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Electronic cigarette

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  • US 9,326,549 B2
  • Filed: 05/21/2015
  • Issued: 05/03/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/14/2004
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An electronic vaporizing device comprising:

  • a cylindrical housing having a longitudinal axis, a first end and a second end;

    an LED at a first end of the cylindrical housing to simulate a cigarette;

    an outlet at the second end of the cylindrical housing;

    an air inlet for allowing air to flow into the cylindrical housing;

    a battery, an electronic circuit board, a sensor, an atomizer comprising a hollow cylindrical chamber and a heating wire, and a liquid-supply within the cylindrical housing;

    the hollow cylindrical chamber co-axial with the cylindrical housing;

    the heating wire extending across the cylindrical chamber perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the cylindrical housing;

    an air stream passage between the inlet and the outlet, with the air stream passage leading to the atomizer to allow air to pass through the atomizer and across the heating wire;

    with the liquid-supply in physical contact with the atomizer; and

    wherein the liquid-supply is cylindrical and parallel to the longitudinal axis of the cylindrical housing.

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