US 12,225,944 B2
Mouthpiece portion for an electronic cigarette
Claude Zominy, Copponex (FR)
Assigned to JT International S.A., (CH)
Appl. No. 17/638,533
Filed by JT International SA, Geneva (CH)
PCT Filed Aug. 28, 2020, PCT No. PCT/EP2020/074125
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Feb. 25, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/038071, PCT Pub. Date Mar. 4, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 19194716 (EP), filed on Aug. 30, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0287371 A1, Sep. 15, 2022
Int. Cl. A24F 40/485 (2020.01); A24F 7/00 (2006.01); A24F 40/10 (2020.01); A24F 40/42 (2020.01)
CPC A24F 40/485 (2020.01) [A24F 7/00 (2013.01); A24F 40/10 (2020.01); A24F 40/42 (2020.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A mouthpiece portion for an electronic cigarette, the mouthpiece portion comprising:
a liquid store having a housing and being configured to store a liquid to be vaporized;
a main vapor channel extending through the liquid store, between a vaporization chamber and a vapor outlet opening;
a mouthpiece comprising a vapor inlet and a vapor outlet,
wherein the mouthpiece portion is configured to provide a relative rotatable movement between the mouthpiece and the housing of the liquid store, between a first position and a second position, and
wherein the mouthpiece portion is configured to be open and only dispense vapor through the mouthpiece vapor outlet when the mouthpiece portion is in the first position, in which the vapor outlet opening of the main vapor channel is aligned with the vapor inlet of the mouthpiece, and
wherein the mouthpiece portion is configured to be closed and not dispense vapor through the mouthpiece vapor outlet when the mouthpiece portion is in the second position, in which the vapor outlet opening of the main vapor channel is not aligned with the vapor inlet of the mouthpiece.