Abstract:
An aerosol-generating system including a liquid storage portion is provided, the portion including a rigid housing holding a liquid aerosol-forming substrate, the housing having an opening and a fluid permeable heater assembly including a plurality of electrically conductive filaments, wherein the fluid permeable heater assembly is fixed to the housing and extends across the opening of the housing. The provided heater assembly that extends across an opening of a liquid storage portion allows for a robust construction that is relatively simple to manufacture and allows for a large contact area between the heater assembly and liquid aerosol-forming substrate. The heater assembly may be substantially flat, allowing for simple manufacture.
Abstract:
There is provided a cartridge for an aerosol-generating system, the cartridge including a liquid storage container containing: a first liquid composition and a second composition; a plurality of capsules, each capsule encapsulating the second composition to separate the second composition from the first liquid composition, each capsule including a frangible shell encapsulating the second composition; a capsule retainer; and an outlet in the liquid storage container configured to deliver liquid from the liquid storage container, the capsule retainer substantially preventing any frangible shells, or parts thereof, from exiting the cartridge through the outlet. An aerosol-generating device configured to receive the cartridge to form an aerosol-generating system is also provided.
Abstract:
There is provided an aerosol-forming cartridge for an electrically operated aerosol-generating system. The cartridge includes a base layer, at least one aerosol-forming substrate disposed on the base layer and including a liquid nicotine source, and an electric heater including at least one heating element configured to heat the at least one aerosol-forming substrate. The base layer and the at least one aerosol-forming substrate are in contact at a contact surface that is substantially planar. The electric heater and one or both of the base layer and the at least one aerosol-forming substrate are in contact at a contact surface that is substantially planar and substantially parallel to the contact surface between the base layer and the at least one aerosol-forming substrate.
Abstract:
A container for use in an electrically heated aerosol-generating device is provided, the container including a piercing area, wherein the electrically heated aerosol-generating device has a piercing element configured to pierce the piercing area; a casing; and a cap including the piercing area and a heater, the heater defining a boundary of the piercing area. An electrically heated aerosol-generating device is also provided, including a power supply; a cavity configured to receive a container; electrical contacts connected to the power supply and configured to couple the power supply to the heater of the container through electrical contacts of the container; means for piercing the piercing area of the container when the container is received in the cavity. A method of manufacturing a container including an aerosol-generating substrate is also provided.
Abstract:
An aerosol-generating system has an optical sensor disposed on a portion of an exterior surface of the aerosol-generating system. The optical sensor is configured to output sensor data. A controller is operably coupled to the optical sensor. The controller is configured to manipulate one or more operating parameters of an aerosolizer element of the aerosol-generating system based on the optical sensor data.
Abstract:
An aerosol-generating device is provided, including: a heating arrangement including an induction coil, first, second, and third contacts; and a controller, in which the first contact is arranged contacting a proximal end of the induction coil, in which the second contact is arranged contacting a distal end of the induction coil, in which the third contact is arranged contacting the induction coil between the first and the second contacts, in which the first, the second, and the third contacts are electrically connected to the controller, in which the controller is configured to control supply of an alternating electrical current between only a pair of the first, the second, and the third contacts, and in which the first and the second contacts are fixed contacts and the third contact is configured as a movable contact. A method for heating a heating arrangement of an aerosol-generating device is also provided.
Abstract:
An aerosol-generating device is provided, including: a cavity configured to receive an aerosol-generating article including an aerosol-forming substrate; a first air inlet fluidly connected with the cavity and configured to enable ambient air to be drawn into the cavity; and a second air inlet fluidly connected with the cavity and configured to enable ambient air to be drawn into the cavity, the first air inlet being further configured to be fluidly connected with a central portion of the cavity, and the second air inlet being further configured to be fluidly connected with a peripheral portion of the cavity.
Abstract:
An aerosol-generating article is provided, including: a rod of aerosol-generating substrate including an aerosol former, the substrate having an aerosol former content of greater than 10 percent on a dry weight basis; a hollow tubular support element immediately downstream of the rod; and a first aerosol-cooling element downstream of the support element and including a hollow tubular segment including peripheral and transverse walls at a location between upstream and downstream ends of the tubular segment such that it defines a first cavity upstream of the transverse wall and a second cavity downstream of the transverse wall, the transverse wall including openings establishing fluid communication between the first and second cavities, and the peripheral wall including openings located at longitudinal positions away from the transverse wall so that fluid communication between an exterior of the tubular segment and at least one of the first and second cavities is established.
Abstract:
An inductively heatable aerosol-forming rod for an aerosol-generating article is provided, including: at least one cylindrical core portion including at least one of a first aerosol-forming substrate and a first flavoring material; a first elongate susceptor laterally abutting the core portion at a first side along a longitudinal axis of the rod; a second elongate susceptor laterally abutting the core portion at second side along the longitudinal axis opposite to the first side such that the core portion is sandwiched between the first and the second susceptors; and a sleeve portion arranged around the core portion and the first and the second susceptors, the sleeve portion including at least one of a filler material, a second aerosol-forming substrate, and a second flavoring material. A shaping device for manufacturing of the inductively heatable aerosol-forming rods is also provided.
Abstract:
An electrically operated aerosol-generating system is provided, including: an aerosol-generating device; an aerosol-forming cartridge including at least one aerosol-forming substrate, the aerosol-forming cartridge being at least partially received within the aerosol-generating device; at least one electric heater configured to heat the at least one aerosol-forming substrate; at least one air inlet and at least one air outlet; and an air flow channel extending between the at least one air inlet and the at least one air outlet, the air flow channel being in fluid communication with the aerosol-forming substrate, the air flow channel having an internal wall surface on which one or more flow disturbing devices are disposed, the flow disturbing devices being arranged to create a turbulent boundary layer in a flow of air drawn through the air flow channel.