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`1. (Original) An aerosol electronic cigarette includes a battery assembly, an atomizer assembly
`and a cigarette bottle assembly, wherein filrther including a shell (a) that is hollow and integrally
`formed; the said battery assembly connects with the said atomizer assembly and both are located
`in the said shell (a); the said cigarette bottle assembly is located in one end of the shell (a), which
`is detachable; the said cigarette bottle assembly fits with the said atomizer assembly; the said
`shell (a) has through-air-inlets (al).
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`2. (Original) The aerosol electronic cigarette of Claim 1, wherein the said battery assembly
`includes the battery, and the operating indicator (1), electronic circuit board (4), and airflow
`sensor (5), which are connected with the said battery; the signal output of the said airflow sensor
`(5) is connected with the said electronic circuit board (4).
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`3. (Original) The aerosol electronic cigarette of Claim 2, further including a check valve (7); the
`said battery is a rechargeable battery (3), which has a flexibly connected charging plug (2);the
`blades (21) of the said charging plug (2) come out of the other end of the said shell (a).
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`4. (Original) The aerosol electronic cigarette of Claim 3, wherein a spring (6) between the said
`charging plug (2) and rechargeable battery (3), which lies against the body of the said
`rechargeable battery (3) on one end, and its free end lies against the said charging plug (2).
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`5. (Original) The aerosol electronic cigarette of Claim 2, wherein the said battery is a
`rechargeable battery (3), which has a charging slot on it; the said operating indicator (1) is a
`LED.
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`6. (Original) The aerosol electronic cigarette of Claim 2, wherein the said airflow sensor (5) may
`be alternatively a semiconductor force—sensitive chip capacitance sensor or an inductance sensor.
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`7. (Original) The aerosol electronic cigarette of Claim 2, wherein the said electronic circuit board
`(4) includes an electronic switch circuit.
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`8. (Original) The aerosol electronic cigarette of Claim 2, wherein the airflow sensor (5) has a
`silica gel corrugated membrane (53), which connects with magnetic steel (54) with a reed relay
`(52) on one of its ends, both ends of the said reed relay (52) correspond to the relay electrodes
`(51) respectively.
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`9. (Original) The aerosol electronic cigarette of Claim 2, wherein the said airflow sensor (5) has a
`silica gel corrugated membrane (53), which connects with magnetic steel (54) with a Hall
`element (52) or a magneto-diode or a magneto-triode on one of its ends.
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`10. (Currently Amended) The aerosol electronic cigarette of Claim 3 er—§, wherein the atomizer
`assembly is an atomizer (8), which includes a porous component (81) and a heating body.
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`Exhibit 1009-00007
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`blew U. S. Patent Application
`Preliminary Amendment
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`Attorney Docket: JANLEA-001-US
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`11. (Original) The aerosol electronic cigarette of Claim 10, wherein the said atomizer (8)
`includes an electric heating rod (82); the body of the said porous component (81) has a run-
`through atomizing chamber (81 1);- the diameter of the said electric heating rod (82) is less than
`the diameter of the said atomizing chamber (811);the said electric heating rod (82) enters into the
`said atomizing chamber (81 1), and there is a clearance between the said electric heating rod (82)
`and interior wall of the atomizing chamber (811); the said clearance forms a negative pressure
`cavity (83);one end of the said porous component (81) fits with the said cigarette bottle
`assembly.
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`12. (Original) The aerosol electronic cigarette of Claim 1 1, wherein the said electric heating rod
`(82) includes a cylinder (821); the said heating body is heating wire (822), which is wound on the
`wall of the cylinder (821); on the wall of both ends of the cylinder (821), there are mandrils (823)
`respectively; the said porous component (81) has a protuberance (812) on one end, and the
`protuberance (812) fits with the cigarette bottle assembly; the said protuberance (812) is a
`protruding half sphere, on the side of which there is a run-through hole (813) connecting to the
`atomizing chamber (811).
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`13. (Original) The aerosol electronic cigarette of Claim 11, wherein the said electric heating rod’
`(82) includes a cylinder (821);the said heating body is made of electrically conductive ceramic
`PTC material; the said heating body is set on the wall of the said cylinder (821); on the wall of
`both ends of the said cylinder (821), there are mandrils (823) respectively; the said porous
`component (81) has a protuberance (812) on one end, and the said protuberance (812) fits with
`the said cigarette bottle assembly; the said protuberance (812) is a protruding half sphere, on the
`side of which there is a run-through hole (813) connecting to the said atomizing chamber (811).
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`14. (Original) The aerosol electronic cigarette of Claim 10, wherein the said heating body is
`heating wire; the said atomizer (8) includes a frame (82); the said porous component (81) is set
`on the frame (82); the heating wire (83) is wound on the porous component (81);the frame (82)
`has a run-through hole (821) on it; the porous component (81) is wound with heating wire (83) in
`the part that is on the side in the axial direction of the run-through hole (821); one end of the
`porous component (81) fits with the cigarette bottle assembly.
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`15. (Original) The aerosol electronic cigarette of Claim 10, wherein the said porous component
`(81) is made of foamed nickel, stainless steel fiber felt, macromolecular polymer foam or foamed
`ceramics.
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`16. (Original) The aerosol electronic cigarette of Claim 10, wherein the said heating wire is made
`of platinum wire, nickel-chromium alloy wire or iron-chromium alloy wire containing rare earth,
`or is flaked.
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`17. (Original) The aerosol electronic cigarette described in Claim 11 features that a restriction
`component, which is detachable, is set on one end of the said porous component (81); there is a
`restriction hole on the body of the said restriction component; the said restriction hole
`corresponds to the said atomizing chamber (81l);the pore diameter of the said restriction hole is
`less than the inner diameter of the atomizing chamber (811).
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`Exhibit 1009-00008
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`l.\lew U. S. Patent Application
`Preliminary Amendment
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`Attorney Docket: JANLEA-001-US
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`18. (Currently Amended) The aerosol electronic cigarette of Claim 12 and—14, wherein the said
`cigarette bottle assembly includes a hollow cigarette holder shell (b), and a perforated component
`for liquid storage (9) inside the shell (b);one end of the said cigarette holder shell (b) plugs into
`the shell (a), and the outer peripheral surface of the said cigarette holder shell (b) has an inward
`ventilating groove (b2); on one end surface of the cigarette holder shell (b), there is an air
`channel (bl) extending inward.
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`19. (Original) The aerosol electronic cigarette of Claim 18, wherein the said air channel (bl) is
`located in the center on one end surface of the said cigarette holder shell (b).
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`20. (Original) The aerosol electronic cigarette of Claim 18, wherein one end of the porous
`component (81) lies against one end surface of the said perforated component for liquid storage
`(9), and contacts the perforated component for liquid storage (9).
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`21. (Original) The aerosol electronic cigarette of Claim 18, wherein the said perforated
`component for liquid storage (9) is made of such materials as PLA fiber, terylene fiber or nylon
`fiber.
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`22. (Original) The aerosol electronic cigarette of Claim 18, wherein the said perforated
`component for liquid storage (9) is plastic foam molding or column of multi-layer plates made
`through plastic injection with polyvinyl chloride, ploypropylene and polycarbonate.
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`23. (Currently Amended) The aerosol electronic cigarette of Claim 11 er—l4, wherein the said
`aerosol electronic cigarette (5) is located in a charging device.
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`24. (Original) The aerosol electronic cigarette of Claim 23, wherein the said charging device
`includes a case (1), which contains an auxiliary charging storage battery (2) inside it, and holds
`the electronic cigarette (5) and the charger (3) for the rechargeable battery embedded in the
`electronic cigarette (5); the power inputs of the auxiliary charging storage battery (2) and charger
`(3) are connected with the power supply respectively.
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`25. (Original) The aerosol electronic cigarette of Claim 24, wherein the said case (1) has a spare
`liquid supply bottle in it.
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`26. (Original) The aerosol electronic cigarette of Claim 24, wherein the said power output of the
`auxiliary charging storage battery (2) is connected with the power input of the charger (3).
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`27. (Original) The aerosol electronic cigarette of Claim 24, wherein the power output of the said
`charger (3) is a charging slot (31), which fits with the charging plug of the rechargeable battery
`inside the electronic cigarette, or a charging plug, which fits with the charging slot of the
`rechargeable battery.
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`28. (Original) The aerosol electronic cigarette of Claim 26, wherein the said charger (3) is a
`constant voltage & current charger.
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`Exhibit 1009-00009
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`New U. S. Patent Application
`Preliminary Amendment
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`Attorney Docket: JANLEA-O01-US
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`29. (Original) The aerosol electronic cigarette of Claim 24, wherein, on the body of the said shell
`('1), there is a pair of slide ways (12) corresponding to the position of the said electronic cigarette,
`and on the slide ways (12), there is a slide cover (1 1).
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`30. (New) The aerosol electronic cigarette of Claim 5, wherein the atomizer assembly is an
`atomizer (8), which includes a porous component (81) and a heating body.
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`31. (New) The aerosol electronic cigarette of Claim 14, wherein the said cigarette bottle
`assembly includes a hollow cigarette holder shell (b), and a perforated component for liquid
`storage (9) inside the shell (b);one end of the said cigarette holder shell (b) plugs into the shell
`(a), and the outer peripheral surface of the said cigarette holder shell (b) has an inward Ventilating
`groove (b2); on one end surface of the cigarette holder shell (b), there is an air charmel (bl)
`extending inward.
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`32. (New) The aerosol electronic cigarette of Claim 14, wherein the said aerosol electronic
`cigarette (5) is located in a charging device.
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`Exhibit 1009-00010
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`New U. S. Patent Application
`Preliminary Amendment
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`Attomey Docket: JANLEA-001-US
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`REMARKS
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`Favorable consideration of this Application as presently amended and in light of the
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`following discussion is respectfully requested.
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`Upon entry of this Amendment, claims 1-32 are pending in the present Application.
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`Applicants submit that no new matter has been introduced via this Amendment.
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`Should there remain unresolved issues that require adverse action, it is respectfully
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`requested that the Examiner telephone Timothy J . Maier, Applicants’ Attorney, at
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`1.703.740.8322 so that such issues may be resolved as expeditiously as possible.
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`Maier & Maier, PLLC
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`Alexandria, VA 22314
`Tel. 1.703.740.8322
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`Date: October 29, 2008
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`Exhibit 1009-00011
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`(12) International Application for Patent Filed in Accordance
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`with Patent Cooperation Treaty
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`(19) International Bureau of the World Intellectual Property Organization
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`(43) International Publication Date
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`(10) International Publication Number
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`November 22, 2007 (22.11.2007)
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`WO 2007/131449 Al
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`(54) Title: Aerosol Electronic Cigarette
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`(57) Abstract: An aerosol electronic cigarette includes a battery assembly, an atomizer assembly
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`and a cigarette bottle assembly and also includes a shell (a) which is hollow and integrally fonned.
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`Said battery assembly connects with said atomizer assembly and both are located in said shell (a).
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`Said cigarette bottle assembly is located in one end of the shell (a), which is detachable. Said
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`cigarette bottle assembly fits with said atomizer assembly. Said shell (a) has through-air-inlets
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`Exhibit 1009-00012
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`Technical Field
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`The present invention relates to an electronic cigarette, in particular, an aerosol electronic cigarette
`that doesn’t contain tar but nicotine.
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`Background Art
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`Today when “smoking is harmful to your health” has become a common sense, there are one
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`billion people smoking cigarettes, and this figure is still rising. On March 1, 2003, the World
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`Health Organization (WHO) issued the first international smoking ban — Framework Convention
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`on Tobacco Control. According to WHO’s data, smoking causes 4,900,000 deaths each year.
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`Smoking causes serious respiratory system diseases and cancers,
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`though it
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`is a hard job to
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`persuade the smokers to completely quit smoking.
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`Nicotine is the effective ingredient of cigarette, which produces a lot of tar mist as the cigarette
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`burns. The tar mist accesses the pulmonary alveolus and is quickly absorbed into the blood.
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`Nicotine thus acts on the receptor of the central nervous system, bringing the euphoria like
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`stimulant drugs to the smokers, who feel light in the head and on wings as well.
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`Nicotine is a micromolecular alkaloid, which is basically harmless to human bodies with a small
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`dosage. Plus, its half life period is extremely short in blood. Tar is the major harmful substance in
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`tobacco. Tobacco tar comprises of several
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`thousands of ingredients, dozens of which are
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`carcinogenic substances. It has now been proved that second hand smoking is even more harmful
`to those who don’t smoke.
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`To seek the cigarette substitutes that don’t contain harmful tar but nicotine, many inventors have
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`used the relatively pure nicotine to create such products as “Cigarette Patch”, “Nicotine Gargle”,
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`“Aerosol Packed in the High Pressure Tank with Propellant”, “Nicotine Chewing Gum”, and
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`“Nicotine Beverage”. These products are not as harmful as tar, but are absorbed very slowly. As a
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`result, its peak concentration can’t be effectively established in blood, and the smokers can’t be
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`satisfied to the full. In addition, the smokers are deprived of the “smoking” habit. Therefore, the
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`substituting products are not real cigarette substitutes or products helping to quit smoking.
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`The electronic cigarettes currently available on the market may resolve the above-mentioned issue,
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`though they are complicated in structure. Their cigarette bodies can be roughly divided into three
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`sections, which have to be connected through via plugging or thread coupling before use. Also,
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`their batteries have to be changed frequently, making it inconvenient for the users. What’s worse,
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`the electronic cigarettes don’t provide the ideal aerosol effects, and their atomizing efficiency is
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`not high.
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`Contents of invention
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`Exhibit 1009-00013
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`PCT/CN2007/001575
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`To overcome the above-mentioned disadvantages, this invention has been designed to provide an
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`aerosol electronic cigarette that substitutes for cigarettes and helps the smokers to quit smoking.
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`The purpose of this invention is fulfilled with the following technical solution: an aerosol
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`electronic cigarette includes a battery assembly, an atomizer assembly and a cigarette bottle
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`assembly, and also includes a shell, which is hollow and integrally fonned. The said battery
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`assembly connects with the said atomizer assembly and both are located in the said shell. The said
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`cigarette bottle assembly is located in one end of the shell, which is detachable. The said cigarette
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`bottle assembly fits with the said atomizer assembly. The said shell has through—air-inlets.
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`The additional features of this invention are as follows: the said battery assembly includes the
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`battery, an