Sluis Cigar Machinery B.v.

Mark Leendert Meijer

Oscar Slurink

Lambert Wijnand Breman

Abraham Van Den Berg

Ronald Petrus Gerhardus Dekkers

An apparatus for testing vaporizers of electronic cigarettes is disclosed. Each vaporizer comprises a heating element, and electric terminals for electrically powering the heating element. The testing apparatus comprises a holding construction part with multiple movable vaporizer holding units. A contact construction part is provided with multiple electric contact members each associated with a respective holding unit, and electrically contacting at least one electric terminal of a vaporizer in the associated holding unit. A supply construction part conducts electric power to each contact member. A measuring part measures at least one electric quantity representative of an electric resistance and/or inductance of the heating element, compares the measured quantity with a pre determined range and, if the measured quantity is outside the range, outputs a rejection signal.

Testing apparatus and testing method of vaporizers of electronic cigarettes

An electronic cigarette includes a housing having a wall defining an inner space, and an inlet and an outlet providing access to the inner space, a vaporizer to produce a vapour and being located in the inner space of the housing, an electrical power device to provide electrical power to the vaporizer and being located in the inner space of the housing. The electrical power device includes a first electrical contact member being electrically connected to one of an anode and a cathode of the electrical power device, and a second electrical contact member being electrically connected to the other of the anode and the cathode of the electrical power device. The vaporizer includes a vaporizer outer surface, a third electrical contact member located on the vaporizer outer surface, and a fourth electrical contact member located on the vaporizer outer surface.

Electronic cigarette

A tobacco dosing system () for providing doses of tobacco () includes a tobacco supply () constructed and arranged to supply tobacco (), a dosing device () including at least one dosing cup () for receiving the tobacco () to be dosed, a gas flow device () constructed and arranged to in use provide a gas flow () through the tobacco received by the at least one dosing cup (), a gas flow measuring () device constructed and arranged to measure a property of the gas flow (), and a controlling device () operably connected to the dosing device () and the gas flow measuring device () to control the operation of the tobacco dosing system () on basis of the measured property.

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Zwolle, Netherlands

Mark Leendert Meijer