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Electronic cigarette with woven fiber tube atomizer

US10701972B2 · kind B2 · utility

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19Claims

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Assignee

FONTEM HOLDINGS 1 B.V. · NL

Inventors

Stefan Biel · Hamburg, DE
Vaclav Borkovec · Hamburg, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Apr 8, 2016
Grant date	Jul 7, 2020
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Apr 8, 2036

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA61M15/06
WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

An electronic cigarette (10) includes an atomizer (26) having a coil-less heating element (4) with a heating section (6) connected to an electrical power source and two end sections in contact with a liquid supply (34). The heating element (4) is made of one or more woven fiber tubes (2) having a hollow interior such that the liquid can be transported from the liquid supply (34) to the heating section (6) through the hollow interior along the woven fiber tubes (2) or through the fiber materials via capillary action.

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