Abstract: The present disclosure provides a handheld garment steamer, including a water tank, an evaporator, a power pump and a nozzle, wherein the water tank is used for storing water; the water tank is arranged below the water tank and is used for heating the water to turn the water into water vapor; the power pump is connected with the water tank and the evaporator and is used for pumping the water in the water tank to the evaporator; the nozzle is arranged above the water tank; and a vent of the nozzle is connected with the evaporator through a steam pipe. In the present disclosure, a center of gravity of the garment steamer is at the bottom, so that the garment steam is not easy to tilt during use, and the operation is more labor-saving.

Abstract: An electronic cigarette and a heating assembly thereof. The heating assembly comprises a porous member for absorbing an e-liquid and at least one heating member for heating and atomizing the e-liquid absorbed by the porous member. The at least one heating member comprises an elongated sheet-shaped heating portion. The sheet-shaped heating portion comprises a heating grid. At least part of the heating grid is partially embedded in the porous member. The porous member comprises an atomization surface corresponding to the at least part of the heating grid.

Abstract: Cartridges for vaporizer devices are provided. In one exemplary embodiment, the cartridge can include a reservoir housing, an airflow tube that extends through the reservoir housing, and a folded mesh that is disposed within the airflow tube and includes a plurality of folds. The airflow tube defines a passageway extending therethrough and at least a portion of the airflow tube is permeable to the vaporizable material, in which the permeable portion of the airflow tube is configured to draw vaporizable material from the reservoir housing into the airflow tube for vaporization. The folded mesh is configured to change from a deactivated state to an activated state in response to receiving an electric current, and when in the activated state, the folded mesh is configured to generate an amount of heat that is sufficient to vaporize at least a portion of the vaporizable material drawn from the reservoir housing. Vaporizer devices are also provided.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides aerosol delivery devices. In an example implementation, an aerosol delivery device comprises an aerosol source member that defines an outer surface and an interior area and includes a substrate material having an aerosol precursor composition associated therewith, a control body having a housing that is configured to receive the aerosol source member, an electrical energy source coupled with the housing, and a heating assembly operatively connected to the electrical energy source. The heating assembly includes a plurality of spikes that may be configured to articulate between a retracted position, in which the plurality of spikes is not in contact with the aerosol source member, and a heating position, in which the plurality of spikes pierces through the outer surface of the substrate material and into a portion of the interior area thereof.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an electronic cigarette and a heating assembly thereof. The heating assembly comprise: a porous member for absorbing an e-liquid and at least one heating member for heating and atomizing the e-liquid absorbed by the porous member. The at least one heating member comprises an elongated sheet-shaped heating portion. At least part of the sheet-shaped heating portion is partially embedded in the porous member. The porous member comprises an atomization surface corresponding to the at least part of the sheet-shaped heating portion. In the present invention, a heating member of a heating assembly comprises a sheet-shaped heating portion embedded in a porous member, such that a majority of a surface of the sheet-shaped heating portion is in contact with the porous member, thereby improving heat dissipation efficiency, and ensuring secure connection.

Abstract: An e-vapor device may include a pre-vapor sector and a heater structure arranged in thermal contact with the pre-vapor sector. The pre-vapor sector is configured to hold and dispense a pre-vapor formulation. The heater structure includes a base wire and a shell layer coating the base wire. The base wire is insulated from the shell layer. The shell layer includes at least one recessed portion between a first unrecessed portion and a second unrecessed portion. The at least one recessed portion is a thinner section of the shell layer that is configured to vaporize the pre-vapor formulation to generate a vapor. As a result of the heater design, the heater structure is stiffer and more robust than other related heaters in the art, thus allowing more options for its implementation.

Abstract: An electrically operated aerosol-generating system may include a reservoir configured to hold a liquid aerosol-forming substrate, an atomizer assembly configured to vaporize the liquid aerosol-forming substrate to form an aerosol, and a pump configured to convey the liquid aerosol-forming substrate from the reservoir to the atomizer assembly. The reservoir may include a substantially rigid housing and an inlet valve that is configured to allow air into the reservoir based on a pressure difference between an interior of the housing and an exterior of the housing exceeding a threshold pressure difference. This improves the reliability and efficiency of delivery of liquid to the wick. The system may further include a robust reservoir that is configured to at least partially mitigate liquid leakage between the reservoir interior and the reservoir exterior.

Abstract: There is disclosed an aerosol delivery device. The aerosol delivery device includes a first aerosol first aerosol sized for pulmonary penetration; and a second aerosol sized to inhibit pulmonary penetration. The second aerosol is transmissible within at least one of: a mammalian oral cavity and a mammalian nasal cavity, and the second aerosol comprising an active component for activating at least one of: one or more taste receptors in said oral cavity and one or more olfactory receptors in said nasal cavity. The second aerosol generator includes a Venturi aperture to generate the second aerosol. There is disclosed a consumable for a substitute smoking device and a substitute smoking system. The consumable includes an airflow passage between an upstream inlet of the consumable and a downstream outlet of the consumable. The consumable also includes a porous member for passive aerosol generation. The airflow passage is constricted by the porous member to form a narrowed portion of the airflow passage.

Abstract: An apparatus comprising a heater configured to heat smokeable material to volatilize at least one component of the smokeable material, wherein the heater is elongate and comprises a plurality of independently controllable heating regions arranged sequentially along a longitudinal axis of the heater.

Abstract: A handheld steam iron for straightening creases in wrinkled fabric is disclosed. The handheld steam iron can combine the benefits of both an iron and a steamer by providing heat and steam to a garment. The handheld steam iron can include an upper arm and a lower body. The upper arm and/or lower body can include a plate, steam chambers, or both. The steam iron can include a pump to provide fluid to the upper arm and/or lower body. The steam iron can also include a fluid reservoir that enables a user to quickly provide the liquid used for steam.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a system, a method, a device, and an electronic atomizing device for detecting a nicotine content in an e-liquid. The system includes: a sampling circuit configured to acquire characteristic parameters, and the characteristic parameters being configured to calculate an impedance of the e-liquid in an e-liquid containing component; and a controller electrically connected to the sampling circuit, configured to calculate the impedance of the e-liquid according to the characteristic parameters fed back by the sampling circuit, and determine the nicotine content in the e-liquid according to the impedance of the e-liquid and a preset corresponding relation between the impedance and the nicotine content.

Abstract: A personal vaporizer is constructed so that a tank module is filled with a vaporizing medium prior to being attached to a mouthpiece module. During filling, the tank module is in a first configuration in which a structure blocks media within the tank from flowing into an air path of the tank module. When the mouthpiece module is attached to the tank module after filling, the structure is modified, moving the tank module into a second configuration. However, in the second configuration an elongated tube of the mouthpiece module blocks media within the tank from flowing into the air path of the tank module.

Abstract: An aerosol-generating system including a fluid-permeable electric heater assembly is provided, the fluid-permeable electric heater assembly including: an electrically insulating substrate; an aperture formed in the electrically insulating substrate; and a heater element fixed to the electrically insulating substrate, the heater element spanning the aperture and comprising a plurality of electrically conductive filaments connected to first and second electrically conductive contact portions, the first and the second electrically conductive contact portions disposed on opposite sides of the aperture to one another, and the plurality of electrically conductive filaments form interstices, the first and the second electrically conductive contact portions being configured to allow contact with an external power supply; and the aerosol-generating system having a longitudinal axis and the heater element being substantially flat and extending parallel to the longitudinal axis.

Abstract: A cartridge includes a liquid storage chamber and an atomizing device. The atomizing device includes an atomizing base and a liquid absorbing member installed in the atomizing base. The atomizing base is provided with an atomizing chamber therein. The atomizing base is made of an elastic material. The atomizing base is provided with a through hole. The liquid absorbing member extends through the through hole, and the inner wall of the through hole closely abuts against the outer wall of the liquid absorbing member to isolate the liquid storage chamber from the atomizing chamber. No gap causing e-liquid leakage is present between the liquid absorbing member and the through hole, thereby effectively preventing e-liquid leakage, achieving good isolation between e-liquid and vapor, and simplifying the assembly process. An electronic cigarette having the cartridge is also provided.

Abstract: A capsule for an electronic cigarette has a first end for engaging with an electronic cigarette device and a second end configured as a mouthpiece portion having a vapor outlet, the capsule further including a liquid store configured to contain a liquid to be vaporized, a vaporizing unit including a heater and a fluid transfer element, the vaporizing unit being arranged within a vaporizing chamber, a main vapor channel extending from the vaporizing chamber to the vapor outlet in the mouthpiece, and a housing enclosing the liquid store and the vaporizing unit, wherein the heater is a heating coil with a height corresponding to 25%-50% of the height of the fluid transfer element, wherein the power density of the heater is between 4000 and 7000 W/m2K, and the power density is between 1.10 to 2.350 Watt/mm2.

Abstract: Provided is a three-dimensional atomization device for heating a porous liquid guiding material. The atomization device comprises a porous liquid guiding material member (10) and a heating member (20). The porous liquid guiding material member (10) has a plurality of outer surfaces. The heating member (20) is provided on at least two adjacent outer surfaces of the plurality of outer surfaces to form at least two heating surfaces (201). The heating member (20) forms one or more metal heating trajectories (100) on the heating surfaces (201). The metal heating trajectories (100) are equidistantly distributed in a lengthwise direction of the porous liquid guiding material member (10). The porous liquid guiding material member (10) realizes a liquid transmission along a lengthwise direction which is defined as a first direction, and an airflow transmission along a second direction which is perpendicular to the second direction.

Abstract: An electrically heated smoking system includes a shell and a replaceable mouthpiece. The shell includes an electric power supply and electric circuitry. The mouthpiece includes a liquid storage portion and a capillary wick having a first end and a second end. The first end of the wick extends into the liquid storage portion for contact with liquid therein. The mouthpiece also includes a heating element for heating the second end of the capillary wick, an air outlet, and an aerosol forming chamber between the second end of the capillary wick and the air outlet. When the shell and mouthpiece are engaged or connected, the heating element is in electrical connection with the power supply via the circuitry, and a flowpath for air is defined from at least one air inlet to the air outlet via the aerosol forming chamber. In use, liquid is transferred from the liquid storage portion towards the heating element by capillary action in the wick.

Abstract: A handheld pressing and steaming appliance includes: an upper arm; a lower arm attached at one end to an end of the upper arm; a steam generation unit mounted on the upper arm; a water reservoir located in the upper arm and/or the lower arm; a water pump fluidly connected to the water reservoir and to the steam generation unit; a heating plate mounted near a free end of the upper arm and including a plurality of first exhaust holes that are in fluid communication with the steam generation unit; and a bearing plate mounted on the lower arm at a free end thereof, the bearing plate including a plurality of second exhaust holes. The appliance is movable between open and closed positions. In the closed the second exhaust holes are substantially aligned with the first exhaust holes, such that steam exhausted from the first exhaust holes also passes through the second exhaust holes.

Abstract: An atomizer includes an outer glass tube and an inner glass tube. The inner glass tube is disposed in the outer glass tube. The upper edge of the inner glass tube is integrated with the inner wall of the outer glass tube. The inner glass tube includes an air passage communicating with the upper opening of the outer glass tube. The space between the outer glass tube and the inner glass tube is used as an e-liquid tank and e-liquid is injected to the space via the bottom opening of the outer glass tube for atomization.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides aerosol delivery devices. In an example implementation, an aerosol delivery device comprises an aerosol source member that defines an outer surface and an interior area and includes a substrate material having an aerosol precursor composition associated therewith, a control body having a housing that is configured to receive the aerosol source member, an electrical energy source coupled with the housing, and a heating assembly operatively connected to the electrical energy source. The heating assembly includes a plurality of spikes that may be configured to articulate between a retracted position, in which the plurality of spikes is not in contact with the aerosol source member, and a heating position, in which the plurality of spikes pierces through the outer surface of the substrate material and into a portion of the interior area thereof.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an atomizer and an electronic cigarette. The atomizer includes a housing, an atomization component, a base and a dry-wet separation component. An internal space of the housing is divided into an e-liquid storage chamber and an atomization chamber. The atomization component is provided inside the atomization chamber. The dry-wet separation component is provided inside the housing; one end of the dry-wet separation component is fixed to the base, the dry-wet separation component is capable of stretching and contracting in a direction perpendicular to the base. The atomization component is not in communication with or is in communication with the e-liquid storage chamber along with stretching and contracting of the dry-wet separation component.

Abstract: A pressing appliance including a body having a handle and a steam emission head connected to the handle, the steam emission head including a treatment face configured to press against a garment, the treatment face having at least one steam outlet orifice and one heatable surface configured to contact the garment, at least one an accessory configured to be removably mounted on the steam emission head, wherein the heatable surface is arranged at an end of a protrusion projecting on the body, at the treatment face, the body further including a peripheral surface extending at a foot of the protrusion and wherein the accessory includes a through-opening engaged around the protrusion when the accessory is mounted on the steam emission head, the accessory positioned in front of the peripheral surface and having at least one treatment surface, extending at a periphery of the through-opening, configured to contact the garment.

Abstract: A hair styling device includes a first and a second arm each having first and second gripping sections mounted to be articulated between the open and closed configurations; a reservoir mounted on the first arm and designed to contain a fluid to be vaporised; a vaporisation device mounted on the first arm and designed to produce steam; and a fluid conveyor element secured to the reservoir and designed to convey the fluid contained in the reservoir towards the vaporisation device. The reservoir extends at least partly in the first gripping section and is mounted such that it can move between a vaporisation position in which the vaporisation device is configured to vaporise the fluid conveyed by said fluid conveyor element, and a resting position.

Abstract: An e-vapor device may include a pre-vapor sector and a heater structure arranged in thermal contact with the pre-vapor sector. The pre-vapor sector is configured to hold and dispense a pre-vapor formulation. The heater structure includes a base wire and a shell layer coating the base wire. The base wire is insulated from the shell layer. The shell layer includes at least one recessed portion between a first unrecessed portion and a second unrecessed portion. The at least one recessed portion is a thinner section of the shell layer that is configured to vaporize the pre-vapor formulation to generate a vapor. As a result of the heater design, the heater structure is stiffer and more robust than other related heaters in the art, thus allowing more options for its implementation.

Abstract: An apparatus comprising a heater configured to heat smokable material to volatilize at least one component of the smokable material, wherein the heater is elongate and comprises a plurality of independently controllable heating regions arranged sequentially along a longitudinal axis of the heater.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to aerosol delivery devices, methods of forming such devices, and elements of such devices. In some embodiments, the present disclosure provides atomizers and elements thereof, such as a combined wick and heater configured to improve vaporization response time, particularly on porous, monolithic wicks. The wick can have a tapered end that engages the interior of a substantially basket-shaped wire heater coil. The heater also may be in the form of a conductive mesh that is present on a portion of the wick.

Abstract: A scent vaporizing and distribution device uses an electric heating element to rapidly vaporize a liquid scent material. An airflow generator is used to create a distribution airflow that distributes the vapor from the device. The airflow generator can be an electric-powered fan or a manually-powered pump or squeezable bladder. The liquid scent material can include a glycol or a water-glycol mixture. A scent material such as liquid or powdered deer urine or a pleasant scent that can be used as a room or automobile or room freshener is mixed with the liquid. The vapor generator can be removable and replaceable such that different scents can be used with a single airflow generator or an empty generator can be replaced.

Abstract: An electronic cigarette, including an atomization assembly and a battery assembly. The atomization assembly includes a clearomizer. The clearomizer includes a first sealing gasket, an e-liquid storage tank, a second sealing gasket, and a heating module. The first sealing gasket and the second sealing gasket are disposed on two ends of the e-liquid storage tank, respectively. The beating module is disposed in the e-liquid storage tank and between the first sealing gasket and the second sealing gasket.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus for vaporizing liquid into the surrounding environment, including directing liquid from a liquid source through an inverse-opal wicking structure to a vaporization port where the vaporization port is formed by a through-hole in a structure connecting a first side of the structure to a second side, with all dimensions ranging from 10 um to 300 um, that is in fluid communication with the liquid source and the surrounding environment so that fluid is transported through the vaporization port between the first and the second side. The methods and apparatus includes plurality of heating elements that may be individually and/or selectively addressable by at least three electrode leads.

Abstract: A wind direction indicator includes a smoke generator, a housing, an electrical power source, an air pump and a switch all arranged such that the indicator may be actuated by a user using a single hand. The smoke generator may be a cartomizer as an example. The indicator may include a rechargeable battery, a power outlet circuit and a SD card reader and transmitter for transmitting data from the SD card to a cellphone via a wireless connection such as Wi-Fi or bluetooth.

Abstract: A heater system is provided, which includes a plurality of heaters, a controller for supplying power to the plurality of heaters, a plurality sets of auxiliary wires extending from the plurality of heaters, and a wire harness for connecting the plurality sets of auxiliary wires to the controller. Each set of auxiliary wires includes three wires, two of the three wires being made of different materials and being joined to form a thermocouple junction, such that each of the plurality of heaters is operable to function as both a heater and a temperature sensor.

Abstract: An electronic smoking device is provided including a power supply portion comprising a power supply, an atomizer/liquid reservoir portion comprising a liquid reservoir storing a liquid, and an atomizer adapted to atomize the liquid stored in the liquid reservoir when operated by the power supply. The atomizer extends away from the liquid reservoir in a first direction (L). The atomizer comprises first atomizer sections, wherein each of the first atomizer sections defines an opening that is at least partly encircled by the first atomizer section. The sizes of the openings defined by the first atomizer sections decrease with increasing distance of the first atomizer sections from the liquid reservoir in the first direction.

Abstract: Described herein is apparatus for heating smokable material to volatilize at least one component of the smokable material. The apparatus comprises a first casing portion comprising a first connector and a recess for receiving a cartridge, and a second casing portion comprising a second connector for engagement with the first connector. When engaged, the first and second connectors define an inlet between the first and second connectors for admitting air into the recess from an exterior of the smoking article.

Abstract: Disclosed is an article for use with an apparatus for heating smokable material to volatilize at least one component of the smokable material. The article includes a carrier having plural thermally-conductive portions, on which are locatable respective discrete quantities of smokable material. Between the portions of the carrier, the carrier is shaped to form a thermal barrier for inhibiting heat conduction from one or more of the portions of the carrier towards another of the portions of the carrier in use.

Abstract: A reservoir assembly that holds a nicotine pre-vapor formulation in a reservoir includes a reservoir assembly connector assembly defining a connector conduit, and which may be configured to detachably couple with a nicotine vaporizer assembly based on a connector element of the nicotine vaporizer assembly engaging with the connector conduit of the connector conduit. The reservoir assembly may include an isolation structure configured to move in relation to both the reservoir and the nicotine vaporizer connector assembly between a first position where the isolation structure exposes the nicotine vaporizer assembly to the reservoir and at least partially obstructs the connector conduit to restrict the connector element from disengaging from the connector conduit, and a second position where the isolation structure isolates the nicotine vaporizer assembly from the reservoir and opens the connector conduit to enable the connector element to disengage from the connector conduit.

Abstract: An aerosol generation system for generation of an aerosol from an aerosol-forming precursor includes an electrically operated heating system to heat the precursor to generate the aerosol, a flow path for transmission of flow, including the aerosol, to a user, the heating system arranged in fluid communication with the flow path, and electrical circuitry. The electrical circuitry is configured to determine a characteristic associated with a second order time derivative of a property of electrical energy through the heating system, and to determine a property related to the flow of the flow path based on the characteristic of the second order time derivative.

Abstract: An electromagnetic induction heater, including: a first cover plate; an inductive coil; a housing; a glass pipe; a second cover plate; a first control plate; a second control plate; a power button; a first baffle plate; a pair of electrodes; a third cover plate; a battery; a support frame; a battery connector; a spring; and a second baffle plate. The pair of electrodes is disposed on the support frame. The first baffle plate is disposed on the pair of electrodes and is fixed on the support frame. The spring butts against the battery connector. The spring and the battery connector are disposed in one end of the support frame. The second baffle plate is directly connected to the spring and fixed on the one end of the support frame. The support frame is disposed in the housing. The inductive coil is disposed on the first control plate.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides an aerosol delivery device comprising a control device that is connectable with a cartridge and that can include one or more additional elements for improving one or both of visible indications of use to a user and resistance to infiltration of liquid into the control device. More particularly, the control device may include a light guide configured for transmitting to a window from a light source that is off-set from the window and a controller configured to direct a varying level of light from the light source. The control device may include one or more elements that are configured to limit infiltration of liquids into the control device and thus may be consider to be water-resistant or water-proof.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides an aerosol delivery device comprising a control device that is connectable with a cartridge and that can include one or more additional elements for improving one or both of visible indications of use to a user and resistance to infiltration of liquid into the control device. More particularly, the control device may include a light guide configured for transmitting to a window from a light source that is off-set from the window and a controller configured to direct a varying level of light from the light source. The control device may include one or more elements that are configured to limit infiltration of liquids into the control device and thus may be consider to be water-resistant or water-proof.

Abstract: A power supply unit for an aerosol inhaler includes a power supply dischargeable to a load for heating an aerosol generation source, a first sensor configured to output a signal indicating an aerosol generation request, and a processing device configured to acquire the signal. The processing device causes the power supply unit to operate in a first mode in which a maximum power consumption amount is a first amount and a second mode in which a maximum power consumption amount is smaller than the first amount, causes the power supply unit to operate in the second mode when a period during which the signal is not acquired exceeds a predetermined time in the first mode, and causes the power supply unit to operate such that a maximum power consumption amount is less than the first amount at a timing before the period exceeds the predetermined time in the first mode.

Abstract: A power supply unit of an aerosol generation apparatus includes: a power supply capable of discharging to a load for generating an aerosol from an aerosol source; a controller configured to control the power supply; a housing configured to house the power supply and the controller; and a plurality of sensors capable of outputting the same physical quantity inside the housing. The controller is configured to diagnose a state of the power supply unit based on outputs of the plurality of sensors.

Abstract: A charger assembly is configured to charge the electronic vaping device. The charger assembly includes a base including a housing defining a port. The port is configured to receive a tip end of an electronic vaping device. The port includes a magnetic electrical contact centrally positioned at a bottom of the port and a first pin positioned at the bottom of the port. The charger assembly also includes a microprocessor electrically connected to the magnetic electrical contact and the first pin.

Abstract: This invention is able to attach to standard handheld hair blow dryers, and can turn most standard hair blow dryers into an iron, for wrinkle free clothing and fabric. The invention allows the same tool to be used to dry your hair, and converted into an iron by attaching this device. This newly invented attachment, allows you to blow dry your hair and iron your clothes, without the risk of scorching fabric, using your standard blow dryer. This invention enables ironing even with clothes on a hanger. This invention, when attached to a standard blow dryer, conveniently may be used to dry clothing fast, after exposure to rain, snow, beach environments and at the same time remove wrinkles. It is portable, lightweight, metal-free, biodegradable, and conforms to the size of most standard dryers, making it ideal for air travel.

Abstract: An electronic cigarette comprises nicotine without harmful tar. The cigarette includes a shell, a cell, nicotine solution, control circuit, and an electro-thermal vaporization nozzle installed in the air suction end of the shell. The advantages of the present invention are smoking without tar, reducing the risk of cancer, the user still gets a smoking experience, the cigarette is not lit, and there is no fire danger.

Abstract: An atomizer compartment structure includes an oil storage compartment and a heating core support. The upper end of the oil storage tank is a closed end, and the lower end of the oil storage tank has a tubular oil conduit and an air conduit, and the external wall of the oil storage compartment has a latch buckle disposed at an end near the air conduit. The upper end of the heating core support has an oil filling hole corresponsive to the oil conduit and an air guide hole corresponsive to the air conduit, and the external wall of the heating core support has an engaging slot for engaging the latch buckle. When the oil storage compartment and the heating core support are latched tightly, the oil conduit extends into the oil filling hole and the air conduit extends into the air guide hole.

Abstract: A controlling method for an electronic cigarette with multiple output modes and an electronic cigarette are disclosed. The controlling method comprises receiving a first operation signal for switching between output modes when the electronic cigarette is in a standby state. An output mode is in a memory, the output mode corresponding to the first operation signal and displacing a previous output mode. When the electronic cigarette receives a smoking signal, outputs are controlled according to the output mode stored in the memory.

Abstract: A cartomizer for an electronic cigarette having an elongated, hollow body with a mouthpiece in a first end and a battery coupling in an opposite second end. An atomizing coil is disposed in the body generally perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the cartomizer and has positive and negative terminal leads pressfit connected to positive and negative terminals separated by an insulative spacer in the battery coupling. A fibrous wick is inserted inside the atomizing coil and a cloth tube is disposed generally parallel to the longitudinal axis of the cartomizer and extends from the atomizing coil to the mouthpiece. A volatile liquid mixture of preferably 80% propylene glycol and 20% veggie glycol with liquid nicotine and/or flavoring is disposed in the body.

Abstract: A cartomizer section of an electronic cigarette can be connected to a battery section of the electronic cigarette. The cartomizer section comprises a liquid reservoir operable to store liquid material and a one-way valve. The one-way valve is operable to seal an end of the cartomizer section which is in fluid communication with the liquid reservoir. The one-way valve is configured to allow one directional air flow towards a user's mouth during a draw on the electronic cigarette so as to prevent back flow of vapor produced during operation of the electronic cigarette towards the battery section.

Abstract: In a vapor delivery device, a carrier or an expedient for an active ingredient is a liquid that can be vaporized by exposure to a concentrated, focused heating point using an efficient electrical power source. The device may have a vaporizing element and an electrical power source in a housing. A switch controls supply of electrical power to the vaporizing element from the electrical power source. A tube connects a liquid reservoir to the vaporizing element. A first valve, a second valve, and a pump are generally associated with the tube. A lever pivotally supported on or in the housing may be positioned to operate the first valve, the second valve, the pump and the switch, via pivoting movement of the lever. The device efficiently provides a uniform dose of vapor with each actuation.

Abstract: A steam head (130) for a garment steamer, comprising a handle (132), a steam duct, extending through or otherwise connected to the handle, having an upstream portion (134) with an upstream end (134a) that is configured to be connected to a steam hose (20), and a downstream portion (150) with a downstream end (150b) that defines a steam ejection opening (157), a frontal contact surface (156) that is at least partially provided for by a circumferential edge (155) of the steam ejection opening (157), and that that is configured to be in grazing contact with a garment when, during use, steam is released from the steam ejection opening (157) onto the garment, wherein a surface area of the frontal contact surface is smaller than an area of the steam ejection opening.