公开(公告)号：US06810883B2

公开(公告)日：2004-11-02

申请号：US10290402

申请日：2002-11-08

申请人： John Louis Felter ,  Robert E. Lee ,  Ashok Solanky ,  Clint Blake ,  Pamela Davis ,  David E. Sharpe ,  Mark E. Watson ,  Robert L. Ripley ,  Brett W. Stevenson ,  William J. Crowe

发明人： John Louis Felter ,  Robert E. Lee ,  Ashok Solanky ,  Clint Blake ,  Pamela Davis ,  David E. Sharpe ,  Mark E. Watson ,  Robert L. Ripley ,  Brett W. Stevenson ,  William J. Crowe

IPC分类号： A24F1304

CPC分类号： A24F47/008

摘要： An electrically heated cigarette smoking device includes a heater unit, heater blades for applying heat to portions of a cigarette that is supported within the heater unit, the heater unit having an opening adapted to receive an end of a cigarette and adapted to position the end of the cigarette in proximity to the heater blades, and the heater unit defining at least part of a suction flow passage through which ambient air is drawn into contact with the cigarette when a smoker draws on the cigarette positioned in the heater unit. The heater unit is mounted within a partition that positions the heater unit relative to the housing and at least partially defines a bypass flow passage in fluid communication with ambient air surrounding the housing, the partition further defining a flow diverting passage leading from the bypass flow passage to the suction flow passage and through which ambient air is drawn from the bypass flow passage when a smoker puffs on a cigarette inserted in the heater unit opening. A flow sensor is positioned in the flow diverting passage to provide a signal indicative of a smoker taking a puff on the cigarette.

公开(公告)号：USD469962S1

公开(公告)日：2003-02-11

申请号：US29144600

申请日：2001-07-09

申请人： John M. Campbell ,  Brett W. Stevenson ,  William J. Crowe ,  Grier Fleischhauer ,  Wendy Marin Weiner ,  Robert Pandorf ,  Christopher O'Brien Wheeler

设计人： John M. Campbell ,  Brett W. Stevenson ,  William J. Crowe ,  Grier Fleischhauer ,  Wendy Marin Weiner ,  Robert Pandorf ,  Christopher O'Brien Wheeler

公开(公告)号：US5878752A

公开(公告)日：1999-03-09

申请号：US756223

申请日：1996-11-25

申请人： John M. Adams ,  William J. Crowe ,  Grier S. Fleischhauer ,  Jay A. Fournier ,  Mohammad R. Hajaligol ,  Willie G. Houck, Jr. ,  Donald B. Losee ,  Constance H. Morgan ,  John D. Naworal ,  H. Neal Nunnally ,  John B. Paine, III ,  Wynn R. Raymond ,  Robert L. Ripley ,  Jeffrey I. Seeman ,  Francis M. Sprinkel ,  Michael L. Watkins

发明人： John M. Adams ,  William J. Crowe ,  Grier S. Fleischhauer ,  Jay A. Fournier ,  Mohammad R. Hajaligol ,  Willie G. Houck, Jr. ,  Donald B. Losee ,  Constance H. Morgan ,  John D. Naworal ,  H. Neal Nunnally ,  John B. Paine, III ,  Wynn R. Raymond ,  Robert L. Ripley ,  Jeffrey I. Seeman ,  Francis M. Sprinkel ,  Michael L. Watkins

IPC分类号： A24F47/00

CPC分类号： A24F47/008

摘要： Methods and apparatuses for cleaning an electrical lighter are provided. A sleeve, e.g., ceramic or metal, surrounds the heater fixture, and a resistive heating element is in thermal proximity with the sleeve. The resistive heating element is either a dedicated element or the cigarette heating elements. The sleeve serves as a aerosol barrier and condensate accumulator to protect other components. Periodically, e.g., substantially contemporaneously with a battery recharge, the heating element is activated to thermally liberate condensates deposited on the sleeve during smoking and also heats, and thereby cleans, other components. Also, a cleaning element is optionally inserted into the cigarette receptacle of the electrical lighter or placed at the exit thereof to absorb, attract and/or catalytically break down the thermally liberated condensates. The sleeve also directs a desired flow path for drawn air within an electrical lighter toward the cigarette.

摘要翻译： 提供了清洁电打火机的方法和设备。 诸如陶瓷或金属的套管围绕加热器固定装置，电阻加热元件与套筒热接近。 电阻加热元件是专用元件或香烟加热元件。 套筒用作气溶胶屏障和冷凝液蓄能器，以保护其他部件。 周期性地，例如基本同时具有电池再充电，加热元件被激活以在吸烟期间热释放沉积在套筒上的冷凝物，并且还加热，从而清洁其它组分。 此外，清洁元件可选地插入电动打火机的香烟容器中或放置在其出口处以吸收，吸引和/或催化地分解热释放的冷凝物。 套筒还引导用于打火机内的抽吸空气的所需流路朝向香烟。

公开(公告)号：US5954979A

公开(公告)日：1999-09-21

申请号：US951225

申请日：1997-10-16

申请人： Mary Ellen Counts ,  William J. Crowe ,  John L. Felter ,  Grier S. Fleischhauer ,  Mohammad R. Hajaligol ,  Patrick H. Hayes ,  Willie G. Houck ,  H. Neal Nunnally

发明人： Mary Ellen Counts ,  William J. Crowe ,  John L. Felter ,  Grier S. Fleischhauer ,  Mohammad R. Hajaligol ,  Patrick H. Hayes ,  Willie G. Houck ,  H. Neal Nunnally

IPC分类号： F23Q7/00 ,  A24F47/00

CPC分类号： A24F47/008

摘要： A novel electrical smoking system and method of establishing resistance to draw upon a cigarette while smoking a cigarette in an electrical smoking system comprising the step of operatively interposing a frit between a source of ambient air and the cigarette.

摘要翻译： 一种新颖的电吸烟系统和在电吸烟系统中吸烟时建立吸烟香烟的阻力的方法，包括在环境空气源和香烟之间可操作地插入玻璃料的步骤。