An aerosol-generating article is provided, including: an aerosol-generating substrate including a homogenised star anise material including star anise particles, an aerosol former, and an exogenous binder, the aerosol-generating substrate including: at least 70 micrograms of (E)-anethole per gram of the aerosol-generating substrate, on a dry weight basis, at least 50 micrograms of epoxyanethole per gram of the aerosol-generating substrate, on a dry weight basis, and at least 130 micrograms of benzyl isoeugenol ether per gram of the aerosol-generating substrate, on a dry weight basis.
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 3/14 - Forming reconstituted tobacco products, e.g. wrapper materials, sheets, imitation leaves, rods, cakesForms of such products
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
A24D 1/18 - Selection of materials, other than tobacco, suitable for smoking
A24D 1/20 - Cigarettes specially adapted for simulated smoking devices
A24D 1/22 - Cigarettes with integrated combustible heat sources, e.g. with carbonaceous heat sources
A24F 40/20 - Devices using solid inhalable precursors
2.
NOVEL AEROSOL-GENERATING SUBSTRATE COMPRISING ILLICIUM SPECIES
An aerosol-generating article is provided, including: an aerosol-generating substrate including a homogenised star anise material including at least 2.5 percent by weight of star anise particles, on a dry weight basis, an aerosol former, and an exogenous binder, the aerosol-generating substrate including: at least 70 micrograms of (E)-anethole per gram of the aerosol-generating substrate, on a dry weight basis, at least 50 micrograms of epoxyanethole per gram of the aerosol-generating substrate, on a dry weight basis, and at least 130 micrograms of benzyl isoeugenol ether per gram of the aerosol-generating substrate, on a dry weight basis; a hollow 10 tube downstream of the aerosol-generating substrate; and a ventilation zone provided at a location along the hollow tube.
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 3/14 - Forming reconstituted tobacco products, e.g. wrapper materials, sheets, imitation leaves, rods, cakesForms of such products
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
A24D 1/18 - Selection of materials, other than tobacco, suitable for smoking
A24D 1/20 - Cigarettes specially adapted for simulated smoking devices
A24D 1/22 - Cigarettes with integrated combustible heat sources, e.g. with carbonaceous heat sources
A24F 40/20 - Devices using solid inhalable precursors
3.
AEROSOL-GENERATING ARTICLE WITH AEROSOL-GENERATING ELEMENT INCLUDING CORE BODY AND SHELL PORTION
AEROSOL-GENERATING ELEMENT FOR USE IN AN AEROSOL-GENERATING ARTICLE OR SYSTEM There is provided an aerosol-generating article for generating an inhalable aerosol upon heating, the aerosol-generating article comprising: a longitudinally extending aerosol-generating element; and a downstream section at a location downstream of the aerosol-generating element. The aerosol-generating element comprises a core body and an air-permeable shell portion circumscribing the core body, the shell portion comprising a primary aerosol-generating substrate and defining an airflow path through the shell portion. The core body is substantially free of the primary aerosol-generating substrate. A cross-sectional area of the core body is at least 3 percent of an overall cross-sectional area of the aerosol-generating element. (Figure 1)
The invention relates to a protective cap for a reusable mouthpiece of an aerosol- generating system. The protective cap comprises a lateral outer wall, a cavity, a closed proximal end portion, and an openable distal end portion. The lateral outer wall confines the cavity. The cavity is configured for receiving the reusable mouthpiece though the openable distal end portion. The invention further relates to a system comprising the protective cap and a reusable mouthpiece of an aerosol-generating system. The invention further relates to a method of cleaning a reusable mouthpiece of an aerosol-generating system. The method comprises the steps of (i) inserting at least a portion of the reusable mouthpiece through the openable distal end portion into the cavity of the protective cap described herein, (ii) maintaining the reusable mouthpiece in the cavity for a time sufficient to remove at least 99,9 percent of microorganism, preferably sufficient to remove at least 99,999 percent of bacteria, at least 99,99 percent of fungi and at least 99,9% of viruses, (iii) removing the reusable mouthpiece from the cavity of the protective cap.
The invention relates to an aerosol-generating system (10, 10', 10", 10'") comprising a main body (12), a heating portion (14) configured for receiving an aerosol-forming substrate through a substrate opening (22), and configured for heating the aerosol-forming substrate and a mouthpiece holder. The mouthpiece holder comprises a proximal opening (18) configured for receiving a removable mouthpiece and a distal opening (20). The aerosol-generating system is arrangeable in a first position and in a different second position. In the first position, the distal opening is fluidly connected with the substrate opening. In the second position, at least a portion of the substrate opening is accessible for receiving the aerosol-forming substrate. The invention further relates to an aerosol-generating method, comprising the steps of moving such an aerosol-generating system from the first position into the second position, inserting an aerosol-forming substrate through the substrate opening, moving the aerosol-generating system from the second position into the first position, heating the aerosol-forming substrate to generate an aerosol. The invention further relates to an aerosol-generating system comprising such an aerosol-generating system and an aerosol-forming substrate.
A device (16) for weakening a strip of material (15) in making an aerosol-generating article component, the device comprising a first roller (17) comprising a plurality of first protrusions (19) delimiting a respective plurality of first recesses (20), a second roller (18) comprising a plurality of second protrusions (22) delimiting a respective plurality of second recesses (23). At a coupling zone of the first roller (17) with the second roller (18), the first protrusions (19) are partially inserted in the second recesses (23) and the second protrusions (22) are partially inserted in the first recesses (20). Spikes (21) are positioned on tops of at least some of the first protrusions (19) and/or on tops of at least some of the second protrusions (22). The spikes (21) are configured to pierce a strip of material (15) passing between the first roller (17) and the second roller (18).
A heater module (1) for an aerosol-generating device (100) configured to dielectrically heat an aerosol-generating article (10). The heater module (1) comprises a chamber (2) configured to receive at least a portion of an aerosol-generating article (10) to be heated. The heater module (1) comprises a chamber housing (3), the chamber (2) being disposed in the chamber housing (3). The chamber housing (3) comprises a first region (21) having a first material property, and a second region (22) having a second material property. The first material property and the second material property are such that an electric field in the chamber (2) and chamber housing (3) is greater in the chamber (2) at the second region (22) of the chamber housing (3) compared to the electric field in the chamber (2) at the first region (21) of the chamber housing (3).
F01K 23/02 - Plants characterised by more than one engine delivering power external to the plant, the engines being driven by different fluids the engine cycles being thermally coupled
A24F 40/46 - Shape or structure of electric heating means
H05B 6/10 - Induction heating apparatus, other than furnaces, for specific applications
An aerosol-generating article, including: a rod of aerosol-generating substrate including between 5 percent to 30 percent aerosol former by weight on a dry weight basis; and a ventilation zone arranged downstream of the rod, the ventilation zone being arranged in a hollow tubular segment of a cardboard aerosol-cooling element, and the ventilation zone being configured as a hollow tubular ventilation zone, the ventilation zone including perforations, one or more of the perforations having a non-circular cross-section having an ovality, the ovality being a ratio of a large diameter of a perforation divided by a small diameter of the perforation, of at least 1.5, a thickness of the peripheral wall of the ventilation zone being between 0.1 millimeter and 2.5 millimeters, one or more perforations having a width of between 0.05 millimeter and 0.2 millimeter, and one or more perforations having a length of between 0.25 millimeter and 1.0 millimeter.
An aerosol-generating device (3) comprises an aerosolization arrangement (31) and an electronic display (45). The aerosolization arrangement (31) is configured to aerosolize an aerosol-generating substrate. The electronic display (45) at least partially defines an outer surface of the aerosol-generating device (3). The electronic display (45) is an electrophoretic display. The electronic display (45) comprises an electrophoretic layer (67) comprising a plurality of sealed spaces (77), wherein each of the plurality of sealed spaces (77) contains a plurality of charged particles (79) dispersed in a fluid solvent (81). The electronic display (45) is configured to alter a visual content displayed by the electronic display (45) by changing a distribution of the charged particles (79) in the solvent (81) in one or more of the sealed spaces (77) by applying or altering an electric field within the one or more sealed spaces (77).
A24F 40/60 - Devices with integrated user interfaces
G02F 1/167 - Devices or arrangements for the control of the intensity, colour, phase, polarisation or direction of light arriving from an independent light source, e.g. switching, gating or modulatingNon-linear optics for the control of the intensity, phase, polarisation or colour based on translational movement of particles in a fluid under the influence of an applied field characterised by the electro-optical or magneto-optical effect by electrophoresis
G09G 3/34 - Control arrangements or circuits, of interest only in connection with visual indicators other than cathode-ray tubes for presentation of an assembly of a number of characters, e.g. a page, by composing the assembly by combination of individual elements arranged in a matrix by control of light from an independent source
10.
AEROSOL-GENERATING ARTICLE HAVING DOWNSTREAM ELEMENT COMPRISING NOVEL FILTRATION MATERIAL WITH PHENOL-SCAVENGING ADDITIVE
An aerosol-generating article (10)(100)(1000) comprises: an aerosol-generating substrate (12)(112)(1004); a downstream element (42)(150)(1008) provided downstream of the aerosol-generating substrate (12)(112)(1004) and in axial alignment with the aerosol-generating substrate, the downstream element comprising a filtration material comprising a cellulosic filtration material comprising a fibrous material; and an additive coating applied to the fibrous material, the additive coating comprising at least one ethoxylated castor oil; wherein the plug element comprises at least 1.5 percent by weight of the at least one ethoxylated castor oil based on the dry weight of the cellulosic filtration material on a dry weight basis.
The disclosure relates to an aerosol-generating device having a communication interface for connecting to a wireless network of a network router, the aerosol-generating device being configured to: establish a connection to the wireless network; provide, via the connection to the wireless network, an Internet-based communication with a server; and obtain, from the server, and/or transmit, to the server, data relating to the aerosol-generating device via the connection to the wireless network.
H04L 67/125 - Protocols specially adapted for proprietary or special-purpose networking environments, e.g. medical networks, sensor networks, networks in vehicles or remote metering networks involving control of end-device applications over a network
A24F 40/65 - Devices with integrated communication means, e.g. wireless communication means
A wrapper for aerosol generating articles. The wrapper has a high paper density and may be utilized with an aerosol generating substrate. An aerosol generating article includes an aerosol generating substrate comprising nicotine, and a wrapper disposed about the aerosol generating substrate. The wrapper includes a paper layer having a thickness/grammage of about 1.2 micrometers/gsm or less.
A vibratory aerosolisation assembly for an aerosol-generating device is provided, including: an aerosolisation component including a vibratable transducer and a membrane, the transducer being coupled to the membrane to vibrate it in an axial direction; a substantially flexible annular sealing component sealably coupled to a peripheral sealing region of the aerosolisation component; and a substantially rigid casing coupled to the sealing component, the coupling being confined to a retention region of the sealing component, the retention region disposed outward of an outermost periphery of the aerosolisation component, the casing is more rigid than the sealing component, a parameter of the sealing component militating against damping a vibratory output of the transducer during use and including one or more of: a hardness of the sealing component, a Young's modulus of the sealing component, and an axial thickness of the sealing component, the casing defining a bore circumferentially surrounding the sealing component.
B05B 17/00 - Apparatus for spraying or atomising liquids or other fluent materials, not covered by any other group of this subclass
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
14.
AEROSOL-GENERATING SYSTEM WITH A PIN HEATER AND A NARROW CONSUMABLE
An aerosol-generating system is provided, including: an aerosol-generating article including a rod of aerosol-generating substrate having a rod width of less than or equal to 7 millimetres; and an aerosol-generating device including a heating element in the form of a pin configured for insertion into the rod of aerosol-generating substrate of the aerosol-generating article, the pin having a pin width that is greater than or equal to 2.5 millimetres.
An aerosol-generating device (3) comprises an arrangement of device segments (23) comprising device segments (23) separably arranged one behind the other along a longitudinal direction (7). The device segments (23) comprise a main controller segment (27) comprising first control electronics (40) configured to control at least one first function of the aerosol-generating device (3). The device segments (23) further comprise a supporting controller segment (29) comprising second control electronics (42) configured to control at least one second function of the aerosol- generating device (3).
The disclosure relates to an aerosol-generating device having a communication interface for connecting to a user device and a wireless network, the aerosol-generating device being configured to: establish a first connection to the user device; obtain, via the first connection, network data indicative of a network identifier of the wireless network; and establish a second connection to the wireless network based on the network data.
H04L 67/125 - Protocols specially adapted for proprietary or special-purpose networking environments, e.g. medical networks, sensor networks, networks in vehicles or remote metering networks involving control of end-device applications over a network
H04W 48/16 - DiscoveringProcessing access restriction or access information
H04W 48/18 - Selecting a network or a communication service
H04W 4/80 - Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication
An aerosol-generating article (10)(100)(1000) comprises: an aerosol-generating substrate (12)(112)(1004); a downstream element (42)(150)(1008) provided downstream of the aerosol- generating substrate (12)(112)(1004) and in axial alignment with the aerosol-generating substrate, the downstream element comprising a filtration material comprising a cellulosic filtration material comprising a fibrous material; and an additive coating applied to the fibrous material, the additive coating comprising at least one of dipropylene glycol, tripropylene glycol and tetrapropylene glycol; wherein the plug element comprises at least 5 percent by weight of the at least one of dipropylene glycol, tripropylene glycol and tetrapropylene glycol based on the dry weight of the cellulosic filtration material on a dry weight basis.
An aerosol-generating article (10)(100)(1000) comprises: an aerosol-generating substrate (12)(112)(1004); a downstream element (42)(150)(1008) provided downstream of the aerosol-generating substrate (12)(112)(1004) and in axial alignment with the aerosol-generating substrate, the downstream element comprising a filtration material comprising a cellulosic filtration material comprising a fibrous material; and an additive coating applied to the fibrous material, the additive coating comprising at least one polyester, such as for example one polyester obtained reacting aliphatic diols with aliphatic diacids, aromatic diacids, or a mixture of aliphatic and aromatic diacids; wherein the plug element comprises at least 4 percent by weight of the at least one polyester based on the dry weight of the cellulosic filtration material on a dry weight basis.
Wired vaporizer for electronic cigarettes and electronic smoking devices; tobacco, raw or manufactured; tobacco products, including cigars, cigarettes, cigarillos, tobacco for roll your own cigarettes, pipe tobacco, chewing tobacco, snuff tobacco, kretek; snus; tobacco substitutes (not for medical purposes); smokers' articles, including cigarette paper and tubes, cigarette filters, tobacco tins, cigarette cases and ashtrays for smokers, pipes, pocket apparatus for rolling cigarettes, lighters for smokers; matches; tobacco sticks, tobacco products for the purpose of being heated, electronic devices and their parts for the purpose of heating cigarettes or tobacco in order to release nicotine-containing aerosol for inhalation; liquid nicotine solutions for use in electronic cigarettes; electronic smoking devices; electronic cigarettes; electronic cigarettes as substitute for traditional cigarettes; electronic devices for the inhalation of nicotine-containing aerosol; oral vaporising devices for smokers, tobacco products and tobacco substitutes; smoker's articles for electronic cigarettes; parts and fittings for the aforesaid products included in class 34; devices for extinguishing heated cigarettes and cigars as well as heated tobacco sticks; electronic rechargeable cigarette cases.
20.
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 which is 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 the aerosol-forming substrate. The at least first susceptor material is arranged in thermal proximity of the solid material. The aerosol-forming substrate further comprises at least a second susceptor material which has a second Curie-temperature which is lower than a first Curie-temperature of the first susceptor material. The second Curie-temperature of the second susceptor material corresponds to a predefined maximum heating temperature of the first susceptor material. There is also described an aerosol-delivery system.
The invention relates to a method for evaluating an aerosol-generating article with a susceptor element for manufacturing defects. The method comprises providing an aerosol-generating article with a substrate section, the substrate section comprising aerosol-forming substrate (24) and the susceptor element (26). The method furthermore comprises the method step of providing an intersection through the substrate section and the susceptor element. Another step includes evaluating the intersection for manufacturing defects by determining one or more of: positioning of the susceptor element in the substrate section, length of the cross section of the susceptor element, and shape of the cross section of the susceptor element. Therefor, in an embodiment a visual image of the intersection is divided into a plurality of segments (34), thereby creating an approximated circumference (22) of the cross-section with the susceptor element.
The invention relates to an aerosol-generating device configured for use with a plurality of different types of aerosol-generating articles. The aerosol-generating device may comprise a cavity for receiving an aerosol-generating article of the any one of the plurality different types. The aerosol-generating device may further comprise an authenticator configured to detect an authentication marker of the aerosol-generating article received in the cavity. The authentication marker may be indicative of whether the received aerosol-generating article may be permitted to be used with the aerosol-generating device. The aerosol-generating device may further comprise a classifier configured to detect a classification marker of the aerosol-generating article received in the cavity. The classification marker may be indicative of the type of aerosol-generating article received in the cavity from the plurality of different types of aerosol-generating articles. The aerosol-generating device may further comprise a controller configured to permit or prohibit supply of power to a heating element to generate aerosol from the aerosol-generating article received in the cavity depending upon the detected authentication marker. The controller may be configured to select a functionality of the aerosol-generating device, preferably a heating profile from a plurality of heating profiles, depending upon the detected classification marker, and supply power to the heating element based on the selected heating profile. The invention further relates to a.method for controlling operation of an aerosol-generating device configured for use with a plurality of different types of aerosol-generating articles. The invention further relates to aerosol-generating system comprising an aerosol-generating device and one or more aerosol-generating articles, wherein each one of the aerosol-generating articles is of one of a plurality of different types of aerosol-generating articles.
An aerosol-generating substrate (12)(212) comprises a homogenised plant material, the homogenised plant material comprising: at least 50 percent by weight of non-tobacco plant particles on a dry weight basis, the non-tobacco plant particles selected from: black tea particles, apple fibre particles, rosehip seed particles, lemon balm stem particles and combinations thereof, wherein the D90 value of the non-tobacco plant particles is less than 150 microns; at least 10 percent by weight of aerosol former on a dry weight basis; at least 2 percent by weight of exogenous binder on a dry weight basis; at least 2 percent by weight of additional fibres on a dry weight basis; and at least 0.5 percent by weight of active agent on a dry weight basis.
Aerosol-generating system comprising an aerosol-forming substrate (1004) and an aerosol-generating device (100) comprising a housing (12), an inductor coil (150) arranged within the housing, a power supply (42) for supplying an alternating current to the inductor coil, and a chamber (16) arranged within the housing. The aerosol-generating system further comprises an internal susceptor element (1064) arranged within the aerosol-forming substrate when the aerosol-forming article is arranged at least partially within the chamber. The aerosol-generating system further comprises an external susceptor element (144) at least partially surrounding the aerosol-forming substrate when the aerosol-forming article is arranged at least partially within the chamber. The inductor coil is configured to generate an alternating magnetic field to inductively heat the internal susceptor element and the external susceptor element.
A susceptor assembly for an aerosol-generating system is provided, the susceptor assembly including: one or more wicking elements configured to transport a liquid aerosol-forming substrate, the one or more wicking elements including a first wicking layer and a second wicking layer; a spacer element positioned between and in contact with the first wicking layer and the second wicking layer, wherein the spacer element is configured to allow the liquid aerosol-forming substrate to move between the first wicking layer and the second wicking layer; and a susceptor element in contact with at least a portion of the one or more wicking elements. A cartridge for an aerosol-generating system, including the susceptor assembly, is also provided. An aerosol-generating system including the susceptor assembly is also provided.
The invention relates to an aerosol-generating device configured for use with a plurality of different types of aerosol-generating articles. The aerosol-generating device comprises a cavity for receiving an aerosol-generating article of the any one of the plurality different types. The aerosol-generating device further comprises a first heating system component and a second heating system component. The aerosol-generating device further comprises an identification module configured to detect a characteristic of the aerosol-generating article received in the cavity. The invention further relates to an aerosol-generating system comprising the aerosol-generating device and an aerosol-generating article comprising aerosol-forming substrate.
A method for manufacturing rod-shaped elements for aerosol-generating articles, comprises: making openings (20) in a strip of material (15) while the strip of material (15) is conveyed along a conveying path, wherein each opening (20) extends at least in part transversally on the strip of material (15); pulling the strip of material (15) along a conveying direction (F) to stretch the strip of material (15) and open the openings (20) thus forming a net-like structure; gathering the strip of material (15) in a rod-shaped configuration and wrapping the strip of material (15) in a wrapper (27) to form a continuous rod (28); cutting the continuous rod (28) in a plurality of rod-shaped elements. Before gathering or when gathering, the strip of material (15) is stabilized by mechanically deforming and/or entangling the strip of material (15) conveyed along the conveying path and pulled along the conveying direction (F) in order to keep the net-like structure in the rod-shaped elements.
There is provided an aerosol-generating device comprising a tubular heat-conducting element (20). The tubular heat-conducting element comprises an inner surface (26) and an outer surface (28). The inner surface of the tubular heat-conducting element at least partially defines a chamber (14) for receiving an aerosol-generating article. The inner surface of the tubular heat-conducting element comprises a plurality of recessed regions (30) and a plurality of non-recessed regions (32). The aerosol-generating device also comprises a resistive heater (50) extending around at least a portion of the outer surface of the tubular heat-conducting element. The resistive heater comprises a resistive heating element. The resistive heating element comprises a plurality of first regions each having a first electrical resistance. The resistive heating element also comprises a plurality of second regions each having a second electrical resistance. Each first electrical resistance is greater than each second electrical resistance. Each first region of the resistive heating element overlies one of the non-recessed regions of the inner surface of the tubular heat-conducting element. Each second region of the resistive heating element overlies one of the recessed regions of the inner surface of the tubular heat-conducting element.
Wired vaporizers for electronic cigarettes and electronic
smoking devices; Tobacco, raw or manufactured; tobacco
products, including cigars, cigarettes, cigarillos, tobacco
for roll-your-own cigarettes, pipe tobacco, chewing tobacco,
snuff tobacco, kretek; snus; tobacco substitutes (not for
medical purposes); smokers' articles, namely cigarette paper
and tubes, cigarette filters, tobacco tins, cigarette cases
and ashtrays, pipes, pocket apparatus for rolling
cigarettes, lighters; Matches; smoking tobacco sticks,
tobacco products for the purpose of being heated, electronic
devices and their parts for the purpose of heating
cigarettes or tobacco in order to release
nicotine-containing aerosol for inhalation; liquid nicotine
solutions for use in electronic cigarettes; electronic
smoking devices; electronic cigarettes; electronic
cigarettes as substitutes for traditional cigarettes;
electronic devices for the inhalation of nicotine-containing
aerosols; oral vaporizing devices for smokers, tobacco
products and tobacco substitutes; smokers' articles for
electronic cigarettes; parts and fittings for the
aforementioned goods included in this class; devices for
extinguishing heated cigarettes and cigars as well as heated
tobacco sticks; electronic rechargeable cigarette cases.
Wired vaporizers for electronic cigarettes and electronic
smoking devices; Tobacco, raw or manufactured; tobacco
products, including cigars, cigarettes, cigarillos, tobacco
for roll-your-own cigarettes, pipe tobacco, chewing tobacco,
snuff tobacco, kretek; snus; tobacco substitutes (not for
medical purposes); smokers' articles, namely cigarette paper
and tubes, cigarette filters, tobacco tins, cigarette cases
and ashtrays, pipes, pocket apparatus for rolling
cigarettes, lighters; Matches; smoking tobacco sticks,
tobacco products for the purpose of being heated, electronic
devices and their parts for the purpose of heating
cigarettes or tobacco in order to release
nicotine-containing aerosol for inhalation; liquid nicotine
solutions for use in electronic cigarettes; electronic
smoking devices; electronic cigarettes; electronic
cigarettes as substitutes for traditional cigarettes;
electronic devices for the inhalation of nicotine-containing
aerosols; oral vaporizing devices for smokers, tobacco
products and tobacco substitutes; smokers' articles for
electronic cigarettes; parts and fittings for the
aforementioned goods included in this class; devices for
extinguishing heated cigarettes and cigars as well as heated
tobacco sticks; electronic rechargeable cigarette cases.
32.
AEROSOL-GENERATING ARTICLE ASSEMBLY ON A CONVEYOR WITH A SPACER
An apparatus for assembling an aerosol-generating article, the apparatus including: a conveyor with a support surface configured to support at least two axially aligned rod-shaped segments of the aerosol-generating article; and a spacer, the apparatus being configured to move the spacer from a retracted position to an active position, in which the spacer provides an abutment means for the rod-shaped segments on the support surface, and the conveyor including the spacer. A method for manufacturing an aerosol-generating article is also provided.
A24C 5/47 - Attaching filters or mouthpieces to cigars or cigarettes, e.g. inserting filters into cigarettes or their mouthpieces
A24C 5/01 - Making cigarettes for simulated smoking devices
A24C 5/32 - Separating, ordering, counting or examining cigarettes Regulating the feeding of tobacco according to rod or cigarette condition
A24C 5/52 - Incorporating filters or mouthpieces into a cigarette rod or a tobacco rod
B23P 21/00 - Machines for assembling a multiplicity of different parts to compose units, with or without preceding or subsequent working of such parts, e.g. with programme control
33.
AEROSOL-GENERATING DEVICE FOR GENERATING AN AEROSOL BY MICROWAVE HEATING OF AN AEROSOL-FORMING SUBSTRATE
An aerosol-generating device for generating an aerosol by microwave heating of an aerosol-forming substrate contained in a substrate portion of a cylindrical aerosol-generating article is provided, the aerosol-generating device including: a microwave generator configured to generate a microwave signal; a cylindrical microwave cavity configured to removably receive at least the substrate portion of the cylindrical aerosol-generating article; and a coaxial feed exciter operatively connected to the microwave generator and coupled to the cylindrical microwave cavity such as to feed the microwave signal into the cylindrical microwave cavity and excite at least one specific transverse magnetic mode or transverse electric mode within the cylindrical microwave cavity when the substrate portion of the cylindrical aerosol-generating article is received in the cylindrical microwave cavity. An aerosol-generating system including the aerosol-generating device and a cylindrical aerosol-generating article including a distal substrate portion containing an aerosol-forming substrate is also provided.
An aerosol-generating device for coupling to a cartridge is provided, the aerosol-generating device including: a cartridge coupling portion configured to engage a cartridge containing an aerosol-forming substrate; an air flow passage defined between an air inlet and an air outlet; and a heater assembly including a fluid-permeable heating element configured to heat an aerosol-forming substrate from the cartridge, a first side and a second side, the first side opposing the second side, the first side forming at least part of a surface of a wall of the air flow passage, and the second side forming part of the cartridge coupling portion and being configured to contact the cartridge to receive the aerosol-forming substrate, and a support including a thermal conduction material in thermal contact with the fluid-permeable heating element, the support providing mechanical support to the fluid-permeable heating element. A heater assembly and an aerosol-generating system are also provided.
An aerosol-generating device, including: an emitter configured to emit electromagnetic radiation of at least two distinct frequencies, one of the at least two distinct frequencies being within the infrared spectrum and another one of the at least two distinct frequencies being within the visible light spectrum; a detector configured to receive electromagnetic radiation at least in the spectrum of the at least two distinct frequencies emitted by the emitter; and a controller configured to perform facial recognition of a user of the aerosol-generating device for user authentication based upon detector output. A method for performing user authentication in the aerosol-generating device is also provided.
An aerosol-generating system is provided, in a locked state in which the aerosol-generating system is prevented from generating aerosol, the aerosol-generating system being configured to: receive an unlock grant from an external computing device using connectionless communications, and after receiving the unlock grant, transition the aerosol-generating system from the locked state to an unlocked state in which the aerosol-generating system is allowed to generate aerosol.
The invention relates to an aerosol-generating article, the aerosol-generating article comprising an upstream end, a downstream end, wherein the upstream end is configured to be connectable to a holder for the aerosol-generating article, a retention section, the retention section comprising: a hollow retention tube; and a longitudinal retention element, wherein the longitudinal retention element is arranged within the hollow retention tube, a substrate portion containing an aerosol forming substrate, wherein the retention section is arranged downstream from and in contact with the substrate portion, wherein the longitudinal retention element is configured to longitudinally retain the substrate portion within the aerosol-generating article.
The forming apparatus comprises a feed path for continuously feeding a continuous tow material along a transport direction, a forming device connected to a downstream end of the feed path and adapted to form the continuous tow material into a continuous tubular rod. The forming device comprises a tubular element adapted to allow the continuous tow material to pass through the tubular element to form the continuous tubular rod and a steam generator adapted to generate overheated steam. The steam generator is in fluid connection with the tubular element to provide overheated steam to the continuous tow material. The forming device further comprises several fluid conduits to provide overheated steam from the steam generator to several injection sites arranged along a length of the tubular element, wherein at least one fluid conduit of the several fluid conduits comprises a temperature control unit including a temperature sensor and a temperature influencer.
An aerosol-generating system is provided, including: an aerosol-generating device to receive an aerosol-forming substrate and to generate an aerosol from the substrate, the device including a rechargeable power source; a charger electrically connectable to the device to supply power to the device for recharging the rechargeable power source; and an electrical connector including: a first connector including a plurality of electrical contacts and a first magnetic element, and a second connector releasably electrically connectable to the first connector, the second connector part including: a plurality of electrical contacts, at least one of which is a resilient contact that is actuable between an extended position and a depressed position and is biased to return to the extended position, and a second magnetic element, the device further including one of the first and the second connector parts and the charger including the other one of the first and the second connector parts.
An aerosol-generating device or system includes one or more optical sensors, one or more light-emitting elements, and a controller. The one or more optical sensors may detect a colour of ambient light and the one or more light-emitting elements may emit light. The controller may be configured to receive the signal indicative of the colour of ambient light from the one or more optical sensors, determine an ambient colour value, generate a plurality of generated colour values, determine a colour distance between the ambient light value and each of the plurality of generated colour values, select one of the plurality of generated colour values based on a plurality of colour distances, and cause the one or more light-emitting elements to emit light having a colour corresponding to the selected one of the plurality of generated colour values.
An apparatus for manufacturing rod-shaped elements for aerosol-generating articles, comprises a plurality of stationary storages (14a, 14b, 14c) for respective bobbins (15a, 15b, 15c) or bales of material; a plurality of extracting devices (16a, 16b, 16c) each having a fixed slot (22) for the passage of a respective strip of material (17a, 17b, 17c); a plurality of twisting devices (18a, 18b, 18c) each comprising a rotating passage (26) for the respective strip of material (17a, 17b, 17c) to twist about the respective longitudinal axis each strip of material (17a, 17b, 17c) passing through; an intertwining device (27) configured to receive the twisted strips of material (17a, 17b, 17c) and to intertwine the twisted strips of material (17a, 17b, 17c) one with the other to form a continuous rod (35); a wrapping device (38) configured for wrapping the continuous rod (35) in a wrapper (39) to form a continuous wrapped rod (40); a cutting device (42) configured to cut the continuous wrapped rod (40) in rod-shaped elements (E).
An aerosol-generating substrate for use in an aerosol-generating system, the aerosol-generating substrate comprising: a cut filler comprising shredded plant material, an aerosol former, and a harshness-reduction agent, wherein the harshness-reduction agent consists of a carboxylic acid, wherein the carboxylic acid has a vapor pressure of from 0.001 to 1.00 Torr at 25 degrees Celsius.
A pouch for a consumable item comprises a sheet of flexible packaging material, the sheet having opposed first and second sheet faces, the first sheet face being folded onto itself and sealed along longitudinal sheet edges to form a longitudinal seal flap. The pouch further comprises a first and second transverse seals extending transversely to the longitudinal seal flap at opposite ends of the pouch, such that the pouch defines a sealed internal cavity for housing a consumable item. The longitudinal seal flap is flat-folded to lie against the second sheet face such that the longitudinal seal flap overlies respective portions of the first and second transverse seals to define first and second areas of seal overlap at the opposite ends of the pouch. The pouch comprises a notch to facilitate opening of the pouch. The notch extends from a transverse edge of the pouch, is provided at a location within one of the first and second areas of seal overlap and extends through both the longitudinal seal flap and the respective one of the first and second transverse seal. The notch is positioned substantially on a longitudinal axis of symmetry of the longitudinal seal flap.
B65D 75/58 - Opening or contents-removing devices added or incorporated during package manufacture
B65D 75/12 - Articles or materials wholly enclosed in single sheets or wrapper blanks in sheets or blanks initially folded to form tubes with the ends of the tube closed by flattening and heat-sealing
Wired vaporizer for electronic cigarettes and electronic smoking devices; tobacco, raw or manufactured; tobacco products, including cigars, cigarettes, cigarillos, tobacco for roll your own cigarettes, pipe tobacco, chewing tobacco, snuff tobacco, kretek; snus; tobacco substitutes (not for medical purposes); smokers´articles, including cigarette paper and tubes, cigarette filters, tobacco tins, cigarette cases and ashtrays for smokers, pipes, pocket apparatus for rolling cigarettes, lighters for smokers; matches; tobacco sticks, tobacco products for the purpose of being heated, electronic devices and their parts for the purpose of heating cigarettes or tobacco in order to release nicotine-containing aerosol for inhalation; liquid nicotine solutions for use in electronic cigarettes; electronic smoking devices; electronic cigarettes; electronic cigarettes as substitute for traditional cigarettes; electronic devices for the inhalation of nicotine-containing aerosol; oral vaporising devices for smokers, tobacco products and tobacco substitutes; smoker´s articles for electronic cigarettes; parts and fittings for the aforesaid products included in class 34; devices for extinguishing heated cigarettes and cigars as well as heated tobacco sticks; electronic rechargeable cigarette cases.
45.
CRIMPING ROLLER WITH INCREASED NUMBER OF INTERRUPTION GAPS
A method for producing a plug for forming part of an aerosol-generating article is provided, the method including: feeding a sheet along a longitudinal direction to a set of crimping rollers; forming a crimped sheet including corrugated regions and interruption bands, the sheet including corrugations extending in a longitudinal direction, in the interruption bands, the sheet having no corrugations or corrugations with smaller corrugation amplitude, the bands and the regions being alternatingly arranged, each band including leading and trailing portions arranged on opposite sides of the sheet, a width of the sheet being an extension of the sheet orthogonal to the longitudinal direction, and the leading portion being arranged at a different location than the trailing portion; gathering the sheet; and forming a plug from the gathered sheet.
There is provided an aerosol-generating article (10; 100), particularly for generating an inhalable aerosol upon heating, the aerosol-generating article (10; 100) comprising: an aerosol-generating substrate (12), a downstream section (14) extending from a downstream end of the aerosol-generating substrate to a downstream end of the aerosol-generating article, and a wrapper (29) circumscribing at least a portion of at least one of the aerosol-generating substrate (12) and the downstream section (14), the wrapper (29) being held in place by a seam adhesive (30), wherein the seam adhesive (30) comprises an aversive agent.
There is provided an aerosol-generating article (10, 100), particularly for generating an inhalable aerosol upon heating, the aerosol-generating article (10, 100) comprising: an aerosol-generating substrate (12), a downstream section (14) extending from a downstream end of the aerosol-generating substrate (12) to a downstream end of the aerosol-generating article (10, 100); and an upstream section (16, 116) extending from an upstream end of the aerosol-generating substrate (10, 100) to an upstream end of the aerosol-generating article (10, 100), wherein the upstream section (16, 116) comprises an aversive agent.
The invention relates to an electronic device for an aerosol-generating system, particularly an electronic device for accommodating a battery. The electronic device includes: a first housing portion (110), where the first housing portion (110) is configured to removably engage an aerosol-generating article (102) includes a substrate to be heated by a heating element to generate an aerosol, and to operably connect a battery (150) in a use position to provide electrical power to the heating element; and a second housing portion (130) configured to engage with the first housing portion (110) in a locking position where, in the locking position, at least one of the first housing portion (110) or the second housing portion (130) accommodate the battery (150) in the use position. An inlet (114) is provided either on the first housing portion (110) or on the second housing portion (130), where the inlet (114) is configured to receive a projecting tool (190) of a user. The electronic device also includes an actuating means configured to abut against the projecting tool (190) urged into the inlet (114) by the user and, in response, to release the second housing portion (130) from the locking position. The invention also relates to an aerosol-generating system (100) including an aerosol-generating article (102) and an electronic device having a chamber for a battery.
An aerosol-generating device for generating an aerosol by inductive heating of an aerosol-forming substrate is provided, the device including: a device housing including a cavity configured to removably receive the substrate to be heated; an inductive heating arrangement including at least one induction coil configured to generate an alternating magnetic field within the cavity, the coil being arranged around at least a portion of the cavity; and a flux concentrator arranged around at least a portion of the induction coil and configured to distort the alternating magnetic field of the at least one inductive heating arrangement towards the cavity, the flux concentrator including or being made of a flux concentrator foil, and the flux concentrator foil including at least one of a permalloy or a nano-crystalline soft magnetic alloy. An aerosol-generating system including the aerosolgenerating device and an aerosol-generating article is also provided.
A vaporizer device including a system is provided, the system including: an inductor element; and a control device configured to: detect a magnetic field associated with the inductor element, and determine a characteristic of a susceptor element based on the magnetic field, such that, when determining the characteristic of the susceptor element, the control device is further configured to determine whether the susceptor element is near the inductor element.
An aerosol-generating system including an aerosol-generating device and a cartridge is provided, the aerosol-generating device including a heater assembly, the heater assembly including: a heating element; and a receiving chamber at least partially defined by the heating element, the receiving chamber including an opening to receive a wicking element of the aerosol-generating system, the receiving chamber having first and second configurations, an internal volume of the receiving chamber being larger when the chamber is in the first configuration than when the chamber is in the second configuration, in the second configuration, the heating element being in contact with the wicking element when the wicking element is received in the receiving chamber, the aerosol-generating device further including a power supply electrically connectable to the at least one heating element, and the cartridge including the wicking element configured to be received or receivable in the receiving chamber of the heater assembly.
An adjustable roller for a crimper for sheet material is provided, including: a substantially cylindrical exterior portion having first and second ends with a longitudinal axis of rotation extending between the first and the second ends; and a first bushing mounted inside the first end and a second bushing mounted inside the second end, the first bushing and the second bushing each having a respective cylindrical bore with an axis that is parallel to the longitudinal axis of rotation, and at least one of the first bushing and the second bushing being adjustably mounted inside a respective end of the roller such the axis of the at least one of the first bushing and the second bushing is displaceable relative to the longitudinal axis of rotation. A roller device for a crimper, and a method of adjusting an orientation of a longitudinal axis of a roller, are also provided.
An aerosol-generating device is provided, including: a storage component having stored therein a secret value generated during a manufacturing stage of the device and a unique identification value; a communication component; and a controller configured to: create usage data indicative of usage of the device, derive an encryption key from at least the stored secret value, encrypt the created usage data with the derived encryption key, store the encrypted usage data in the storage component, and transmit the encrypted usage data and the unique identification value via the communication component to an external device, the unique identification value identifying the secret value used for deriving the encryption key. An aerosol-generating system including the aerosol-generating device, a database, and a server is also provided. A method for operating the aerosol-generating device is also provided. A method for transmitting usage data from the aerosol-generating device to a host is also provided.
H04L 9/32 - Arrangements for secret or secure communicationsNetwork security protocols including means for verifying the identity or authority of a user of the system
The invention relates to an aerosol-generating article configured for receiving a flavor capsule, the aerosol-generating article comprising an upstream end, a downstream end, wherein the upstream end is configured to be connectable to a holder for the aerosol-generating article, a cooling section, the cooling section comprising a first hollow tube and a second hollow tube, and is located at the downstream end, wherein the first hollow tube is configured to provide a through hole for insertion of the flavor capsule, wherein the second hollow tube is arranged upstream from the first hollow tube and configured to contain the flavor capsule, wherein an inner diameter of the second hollow tube is larger than an inner diameter of the first hollow tube, a substrate portion containing an aerosol forming substrate, wherein the cooling section is arranged downstream from the substrate portion.
Tobacco, raw or manufactured; tobacco products; cigars, cigarettes, cigarillos, tobacco for roll your own cigarettes, pipe tobacco, chewing tobacco, snuff tobacco, kretek; snus; tobacco substitutes (not for medical purposes); electronic cigarettes; tobacco products for the purpose of being heated; electronic devices and their parts for the purpose of heating cigarettes or tobacco in order to release nicotine-containing aerosol for inhalation; liquid nicotine solutions for use in electronic cigarettes; smokers' articles, cigarette paper, cigarette tubes, cigarette filters, tobacco tins, cigarette cases, ashtrays for smokers, pipes, pocket apparatus for rolling cigarettes, lighters for smokers, matches.
56.
INDUCTIVE HEATING DEVICE COMPRISING A FLAT INDUCTION COIL
There is provided an inductive heating device (100) for aerosol-generation. The inductive heating device (100) comprises a heater assembly defining a cavity (68) having an internal surface for receiving at least a portion of an aerosol-forming insert (300) comprising an aerosol-forming substrate and a susceptor. The heater assembly comprising an induction coil (16) having a magnetic axis and arranged to surround at least a portion of the cavity (68); wherein a wire material (6) forming the induction coil (16) has a cross-section comprising a main portion, the main portion having a longitudinal extension in a direction of the magnetic axis and a lateral extension perpendicular to the magnetic axis, which longitudinal extension is longer than the lateral extension of the main portion, wherein the wire material (6) comprises an electrically conductive coating (8).
Wired vaporizers for electronic cigarettes and electronic
smoking devices; Tobacco, raw or manufactured; tobacco
products, including cigars, cigarettes, cigarillos, tobacco
for roll-your-own cigarettes, pipe tobacco, chewing tobacco,
snuff tobacco, kretek; snus; tobacco substitutes (not for
medical purposes); smokers' articles, namely cigarette paper
and tubes, cigarette filters, tobacco tins, cigarette cases
and ashtrays, pipes, pocket apparatus for rolling
cigarettes, lighters; Matches; smoking tobacco sticks,
tobacco products for the purpose of being heated, electronic
devices and their parts for the purpose of heating
cigarettes or tobacco in order to release
nicotine-containing aerosol for inhalation; liquid nicotine
solutions for use in electronic cigarettes; electronic
smoking devices; electronic cigarettes; electronic
cigarettes as substitutes for traditional cigarettes;
electronic devices for the inhalation of nicotine-containing
aerosols; oral vaporizing devices for smokers, tobacco
products and tobacco substitutes; smokers' articles for
electronic cigarettes; parts and fittings for the
aforementioned goods included in this class; devices for
extinguishing heated cigarettes and cigars as well as heated
tobacco sticks; electronic rechargeable cigarette cases.
58.
AEROSOL-GENERATING SYSTEM HAVING A FLUID-PERMEABLE HEATER ASSEMBLY
An aerosol-generating system is provided, including: an aerosol-generating device and a cartridge removably coupled to the device, the device including a power supply, the cartridge including a fluid-permeable electric heater assembly including: an electrically insulating substrate having an aperture therein, and a heater element fixed to the substrate and spanning the aperture and including electrically conductive filaments connected to first and second electrically conductive contact portions positioned on opposite sides of the aperture to one another, forming interstices, and allowing contact with the power supply, and the cartridge being insertable into the device in a first direction and the heater element is substantially flat and extends parallel to the first direction when the cartridge is received in the device.
A61M 15/06 - Inhaling appliances shaped like cigars, cigarettes or pipes
A61M 16/00 - Devices for influencing the respiratory system of patients by gas treatment, e.g. ventilators Tracheal tubes
H05B 3/06 - Heater elements structurally combined with coupling elements or with holders
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
H05B 3/16 - Heating elements characterised by the composition or nature of the materials or by the arrangement of the conductor the conductor being mounted on an insulating base
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
The invention relates to a cartridge for an aerosol-generating device and the respective aerosol-generating device. The cartridge comprises aerosol-generating beads comprising an aerosol-forming substrate and storage element configured to store the aerosol-generating beads. The storage element is configured to allow loading of the aerosol-generating beads from the storage element. The aerosol-generating device comprises a receiving region configured to receive the cartridge, the heating arrangement configured to heat the aerosol-generating beads, and a loading element configured to load the aerosol-generating beads from the cartridge into or adjacent to the heating arrangement and to remove used beads from the heating arrangement.
Wired vaporizer for electronic cigarettes and electronic smoking devices; tobacco, raw or manufactured; tobacco products, including cigars, cigarettes, cigarillos, tobacco for roll your own cigarettes, pipe tobacco, chewing tobacco, snuff tobacco, kretek; snus; tobacco substitutes (not for medical purposes); smokers' articles, including cigarette paper and tubes, cigarette filters, tobacco tins, cigarette cases and ashtrays for smokers, pipes, pocket apparatus for rolling cigarettes, lighters for smokers; matches; tobacco sticks, tobacco products for the purpose of being heated, electronic devices and their parts for the purpose of heating cigarettes or tobacco in order to release nicotine-containing aerosol for inhalation; liquid nicotine solutions for use in electronic cigarettes; electronic smoking devices; electronic cigarettes; electronic cigarettes as substitute for traditional cigarettes; electronic devices for the inhalation of nicotine-containing aerosol; oral vaporising devices for smokers, tobacco products and tobacco substitutes; smoker's articles for electronic cigarettes; parts and fittings for the aforesaid products included in class 34; devices for extinguishing heated cigarettes and cigars as well as heated tobacco sticks; electronic rechargeable cigarette cases.
There is provided an aerosol-generating article (100) for use with an aerosol-generating device, the aerosol-generating article (100) comprising: a container (110), the container (110) comprising: a first wall (120); a second wall (130) opposing the first wall (120), the first wall (120) and the second wall (130) together defining a substrate compartment of the container (110); an aerosol-generating substrate located in the substrate compartment; an air inlet having a height of at least 0.5 millimetres; and an air outlet having a height of at least 0.5 millimetres, wherein both the first wall (120) and the second wall (130) are non-planar, wherein one or both of the first wall (120) and the second wall (130) comprises a cellulose-based material, and wherein one or both of the first wall and the second wall has a thickness of at least 0.5 millimetres.
The invention relates to an aerosol-generating device (10) for use with an elongate aerosol-generating article (34), the aerosol- generating device comprising: a cavity (18) for receiving the elongate aerosol-generating article, a heating element (24) for heating the elongate aerosol-generating article, and a driving element (22) for moving the elongate aerosol-generating article with respect to the heating element. The invention further relates to an aerosol- generating system (32) comprising the aerosol-generating device and the elongate aerosol-generating article that is to be received in the cavity of the aerosol-generating device.
The invention relates to an aerosol-generating device (10) comprising a cavity (12) for receiving an aerosol-generating article (36), a heater assembly (22, 24) configured for heating individual portions (38, 40) of the aerosol-generating article and at least one detector (26) configured to detect the aerosol-generating article. The invention further relates to an aerosol-generating system comprising the aerosol-generating device and an, preferably hollow tubular-shaped, aerosol-generating article.
An aerosol-generating article is provided comprising a rod of aerosol-generating substrate. The rod comprises a first segment and a second segment, with the first segment comprising a first substrate, and the first substrate comprises: a first botanical material, wherein the first botanical material comprises at least 40% by weight of a first non-tobacco botanical material, based on the total weight of the first botanical material; and at most 4% by weight of aerosol former, based on the total weight of the first substrate, wherein the first non-tobacco botanical material is a particulate or shredded non-tobacco botanical material. The second substrate comprises a second botanical material and at least 10% by weight of aerosol former, based on the total weight of the second substrate, wherein the second substrate is different to the first substrate.
Wired vaporizers for electronic cigarettes and electronic
smoking devices; Tobacco, raw or manufactured; tobacco
products, including cigars, cigarettes, cigarillos, tobacco
for roll-your-own cigarettes, pipe tobacco, chewing tobacco,
snuff tobacco, kretek; snus; tobacco substitutes (not for
medical purposes); smokers' articles, namely cigarette paper
and tubes, cigarette filters, tobacco tins, cigarette cases
and ashtrays, pipes, pocket apparatus for rolling
cigarettes, lighters; Matches; smoking tobacco sticks,
tobacco products for the purpose of being heated, electronic
devices and their parts for the purpose of heating
cigarettes or tobacco in order to release
nicotine-containing aerosol for inhalation; liquid nicotine
solutions for use in electronic cigarettes; electronic
smoking devices; electronic cigarettes; electronic
cigarettes as substitutes for traditional cigarettes;
electronic devices for the inhalation of nicotine-containing
aerosols; oral vaporizing devices for smokers, tobacco
products and tobacco substitutes; smokers' articles for
electronic cigarettes; parts and fittings for the
aforementioned goods included in this class; devices for
extinguishing heated cigarettes and cigars as well as heated
tobacco sticks; electronic rechargeable cigarette cases.
A cartridge for an aerosol-generating device is provided, including: a liquid storage portion to hold a liquid aerosol-forming substrate; an inner airflow path extending between proximal and distal ends of the cartridge; a tubular internal component circumscribing at least part of the path; a tubular sleeve component circumscribing at least part of the internal component; and a liquid supply channel between the internal component and the sleeve component, the internal component including a sealing component including a tubular component circumscribing part of the path and a proximal sealing element on an outer surface of the tubular component, and the tubular component being axially movable with respect to the sleeve component from a blocking position arranged to block a fluid connection between the liquid storage portion and the liquid supply channel, to an open position to open a fluid connection between the liquid storage portion and the liquid supply channel.
A closed-loop system for controlling a position of a susceptor in an aerosol-generating article, the system comprising: a supply for continuous sheet material, a supply for a continuous susceptor, a crimping device for crimping the continuous sheet material, a shaping device for gathering the continuous sheet material and for forming the continuous sheet material with inserted continuous susceptor into a continuous rod. The system also comprises a cutting device for cutting the continuous rod into aerosol-generating articles and a control unit comprising an output control for detecting a condition of the susceptor in an aerosol-generating article, and for comparing a detected condition with quality specifications. The system further comprises a positioning device for manipulating the position of the continuous susceptor or a crimping depth adjuster, wherein the control unit is adapted for triggering the positioning device to adjust the position of the continuous susceptor or for triggering the crimping depth adjuster to adjust a crimping depth of the sheet material in the crimping device, when the detected condition do not meet quality specifications
An aerosol-generating device (120) for dielectrically heating an aerosol-generating article (105) comprising an aerosol-forming substrate (110). The aerosol-generating device (120) comprises: an article chamber (140); a dielectric heater; and control electronics (180). The article chamber (140) is configured to removably receive the aerosol-generating article (105). The dielectric heater is configured to generate an alternating electric field in the article chamber (140) for dielectrically heating the aerosol-generating article (105) when the aerosol-generating article (105) is received in the article chamber (140). The control electronics (180) are configured to control a supply of power to the dielectric heater for dielectrically heating the aerosol-generating article (105). The article chamber (140), the aerosol-generating article (105) received in the article chamber (140), and at least a portion of the dielectric heater form an electrically resonant oscillation system. The control electronics (180) are further configured to: measure or determine a load-dependent parameter of an electric response of the electrically resonant oscillation system to the alternating electric field generated in the article chamber (140); and control the aerosol-generating device (120) based on the load-dependent parameter of the electric response of the electrically resonant oscillation system.
An aerosol-generating product (100) for producing an aerosol. The aerosol-generating product (100) comprises, or consists of, an elongated strip of dispensable material (10) defined by an initial strip length (L), a strip width (W), and a strip thickness (T). The elongated strip of dispensable material (10) comprises an initial longitudinally extending air flow channel (15) extending between a distal end (13) and a proximal end (14) of the elongated strip of dispensable material (10). The elongated strip of dispensable material (10) is configured to be severable into a plurality of discrete aerosol-generating articles (25). Each of the plurality of discrete aerosol- generating articles (25) has an article length (LA) that is shorter than the initial strip length (L) of the dispensable material (10) and a longitudinally extending air flow channel (251). The longitudinally extending air flow channel (251) is formed from a portion of the initial longitudinally extending air flow channel (15) and is defined between a distal end (231) and a proximal end (241) of the discrete aerosol-generating article (25).
Wired vaporizers for electronic cigarettes and electronic
smoking devices; Tobacco, raw or manufactured; tobacco
products, including cigars, cigarettes, cigarillos, tobacco
for roll-your-own cigarettes, pipe tobacco, chewing tobacco,
snuff tobacco, kretek; snus; tobacco substitutes (not for
medical purposes); smokers' articles, namely cigarette paper
and tubes, cigarette filters, tobacco tins, cigarette cases
and ashtrays, pipes, pocket apparatus for rolling
cigarettes, lighters; Matches; smoking tobacco sticks,
tobacco products for the purpose of being heated, electronic
devices and their parts for the purpose of heating
cigarettes or tobacco in order to release
nicotine-containing aerosol for inhalation; liquid nicotine
solutions for use in electronic cigarettes; electronic
smoking devices; electronic cigarettes; electronic
cigarettes as substitutes for traditional cigarettes;
electronic devices for the inhalation of nicotine-containing
aerosols; oral vaporizing devices for smokers, tobacco
products and tobacco substitutes; smokers' articles for
electronic cigarettes; parts and fittings for the
aforementioned goods included in this class; devices for
extinguishing heated cigarettes and cigars as well as heated
tobacco sticks; electronic rechargeable cigarette cases.
73.
A HEATER ASSEMBLY FOR AN AEROSOL GENERATING SYSTEM
An aerosol-generating system for generating an aerosol from an aerosol-generating substrate is provided, the aerosol-generating system including: a heating element; a receiving chamber at least partially defined by the heating element; a wicking element received in the receiving chamber, the receiving chamber having a first configuration and a second configuration, an internal volume of the receiving chamber being larger when the receiving chamber is in the first configuration than when the receiving chamber is in the second configuration, and, in the second configuration, the heating element is in contact with the wicking element; and an actuator including a user interface element and an actuator, the actuator being configured to actuate the receiving chamber between the first configuration and the second configuration in response to an input on the user interface element. A method of operating the aerosol-generating system is also provided.
A24F 40/60 - Devices with integrated user interfaces
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
74.
AEROSOL-GENERATING DEVICE WITH CONFIGURABLE HEATING
There is provided an aerosol-generating device (100) for use with an aerosol-generating article. The aerosol-generating device (100) comprises a housing. The housing comprises a recess (111) for receiving an aerosol-generating article. The housing comprises a heater assembly (112) configured to heat an aerosol-generating article when it is received in the recess (111). The heater assembly (112) comprises a plurality of heating zones which may be activated independently such that different portions of an aerosol-generating article received within the recess (111) may be selectively heated by a corresponding heating zone. The recess (111) has a depth of at least 2 millimetres.
There is provided an aerosol-generating device (100) for use with an aerosol-generating article. The aerosol-generating device (100) comprises a housing (110). The housing (110) comprises a recess (111) for receiving an aerosol-generating article. The housing (110) comprises a heater assembly (112) configured to heat an aerosol-generating article when it is received in the recess (111). The housing (110) comprises a heating wall (113), the heating wall (113) comprising the heater assembly (112). The heating wall (113) is movable relative to the recess (111) between a closed position in which the recess (111) is substantially closed by the heating wall (113), and an open position to allow access to the interior of the recess (111). The device (100) further comprises at least one heat conducting element (110) provided on an inner wall of the recess (111). The at least one heat conducting element (110) is in contact with the heater assembly (112) when the heating wall (113) is in the closed position.
There is provided an aerosol-generating device (100) comprising a housing (11) and a heater assembly (310). The housing (11) defines a cavity configured to receive an aerosol-generating article (20). The housing (11) is moveable between an open position in which the aerosol-generating article (20) can be inserted into the housing (11), and a closed position in which the aerosol-generating article (20) can be contained within the housing (11). The heater assembly (310) is configured to heat the aerosol-generating article (20) when the aerosol-generating article (20) is arranged in the cavity. The housing comprises one or more protrusions (250, 260; 251, 261) extending into the cavity, configured to extend into the aerosol-generating article (20) when the aerosol-generating article (20) is received in the cavity and the housing is in the closed position. The housing (11) comprises a cap (200) and a planar base (300), the cap (200) being removably attachable to the planar base (300). The cap (200) comprises a concave portion at least partly defining the cavity. The one or more protrusions (250, 260; 251, 261) comprises at least two protrusions spaced apart from each other on opposing sides of the concave portion.
There is provided an aerosol-generating device (100) for use with an aerosol-generating article. The aerosol-generating device (100) comprises a first portion (101) comprising a first housing (103), the first housing (103) comprising a recess (110) for receiving the aerosol-generating article. The aerosol-generating device (100) comprises a second portion (102) comprising a second housing (104) and a heater assembly (106) configured to heat the aerosol-generating article when it is received in the recess (110). The aerosol-generating device (100) further comprises a connection mechanism (112) connecting the first housing (101) to the second housing (102) and configured to allow relative movement of the first housing (103) and second housing (104) between a closed position, in which the recess (110) is closed by the second portion (102), and an open position, in which the recess (110) is open for insertion of the aerosol-generating article.
There is provided an aerosol-generating device (100) for use with an aerosol-generating article. The aerosol-generating device (100) comprises a first portion (101) comprising a first housing (103), the first housing (103) comprising a recess (110) for receiving the aerosol-generating article. The aerosol-generating device (100) comprises a second portion (102) comprising a second housing (104) and a heater assembly (106) configured to heat the aerosol-generating article when it is received in the recess (110). The aerosol-generating device (100) further comprises a connection mechanism connecting the first housing (103) to the second housing (104) and configured to allow relative movement between the first housing (103) and the second housing (104); and a clamping mechanism (115) configured to allow relative movement between the recess (110) and at least a portion of the heater assembly (106) in response to relative movement between the first housing (103) and the second housing (104).
There is provided an aerosol-generating device (100) for use with an aerosol-generating article (1), the aerosol-generating device comprising: a housing (102) having a recess (108) configured to receive at least a portion of the aerosol-generating article (1); a heater assembly (120) comprising: a heater (121) configured to heat the aerosol-generating article (1) to generate an aerosol; and a sealing member (130) configured to seal at least a portion of the aerosol-generating article (1) within the recess (108) during aerosolisation; wherein the heater (121) is mounted on the sealing member (130); wherein the sealing member (130) comprises a sealing frame (130) having a perimetral structure surrounding an aperture (132), the sealing frame (130) being configured to seal a perimeter of the recess (108); wherein the heater extends across the aperture (132); and wherein the heater assembly (120) further comprises a clamping member (134) which is resiliently urged towards the sealing frame (130), the clamping member (134) being shaped such that at least a portion of the clamping member can enter the aperture (132) to urge the heater (121) towards the recess (108).
There is provided an aerosol-generating device (200) for use with an aerosol-generating article comprising a container. The aerosol-generating device (200) comprises a recess (204) for receiving the aerosol-generating article. The aerosol-generating device (200) comprises a heater assembly configured to heat the aerosol-generating article to generate an aerosol. The recess (204) comprises one or more air inlets (211) and one or more aerosol outlets (212). An airflow pathway (224) is provided through the recess (204) being defined between the one or more air inlets (211) and the one or more aerosol outlets (212). A shortest line joining any of the one or more air inlets (211) to any of the one or more aerosol outlets (212) is non-parallel to each of a width (221) of the recess and a length (222) of the recess (204) and a depth (223) of the recess (204).
There is provided an aerosol-generating device (10) for use with an aerosol-generating article (20). The aerosol-generating device (10) comprises a housing (11) defining a cavity (14) configured to receive an aerosol-generating article (20), the housing being moveable between an open position in which the aerosol-generating article can be inserted into the housing, and a closed position in which the aerosol-generating article can be contained within the housing. The aerosol-generating device comprises a heater assembly (310) configured to heat the aerosol-generating article when the aerosol-generating article (20) is arranged in the cavity (14). The cavity (14) is at least partly defined by a curved concave inner wall (210) of the housing configured to receive at least part of the aerosol-generating article (20). The cavity (14) for receiving the article is a substantially enclosed space. The curved concave inner wall (210) has a radius of curvature of at least 1 millimetre in a first direction.
Wired vaporizer for electronic cigarettes and electronic smoking devices; tobacco, raw or manufactured; tobacco products, including cigars, cigarettes, cigarillos, tobacco for roll your own cigarettes, pipe tobacco, chewing tobacco, snuff tobacco, kretek; snus; tobacco substitutes (not for medical purposes); smokers' articles, including cigarette paper and tubes, cigarette filters, tobacco tins, cigarette cases and ashtrays for smokers, pipes, pocket apparatus for rolling cigarettes, lighters for smokers; matches; tobacco sticks, tobacco products for the purpose of being heated, electronic devices and their parts for the purpose of heating cigarettes or tobacco in order to release nicotine-containing aerosol for inhalation; liquid nicotine solutions for use in electronic cigarettes; electronic smoking devices; electronic cigarettes; electronic cigarettes as substitute for traditional cigarettes; electronic devices for the inhalation of nicotine-containing aerosol; oral vaporising devices for smokers, tobacco products and tobacco substitutes; smoker's articles for electronic cigarettes; parts and fittings for the aforesaid products included in class 34; devices for extinguishing heated cigarettes and cigars as well as heated tobacco sticks; electronic rechargeable cigarette cases.
Wired vaporizer for electronic cigarettes and electronic smoking devices; tobacco, raw or manufactured; tobacco products, including cigars, cigarettes, cigarillos, tobacco for roll your own cigarettes, pipe tobacco, chewing tobacco, snuff tobacco, kretek; snus; tobacco substitutes (not for medical purposes); smokers' articles, including cigarette paper and tubes, cigarette filters, tobacco tins, cigarette cases and ashtrays for smokers, pipes, pocket apparatus for rolling cigarettes, lighters for smokers; matches; tobacco sticks, tobacco products for the purpose of being heated, electronic devices and their parts for the purpose of heating cigarettes or tobacco in order to release nicotine-containing aerosol for inhalation; liquid nicotine solutions for use in electronic cigarettes; electronic smoking devices; electronic cigarettes; electronic cigarettes as substitute for traditional cigarettes; electronic devices for the inhalation of nicotine-containing aerosol; oral vaporising devices for smokers, tobacco products and tobacco substitutes; smoker's articles for electronic cigarettes; parts and fittings for the aforesaid products included in class 34; devices for extinguishing heated cigarettes and cigars as well as heated tobacco sticks; electronic rechargeable cigarette cases.
Wired vaporizer for electronic cigarettes and electronic smoking devices; tobacco, raw or manufactured; tobacco products, including cigars, cigarettes, cigarillos, tobacco for roll your own cigarettes, pipe tobacco, chewing tobacco, snuff tobacco, kretek; snus; tobacco substitutes (not for medical purposes); smokers' articles, including cigarette paper and tubes, cigarette filters, tobacco tins, cigarette cases and ashtrays for smokers, pipes, pocket apparatus for rolling cigarettes, lighters for smokers; matches; tobacco sticks, tobacco products for the purpose of being heated, electronic devices and their parts for the purpose of heating cigarettes or tobacco in order to release nicotine-containing aerosol for inhalation; liquid nicotine solutions for use in electronic cigarettes; electronic smoking devices; electronic cigarettes; electronic cigarettes as substitute for traditional cigarettes; electronic devices for the inhalation of nicotine-containing aerosol; oral vaporising devices for smokers, tobacco products and tobacco substitutes; smoker's articles for electronic cigarettes; parts and fittings for the aforesaid products included in class 34; devices for extinguishing heated cigarettes and cigars as well as heated tobacco sticks; electronic rechargeable cigarette cases.
Wired vaporizer for electronic cigarettes and electronic smoking devices; tobacco, raw or manufactured; tobacco products, including cigars, cigarettes, cigarillos, tobacco for roll your own cigarettes, pipe tobacco, chewing tobacco, snuff tobacco, kretek; snus; tobacco substitutes (not for medical purposes); smokers''articles, including cigarette paper and tubes, cigarette filters, tobacco tins, cigarette cases and ashtrays for smokers, pipes, pocket apparatus for rolling cigarettes, lighters for smokers; matches; tobacco sticks, tobacco products for the purpose of being heated, electronic devices and their parts for the purpose of heating cigarettes or tobacco in order to release nicotine-containing aerosol for inhalation; liquid nicotine solutions for use in electronic cigarettes; electronic smoking devices; electronic cigarettes; electronic cigarettes as substitute for traditional cigarettes; electronic devices for the inhalation of nicotine-containing aerosol; oral vaporising devices for smokers, tobacco products and tobacco substitutes; smoker's articles for electronic cigarettes; parts and fittings for the aforesaid products included in class 34; devices for extinguishing heated cigarettes and cigars as well as heated tobacco sticks; electronic rechargeable cigarette cases.
Wired vaporizer for electronic cigarettes and electronic smoking devices; tobacco, raw or manufactured; tobacco products, including cigars, cigarettes, cigarillos, tobacco for roll your own cigarettes, pipe tobacco, chewing tobacco, snuff tobacco, kretek; snus; tobacco substitutes (not for medical purposes); smokers' articles, including cigarette paper and tubes, cigarette filters, tobacco tins, cigarette cases and ashtrays for smokers, pipes, pocket apparatus for rolling cigarettes, lighters for smokers; matches; tobacco sticks, tobacco products for the purpose of being heated, electronic devices and their parts for the purpose of heating cigarettes or tobacco in order to release nicotine-containing aerosol for inhalation; liquid nicotine solutions for use in electronic cigarettes; electronic smoking devices; electronic cigarettes; electronic cigarettes as substitute for traditional cigarettes; electronic devices for the inhalation of nicotine-containing aerosol; oral vaporising devices for smokers, tobacco products and tobacco substitutes; smoker's articles for electronic cigarettes; parts and fittings for the aforesaid products included in class 34; devices for extinguishing heated cigarettes and cigars as well as heated tobacco sticks; electronic rechargeable cigarette cases.
Tobacco; tobacco substitutes; electronic cigarettes; oral vaporizers not for medical use; tobacco sticks, namely, a tobacco product of tubular shape consisting of a pre-portioned tobacco supply surrounded by a smokable encasing material; tobacco products for the purpose of being heated; devices for heating tobacco substitutes for the purpose of inhalation; devices for heating tobacco for the purpose of inhalation; liquid nicotine solutions for use in electronic cigarettes; cases and decorative covers for electronic cigarettes, oral vaporizing devices not for medical use, and devices for heating tobacco and tobacco substitutes for the purpose of inhalation
Wired vaporizer for electronic cigarettes and electronic smoking devices; tobacco, raw or manufactured; tobacco products, including cigars, cigarettes, cigarillos, tobacco for roll your own cigarettes, pipe tobacco, chewing tobacco, snuff tobacco, kretek; snus; tobacco substitutes (not for medical purposes); smokers' articles, including cigarette paper and tubes, cigarette filters, tobacco tins, cigarette cases and ashtrays for smokers, pipes, pocket apparatus for rolling cigarettes, lighters for smokers; matches; tobacco sticks, tobacco products for the purpose of being heated, electronic devices and their parts for the purpose of heating cigarettes or tobacco in order to release nicotine-containing aerosol for inhalation; liquid nicotine solutions for use in electronic cigarettes; electronic smoking devices; electronic cigarettes; electronic cigarettes as substitute for traditional cigarettes; electronic devices for the inhalation of nicotine-containing aerosol; oral vaporising devices for smokers, tobacco products and tobacco substitutes; smoker's articles for electronic cigarettes; parts and fittings for the aforesaid products included in class 34; devices for extinguishing heated cigarettes and cigars as well as heated tobacco sticks; electronic rechargeable cigarette cases.
21 - HouseHold or kitchen utensils, containers and materials; glassware; porcelain; earthenware
34 - Tobacco; smokers' articles
Goods & Services
(1) Wired vaporizer for electronic cigarettes and electronic smoking devices namely handheld heaters and handheld generators for inhalation of nicotine-containing aerosol, tobacco, raw and manufactured, tobacco products, namely cigars, cigarettes, cigarillos, tobacco for roll your own cigarettes, pipe tobacco, chewing tobacco, snuff tobacco, kretek, snus, tobacco substitutes not for medical purposes namely liquid nicotine solutions for use in electronic cigarettes, smoker's articles, namely cigarette paper and tubes, cigarette filters, tobacco tins, cigarette cases and ashtrays for smokers, pipes, pocket cigarette rollers, lighters for smokers, matches, tobacco sticks, tobacco products for the purpose of being heated, electronic heaters and their parts for the purpose of heating cigarettes and tobacco in order to release nicotine-containing aerosol for inhalation, liquid nicotine solutions for use in electronic cigarettes, electronic smoking devices namely handheld heaters, electronic cigarettes, electronic cigarettes as substitute for traditional cigarettes, electronic devices namely handheld heaters and handheld generators for the inhalation of nicotine containing aerosol, oral vaporizers for smokers, tobacco products and tobacco substitutes namely liquid nicotine solutions for use in electronic cigarettes and e-cigarettes, smoker's articles for electronic cigarettes namely cigarette atomizers, cartridges, wraps, caps, rings, springs, cleaning kits for e-cigarettes namely cleaning sticks and cleaning brushes, electronic cigarette boxes, tobacco flavourings and liquid flavoring solutions for use in e-cigarettes, parts and fittings for the aforesaid products; extinguishers for heated cigarettes and cigars as well as heated tobacco sticks; electronic rechargeable cigarette cases
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AEROSOL-GENERATING ARTICLE COMPRISING A PERFORATED HOLLOW TUBULAR SUBSTRATE ELEMENT
An aerosol-generating article is provided, including: a rod of aerosol-generating substrate; and a downstream section provided downstream of the rod, the rod including: a hollow tubular substrate element formed of homogenised tobacco material and defining a longitudinal cavity providing an unrestricted flow channel through the element, and an outer wrapper circumscribing the element and arranged such that an empty space is defined between at least a part of an external surface of the element and the outer wrapper, the element including a plurality of perforations providing fluid communication between the longitudinal cavity of the element and the empty space between at least a part of the external surface of the element and the outer wrapper, the plurality of perforations of the element being formed through a peripheral wall of the element, and the outer wrapper including a plurality of perforations overlying the element.
An aerosol-generating article is provided including an aerosol-generating substrate and an upstream element located upstream of the aerosol-generating substrate, the upstream element including: a tubular portion defining an inner region of the upstream element, and a convoluted paper sheet defining a plurality of longitudinally extending channels in the inner region, the convoluted paper sheet having a basis weight of less than or equal to about 100 grams per square metre, the sheet having a width of at least about 50 millimetres, and the convoluted paper sheet having a weight of at least about 20 milligrams.
The present disclosure provides a method for manufacturing an inhaler article having an upstream resilient element (101) for insertion into a holder to form an inhaler system for providing a dry powder to the lungs of a user, the manufacturing method comprising: moving a ribbon (402) of resilient material from a feeder reel (401) to a cutting stage (405); presenting the ribbon of resilient material to the cutting stage; cutting at least one disk of resilient material from the ribbon of resilient material to form at least one cut disk of resilient material; presenting the at least one cut disk of resilient material to a glue stage (501); dispensing at least one glue ring (502); applying the at least one glue ring to the at least one cut disk of resilient material; and, presenting the at least one cut disk of resilient material having an applied glue ring to an upstream end (120) of an inhaler article; affixing the at least one cut disk of resilient material having an applied glue ring to the upstream end of an inhaler article to form an inhaler article having an affixed upstream resilient element.
The invention relates to an aerosol-generating device (16) for generating aerosol from an aerosol-forming article (12) received in a cavity (18) of the aerosol-generating device (16), the aerosol-generating device (16) comprising: a sensing assembly (40) comprising an emitter (42) configured to emit electromagnetic radiation of a predetermined spectrum, a sensor (46) configured to detect the electromagnetic radiation of the predetermined spectrum and ambient electromagnetic radiation, and at least one electronic sensor adjustment component (not depicted in the figures) configured to adjust the sensor based on the detected ambient electromagnetic radiation.
Tobacco, raw or manufactured; tobacco products; cigars, cigarettes, cigarillos, tobacco for roll your own cigarettes, pipe tobacco, chewing tobacco, snuff tobacco, kretek; snus; tobacco substitutes (not for medical purposes); electronic cigarettes; tobacco products for the purpose of being heated; electronic devices and their parts for the purpose of heating cigarettes or tobacco in order to release nicotine-containing aerosol for inhalation; liquid nicotine solutions for use in electronic cigarettes; smokers' articles, cigarette paper, cigarette tubes, cigarette filters, tobacco tins, cigarette cases, ashtrays for smokers, pipes, pocket apparatus for rolling cigarettes, lighters for smokers, matches.
An inhaler article is provided, including: an upstream compartment, a pierceable capsule containing powder being arranged in the upstream compartment; and a downstream compartment, the downstream compartment being fluidly connected with the upstream compartment via an air inlet arranged in a proximal end wall of the downstream compartment, the downstream compartment including an air outlet arranged in a distal portion of the downstream compartment, an entrance to the air outlet being arranged proximally distanced from a distal end wall of the downstream compartment, the air outlet being angled towards a first sidewall of the inhaler article, the air inlet being angled towards a second sidewall of the inhaler article, and the first sidewall being arranged opposite the second sidewall. An inhaler system including the inhaler article and an inhaler article holder is also provided.
An aerosol-generating article is provided, including: an aerosol-forming substrate in an aerosol-forming substrate portion; and a substrate wrapper at least partly circumscribing the aerosol-forming substrate portion, the substrate wrapper having a thickness of 50 micrometers or more, the substrate wrapper including one or more layers having a same length in a longitudinal direction of the aerosol-generating article, and a total density of the aerosol-forming substrate portion being more than 0.71 milligram per cubic millimeter. An aerosol-generating system including the aerosol-generating article and an aerosol-generating device is also provided.
An aerosol-generating article is provided, including: an upstream element; an aerosol-forming substrate in an aerosol-forming substrate portion, the aerosol-forming substrate portion being located downstream of the upstream element; and a substrate wrapper at least partly circumscribing the aerosol-forming substrate portion, the substrate wrapper not extending beyond ends of the aerosol-forming substrate portion in a longitudinal direction of the aerosol-generating article, and the substrate wrapper having a thickness of 90 micrometers or more. An aerosol-generating system including the aerosol-generating article and an aerosol-generating device is also provided.
A method of controlling aerosol production in an aerosol-generating device is provided, the aerosol-generating device including a power source configured to provide power to a heating element to heat an aerosol-forming substrate including an aerosol former, the method including the steps of controlling the power provided to the heating element such that in a first phase, immediately after activating the aerosol-generating device, power is provided to the heating element such that a temperature of the heating element increases from an initial temperature to a first temperature, in a second phase power is provided such that the temperature of the heating element decreases to a second temperature lower than the first temperature but does not decrease below a volatilization temperature of the aerosol former, and in a third phase power is provided such that the temperature of the heating element increases to a third temperature greater than the second temperature.
The invention relates to an aerosol-generating device comprising a cavity for receiving a planar aerosol-generating article comprising aerosol-forming substrate. The aerosol- generating device further comprises an ejection mechanism. The ejection mechanism is configured arrangeable in a closed position and in an open position. The ejection mechanism is configured for ejecting the planar aerosol-generating article out of the cavity in the open position. The ejection mechanism comprises an air inlet allowing ambient air to be drawn into the ejection mechanism when the ejection mechanism is in the closed position. The ejection mechanism comprises an air outlet that is fluidly connected with the air inlet. The air outlet is further fluidly connected with the cavity to allow ambient air to be drawn through the ejection mechanism and into the cavity in the closed position of the ejection mechanism. The invention further relates to an aerosol-generating system comprising the aerosol-generating device and a planar aerosol-generating article comprising aerosol-forming substrate.
The invention relates to an aerosol-generating device comprising a movable mouthpiece (10) and a main body. The main body comprises a first main body housing (20) rotatably connected to a second main body housing (40). The movable mouthpiece is movable with respect to the main body between a retracted position and an extended position in dependence of a rotational position of the first main body housing with respect to the second main body housing. The invention further relates to an aerosol-generating system comprising an aerosol-generating device and an aerosol-generating article comprising an aerosol-forming substrate.
