An aerosol-generating system for heating a liquid aerosol-forming substrate is provided, the aerosol-generating system including: an aerosol-forming chamber; and a leakage preventer configured to prevent or reduce leakage of liquid aerosol condensate from the aerosol-generating system.
A heater assembly for an aerosol-generating system is provided, the heater assembly including: a liquid aerosol-forming substrate including at least two compounds, the first compound having a first boiling point and the second compound having a second boiling point; a retention material containing the liquid aerosol-forming substrate; and a heating element configured to heat the retention material by passing a current along a length of the heating element, the heating element being formed from a band of material, and a cross-sectional area of the band of material progressively decreasing along a length of the band of material from a maximum cross-sectional area of the band of material at a first end of the band of material to a minimum cross-sectional area of the band of material at a second end of the band of material, to provide a temperature gradient along a surface of the retention material.
A holder for an inhaler article. The holder comprises a housing comprising a housing cavity. The holder further comprises an engagement member located at least partially within the housing cavity. The engagement member is movable relative to the housing between an upstream position and a downstream position. The engagement member comprised a first follower member. The housing comprises a first guide and a first latch, the first follower member is arranged to follow the first guide between a first position, a second position, and a third position. The first latch is arranged such that the first follower member may pass from the first position to the second position, but may not return to the first position without first passing the third position. An inhaler system comprises a holder and an inhaler article.
A replaceable cartridge configured to be detachably connected to an aerosol-generating device is provided, the replaceable cartridge including: a liquid storage portion configured to store a liquid agent, the liquid storage portion including a liquid outlet configured to direct the liquid agent out of the liquid storage portion; a slidable sealing element configured to seal the liquid outlet, the slidable sealing element being configured to slide away from the liquid outlet upon application of a pressure to the sealing element; and a wicking element arranged adjacent to the liquid outlet and being configured to absorb and to supply the liquid agent to the liquid outlet. An aerosol-generating system including the replaceable cartridge is also provided. A method of operating an aerosol-generating system is also provided.
An inhalation counter (350, 450, 550) for an inhalation system (100) is provided. The inhalation system comprises a fluid flow passage (322) and the inhalation counter comprises an escapement wheel (352, 452), a biasing means (354, 454) for incrementing the escapement wheel, a conversion mechanism which, in use, is configured to perform a first action in response to a temporary increase in fluid flow rate through the fluid flow passage, and an anchor (356, 456). The anchor is coupled to the conversion mechanism and configured to interact with the escapement wheel so as to allow the biasing means to increment the escapement wheel in response to the first action of the conversion mechanism. A holder (300) and an inhalation system comprising the inhalation counter are also provided.
An aerosol-generating article including an aerosol-forming substrate is provided, the aerosol-forming substrate including a sheet including: a fibrous material; one or more nicotine salts; and a binder, the sheet having a binder content of at least 1% by weight on a dry weight basis, the aerosol-forming substrate further including one or more aerosol formers, and the aerosol-forming substrate has an aerosol former content of at least 10 percent by weight on a dry weight basis.
A24B 15/14 - Chemical features of tobacco products or tobacco substitutes of reconstituted tobacco made of tobacco and a binding agent not derived from tobacco
A24B 3/14 - Forming reconstituted tobacco products, e.g. wrapper materials, sheets, imitation leaves, rods, cakes; Forms of such products
A24C 5/01 - Making cigarettes for simulated smoking devices
A24D 1/20 - Cigarettes specially adapted for simulated smoking devices
C07D 401/04 - Heterocyclic compounds containing two or more hetero rings, having nitrogen atoms as the only ring hetero atoms, at least one ring being a six-membered ring with only one nitrogen atom containing two hetero rings directly linked by a ring-member-to-ring- member bond
An aerosol-generating device is provided, including: a cavity configured to receive an aerosol-generating article, the cavity including a first end and a second end; a first opening at the first end of the cavity and a second opening at the second end of the cavity, the aerosol-generating article being configured to be inserted into the cavity through each of the first opening and the second opening; and an actuator arranged to move the aerosol-generating article through the cavity. An aerosol-generating system including an aerosol-generating article and the aerosol-generating device is also provided. An aerosol-generating article is also provided.
An aerosol-generating device (3) comprises an axially extending heating chamber (15) configured to at least partially receive an aerosol-generating article (5). The aerosol-generating device (3) further comprises a heater actuation mechanism (47) configured to move between an engaging configuration and a non-engaging configuration. The heater actuation mechanism (47) is configured to act on a heater (7) in the engaging configuration to operate the heater (7) to generate heat. The heater actuation mechanism (47) is configured to not act on the heater (7) in the non-engaging configuration to stop generation of the heat by the heater (7). The heater actuation mechanism (47) comprises an operating element (57). The operating element (57) is configured to be moved to move the heater actuation mechanism (47) from the non-engaging configuration into the engaging configuration. The aerosol-generating device (3) further comprises a blocking mechanism (59). The blocking mechanism (59) is configured to temporarily block a movement of the heater actuation mechanism (47) from the engaging configuration into the non-engaging configuration or from the non-engaging configuration into the engaging configuration.
An aerosol-generating device (3) comprises an axially extending heating space (21). The heating space (21) is configured to at least partially receive an aerosol-generating article (5). The aerosol-generating device (3) comprises a heat receiving surface (25) provided outside of the heating space (21). The aerosol-generating device (3) comprises a heat storage body (31) and an inner heat conduction body (33). The heat storage body (31) is provided between the heat receiving surface (25) and the heating space (21). The inner heat conduction body (33) is provided between the heat storage body (31) and the heating space (21). A material of the heat storage body (31) has a higher specific heat capacity than a material of the inner heat conduction body (33). The material of the inner heat conduction body (33) has a higher thermal conductivity than the material of the heat storage body (31).
METHOD OF MANUFACTURING ROD-LIKE ARTICLES FOR TOBACCO INDUSTRY, APPARATUS FOR MANUFACTURING ROD-LIKE ARTICLES AND SYSTEM FOR MANUFACTURING ROD-LIKE ARTICLES
A method for producing rod-like articles of the tobacco industry is provided, including: performing a first cutting in which a continuous rod is cut into a train of double rod-like articles; changing a direction of conveying the double rod-like articles from a first direction along an axis of the articles to a second transverse direction, each time two double rod-like articles are transferred into grooves of a drum conveyor, and two input streams of the double rod-like articles are formed; transforming the input streams into one intermediate stream by moving a double rod-like article from one of the streams between two double rod-like articles of the other stream, geometric centers of the double rod-like articles in the intermediate stream being disposed in a plane parallel to the second direction; and performing a second cutting in which the double rod-like articles conveyed in the intermediate stream are cut into two single rod-like articles.
A method for recovering concentrated nicotine from tobacco curing includes collecting a first aqueous solution including moisture released from tobacco during curing tobacco and including nicotine. The first aqueous solution is passed through a strong cation resin to sorb the nicotine. A second aqueous solution comprising ammonium hydroxide is passed through the resin to elute the nicotine and form a third aqueous solution comprising nicotine and ammonium hydroxide. The ammonium hydroxide is removed from the third aqueous solution to generate a fourth aqueous solution comprising nicotine. The fourth aqueous solution is incubated under conditions to cause the fourth aqueous solution to separate into a fifth aqueous solution comprising a first concentration of nicotine and a sixth aqueous solution comprising a second concentration of nicotine. The first concentration of nicotine is greater than the second concentration of nicotine.
An aerosol-generating device is provided, including: a cavity including a downstream opening for receiving an article and an upstream opening; a movable downstream cover to cover the downstream opening; a movable upstream cover to cover the upstream opening; a cover moving element for one or more of: opening of the upstream cover upon one or both of opening of the downstream cover or insertion of the article into the cavity, closing of the upstream cover upon one or both of closing of the downstream cover or removal of the article, opening of the downstream cover upon one or both of opening of the upstream cover or insertion of the article, and closing of the downstream cover upon one or both of closing of the upstream cover or removal of the article; and an upstream end face including the upstream opening and being slidable over the upstream end face.
An aerosol-generating device is provided, including: a housing at least partially defining an outer surface of the aerosol-generating device, the housing including a first housing part defining a first portion of the outer surface of the aerosol-generating device and a second housing part defining a second portion of the outer surface of the aerosol-generating device, the first housing part including a first mechanical engagement feature, the second housing part including a second mechanical engagement feature, the first mechanical engagement feature and the second mechanical engagement feature operating together to hold the first housing part and the second housing part in place with respect to each other, the first mechanical engagement feature and the second mechanical engagement feature together forming a snap-fit connection, and the first housing part and the second housing part being connected to each other by an adhesive. A method for assembling the aerosol-generating device is also provided.
A heater assembly for an aerosol-generating system is provided, the heater assembly including: a liquid aerosol-forming substrate storage component; a reservoir of free-flowing liquid aerosol-forming substrate, the reservoir being in fluid communication with the liquid aerosol-forming substrate storage component; and a heating element including a first portion, a second portion, and a further portion, in which the first portion of the heating element is embedded in the liquid aerosol-forming substrate storage component, the second portion of the heating element is not embedded in the liquid aerosol-forming substrate storage component, and the further portion of the heating element is located in the reservoir. An aerosol-generating system including the heater assembly is also provided.
An aerosol-generating article having upstream and downstream ends is provided, the article defining a longitudinal direction between the upstream and downstream ends, the article including: an aerosol-forming substrate; a tubular element disposed downstream of the substrate and extending along the longitudinal direction, the tubular element including inner and outer tubes, the outer tube being disposed around the inner tube, an outer airflow channel being longitudinally delimited by the inner and outer tubes, an inner airflow channel being longitudinally delimited by the inner tube, and the inner airflow channel is configured for substrate aerosol to flow towards the downstream end; a flavour substrate disposed downstream of the substrate; and a permeability control element including a gel composition, the control element being configured to be fluid permeable when a temperature of the control element is equal to or greater than a permeability transition temperature of the control element.
An inhaler system includes a housing defining a housing cavity, a sleeve extending along a sleeve longitudinal axis and positioned within the housing cavity, a capsule is contained within the sleeve and having a capsule longitudinal axis, and a piercing element having only a single shaft extending from a fixed end to a tip along a piercing element longitudinal axis, the piercing element longitudinal axis being parallel with and offset from the capsule longitudinal axis. Only a single aperture is formed in the capsule by the piercing element.
A heater assembly for an aerosol-generating device is provided, including: a heating chamber configured to heat an aerosol-forming substrate; a first set of two or more susceptors configured to heat a first heating zone of the heating chamber; and a second set of two or more susceptors configured to heat a second heating zone of the heating chamber, the first heating zone and the second heating zone being arranged at different longitudinal positions of the heating chamber. An aerosol-generating device including the heater assembly, and an aerosol-generating system including the aerosol-generating device and an aerosol-generating article, are also provided.
An aerosol-generating article having an upstream end and a downstream end is provided, the aerosol-generating article defining a longitudinal direction between the upstream end and the downstream end, the aerosol-generating article including: an aerosol-forming substrate; a tubular element disposed downstream of the aerosol-forming substrate and extending along the longitudinal direction, the tubular element including an air inlet; and a flavour substrate disposed downstream of the air inlet, the flavour substrate including a flavour material configured to be fluid permeable when a temperature of the flavour material is equal to or greater than a permeability transition temperature of the flavour material, and being configured to be substantially fluid impermeable when the temperature of the flavour material is lower than the permeability transition temperature of the flavour material, the flavour material being a gel composition. An aerosol-generating system including the aerosol-generating article and an aerosol-generating device is also provided.
A filter part (1, 1′) for use in an aerosol generating article and a method of manufacturing the filter part (1, 1′). The filter part (1, 1′) includes an aerosol permeable core (2) within a sleeve (3) formed integrally therearound. The core (2) is shorter than the integrally formed sleeve (3). The method includes conveying a plurality of aerosol permeable cores (2) along a conveying path at a first speed (S1) and forming a sleeve (3) around each core (2) at a second speed (S2). The second speed (S2) is greater than the first speed (S1) to generate a space between consecutive cores (2) within the sleeve (3).
An electrically heatable aerosol-generating system is provided, including an aerosol-generating device and a cartridge configured to be used with the aerosol-generating device, the aerosol-generating device including: a device housing, an inductor coil, and a power supply connected to the inductor coil and configured to provide a high-frequency oscillating current to the inductor coil; and the cartridge including: a cartridge housing configured to engage the device housing and containing an aerosol-forming substrate, the cartridge housing having an external surface surrounding the aerosol-forming substrate, and a fluid-permeable susceptor element. A cartridge for an electrically heatable aerosol-generating system is also provided.
An electrically operated aerosol-generating system is provided, including: a heating element to heat an aerosol-forming substrate proximate to the heating element; a power supply to supply power to the heating element; and electric circuitry in communication with the heating element and the power supply, the electric circuitry including a memory and being configured to: regulate a supply of power to the heating element for a heating cycle period in response to a user input, determine a first derivative of an electrical resistance of the heating element with respect to time, determine that there is an adverse condition if the first derivative exceeds a threshold value stored in the memory during a heating cycle period at or subsequent to a predetermined time in the period, and control power supplied to the heating element or provide an indication based on whether there is an adverse condition at the heating element.
An electrically operated aerosol-generating system is provided, including: a housing having a front housing portion and a rear housing portion, the front housing portion including a front end portion having a cavity configured to receive an aerosol-generating article including a taggant having a spectroscopic signature; and a detector configured to detect a presence of the aerosol-generating article in the cavity and to identify aerosol-generating articles that may be usable with the system, the detector being able to determine the spectroscopic signature of the taggant.
G01N 21/31 - Investigating relative effect of material at wavelengths characteristic of specific elements or molecules, e.g. atomic absorption spectrometry
H02J 7/00 - Circuit arrangements for charging or depolarising batteries or for supplying loads from batteries
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AEROSOL-FORMING SUBSTRATE AND AEROSOL-DELIVERY SYSTEM
There is described an aerosol-forming substrate for use in combination with an inductive heating device. The aerosol-forming substrate comprises a solid material capable of releasing volatile compounds that can form an aerosol upon heating of the aerosol-forming substrate and at least a first susceptor material for heating of the aerosol-forming substrate. The first susceptor material is arranged in thermal proximity of the solid material. The aerosol-forming substrate further comprises at least a second susceptor material having a second Curie-temperature which is lower than a predefined maximum heating temperature of the first susceptor material. There is also described an aerosol-delivery system.
A heater assembly couplable to an aerosol-generating device body to form an aerosol-generating device is provided, the heater assembly including a heating element mount; a heating element rotatably coupled to the mount and configured to penetrate an aerosol-generating article; and a heater assembly rotation resistance mechanism configured to resist rotation of the element in a first direction relative to the mount, limit rotation of the element in the first direction relative to the mount up to a threshold torque applied to the element, and allow further rotation of the element when a torque applied to the element exceeds the threshold torque. An aerosol-generating device is also provided, including an aerosol-generating device body and a heater assembly coupled to the body, the assembly including a heating element configured to penetrate the article and to rotate relative to the mount of the device; and a rotation resistance mechanism.
An inductive heating arrangement to heat an aerosol-forming substrate is provided, including: a DC power source and power supply electronics including a DC/AC inverter connected to the power source, the inverter including a resonant switching power amplifier with a transistor switch, a transistor switch driver circuit associated with the switch and an LC load network including a capacitor and an inductor to generate an alternating magnetic field, the driver circuit including a tunable oscillator to output a switching signal to the switch having a tunable switching frequency; a current sensor to determine a DC supply current drawn from the power source; and a controller to receive a current signal from the sensor indicative of the supply current and to tune the frequency of the switching signal in response to the received current signal in order to tune the supply current to be in a predetermined range.
H02M 7/48 - Conversion of dc power input into ac power output without possibility of reversal by static converters using discharge tubes with control electrode or semiconductor devices with control electrode
H03K 17/687 - Electronic switching or gating, i.e. not by contact-making and -breaking characterised by the use of specified components by the use, as active elements, of semiconductor devices the devices being field-effect transistors
An aerosol-generating article including an aerosol-generating rod for producing an inhalable aerosol upon heating is provided, the rod including: a first aerosol-generating segment including a first aerosol-generating substrate, the first aerosol-generating substrate including a tobacco material and an aerosol former; a second aerosol-generating segment at a location upstream of the first aerosol-generating segment; and a wrapper circumscribing at least the first aerosol-generating segment and the second aerosol-generating segment, the second aerosol-generating segment including a plug of a porous substrate, and at least a core portion of the plug including an aerosol-generating medium or a flavourant or both. An aerosol-generating system including a heating device and the aerosol-generating article is also provided.
An aerosol-generating device configured to generate aerosol by heating at least one part of an aerosol-generating substrate is provided, the aerosol-generating device including a loop-gap resonator configured to heat the at least one part of the aerosol-generating substrate in order to generate aerosol. An aerosol-generating article for an aerosol-generating device is also provided, the aerosol-generating article including a first portion arranged and/or formed to fit in a loop of a loop-gap resonator of the aerosol-generating device; and a second portion arranged and/or formed to fit in a gap of the loop-gap resonator. An aerosol-generating system is also provided, including the aerosol-generating device and the aerosol-generating article.
A method for controlling aerosol production in an aerosol-generating device including an inductive heating arrangement and a power source to provide power, including: performing, during a first heating phase, a calibration process for defining first and second calibration values associated with respective first and second calibration temperatures of a susceptor to heat an aerosol-forming substrate; and during a second heating phase, controlling power to maintain a target operating value within the values, controlling the power to cause an increase of susceptor temperature, monitoring a value associated with current, interrupting power when the value reaches a first extremum corresponding to the second calibration value, monitoring the value until it reaches a second extremum corresponding to the first calibration value, and in response to determining that the value reached a minimum, repeating the steps, the calibration values corresponding to values associated with current measured during a first repetition of the steps.
A composition including anatabine or a salt thereof is provided for treating a nuclear factor erythroid 2-related factor 2 (NRF2)-regulated disorder.) A composition including anatabine or a salt thereof is also provided for prophylactic treatment of a subject requiring NRF2 activation.
A61K 31/444 - Non-condensed pyridines; Hydrogenated derivatives thereof containing further heterocyclic ring systems containing a six-membered ring with nitrogen as a ring hetero atom, e.g. amrinone
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CARTRIDGE OF A STICK-SHAPED AEROSOL-GENERATING ARTICLE FOR USE WITH AN INDUCTIVELY HEATING AEROSOL-GENERATING DEVICE
A cartridge for a stick-shaped aerosol-generating article is provided, the article being for an inductively heating aerosol-generating device, the cartridge including: a vaporization chamber at a distal end portion of the cartridge to vaporize aerosol-forming liquid therein; a reservoir chamber proximal the vaporization chamber to store aerosol-forming liquid; a septum forming a common wall member of the chambers; a liquid-conveying susceptor arrangement to convey aerosol-forming liquid from the reservoir chamber into the vaporization chamber and to be inductively heated to vaporize aerosol-forming liquid within the vaporization chamber; and a vapor-conveying conduit providing a fluid communication for vaporized aerosol-forming liquid from the vaporization chamber to a region proximal the reservoir chamber, the septum including a through hole, which the vapor-conveying conduit passes through or is supported in at a distal end portion, and including a filling hole for filling aerosol-forming liquid into the reservoir chamber via the vaporization chamber.
A cartridge for an aerosol-generating device is provided, the cartridge being engageable with and disengageable from the device, the cartridge including: a mouthpiece; a housing including a susceptor material, the housing defining a cavity configured to receive an aerosol-forming substrate; and an ejector, a portion of the ejector being slideable within the cavity so as to eject the aerosol-forming substrate from the cavity. An aerosol-generating system including an aerosol-generating device and the cartridge is also provided.
The present invention relates to a method to monitor tobacco material to detect insect infestation, the method comprising: —providing tobacco material in a closed space; —measuring the concentration of a semiochemical in the air present in the closed space; —comparing the measured concentration of the semiochemical with a threshold; and—lowering the temperature of the closed space if the concentration of the semiochemical is higher than the threshold.
An aerosol-generating device for generating an aerosol from an aerosol-forming substrate is provided, the aerosol-generating device including: a cavity having an opening configured to receive the aerosol-forming substrate, the cavity being defined by side walls extending away from the opening; a cavity base configured to support the aerosol-forming substrate, or an aerosol-generating article including the aerosol-forming substrate, when received in the cavity, the cavity base being arranged to be longitudinally movable within the side walls defining the cavity; a push rod configured to move the cavity base, the push rod protruding from a body of the aerosol-generating device when the aerosol-forming substrate, or the aerosol-generating article including the aerosol-forming substrate, is positioned within the cavity; and at least one induction coil located external to the cavity and arranged to generate a fluctuating magnetic field. An aerosol-generating system including the aerosol-generating device and an aerosol-generating article is also provided.
An aerosol-generating device is provided for heating an aerosol-forming substrate to generate an aerosol, the aerosol-generating device including: an electromagnetic field generator configured to generate radio-frequency (RF) electromagnetic radiation having a predetermined frequency composition; a resonant chamber including a peripheral wall configured to be substantially opaque to RF electromagnetic radiation within the resonant chamber; and a filling arranged within an interior of the resonant chamber so as to circumscribe a substrate cavity defined within the resonant chamber, the substrate cavity being configured to receive the aerosol-forming substrate, the electromagnetic field generator being coupled to the resonant chamber so as to convey the RF electromagnetic radiation generated by the electromagnetic field generator to the resonant chamber, and the filling having a relative permittivity of greater than one.
An aerosol-generating system is provided, including: an aerosol-generator housing; and a piezoelectric transducer having an elliptical shape and including a first region and a second region, the second region being electrically isolated from the first region, and the piezoelectric transducer being secured to the aerosol-generator housing at a single attachment point positioned only within the first region.
A system is provided, including: an aerosol-generating device and/or a charging device associated with an aerosol-generating device; a near-field communication module including a nonvolatile memory; and a controller configured to receive an indication of an error occurrence and to update an error data log stored in the nonvolatile memory by storing an error data entry associated with the error occurrence to the error data log, the error data entry being configured to be read by an external device even when the aerosol-generating device and/or the charging device including the near-field communication module is not powered. A method for maintaining error data on an aerosol-generating device and/or a charging device associated with an aerosol-generating device is also provided. A method for recovery of error data from an aerosol-generating device and/or a charging device associated with an aerosol-generating device is also provided.
A hollow tubular element (100) for an aerosol-generating article (1), the hollow tubular element (100) comprising: a peripheral portion (110) providing a curved outer surface of the hollow tubular element (100), and defining a hollow inner region (120) of the hollow tubular element (100); and an internal projection (130) extending into the hollow inner region (120). The hollow tubular element (100) is formed from a sheet, the sheet comprising: a first part and a second part adjacent to the first part with a first fold line (141) therebetween. The first part of the sheet forms at least part of the peripheral portion (110) of the hollow tubular element (100). The entirety of the first part of the sheet forms at least part of the curved outer surface of the hollow tubular element (100). The second part of the sheet defines the internal projection (130) of the hollow tubular element (100), the internal projection (130) extending into the hollow inner region (120) of the hollow tubular element (100) from the first fold line (131).
An inhaler article is provided, including: a cavity; a capsule located in the cavity, the capsule containing dry powder; and a hollow tubular element disposed downstream of the capsule, the hollow tubular element including: a peripheral portion defining a hollow inner region of the hollow tubular element, and a support element formed from a sheet and extending from a first point at the peripheral portion across the hollow inner region to a second point at the peripheral portion. An inhaler system, including the inhaler article and a holder configured to receive the inhaler article, is also provided.
An inhaler article has an inhaler body comprising a tubular side wall defining an interior and a longitudinal center axis, the interior forming a receptacle for housing an inhalable powder; a mouthpiece element extending along the longitudinal center axis from a distal end to a proximal end, the distal end of the mouthpiece element being received in the interior of the inhaler body. The mouthpiece element includes a tube extending coaxially with the inhaler body and comprising an interior surface having a first diameter; a blocker disposed at the distal end of the mouthpiece element, coaxial with the tube and having a second diameter that is greater than the first diameter; and a collector surface comprising a ring that is coaxial with and disposed proximal to the blocker, the ring defining an inner diameter and an outer diameter.
An aerosol-generating article (1) comprising: a first element (10) comprising an aerosol-forming substrate (12); a susceptor element (20) arranged within the first element (10); and a hollow tubular element (100) disposed downstream of the first element (10). The hollow tubular element (100) comprises: a peripheral portion (110) defining a hollow inner region (120) of the hollow tubular element (100); and a support element (130) formed from a paper sheet and extending from a first point (131) at the peripheral portion (110) across the hollow inner region (120) to a second point (132) at the peripheral portion (110).
The aerosol-generating article for use with an aerosol-generating device, the aerosol-generating article comprises an aerosol-forming substrate, and a surface area comprising a three dimensional code. The invention also relates to an aerosol-generating system comprising an aerosol-generating device and an aerosol-generating article.
G06K 7/14 - Methods or arrangements for sensing record carriers by corpuscular radiation using light without selection of wavelength, e.g. sensing reflected white light
A24F 40/46 - Shape or structure of electric heating means
A24F 40/20 - Devices using solid inhalable precursors
G06K 19/06 - Record carriers for use with machines and with at least a part designed to carry digital markings characterised by the kind of the digital marking, e.g. shape, nature, code
A cartridge for an aerosol-generating system is provided, the cartridge including: a liquid storage portion including a housing to contain a liquid aerosol-forming substrate; and a heater assembly including an electrically insulating element having an opening, an electrical heating element supported by the insulating element and to heat the substrate to form an aerosol, first and second electrically conductive contact portions disposed at opposite sides of the opening and to contact with a battery to supply power to the heater assembly, and a capillary material including a ceramic or a ceramic-based material and having first and second faces, the first face being in physical contact with the heating element and the second face being opposite the first face, the capillary material to convey the substrate to the heating element by capillary action, the heater assembly being fixed to the housing of the liquid storage portion.
H05B 3/26 - Heating elements having extended surface area substantially in a two-dimensional plane, e.g. plate-heater non-flexible heating conductor mounted on insulating base
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HANDHELD AEROSOL-GENERATING DEVICE WITH OPENING ELEMENT
A handheld aerosol-generating device is provided, including a cartridge receiving region configured to receive a cartridge, the cartridge including a liquid aerosol-forming substrate, in which the cartridge receiving region includes an opening element, in which the opening element is configured to pierce a sealing foil of the cartridge when the cartridge is received in the cartridge receiving region, and in which the cartridge receiving region is configured to receive the cartridge transversally from either of both sides of the device. A handheld aerosol-generating system including the handheld aerosol-generating device is also provided. A method of attaching a cartridge including a liquid aerosol-forming substrate with a handheld aerosol-generating device is also provided.
A24F 40/46 - Shape or structure of electric heating means
B05B 17/06 - Apparatus for spraying or atomising liquids or other fluent materials, not covered by any other group of this subclass operating with special methods using ultrasonic vibrations
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AEROSOL-GENERATING DEVICE AND SYSTEM COMPRISING AN INDUCTIVE HEATING DEVICE AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAME
A method for controlling aerosol production in an aerosol-generating device including a heating arrangement and a power source is provided, including: performing a calibration process for measuring calibration values, the arrangement configured to inductively heat the susceptor based on the values, and the process including controlling power to increase a temperature of the susceptor, monitoring a conductance value or a resistance value of the susceptor, interrupting power when the conductance value reaches a maximum or when the resistance value reaches a minimum, the value at maximum conductance or at minimum resistance being a second calibration value, and monitoring the conductance value until it reaches a minimum or the resistance value until it reaches a maximum, the value at minimum conductance or at maximum resistance being a first calibration value, the process being in response to detecting a control signal associated with an end of a predetermined duration pre-heating process.
A method for controlling aerosol production in an aerosol-generating device is provided, the aerosol-generating device including an inductive heating arrangement and a power source configured to provide power to the inductive heating arrangement, and the method including: performing, during a first heating phase during user operation of the aerosol-generating device for producing an aerosol, a calibration process including measuring one or more calibration values associated with a susceptor inductively coupled to the inductive heating arrangement, the susceptor being configured to heat an aerosol-forming substrate; and during a second heating phase during the user operation of the aerosol-generating device for producing the aerosol, controlling power provided to the inductive heating arrangement such that a temperature of the susceptor is adjusted based on the one or more calibration values. An aerosol-generating system is also provided, including the aerosol-generating device, and an aerosol-generating article including the aerosol-forming substrate and the susceptor.
An aerosol-generating device is provided, including: a heating cavity configured to accommodate an aerosol-generating article; an airflow path into which ambient air is drawn and through which air flows to reach the heating cavity through the aerosol-generating device; one or both of a humidity sensor and a temperature sensor arranged in the airflow path and configured to provide for an output indicative of a temperature in the airflow path; a controller configured to receive the output; and a vaporizer in communication with the airflow path, the controller being further configured to control operation of the vaporizer on the basis of the received output to increase a humidity of air in the airflow path. A method of moisturizing air in the aerosol-generating device is also provided. An aerosol-generating system including the aerosol-generating device and an aerosol-forming substrate is also provided.
An aerosol-generating device comprises a vaporization element having an outlet and is configured to vaporize a liquid. An airflow passage extends from the outlet of the vaporization element and is configured to convey vapor to an outlet of the aerosol-generating device. A hot air channel is configured to direct heated air towards the outlet of the vaporization element, and a dilution air channel is configured to direct ambient air into the device and to mix the ambient air with the vapor conveyed in the airflow passage to form an aerosol.
An aerosol-generating article (1) comprising: a first element (10) comprising an aerosol-forming substrate (12); and a hollow tubular element (100) disposed downstream of the first element (10). The hollow tubular element (100) comprises: a peripheral portion (110) defining a hollow inner region (120) of the hollow tubular element (100); and a support element (130) formed from a sheet and extending from a first point (131) at the peripheral portion (110) across the hollow inner region (120) to a second point (132) at the peripheral portion (110). The hollow tubular element (100) has an average weight of about 10 milligrams per millimetre length or less.
A user-replaceable e-liquid reservoir for dispensing e-liquid, the reservoir being inserted into, or otherwise attached to, a portable, personal e-cigarette device and engaging with an electrical or electronic pump fluid transfer system in the device, the device including: an electrical or electronic pump, being configured to transfer e-liquid from the e-liquid reservoir to an atomizing unit in the device, the pump delivering a pre-defined or variable quantity of e-liquid from the reservoir; and in which the reservoir is not user-refillable.
A24F 15/015 - Receptacles or boxes specially adapted for cigars, cigarettes, simulated smoking devices or cigarettes therefor specially adapted for simulated smoking devices or cigarettes therefor with means for refilling of liquid inhalable precursors
A24F 40/60 - Devices with integrated user interfaces
B65B 37/06 - Supplying or feeding fluent-solid, plastic, or liquid material, or loose masses of small articles, to be packaged by pistons or pumps
B65B 3/04 - Methods of, or means for, filling the material into the containers or receptacles
B65D 25/00 - CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES - Details of other kinds or types of rigid or semi-rigid containers
G01F 23/00 - Indicating or measuring liquid level or level of fluent solid material, e.g. indicating in terms of volume or indicating by means of an alarm
54.
CARTRIDGE OF A STICK-SHAPED AEROSOL-GENERATING ARTICLE FOR USE WITH AN INDUCTIVELY HEATING AEROSOL-GENERATING DEVICE
A cartridge for a stick-shaped aerosol-generating article is provided, the article being for an inductively heating aerosol-generating device, the cartridge including: a vaporization chamber at a distal end portion of the cartridge to vaporize aerosol-forming liquid; a reservoir chamber proximal the vaporization chamber to store the liquid; a liquid-conveying susceptor arrangement to convey the liquid from the reservoir chamber into the vaporization chamber and to be inductively heated with the device in order to vaporize the liquid within the vaporization chamber; a vapor-conveying conduit providing a fluid communication for vaporized liquid from the vaporization chamber to a region proximal the reservoir chamber; a septum forming a common wall of the vaporization chamber and the reservoir chamber, the septum including a filling hole for filling the liquid into the reservoir chamber via the vaporization chamber; and a plug-shaped distal end cap forming a distal end wall of the vaporization chamber.
An aerosol-generating device configured for heating an aerosol-generating article so as to generate an inhalable aerosol from an aerosol-forming substrate of the aerosol-generating article is provided, the aerosol-generating device including: a housing including a cavity configured to receive the aerosol-generating article, the housing being configured to define a cooling air flow path extending from outside of the housing, through an interior of the housing, to an air-permeable portion of a wall of the cavity, the wall being tubular, the air-permeable portion of the wall including at least one annular air-permeable band being configured to radially channel an air flow from the cooling air flow path into the cavity around a periphery of the tubular wall of the cavity. An aerosol-delivery system including the aerosol-generating device and an aerosol-generating article defining a rod is also provided. An aerosol-generating article for an aerosol-generating device is also provided.
A heater assembly for an aerosol-generating system is provided, the heater assembly including: a retention material containing an aerosol-forming substrate in condensed form, the aerosol-forming substrate including first and second compounds, the second compound having a higher boiling point than the first compound; at least one airflow path defined through the retention material; and at least one heating element shaped to define an interior volume filled with the retention material and having a cross-sectional area that decreases along a longitudinal axis, the at least one airflow path passes through a first central region of the interior volume and a second central region of the interior volume, the first and the second central regions being spaced-apart along the longitudinal axis, and a resistance of the at least one heating element increasing along the longitudinal axis in a same direction that the cross-sectional area of the interior volume decreases.
An aerosol-generating system including a cartridge is provided, the cartridge including a liquid storage portion including a housing configured to hold a liquid aerosol-forming substrate, the housing having an opening; and a heater assembly including at least one heater element fixed to the housing and extending across an opening of the housing, wherein a width of the at least one heater element of the heater assembly is smaller than a width of the opening of the housing. The heater element may be spaced from a periphery of the opening, leading to more efficient heating and aerosol production.
H05B 3/34 - Heating elements having extended surface area substantially in a two-dimensional plane, e.g. plate-heater flexible, e.g. heating nets or webs
A61M 11/04 - Sprayers or atomisers specially adapted for therapeutic purposes operated by the vapour pressure of the liquid to be sprayed or atomised
A24F 40/42 - Cartridges or containers for inhalable precursors
A61M 15/06 - Inhaling appliances shaped like cigars, cigarettes or pipes
G05D 23/24 - Control of temperature characterised by the use of electric means with sensing elements having variation of electric or magnetic properties with change of temperature the sensing element having a resistance varying with temperature, e.g. thermistor
A61M 11/00 - Sprayers or atomisers specially adapted for therapeutic purposes
B32B 3/26 - Layered products essentially comprising a layer with external or internal discontinuities or unevennesses, or a layer of non-planar form; Layered products essentially having particular features of form characterised by a layer with cavities or internal voids
B32B 5/02 - Layered products characterised by the non-homogeneity or physical structure of a layer characterised by structural features of a layer comprising fibres or filaments
B32B 27/06 - Layered products essentially comprising synthetic resin as the main or only constituent of a layer next to another layer of a specific substance
B32B 27/12 - Layered products essentially comprising synthetic resin next to a fibrous or filamentary layer
B32B 27/28 - Layered products essentially comprising synthetic resin comprising copolymers of synthetic resins not wholly covered by any one of the following subgroups
H05B 3/14 - Heating elements characterised by the composition or nature of the materials or by the arrangement of the conductor characterised by the composition or nature of the conductive material the material being non-metallic
An aerosol-generating system is provided, including an aerosol-generating device for simultaneously generating an aerosol from first and second aerosol-forming substrates, the device including a device housing defining: first and second substrate receiving portions to respectively receive the first and the second substrates; a primary airflow path extending through the first portion; and a secondary airflow path extending through the device such that, in use, the secondary airflow path is in fluidic communication with the second substrate received in second receiving portion, the secondary airflow path merging with the primary airflow path at a junction downstream of the first portion; an aerosol-generating article including the first substrate and being receivable in the first portion; and a cartridge including the second substrate and being receivable in the second portion, the article defining a rod and an exterior wall of the rod including a fluid-permeable portion downstream of the first substrate.
A method of assembling an inhaler article holder having an oriented piercing element, includes inserting an inner housing into a jig. The inner housing extends along a longitudinal axis from a proximal end to a distal end an inner housing length. The distal end includes a piercing element aperture. The inner housing length mates with a jig opening. The jig includes a jig angled planar surface coaxial with the piercing element aperture. The method includes mating a piercing element cutting plane with the jig angled planar surface. The piercing element extends from a proximal cutting end to the piercing element distal end defining a cutting plane. The piercing element distal end is received in the inner housing piercing element aperture, and then fixing the piercing element distal end to the inner housing. The piercing element cutting plane is orientated relative to the inner housing longitudinal axis.
An aerosol-generating article is provided for producing an inhalable aerosol upon heating, the aerosol-generating article including: an aerosol-generating element including aerosol-generating substrate including a homogenised tobacco material including aerosol former; and a susceptor arranged within the aerosol-generating element and configured to heat the homogenised tobacco material, the susceptor being coated with a coating composition including at least 20 percent by weight of an aerosol former, the coating composition further including about 0.5 percent by weight to about 10 percent by weight of isolated nicotine or a monoprotic nicotine salt derived from tobacco or both. A method of manufacturing the aerosol-generating article for generating an inhalable aerosol upon heating is also provided.
A24D 1/20 - Cigarettes specially adapted for simulated smoking devices
H05B 6/10 - Induction heating apparatus, other than furnaces, for specific applications
A24B 15/12 - Chemical features of tobacco products or tobacco substitutes of reconstituted tobacco
A24B 15/40 - Treatment of tobacco products or tobacco substitutes by chemical substances by organic substances containing a heterocyclic ring having only oxygen or sulfur as hetero-atoms
A24C 5/01 - Making cigarettes for simulated smoking devices
61.
CONTAINER HAVING BOX AND SLEEVE WITH ANTI-TAMPER MECHANISM
A container for consumer goods is provided, including: an outer sleeve including outer sleeve front and back walls, and first and second opposed outer sleeve side walls; an inner slide mounted within the outer sleeve and including inner slide bottom, front, and back walls; and a sleeve cover including sleeve cover first and second panels, the first panel detachably depending from the outer sleeve along a first line of weakness and extending between the outer sleeve back and front walls, the sleeve cover second panel detachably depending from the sleeve cover first panel along a second line of weakness and permanently affixed to an inner surface of the outer sleeve, such that upon separation of the sleeve cover first panel and the sleeve cover second panel: a first outer sleeve opening is revealed, and the inner slide becomes movable between fully inserted and protruding positions.
B65D 85/10 - Containers, packaging elements or packages, specially adapted for particular articles or materials for compressible or flexible articles rod-shaped or tubular for cigarettes
An electrically heatable aerosol-generating system is provided, including: a heater element including a thermally conductive substrate including a non-stick coating applied over at least a portion of an outer surface of the thermally conductive substrate, the non-stick coating including a superhydrophobic material. A heater element for an electrically heated aerosol-generating system is also provided, the heater element including: a thermally conductive substrate including a non-stick coating applied over at least a portion of an outer surface of the thermally conductive substrate, the non-stick coating including a superhydrophobic material.
An aerosol-generating article for generating an inhalable aerosol upon heating is provided, the article having proximal and distal ends and including: a first aerosol-generating substrate located between the distal end and the proximal end of the article; a first air inlet configured to admit air into the article; a second aerosol-generating substrate located between the first aerosol-generating substrate and the proximal end of the article; a second air inlet configured to admit air into the article; a first airflow pathway extending from the first air inlet through the first aerosol-generating substrate towards the proximal end of the article; and a second airflow pathway extending from the second air inlet through the second aerosol-generating substrate towards the proximal end of the article, the first airflow pathway and the second airflow pathway being isolated from one another. An aerosol-generating system including the article and an aerosol-generating device is also provided.
A cartridge for an aerosol-generating system is provided, the cartridge including: a reservoir configured for liquid aerosol-forming substrate; a heating element configured to heat the liquid aerosol-forming substrate from the reservoir; and a wall including a porous material, such that: a first space adjacent to the heating element and between the wall and the heating element forms a hot zone, a second space adjacent to the heating element forms a feed zone, the reservoir is in fluid communication with the feed zone and the hot zone, at least a portion of the wall is positioned between the hot zone and the reservoir, the wall is in contact with the hot zone and the reservoir, and a portion of the wall in contact with the feed zone is thinner than a portion of the wall in contact with the hot zone.
An inhaler article has a body comprising an upstream end and a downstream end, a capsule receptacle, and an airflow path extending from the capsule receptacle to an opening at the downstream end. A capsule is disposed inside the capsule receptacle, the capsule having a first end and a second end; a tubular side wall extending between the first and second ends; only a single aperture in the capsule, the single aperture extending through the tubular side wall; and an inhalable powder disposed inside the capsule.
A split airflow system for an electrically heatable smoking system for generating aerosol is provided, the system having a downstream end, the system including: a first channel defining a first flow route; and a second Channel defining a second flow route, the first flow route directing ambient air from outside the split airflow system to the downstream end of the split airflow system, the second flow route directs ambient air from outside the split airflow system towards a substantially flat, fluid-permeable heating element before conveying the ambient air to the downstream end, and the first channel and the second channel define a total volume of ambient air passing through the split airflow system and the first channel provides at least 50 percent of the total volume of ambient air passing through the split airflow system.
A heater assembly for an aerosol-generating system is provided, including: a heating element including a mesh having first and second filaments respectively extending in perpendicular first and second directions, and respectively including first and second materials respectively having first and second electrical conductivities, the first conductivity being greater than the second conductivity, each of the first filaments including a core and an overlying coating including the first material, and the core of each of the first filaments being formed from a material having a lower electrical conductivity than the first material; and at least two electrical terminals to supply electrical power to the heating element, each of the terminals being connected to at least one of the first filaments, the electrical terminals including first and second electrical terminals, and, during use, electrical current is conducted between the first and the second electrical terminals via the second filaments.
An inhaler system includes a housing defining a housing cavity, a sleeve extending along a sleeve longitudinal axis and positioned within the housing cavity, a capsule is contained within the sleeve, and a piercing element comprising only a single shaft extending from a fixed end to a tip along a piercing element longitudinal axis. The piercing element longitudinal axis being parallel with the sleeve longitudinal axis. The piercing element having a piercing element diameter in a range from 0.5 to 0.9 mm. The single piercing element tip having only a single cutting plane and defining a cutting plane angle between the longitudinal axis of the piercing element and the single cutting plane. The cutting plane angle being in a range from about 25 degrees and about 35 degrees.
A tubular element for an aerosol-generating article is provided, the tubular element including: a tubular body defining a cavity extending from a first end of the tubular body to a second end of the tubular body; a folded end portion forming a first end wall at the first end of the tubular body, the first end wall delimiting an opening for airflow between the cavity and an exterior of the tubular element; and a ventilation zone at a location along the tubular body of the tubular element, the ventilation zone being located between about 5 millimetres and about 15 millimetres from the folded end portion of the tubular element.
A method of producing a liquid tobacco extract, the method including the steps of: preparing a tobacco material; applying an alkaline solution to the tobacco material to produce an alkalised tobacco material; heating the alkalised tobacco material at an extraction temperature of between 100 degrees Celsius and 160 degrees Celsius for at least 30 minutes, the alkalised tobacco material being heated in a flow of inert gas or in a flow of a combination of an inert gas with water or steam, and a water content of the alkalised tobacco material, prior to the heating step, being between 10 percent by weight and 20 percent by weight; condensing volatile compounds released from the alkalised tobacco material during the heating step and collecting condensate of the volatile compounds; and forming a liquid tobacco extract comprising the condensate of the volatile compounds.
A24B 15/24 - Treatment of tobacco products or tobacco substitutes by extraction; Tobacco extracts
A24B 15/167 - Chemical features of tobacco products or tobacco substitutes of tobacco substitutes in liquid or vaporisable form, e.g. liquid compositions for electronic cigarettes
71.
AEROSOL-GENERATING DEVICE WITH FLEXIBLE MEMBRANE COMPRISING AN OPENING
An aerosol-generating device is provided, including: a cavity configured to receive an aerosol-generating article including an aerosol-forming substrate, the aerosol-forming substrate being a solid aerosol-forming substrate; and a flexible membrane arranged at an upstream end of the cavity, the flexible membrane including an opening in fluid communication with the cavity, the flexible membrane being provided at an upstream end of the aerosol-generating device, the opening being configured to serve as an air inlet for the aerosol-generating device, at least two openings being formed in the flexible membrane, the at least two openings including slits that intersect, and the at least two intersecting slits forming a central portion. A kit, an aerosol-generating system, and a method of cleaning the aerosol-generating device are also provided.
An electrically operated aerosol-generating system is provided, including: an aerosol-generating device; a charging unit to receive the device; and first and second connector parts, the device having one of the first and the second connector parts and the charging unit having the other one of the first and the second parts, in which the first part includes a first electrical contact, a second electrical contact circumscribing the first contact, and a third electrical contact circumscribing the second contact, the second part includes a face and a projection arranged centrally in the face, the projection being defined by an end face, and a sidewall extending between the face and the end face of the projection. An electrically operated aerosol-generating device, a charging unit for charging an aerosol-generating device, and an electrical connector for an electrically operated aerosol-generating system, are also provided.
A cartridge for a stick-shaped aerosol-generating article is provided, the article being for an inductively heating aerosol-generating device, the cartridge including: a vaporization chamber at a distal end portion of the cartridge for vaporizing aerosol-forming liquid therein; a reservoir chamber proximal the vaporization chamber to store aerosol-forming liquid; a liquid-conveying susceptor arrangement to convey liquid from the reservoir chamber into the vaporization chamber and to be inductively heated in use with the device in order to vaporize liquid within the vaporization chamber; a vapor-conveying conduit providing a fluid communication for vaporized liquid from the vaporization chamber to a region proximal the reservoir chamber; and a proximal end cap forming at last a proximal end wall member of the reservoir chamber and including a through hole in which a proximal end portion of the vapor-conveying conduit is supported.
A method of producing a liquid tobacco extract is provided, the method including the steps of: preparing a tobacco material; heating the tobacco material in an extraction chamber at an extraction temperature of between 120 degrees Celsius and 160 degrees Celsius for at least 90 minutes; spraying atomised water into the extraction chamber during the heating step; collecting volatile compounds released from the tobacco material during the heating step; and forming a liquid tobacco extract comprising the collected volatile compounds. A liquid tobacco extract produced by the method is also provided.
A24B 15/167 - Chemical features of tobacco products or tobacco substitutes of tobacco substitutes in liquid or vaporisable form, e.g. liquid compositions for electronic cigarettes
A24B 15/24 - Treatment of tobacco products or tobacco substitutes by extraction; Tobacco extracts
A24B 15/22 - Treatment of tobacco products or tobacco substitutes by application of electric or wave energy or particle radiation
A24B 15/28 - Treatment of tobacco products or tobacco substitutes by chemical substances
There is provided a heating element (11) for an aerosol-generating system, the heating element (11) comprising a mesh (12). The mesh (12) comprises a plurality of first filaments (20) extending in a first direction (21), wherein each of the first filaments (20) comprises a first end (24) and a second end (26). The mesh (12) also comprises a plurality of second filaments (22) extending in a second direction (23), wherein the first direction (21) is perpendicular to the second direction (23). Each of the second filaments (22) comprises a third end (28) and a fourth end (30). The second ends (26) of the first filaments (20) are electrically connected to the third ends (28) of the second filaments (22).
A24F 40/46 - Shape or structure of electric heating means
H05B 3/12 - Heating elements characterised by the composition or nature of the materials or by the arrangement of the conductor characterised by the composition or nature of the conductive material
A24F 40/10 - Devices using liquid inhalable precursors
76.
AEROSOL-GENERATING DEVICE WITH MEANS FOR IDENTIFYING A TYPE OF AN AEROSOL-GENERATING ARTICLE BEING USED WITH THE DEVICE
An aerosol-generating device is provided for alternative use with at least a first type and a second type of inductively heatable aerosol-generating articles including a susceptor arrangement, the device including: a receptacle to removably receive at least a portion of the first or the second type of article; an inductive heating arrangement to generate an alternating magnetic field for inductively heating the susceptor arrangement when the article is received by the receptacle; and a controller operatively connected to the heating arrangement and being configured to: determine a first value and a second value of an electrical property of the susceptor arrangement being reached during heating of the susceptor arrangement in use of the device when the article is received by the receptacle, determine the difference between the first and the second values, and identify an article type of the article received by the receptacle based on the determined difference.
An aerosol-generating device is provided, including: a cavity configured to receive an aerosol-generating article including an aerosol-forming substrate; and an induction heating element including a susceptor configured to heat, the susceptor being arranged as multiple elongate elements forming a hollow tubular arrangement with gaps between individual elongate elements, the susceptor including a thermally deformable element arranged in the cavity, and the thermally deformable element being configured to thermally deform during a heating operation to contact and hold the aerosol-generating article received in the cavity during a heating operation. A system including the aerosol-generating device and an aerosol-generating article is also provided.
A heater assembly for an aerosol-generating device is provided, including a heating chamber configured to heat an aerosol-forming substrate; an evacuated air-tight hollow pin arranged centrally within the heating chamber; and a susceptor layer on an outer surface of the evacuated air-tight hollow pin. An aerosol-generating device including the heater assembly, and an aerosol-generating system including the aerosol-generating device and an aerosol-generating article, are also provided.
An aerosol-generating article is provided, including: a rod of aerosol-generating substrate having a length from 8 to 16 mm, the substrate including a shredded tobacco material having an average density from 150 to 500 mg/cm3 and being in a form of cut filler or a shredded sheet of homogenised tobacco material; a downstream section downstream of the rod and including at least one hollow tubular element abutting a downstream end of the rod; an upstream element provided upstream of the rod and abutting an upstream end of the rod, an upstream end of the upstream element defining an upstream end of the article; and a ventilation zone at a location along the hollow tubular element and being configured to admit ambient air into a lumen of the hollow tubular element, a distance between the ventilation zone and the upstream end of the upstream element being from 26 to 33 mm.
A user-replaceable e-liquid reservoir for dispensing e-liquid, the reservoir being inserted into, or otherwise attached to, a portable, personal e-cigarette device and engaging with an electrical or electronic pump fluid transfer system in the device, the device including: an electrical or electronic pump, being configured to transfer e-liquid from the e-liquid reservoir to an atomizing unit in the device, the pump delivering a pre-defined or variable quantity of e-liquid from the reservoir; and in which the reservoir is not user-refillable.
A24F 15/015 - Receptacles or boxes specially adapted for cigars, cigarettes, simulated smoking devices or cigarettes therefor specially adapted for simulated smoking devices or cigarettes therefor with means for refilling of liquid inhalable precursors
A24F 40/60 - Devices with integrated user interfaces
B65B 37/06 - Supplying or feeding fluent-solid, plastic, or liquid material, or loose masses of small articles, to be packaged by pistons or pumps
B65B 3/04 - Methods of, or means for, filling the material into the containers or receptacles
B65D 25/00 - CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES - Details of other kinds or types of rigid or semi-rigid containers
G01F 23/00 - Indicating or measuring liquid level or level of fluent solid material, e.g. indicating in terms of volume or indicating by means of an alarm
An aerosol-generating article is provided, including: a substrate portion containing an aerosol-forming substrate; and a capsule portion containing a carrier material, one or more breakable capsules being embedded in the carrier material, the one or more breakable capsules containing one or more active agents, at least parts of the one or more breakable capsules being arranged at an outer surface of the aerosol-generating article. An aerosol-generating system, including an aerosol-generating device including a cavity and a heating element, and the aerosol-generating article, is also provided.
An aerosol-generating article for producing an inhalable aerosol upon heating is provided, the aerosol-generating article including: a paper wrapper wrapped around at least a portion of the aerosol-generating article, the paper wrapper comprising an embossed portion having an inner surface, which is water-resistant, the embossed portion of the wrapper having a basis weight of from 50 grams per square meter to 100 grams per square meter.
A24D 1/02 - Cigars; Cigarettes with special covers
A24D 1/20 - Cigarettes specially adapted for simulated smoking devices
A24B 15/167 - Chemical features of tobacco products or tobacco substitutes of tobacco substitutes in liquid or vaporisable form, e.g. liquid compositions for electronic cigarettes
D21H 19/20 - Coatings without pigments applied in a form other than the aqueous solution defined in group comprising macromolecular compounds obtained by reactions only involving carbon-to-carbon unsaturated bonds
D21H 19/32 - Coatings without pigments applied in a form other than the aqueous solution defined in group comprising macromolecular compounds obtained otherwise than by reactions only involving carbon-to-carbon unsaturated bonds obtained by reactions forming a linkage containing silicon in the main chain of the macromolecule
83.
STICK-SHAPED AEROSOL-GENERATING ARTICLE FOR USE WITH AN INDUCTIVELY HEATING AEROSOL-GENERATING DEVICE
A stick-shaped aerosol-generating article for an inductively heating aerosol-generating device is provided, the article including: a mouthpiece; a cartridge including a vaporization chamber at a distal end portion of the cartridge to vaporize aerosol-forming liquid therein, the chamber including an air inlet, a reservoir chamber proximal the vaporization chamber to store aerosol-forming liquid, a liquid-conveying susceptor arrangement to convey aerosol-forming liquid from the reservoir chamber into the vaporization chamber and to be inductively heated with the device in order to vaporize liquid within the vaporization chamber, a vapor-conveying conduit providing a fluid communication for vaporized liquid from the vaporization chamber to a region proximal the reservoir chamber, such that apart from the air inlet and the fluid communication, the vaporization chamber is fully enclosed by wall members; and a first wrapper circumferentially wrapped around the vaporization chamber and the reservoir chamber, and around a distal portion of the mouthpiece.
An aerosol-generating device is provided, including: an outer housing; a heater configured to heat an aerosol-forming substrate; and a plurality of layers of thermal insulation arranged around at least a part of the heater, the plurality of layers of thermal insulation including a first thermal insulation layer, a second thermal insulation layer, a radiation reflector layer being arranged between the first and the second thermal insulation layers, and a heat spreader layer including the outer housing of the aerosol-generating device. An aerosol-generating system is also provided, including the aerosol-generating device and an aerosol-generating article including an aerosol-generating substrate.
A24F 40/46 - Shape or structure of electric heating means
A24F 40/20 - Devices using solid inhalable precursors
B32B 9/00 - Layered products essentially comprising a particular substance not covered by groups
B32B 9/04 - Layered products essentially comprising a particular substance not covered by groups comprising such substance as the main or only constituent of a layer, next to another layer of a specific substance
B32B 5/18 - Layered products characterised by the non-homogeneity or physical structure of a layer characterised by features of a layer containing foamed or specifically porous material
B32B 15/20 - Layered products essentially comprising metal comprising aluminium or copper
B32B 15/04 - Layered products essentially comprising metal comprising metal as the main or only constituent of a layer, next to another layer of a specific substance
B32B 27/06 - Layered products essentially comprising synthetic resin as the main or only constituent of a layer next to another layer of a specific substance
F16L 59/02 - Shape or form of insulating materials, with or without coverings integral with the insulating materials
H05B 3/46 - Heating elements having the shape of rods or tubes non-flexible heating conductor mounted on insulating base
85.
CARTRIDGE OF A STICK-SHAPED AEROSOL-GENERATING ARTICLE FOR USE WITH AN INDUCTIVELY HEATING AEROSOL-GENERATING DEVICE
A cartridge for a stick-shaped aerosol-generating article is provided, the article being for an inductively heating aerosol-generating device, the cartridge including: a vaporization chamber at a distal end portion of the cartridge; a reservoir chamber proximal the vaporization chamber; a liquid-conveying susceptor arrangement to convey the liquid from the reservoir chamber into the vaporization chamber and to be inductively heated with the device to vaporize the liquid; a vapor-conveying conduit providing fluid communication for vaporized liquid to a region proximal the reservoir chamber, a proximal end portion of the conduit passing through, ending integrally in, or supported in a through hole of a proximal end wall of the reservoir chamber; a distal end cap forming a distal wall of the vaporization chamber; a proximal end cap forming the proximal end wall; and a cartridge sleeve forming a circumferential outer side wall of the vaporization chamber and of the reservoir chamber.
A user-replaceable e-liquid reservoir for dispensing e-liquid, the reservoir being inserted into, or otherwise attached to, a portable, personal e-cigarette device and engaging with an electrical or electronic pump fluid transfer system in the device, the device including: an electrical or electronic pump, being configured to transfer e-liquid from the e-liquid reservoir to an atomizing unit in the device, the pump delivering a pre-defined or variable quantity of e-liquid from the reservoir; and in which the reservoir is not user-refillable.
A24F 15/015 - Receptacles or boxes specially adapted for cigars, cigarettes, simulated smoking devices or cigarettes therefor specially adapted for simulated smoking devices or cigarettes therefor with means for refilling of liquid inhalable precursors
A24F 40/60 - Devices with integrated user interfaces
B65B 37/06 - Supplying or feeding fluent-solid, plastic, or liquid material, or loose masses of small articles, to be packaged by pistons or pumps
B65B 3/04 - Methods of, or means for, filling the material into the containers or receptacles
B65D 25/00 - CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES - Details of other kinds or types of rigid or semi-rigid containers
G01F 23/00 - Indicating or measuring liquid level or level of fluent solid material, e.g. indicating in terms of volume or indicating by means of an alarm
87.
AEROSOL-GENERATING ARTICLE WITH LOW RESISTANCE TO DRAW AND IMPROVED FLAVOUR DELIVERY
An aerosol-generating article extending from a mouth end to a distal end is provided, including: an aerosol-generating element; and a downstream section located downstream of the aerosol-generating element, the downstream section extending from a downstream end of the aerosol-generating element to the mouth end of the aerosol-generating article, a resistance to draw (RTD) of the downstream section being less than 10 mm H2O, between about 5 percent and about 35 percent of a length of the downstream section includes a first section defining a first empty region for air to flow, at least about 65 percent of the length of the downstream section further includes a second section defining a second empty region for air to flow, and a total cross-sectional area of the first empty region defined by the first section being less than a total cross-sectional area of the second empty region defined by the second section.
A reusable aerosol-generating article configured to be received into a cavity of an aerosol-generating device is provided, the reusable aerosol-generating article including: a housing including a compartment configured to receive an aerosol-forming substrate and an air-flow tube arranged downstream of the compartment, at least parts of the housing being pivotable about a hinge and configured to provide access to the compartment and the air-flow tube. An aerosol-generating system, including an aerosol-generating device including a cavity, and the reusable aerosol-generating article, is also provided.
An aerosol-generating article for producing an inhalable aerosol upon heating is provided, the aerosol-generating article including: a rod of aerosol-generating substrate including an aerosol former content of at least about 5 percent on a dry weight basis; and a wrapper wrapped around at least a portion of the aerosol-generating article, the wrapper including an embossed portion circumscribing at least the rod of aerosol-generating substrate, the embossed portion of the wrapper circumscribing the rod of aerosol-generating substrate along at least 80 percent of a length of the rod.
A user-replaceable e-liquid reservoir for dispensing e-liquid, the reservoir being inserted into, or otherwise attached to, a portable, personal e-cigarette device and engaging with an electrical or electronic pump fluid transfer system in the device, the device including: an electrical or electronic pump, being configured to transfer e-liquid from the e-liquid reservoir to an atomizing unit in the device, the pump delivering a pre-defined or variable quantity of e-liquid from the reservoir; and in which the reservoir is not user-refillable.
A24F 15/015 - Receptacles or boxes specially adapted for cigars, cigarettes, simulated smoking devices or cigarettes therefor specially adapted for simulated smoking devices or cigarettes therefor with means for refilling of liquid inhalable precursors
A24F 40/60 - Devices with integrated user interfaces
B65B 37/06 - Supplying or feeding fluent-solid, plastic, or liquid material, or loose masses of small articles, to be packaged by pistons or pumps
B65B 3/04 - Methods of, or means for, filling the material into the containers or receptacles
B65D 25/00 - CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES - Details of other kinds or types of rigid or semi-rigid containers
G01F 23/00 - Indicating or measuring liquid level or level of fluent solid material, e.g. indicating in terms of volume or indicating by means of an alarm
91.
AEROSOL-GENERATING DEVICE WITH A SELF-SUPPORTING COMPONENT
An aerosol-generating device is provided, including: a heater casing housing a heating chamber, the heating chamber configured to receive an aerosol-generating article including an aerosol-forming substrate; an air-flow tube configured to provide air to the heating chamber; and a controller configured to control operation of the aerosol-generating device, in which the heater casing, the air-flow tube, and the control element are mounted to one another and form a self-supporting component of the aerosol-generating device. A self-supporting component for an aerosol-generating device, and an aerosol-generating system including the aerosol-generating device and an aerosol-generating article, is also provided.
A method of producing a liquid tobacco extract is provided, the method including the steps of: preparing a tobacco material; heating the tobacco material at an extraction temperature of between 100 degrees Celsius and 160 degrees Celsius for at least 15 minutes, the tobacco material being heated directly; collecting volatile compounds released from the tobacco material during the heating step; and forming a liquid tobacco extract including the collected volatile compounds, the tobacco material being microwave heated during at least one step of the method. A liquid tobacco extract produced by the method is also provided.
A24B 15/24 - Treatment of tobacco products or tobacco substitutes by extraction; Tobacco extracts
A24B 15/167 - Chemical features of tobacco products or tobacco substitutes of tobacco substitutes in liquid or vaporisable form, e.g. liquid compositions for electronic cigarettes
A24B 15/22 - Treatment of tobacco products or tobacco substitutes by application of electric or wave energy or particle radiation
A24B 15/28 - Treatment of tobacco products or tobacco substitutes by chemical substances
A user-replaceable e-liquid reservoir for dispensing e-liquid, the reservoir being inserted into, or otherwise attached to, a portable, personal e-cigarette device and engaging with an electrical or electronic pump fluid transfer system in the device, the device including: an electrical or electronic pump, being configured to transfer e-liquid from the e-liquid reservoir to an atomizing unit in the device, the pump delivering a pre-defined or variable quantity of e-liquid from the reservoir; and in which the reservoir is not user-refillable.
A24F 15/015 - Receptacles or boxes specially adapted for cigars, cigarettes, simulated smoking devices or cigarettes therefor specially adapted for simulated smoking devices or cigarettes therefor with means for refilling of liquid inhalable precursors
A24F 40/60 - Devices with integrated user interfaces
B65B 37/06 - Supplying or feeding fluent-solid, plastic, or liquid material, or loose masses of small articles, to be packaged by pistons or pumps
B65B 3/04 - Methods of, or means for, filling the material into the containers or receptacles
B65D 25/00 - CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES - Details of other kinds or types of rigid or semi-rigid containers
G01F 23/00 - Indicating or measuring liquid level or level of fluent solid material, e.g. indicating in terms of volume or indicating by means of an alarm
An aerosol generating system includes an aerosol generating device (100), a first module (201), and a second module (202). The aerosol generating device comprises a housing (110). The first module is operably couplable to the housing of the aerosol generating device. The second module is operably couplable to the first module or to the housing of the aerosol generating device.
An aerosol-forming substrate for an aerosol-generating system is provided, the aerosol-forming substrate including: one or more aerosol formers, the aerosol-forming substrate having an aerosol former content of greater than 30 percent by weight; hydroxypropylmethyl cellulose; and one or more cellulose based strengthening agents including cellulose powder, the aerosol-forming substrate having a cellulose powder content of between about 0.5 percent by weight and about 50 percent by weight.
A24B 15/40 - Treatment of tobacco products or tobacco substitutes by chemical substances by organic substances containing a heterocyclic ring having only oxygen or sulfur as hetero-atoms
A24D 1/20 - Cigarettes specially adapted for simulated smoking devices
A24B 15/167 - Chemical features of tobacco products or tobacco substitutes of tobacco substitutes in liquid or vaporisable form, e.g. liquid compositions for electronic cigarettes
96.
AEROSOL-GENERATING ARTICLE WITH LOW DENSITY SUBSTRATE
An aerosol-generating article is provided, including: an aerosol-generating substrate; and a downstream section extending from a downstream end of the aerosol-generating substrate to a downstream end of the aerosol-generating article, the aerosol-generating substrate having a density of no more than 0.5 grams per cubic centimetre, and the aerosol-generating substrate having a length-to-diameter ratio of no more than 6.0. An aerosol-generating system including the aerosol-generating article and an aerosol-generating device is also provided.
An aerosol-generating article is provided, including: a rod of aerosol-generating substrate having a length of between 8 millimetres and 16 millimetres, the aerosol-generating substrate including a shredded tobacco material having an average density of between 150 mg per cubic centimetre and 500 mg per cubic centimetre; a downstream section provided downstream of the rod of aerosol-generating substrate, the downstream section including at least one hollow tubular element; and an upstream element provided upstream of the rod of aerosol-generating substrate and abutting an upstream end of the rod of aerosol-generating substrate, the upstream element having a length of between 2 millimetres and 8 millimetres.
An aerosol-generating kit including an aerosol-generating device and an accessory for the aerosol-generating device is provided, the aerosol-generating device including: a device cavity configured to receive an aerosol-generating article including an aerosol-forming substrate, a device heating element arranged at least partly around the device cavity, a power supply configured to supply electrical energy to the heating element, a controller configured to control the supply of electrical energy from the power supply to the device heating element, device electrical contacts, and a proximal end configured for attachment with the accessory, the device electrical contacts being arranged at the proximal end of the aerosol-generating device and being configured to enable an electrical connection between the aerosol-generating device and the accessory; and the accessory including: a cavity configured to receive an aerosol-generating article including an aerosol-forming substrate, and a heating element arranged at least partly surrounding the cavity.
An aerosol-generating article is provided, including: a rod of aerosol-generating substrate; and a paper wrapper wrapped around at least a portion of the aerosol-generating article, the paper wrapper including an embossed portion circumscribing the rod of aerosol-generating substrate along at least 80 percent of the length of the rod and having a basis weight of from 50 grams per square meter to 100 grams per square meter. A method of producing an aerosol-generating article is also provided.
An aerosol-generating article is provided, including: a plurality of elements assembled in a form of a rod having a mouth end and a distal end upstream from the mouth end, the plurality of elements including an aerosol-forming substrate located at or towards the distal end of the rod, in which an elongate susceptor is arranged substantially longitudinally within the rod and in thermal contact with the aerosol-forming substrate, in which the aerosol-forming substrate includes tobacco, and in which the aerosol-forming substrate further includes a single aerosol former or a combination of two or more aerosol formers. An aerosol-generating system, a method of operating the aerosol-generating article, and a method of producing the aerosol-generating article, are also provided.
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