Patent ID: 9603389
Date: 2017-03-28
CPC Classifications: A24F,A61M

Claim:
1. An electronic cigarette, comprising: a housing having a chimney formed therein, the chimney further comprising an air space; a liquid reservoir received in the housing and positioned in proximity to the chimney, the liquid reservoir configured to hold a liquid; an atomizer assembly received in the housing and comprising a heating plate; the heating plate positioned in the air space and being spaced away from the liquid reservoir with an outer surface of the heating plate comprising a first side with an enlarged surface area that faces towards the liquid reservoir and an opposing second side with an enlarged surface area, both of the first and second sides being exposed in the air space and narrow sidewalls that extend between the first and second sides; a conductor that extends between the liquid reservoir and the heating plate and is configured to transfer the liquid from the liquid reservoir to the heating plate; the heating plate capable of absorbing the liquid, the outer surface of the heating plate is in contact with air in the chimney.