E-Cigarette Atomizer Mouthpiece Segmentation for Refill Access
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing electronic cigarette vaporizers require complex processes for refilling and often result in resource waste, as they need special tools for liquid replenishment and can experience liquid overflow during refilling.
Innovation Solution
An electronic cigarette vaporizer design where the mouthpiece is dismountable, allowing direct filling of the liquid storage chamber, featuring a closed liquid storage system with a vaporizing tube, absorbent wick, and heating coil, and a vaporization separating sleeve to prevent leakage and facilitate easy reuse.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If the vaporizer uses a sealed liquid storage chamber with a fixed inlet structure, then liquid leakage is prevented during normal operation, but refilling becomes complex requiring special tools and disconnection of connecting ends
Solution Approach 1:
The vaporizer is divided into separable components: the mouthpiece assembly can be detached from the liquid storage chamber. This segmentation allows the liquid storage chamber to remain sealed during normal operation while enabling easy access for refilling by simply detaching the mouthpiece assembly, eliminating the need for special tools or disconnecting electrical connections.
Solution Approach 2:
The inlet structure is extracted from the sealed liquid storage chamber and integrated into the detachable mouthpiece assembly. This extraction allows the main liquid storage chamber to maintain its sealed structure for leakage prevention, while the inlet function is preserved in the removable part that provides access during refilling.
2Reliability
If the vaporizer requires disconnection of connecting ends for refilling, then the sealed structure is maintained, but the refilling process becomes complicated and time-consuming
Solution Approach 1:
The vaporizer is segmented into a sealed liquid storage chamber and a detachable mouthpiece assembly. This segmentation allows refilling to be performed by simply detaching the mouthpiece assembly rather than disconnecting electrical connecting ends, significantly reducing refilling time while maintaining the sealed structure of the liquid storage chamber throughout the process.
3Ease of operation
If the vaporizer allows direct filling access, then refilling is simplified, but liquid may overflow into the vaporizing chamber during refilling
Solution Approach 1:
The vaporizer structure segments the filling access point away from the vaporizing chamber. The detachable mouthpiece assembly provides the filling access, while the liquid storage chamber maintains its sealed structure during refilling. This spatial segmentation allows easy refilling through the mouthpiece assembly without risking overflow into the vaporizing chamber, as the two chambers remain structurally separated.
4Strength
If the vaporizer uses a fixed non-detachable mouthpiece, then structural integrity is maintained, but resource waste occurs when the liquid is used up
Solution Approach 1:
The vaporizer is segmented into a reusable sealed liquid storage chamber and a detachable mouthpiece assembly. The sealed liquid storage chamber can be refilled and reused, reducing resource waste. The mouthpiece assembly can be detached and replaced as needed. This segmentation maintains structural integrity through proper connection interfaces while enabling resource conservation through refilling capability.
Solution Approach 2:
The design enables recovery and reuse of the liquid storage chamber by allowing it to be refilled through the detachable mouthpiece assembly. Instead of discarding the entire vaporizer when liquid is depleted, users can recover the liquid storage chamber by refilling it, reducing resource waste while maintaining structural integrity through the sealed design.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
Enables easy and efficient refilling of e-cigarette liquid without resource waste, improving user experience by preventing overflow and simplifying the refilling process.
Implementation Method 1
an absorbent wick and a heating coil wound around a part of the absorbent wick are arranged in the vaporizing chamber
Implementation Method 2
a heating coil wound around a part of the absorbent wick are arranged in the vaporizing chamber
Implementation Method 3
a vapor flow channel and vaporizing chamber is arranged in the vaporizing tube, wherein the vaporizing chamber is in communication with the vapor channel of the mouthpiece
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AI summary
The invention provides an electronic cigarette vaporizer, comprising a housing, a mouthpiece connected with an end of the housing and provided with a vapor channel, and a threaded connecting end sleeve-connected with another end of the housing, wherein the mouthpiece is dismountably connected with an end of the housing, an outer sleeve is closely sleeved in the housing, an inner sleeve is arranged within the outer sleeve, a vaporizing tube is arranged within the inner sleeve, and a vapor flow channel and vaporizing chamber is arranged in the vaporizing tube, wherein the vaporizing chamber is in communication with the vapor channel of the mouthpiece, and an absorbent wick and a heating coil wound around a part of the absorbent wick are arranged in the vaporizing chamber, wherein the outer sleeve and the inner sleeve have one end sealingly connected with the mouthpiece and another end sealingly connected with the threaded connecting end, and a closed liquid storage chamber for storing cigarette liquid is formed between the outer sleeve, the inner sleeve, the mouthpiece, and the threaded connecting end. The invention has advantages that, when the cigarette liquid is used up and the mouthpiece is dismounted, the chamber body of the liquid storage chamber can be opened to facilitate the replenishment of cigarette liquid and the reuse of the electronic cigarette vaporizer by the user.