Abstract:
An aerosol-generating system is provided, including a main unit including a power supply; and a cartridge removably mounted to the main unit and including: a liquid storage portion to store a liquid, a heater assembly including a flat-shaped fluid-permeable heating element, including first and second surfaces, the first surface arranged in an upstream position to receive a liquid, and the second surface arranged in a downstream position to release the liquid in vaporized form, and a capillary body having a first elongated end and a second end, the first elongated end extending into the storage portion to contact the liquid, the second end contacting the first surface of the heating element, a cross-sectional area of the capillary body at the second end is greater than that at the first elongated end, the capillary body including capillary fibers at the first elongated end and at the second end.
Abstract:
An aerosol-generating device is provided, including: a housing defining a chamber configured to receive at least a portion of an aerosol-generating article; an inductor coil disposed around at least a portion of the chamber; an elongate susceptor element projecting into the chamber; and a power supply and a controller connected to the inductor coil and configured to provide an alternating electric current to the inductor coil such that the inductor coil generates an alternating magnetic field to heat the elongate susceptor element and thereby heat at least a portion of an aerosol-generating article received in the chamber, the elongate susceptor element including an elongate support body and at least one heating portion formed from a susceptor layer on an outer surface of the elongate support body, and the elongate support body being formed from a thermally insulative material and the susceptor layer including one or more susceptor materials.
Abstract:
A cartridge for an aerosol generating system is provided, including a liquid storage portion including a rigid support portion having a nozzle defining an opening configured to dispense an aerosol-forming substrate and a collapsible portion, attached to the rigid support portion; and a wick disposed in the nozzle, extending across a full cross-section of the opening. An aerosol generating system is also provided, including the cartridge; and a method is provided for forming the cartridge including providing a rigid support portion with a nozzle defining an opening; attaching a collapsible portion to the rigid support portion to form a liquid storage portion; and providing a wick in the nozzle, the wick extending across a full cross-section of the opening.
Abstract:
An aerosol-generating system is provided, including a housing including an air inlet and an air outlet defining an air flow path therebetween; a heater element; and a cartridge moveably mounted in the housing and reversibly displaceable from a first position to a second position, the cartridge including a moveable plunger, a liquid storage portion configured to hold an aerosol-generating liquid, and an opening configured to deliver the aerosol-generating liquid, wherein the cartridge is further configured to activate release of a portion of the aerosol-generating liquid through the opening, when the cartridge is moved by an airstream created between the air inlet and the air outlet within the housing.
Abstract:
A reinforced tobacco web is provided, including a continuous web of reconstituted tobacco, a first continuous reinforcement incorporated into the web at a first edge, and a second continuous reinforcement incorporated into the web at a second edge. Neither the first continuous reinforcement nor the second continuous reinforcement has a width greater than 15% of the width of the continuous web of reconstituted tobacco. The reinforcements allow the tobacco web to be handled more efficiently by increasing the pulling strength of the web.
Abstract:
There is provided an aerosol-forming cartridge for an electrically operated aerosol-generating system. The cartridge includes a base layer and at least one aerosol-forming substrate disposed on the base layer and including a tobacco-containing material with volatile tobacco flavour compounds that are releasable from the aerosol-forming substrate. The base layer and the at least one aerosol-forming substrate are in contact at a contact surface, which is substantially planar.
Abstract:
There is provided an aerosol-forming cartridge for an electrically operated aerosol-generating system. The aerosol-forming cartridge includes a base layer including at least one cavity and at least one aerosol-forming substrate held in the at least one cavity. A protective foil is removably attached to the base layer and is arranged to substantially hermetically seal the at least one aerosol-forming substrate within the at least one cavity prior to use of the aerosol-forming cartridge.
Abstract:
A combustible heat source for a smoking article and a method of manufacturing a combustible heat source are provided. The combustible heat source includes a barrier affixed to an end face of the combustible heat source, wherein a thermally-activated adhesive is provided between the end face and the barrier. The method includes providing a thermally-activatable adhesive between the end face of the combustible heat source and the barrier; affixing the barrier to the end face; and heating the combustible heat source with the barrier affixed to the end face thereof to activate the thermally-activatable adhesive.
Abstract:
An aerosol-generating system is provided, including a fluid-permeable electric heater assembly, the heater assembly including an electrically insulating substrate, an aperture being formed in the electrically insulating substrate, and a heater element having a first face fixed to the electrically insulating substrate, the heater element spanning the aperture and including a plurality of electrically conductive filaments connected to first and second electrically conductive contact portions, the first and second electrically conductive contact portions positioned on opposite sides of the aperture to one another, wherein the first and second electrically conductive contact portions are configured to allow contact with an external power supply.
Abstract:
A cartridge for an electrically operated aerosol-generating system is provided, the cartridge including: a liquid storage portion including a housing holding a liquid aerosol-forming substrate, the housing having an opening; and a fluid-permeable heater assembly including at least one filament, the fluid-permeable heater assembly being fixed to the housing and extending across the opening of the housing. An aerosol-generating system including a main component and the cartridge is also provided. A method of manufacturing a cartridge for an electrically operated aerosol-generating system is also provided.