ELECTRIC CIGARETTE
First Claim
1. An electric cigarette (10)having a heating coil (24),having a wick (20) which is in contact with the heating coil (24) at at least one point,having an insulating body (30, 30.2) in which the two ends (26, 28) of the heating coil (24) are arranged,having a dimensionally stable tube socket (64) which is fastened on the insulating body (30, 30.2),having a reservoir (60) which is arranged in a ring-shaped manner about the tube socket (64) and communicates with the wick (20),having a tubular housing (70) which surrounds the insulating body (30, 30.2) and the reservoir (60),whereineach of the two ends (26, 28) of the heating coil (24) is clamped and contacted individually in the insulating body (30, 30.2) in each case by means of one contact (40, 42, 56).
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Abstract
An electric cigarette has a heating coil (24) and a wick (20) which is in contact with the heating coil (24) at at least one point. The two ends (26, 28) of the heating coil (24) are arranged in an insulating body (30). A dimensionally stable tube socket (64) is fastened on the insulating body (30). A reservoir (60) which communicates with the wick (20), is arranged in a ring-shaped manner about the tube socket (64). The insulating body (30) and the reservoir (60) are surrounded by a tubular housing (70). According to the invention, each of the two ends (26, 28) of the heating coil (24) is clamped and contacted individually in the insulating body (30), in each case by means of one contact (40, 42). Such an electric cigarette can be produced by a first unit of wick (20), heating coil (24), insulating body (30) and contacts (40, 42) being produced and a second unit of tube socket (64) and reservoir (60) being produced. In the case of the second unit, the reservoir (60) can be filled with the desired liquid from the outside. The two assemblies are fastened together and are then slid into a housing (70). The production of the first and of the second units can be effected in a random order and independently of one another.
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Citations
15 Claims
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1. An electric cigarette (10)
having a heating coil (24), having a wick (20) which is in contact with the heating coil (24) at at least one point, having an insulating body (30, 30.2) in which the two ends (26, 28) of the heating coil (24) are arranged, having a dimensionally stable tube socket (64) which is fastened on the insulating body (30, 30.2), having a reservoir (60) which is arranged in a ring-shaped manner about the tube socket (64) and communicates with the wick (20), having a tubular housing (70) which surrounds the insulating body (30, 30.2) and the reservoir (60), wherein each of the two ends (26, 28) of the heating coil (24) is clamped and contacted individually in the insulating body (30, 30.2) in each case by means of one contact (40, 42, 56).
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12. A method for manufacturing an electric cigarette (10) by means of at least one assembly device with the following method steps
a) a first unit (90) is produced from wick (20), heating coil (24), insulating body (30, 30.2) and contacts (40, 42, 56), b) a second unit (92) is produced from tube socket (64) and reservoir (60), c) in the case of the second unit (92), the reservoir (60) is filled with the desired liquid from the outside, d) the first unit (90) and the second unit (92) are fastened together, e) they are then slid into a housing (70), f) wherein the production of the first and of the second units (90, 92) according to method steps a) and b) can be effected in a random order and independently of one another.
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