853 patents
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Creating a Packaging Production Dataset Based on Pre-approved Packaging Features and Producing a Packaging
11 Aug 22
A computer-implemented method is provided for creating a packaging production dataset for a consumer product packaging, including the steps of: providing a database of pre-approved packaging features in different categories, each having assigned metadata; receiving a selection of pre-approved packaging features; receiving a selection of at least one production machine for the packaging; evaluating the selection of pre-approved packaging features based on its metadata, the evaluating including evaluating its compatibility with the received selection of at least one production machine, the evaluating being based on a comparison of a production machine dataset with a packaging feature, including the metadata thereof; and creating the packaging production dataset defining a packaging according to the pre-approved packaging features.
Philippe BOURGOIN, Andreia DA SILVA FONTES, Ricardo Andre HECK, Stephen JONES, Julio KLEMM, Joachim KLETT, Christian Werner MARXER, Onesio Luis THESING
Filed: 29 Apr 20
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Vending Appartus for Aerosol Generating Articles
11 Aug 22
A vending apparatus includes (i) an interface configured to allow a user to select a consumable for use in an aerosol generating device; (ii) a first compartment for storing the selected consumable; (iii) dispenser apparatus configured to dispense the selected consumable from the first compartment to the user; (iv) a controller operably coupled to the user interface and the dispenser apparatus and configured to cause the dispenser to retrieve the selected consumable from the first compartment and to dispense the selected consumable to the user; and (iv) communication apparatus operably coupled to the controller and configured to receive data regarding the aerosol generating device.
Cyrille Poindron, Louis-Philippe Vancraeynest, Guido Janeke, Loic Samson
Filed: 16 Jul 20
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Nicotine Powder Delivery System
11 Aug 22
A nicotine powder delivery system includes an inhaler article and a nicotine powder capsule disposed within the inhaler article.
Gérard ZUBER
Filed: 29 Apr 22
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an Aerosol-generating System and Method Using Dielectric Heating
11 Aug 22
An aerosol-generating device for heating an aerosol-forming substrate to generate an aerosol is provided, the aerosol-generating device including: a substrate cavity configured to receive an aerosol-forming substrate; and an electromagnetic field generator including a solid state radio frequency (RF) transistor and being configured to generate a RF electromagnetic field in the substrate cavity.
Robert EMMETT, Ana Isabel Gonzalez FLOREZ, Luca NATALI
Filed: 29 Jun 20
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Coil Former, Inductive Component and Method for Adjusting an Inductance
11 Aug 22
An inductive component is provided, including: a coil former including a base body and being a carrier for a winding wire; an electrically insulating foil, some regions of the body being wrapped with the foil; and a winding of the wire around the coil former, such that the foil is between the wire and the body, and extends over a maximum of two thirds of a maximum possible effective length of the foil with which the foil would be present underneath the entire winding such that in some regions the wire is disposed over the foil, and in some regions the wire is disposed directly on the body, and such that a diameter of the winding in a region in which the wire is disposed over the foil is increased.
Oleg FURSA, Jürgen FREY, Stefan WEBER
Filed: 27 May 20
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Aerosol-generating Device Comprising an Inductive Heating Arrangement Comprising First and Second Inductor Coils
4 Aug 22
An aerosol-generating device is provided, including: a device cavity having proximal and distal ends, the proximal end to receive an aerosol-generating article; an inductive heating arrangement to heat the substrate and including: a susceptor arrangement heatable by penetration with a varying magnetic field to heat the substrate, a first LC circuit having a first resonance frequency and including a first inductor coil arranged towards the proximal end and a first capacitor, and a second LC circuit having a second resonance frequency different from the first resonance frequency and including a second inductor coil arranged towards the distal end and a second capacitor, and the second coil has a different number of turns than that of the first coil; and a controller to initiate heating of the substrate by driving a first varying current in the first coil and subsequently driving a second varying current in the second coil.
Jerome Christian COURBAT, Oleg MIRONOV, Enrico STURA
Filed: 3 Jul 20
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an Inductive Heating Arrangement Having an Annular Channel
4 Aug 22
An inductive heating arrangement is provided, including: a first inductor coil to generate a first varying magnetic field when a varying electric current flows through the first coil; a second inductor coil to generate a second varying magnetic field when a varying electric current flows through the second coil; and a tubular-shaped flux concentrator around the first coil and to distort the first field, including a main portion around the first coil and having an inner diameter, first and second ends, a first end portion having an inner diameter smaller than that of the main portion, and a second end portion having an inner diameter smaller than that of the main portion, an inner surface of the flux concentrator defining an annular channel between the first and second end portions, and the first inductor coil being disposed within the annular channel between the first and second end portions.
Rui Nuno BATISTA, Ricardo CALI, Jerome Christian COURBAT, Oleg MIRONOV, Enrico STURA
Filed: 3 Jul 20
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Aerosol-generating Device with Optical Means for State Detection
4 Aug 22
An electrically heatable aerosol-generating device to heat an aerosol-forming substrate is provided, the device including: a receiving cavity to removably receive an aerosol-generating article including the substrate; an electrical heater to heat the substrate when the article is received in the cavity; and a state detector to detect a presence of at least one specific state in the cavity and including a radiation emitter to emit radiation into the cavity, and a radiation sensor to detect a portion of the emitted radiation being reflected from an interior of the cavity and indicative of the presence of the specific state, the emitter and the sensor are arranged outside the cavity such that the emitter and the sensor are not in fluid communication with the interior of the cavity, and at least a part of the detector is arranged close to or adjacent to a distal end portion of the cavity.
Oleg FURSA
Filed: 11 Jun 20
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Stable Wrapper for Aerosol Generating Article
4 Aug 22
A wrapper used in smoking articles.
Thierry Joyeux
Filed: 8 Jun 20
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Method of Producing a Blended Liquid Tobacco Extract from Two or More Tobaccos
4 Aug 22
A method of producing a blended liquid tobacco extract, including: preparing a first tobacco starting material having a first reducing sugar content and a first nicotine content; preparing a second tobacco starting material having a second reducing sugar content and a second nicotine content, the first and the second starting materials being different from each other and have not been subjected to a prior extraction; heating the first tobacco starting material at a first extraction temperature; heating the second tobacco starting material at a second extraction temperature lower than the first extraction temperature; collecting volatile compounds released from the first and the second starting materials during heating; and combining the collected volatile compounds released from the first and the second starting materials and forming the blended liquid tobacco extract from the combined volatile compounds.
Patrick Charles SILVESTRINI, Marie FARINE, Sebastien LANASPEZE, Benoit MIVELAZ, Christel RAPHOZ, Steve TZIMOULIS
Filed: 5 Jun 20
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Liquid Tobacco Extract, Method for Making and Aerosol-generating Articles Comprising Such
4 Aug 22
A liquid tobacco extract is provided, including: a non-aqueous solvent; at least 0.2 percent by weight of nicotine based on a weight of the liquid tobacco extract; and a ratio by weight of (β-ionone+β-damascenone) to (phenol) of greater than 0.25.
Matteo BIASIOLI, Marie FARINE, Felix FRAUENDORFER, Jagoda KUC, Sebastien LANASPEZE, Stefan LAUENSTEIN, Benoit MIVELAZ, Christel RAPHOZ, Patrick Charles SILVESTRINI, Steve TZIMOULIS
Filed: 5 Jun 20
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Stable Wrapper for Aerosol Generating Article
4 Aug 22
A wrapper used in aerosol generating articles.
Thierry Joyeux
Filed: 8 Jun 20
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Stable Wrapper for Aerosol Generating Article
4 Aug 22
An aerosol generating article (10) includes an aerosol generating substrate (12) comprising nicotine and a first paper layer (50) disposed about the aerosol generating substrate.
Thierry Joyeux
Filed: 8 Jun 20
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Stable Wrapper for Aerosol Generating Article
28 Jul 22
An aerosol generating article (10) includes an aerosol generating substrate (12) comprising nicotine, and a wrapper (50) disposed about the aerosol generating substrate.
Thierry Joyeux
Filed: 8 Jun 20
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an Aerosol-generating System and Haptic Output Element for an Aerosol-generating System
28 Jul 22
An aerosol-generating device is provided, including: a housing including an air inlet, an air outlet, and an airflow passage extending therebetween; an aerosol-generating element disposed within the airflow passage and configured to generate an aerosol; a sensor coupled to the housing and configured to generate a time-dependent airflow signal corresponding to a time-dependent strength of a user puff at the air outlet; a haptic output element coupled to the housing; and a circuit operably coupled to the sensor so as to receive the time-dependent airflow signal during the user puff, and further configured to actuate, based on the time-dependent airflow signal, the haptic output element at time-dependent frequencies or at time-dependent intervals during the user puff.
Stephane BILAT, Gregory Andre CRISTIAN
Filed: 12 May 20
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System and Method for Testing a Heating System
28 Jul 22
A system for determining a resistivity of a heating system for an aerosol generating article, the system including: a receptacle configured to receive a plurality of elements, each element including a heating system to be tested; and a testing assembly including: a plurality of sensors, each sensor including at least a pair of electrical contacts configured to pass an electric current therethrough and being configured to obtain signals related to properties of the heating system of each of the plurality of elements, and a processor configured to receive the signals obtained by the sensors and determine a resistivity of the heating system of each of the plurality of elements, the sensors being biasedly held in the testing assembly.
Rui Nuno BATISTA, Ricardo CALI, Andreas LOEB, Lambert Wijnand BREMAN
Filed: 23 Jun 20
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Aerosol-generating Article Comprising an Aerosol-cooling Element with an Elongated Protrusion
28 Jul 22
An aerosol-generating article is provided, including a rod of aerosol-generating substrate; an aerosol-cooling element downstream of the rod and including a hollow tubular segment including a peripheral wall, the segment extending along a longitudinal axis and having a downstream end in fluid communication with an upstream end, the segment further including at least one elongated protrusion extending from the peripheral wall into an interior of the segment, the protrusion extending longitudinally from an upstream position on the wall to a downstream position on the wall; and a wrapper circumscribing the rod and the aerosol-cooling element, the protrusion being a deflecting fin configured to change a direction of flow of an aerosol flowing from the upstream to the downstream end the segment, and the fin being twisted along a length of the segment.
Rui Nuno BATISTA, Enrico GUIDOTTI
Filed: 27 May 20
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Aerosol-generating Device and System with Conductivity Sensor
28 Jul 22
An aerosol-generating system comprising: a liquid storage portion for holding a liquid aerosol-forming substrate; an atomiser in fluid connection with the liquid storage portion; a conductivity sensor; a power supply; and control electronics.
Ihar Zinovik
Filed: 24 Jun 20
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Aerosol-generating Device for Use with an Aerosol-generating Article
21 Jul 22
An aerosol-generating device for an aerosol-generating article is provided, the device including: a receiving chamber to removably receive the article and having an inner surface and a center axis, along which the inner surface includes first and second axial portions, and an intermediate axial portion between the first and the second axial portions, the first and the second axial portions including a plurality of first and second protrusions, respectively, to contact first and second support elements of the article, respectively, and to retain the article in the chamber, the pluralities extending in a direction towards the center axis beyond the intermediate axial portion, the intermediate axial portion having a length of at least 20% of an overall length of the inner surface or of the chamber in the direction of the center axis and to surround a substrate element of the article when the article is received in the chamber.
Dani RUSCIO
Filed: 22 Apr 20
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Device Assembly Method and Device Manufactured According to Such Method
21 Jul 22
An aerosol-generating system is provided, including: an aerosol-generating device configured to heat an aerosol-forming substrate; and an exterior sleeve, the device including a device housing and a plurality of internal components contained within an interior space enclosed by the housing, the housing including an external surface and at least one bent or bendable portion, bent or bendable into or towards the interior space to interact with one of the internal components, and the exterior sleeve covering the at least one bent or bendable portion.
Oleg FURSA
Filed: 12 May 20