Integrated electronic cigarette and method for manufacturing the integrated electronic cigarette

Abstract

Disclosed are an integrated electronic cigarette and a processing method thereof. The integrated electronic cigarette includes a housing, and a main unit, a cartridge, and an auto-eject structure that are disposed within the housing, where the main unit and the cartridge are respectively disposed on both ends of the housing, and the auto-eject structure is located between the main unit and the cartridge. To smoke the electronic cigarette, a user inserts cartridge into a through hole defined in an end surface of the housing and presses the cartridge to return and secure the auto-eject structure at a preset position; the cartridge is thus coupled to the main unit and ready for inhaling. When replacing cartridge or adding e-liquid, the user presses cartridge to force auto-eject structure to eject from the preset position, and releases the force allowing cartridge to eject from the housing before the cartridge is simply pulled out.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . An integrated electronic cigarette, comprising:
 a main unit;   a cartridge;   a housing, the main unit and the cartridge being both disposed within the housing and located at both ends of the housing, respectively; and   an auto-eject structure, disposed between the main unit and the cartridge, the housing being defined with a through hole in an end surface of the end of the housing where the cartridge is located, the auto-eject structure controlling the cartridge to be inserted into or ejected from the through hole.   
     
     
         2 . The integrated electronic cigarette as recited in  claim 1 , wherein the auto-eject structure comprises:
 an elastic member;   a movable base, the elastic member connecting the housing and the movable base, and the movable base being disposed between the main unit and the cartridge and abuts against a bottom of the cartridge;   a movable support rod; and   a guiding and limiting groove, the guiding and limiting groove being defined in an inner wall of the housing, one end of the movable support rod being rotatably connected to the movable base and the other end of the movable support rod being located or sliding in the guiding and limiting groove, the guiding and limiting groove guiding the cartridge and the movable support rod.   
     
     
         3 . The integrated electronic cigarette as recited in  claim 2 , wherein the inner wall of the housing is defined with a frame, the main unit is fixed to a mounting position of the frame, the frame further comprises a limiting post parallel to a running direction of the cartridge, the elastic member is fixed to the limiting post, the movable base defines a limiting hole, the elastic member is a spring, one end of the spring is sleeved on the limiting post and the other end of the spring is inserted into the limiting hole. 
     
     
         4 . The integrated electronic cigarette as recited in  claim 3 , wherein the movable support rod is a U-shaped hook, the movable base is defined with a hook hole, one end of the U-shaped hook is disposed in the hook hole, and the other end of the U-shaped hook slides in the guiding and limiting groove. 
     
     
         5 . The integrated electronic cigarette as recited in  claim 4 , wherein the guiding and limiting groove comprises:
 an ejection guide groove; and   an insertion guide groove, the ejection guide groove being parallel to the spring, the insertion guide groove and the ejection guide groove corporately forming a bifurcation structure, an end point of the insertion guide groove coinciding with a start point of the ejection guide groove, the ejection guide groove protrudes from the insertion guide groove at the bifurcation of the insertion guide groove and the ejection guide groove.   
     
     
         6 . The integrated electronic cigarette as recited in  claim 5 , wherein the auto-eject structure is a dual-track auto-eject structure, the guiding and limiting groove and the U-shaped hook are each symmetrically disposed on both sides of the cartridge, respectively, to guide the cartridge; the movable base is a U-shaped frame movable base, and three sides of the U-shaped frame movable base are all in contact with the cartridge. 
     
     
         7 . The integrated electronic cigarette as recited in  claim 2 , wherein the auto-eject structure further comprises an elastic pressing piece, the elastic pressing piece is fixed to the housing and presses the movable support rod to allow the movable support rod staying within the guiding and limiting groove. 
     
     
         8 . The integrated electronic cigarette as recited in  claim 7 , wherein the main unit comprises a battery, a circuit board, a pneumatic switch, and a first airflow passage, the battery, the circuit board, and the pneumatic switch are electrically connected and are all disposed in their respective mounting positions in the inner wall frame of the housing, the pneumatic switch is in communication with the first airflow passage, the circuit board is defined with conductive columns electrically connected to the cartridge, the cartridge comprises an atomizer assembly, an oil reservoir, and a second airflow passage, the atomizer assembly comprises electrode columns that are matched with the conductive columns, a heating element, and an oil guiding element, the heating element is coupled to the electrode columns and the oil guiding element, the oil guiding element is in communication with the oil reservoir; the first airflow passage is in communication with one end of the second airflow passage, and the other end of the second airflow passage is a mouth piece. 
     
     
         9 . The integrated electronic cigarette as recited in  claim 8 , wherein the housing has a flat shape, and a tempered glass cover is disposed on each of both exterior sides of the housing; the main unit is further defined with an indicator light, which is coupled to the circuit board and placed on an inner side of the tempered glass covers. 
     
     
         10 . A method for manufacturing an integrated electronic cigarette, comprising:
 S 1 : molding, wherein an aluminum-magnesium alloy or a stainless steel substrate is subjected to an extrusion molding process for preliminary molding;   S 2 : CNC machining, wherein precise processing is performed on the substrate preliminarily molded in S 1  to form a frame;   S 3 : nano-corroding, wherein the frame formed in S 2  is sequentially placed in an alkali solution, an acid solution, and a T solution, to create nano-scale micropores in the surface of the frame, and then the frame is cleaned and dried;   S 4 : injection molding, wherein polyphenylene sulfide plastic or polyethylene terephthalate plastic is injection molded to form a mounting panel;   S 5 : nano-injecting, wherein the mounting panel is placed within the frame, and by way of injection molding, plastic injected permeates the nano-scale micropores of the frame, allowing the mounting panel to firmly combine with the aluminum alloy frame to form a housing;   S 6 : anodizing, wherein the housing formed in S 5  is placed in an electrolyte for anodization;   S 7 : CNC machining, wherein finishing of the housing in S 6  is performed;   S 8 : installing the components of the main unit and the auto-eject structure within the housing; and   S 9 : gluing, wherein glass covers are glued to the housing, with each of both sides of the housing being glued with a glass cover.   
     
     
         11 . The integrated electronic cigarette as recited in  claim 3 , wherein the auto-eject structure further comprises an elastic pressing piece, which is fixed to the housing and presses the movable support rod to stay within the guiding and limiting groove. 
     
     
         12 . The integrated electronic cigarette as recited in  claim 4 , wherein the auto-eject structure further comprises an elastic pressing piece, which is fixed to the housing and presses the movable support rod to stay within the guiding and limiting groove. 
     
     
         13 . The integrated electronic cigarette as recited in  claim 5 , wherein the auto-eject structure further comprises an elastic pressing piece, which is fixed to the housing and presses the movable support rod to stay within the guiding and limiting groove. 
     
     
         14 . The integrated electronic cigarette as recited in  claim 6 , wherein the auto-eject structure further comprises an elastic pressing piece, which is fixed to the housing and presses the movable support rod to stay within the guiding and limiting groove.