooth inclined surface corresponding to the second air inlet port 1113 in a first direction X, and a higher portion 1123 of the smooth inclined surface corresponding to the communicating port 1115 in a second direction Y, wherein the first direction X intersects with the second direction Y.

It should be noted that the aerosols generated by atomization of the atomizable substrate flowing in from the second air inlet port 1113 is first impacted with the lower portion 1122 of the smooth inclined surface, and is then guided to the higher portion 1123 of the smooth inclined surface. The higher portion 1123 corresponds to the communicating port 1115, so that the aerosols generated by atomization of the atomizable substrate flowing in from the second air inlet port 1113 flows into the mixing chamber 1111 from the communicating port 1115 and is mixed with the aerosols generated by atomization of the atomizable substrate flowing in from the first air inlet port 1112.

Specifically, the first direction X and the second direction Y may be perpendicular or non-perpendicular to each other, both of which fall within the protection scope of this application.

Referring to FIG. 6, in some embodiments, the inner wall of the installation chamber 1114 and/or the spoiler plug 112 are provided with spoiler rib 115, which are located within the flow guide path. In some embodiments, the spoiler structure 200 comprises a plurality of spoiler plates 116. The spoiler plates 116 are located on the inner wall of the mixing chamber 1111, and a flow guide gap is provided between the spoiler plates 116 and the inner wall of the mixing chamber 1111.

In the above embodiments, the spoiler plug 112, the spoiler rib 115, and the spoiler plate 116 can all disturb the gas flowing into the mixing chamber 1111 from the second air inlet port 1113, so that the two kinds of aerosols can be mixed more thoroughly and evenly, thereby further improving the user's mouthfeel, and avoiding the two kinds of aerosols from diverging towards one side of the suction port 1117 respectively. It should be noted that the spoiler structure 200 may also comprise other forms of structures, such as a small rotating fan blade or the like.

In some embodiments, referring to FIG. 2 and FIG. 3, the nozzle body 111 further has a reduction chamber 1116, the reduction chamber 1116 is isolated from the mixing chamber 1111, and the first air inlet port 1112 is located closer to the reduction chamber 1116 relative to the second air inlet port 1113.

It should be noted that the reduction chamber 1116 can save the weight and the material cost of the atomizer 100. In addition, if the nozzle body 111 is integrally injection molded, too much raw materials are placed, it is easy to generate a large amount of bubbles, which will affect the molding quality of the nozzle body 111. Therefore, the reduction chamber 1116 formed in the nozzle body 111 can also reduce the bubbles during the molding of the nozzle body 111. Similarly, the nozzle body 111 is provided with the installation chamber 1114 and then filled with the spoiler plug 112 rather than directly and integrally injection molding to form the spoiler plug 112, which can also reduce the bubbles when the nozzle body 111 is formed.

In some embodiments, referring to FIG. 1 and FIG. 2, the nozzle assembly 110 further comprises a nozzle pad 113, the nozzle pad 113 is wrapped around a side of the nozzle body 111 having the suction port 1117. The nozzle pad 113 has an avoiding port 1131, which is aligned with the suction port 1117. In some embodiments, the nozzle assembly 110 further comprises a nozzle cover 114, which covers the side of the nozzle body 111 having the suction port 1117. The inner wall of the nozzle cover 114 is provided with a sealing plug 1141, which is inserted into the suction port 1117.

The nozzle pad 113 may be made of a liquid silicone material to enhance the user's experience. In some embodiments, the sealing plug 1141 of the nozzle cover 114 is inserted into the avoiding port 1131 of the nozzle pad 113 and the suction port 1117 of the nozzle body 111 to prevent dust and enhance the hygiene effect of the atomizer 100 in scenarios such as carrying it around.

In some embodiments, referring to FIG. 2, FIG. 6, FIG. 7, and FIG. 8, particularly referring to FIG. 7, the working process of atomizer 100 is as follows: the first reservoir cotton 141 and the second reservoir cotton 151 respectively store different atomizable substrates, the user can start the atomizer 100 by performing an inhalation action at the suction port 1117 after removing the nozzle cover 114. After the atomizer 100 is started, according to a specific working mode, the power supply assembly 160 can selectively provide electric energy to the first atomization assembly 142 and the second atomization assembly 152. When the first atomization assembly 142 and the second atomization assembly 152 work simultaneously, the two kinds of atomizable substrates are atomized in a short time, one kind of aerosols generated by atomization of the atomizable substrate flow into the nozzle assembly 110 from the first air outlet port 1411 through the first atomization channel 1412, and another kind of aerosols generated by atomization of the atomizable substrate flow into the nozzle assembly 110 flow into the nozzle assembly 110 from the second air outlet port 1511 through the second atomization channel 1512. In some embodiments, the aerosols generated by the first atomizable substrate can directly flow into the mixing chamber 1111 from the first air inlet port 1112, while the aerosols generated by the second atomizable substrate needs to first flow into the installation chamber 1114 from the second air inlet port 1113, and be disturbed by the spoiler structure 200 such as the spoiler plug 112 and spoiler rib 115, and then flow into the mixing chamber 1111 from the communicating port 1115 to be mixed with the aerosols generated by the first atomizable substrate. The spoiler plate 116 may also be arranged in the mixing chamber 1111 to further disturb the mixed gas, making the mixing more thorough and uniform. Finally, the mixed gas is discharged from the suction port 1117 with a better mouthfeel.

Specifically, the embodiments of the present application only illustrate the structures related to the improvements of the present application in the atomizer 100, but it does not mean that the atomizer 100 in the present application does not have other structures. For example, the atomizer 100 also has an information display assembly 170, a battery bracket assembly 180, etc., and other structures will not be elaborated herein.

The term “one embodiment”, “an embodiment” or “one or more embodiments” referred to in this article means that a specific feature, structure, or characteristic described in conjunction with the embodiment is comprised in at least one embodiment of the present application. In addition, it should be noted that the word “in one embodiment” herein may not necessarily refer to the same embodiment.

In the specification provided herein, numerous specific details are described. However, it can be understood that the embodiments of the present application can be practiced without these specific details. In some examples, well-known methods, structures, and techniques are not shown in detail in order not to obscure the understanding of this specification.