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Perforated Structure
24 Mar 22
There is described herein a perforated structure for use in a simulated respiratory tract, the structure comprising a perforated envelope housing one or more branched channels, wherein each perforation is an open terminal of a branch.
Pierre Herve, Shoaib Majeed, Antonin Sandoz, Sandro Steiner
Filed: 13 Jan 20
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Low Viscosity Liquid Nicotine Formulation
17 Mar 22
A liquid nicotine formulation for an aerosol-generating system is provided, the liquid nicotine formulation including: glycerine and having a viscosity at 20° C. of less than or equal to about 20 mPa·s, wherein the liquid nicotine formulation being a substantially uncaffeinated liquid nicotine formulation, and the liquid nicotine formulation having a glycerine content of greater than or equal to about 6 percent by weight.
Robert EMMETT, Jean-Pierre SCHALLER, Aline VUARNOZ-BIZE
Filed: 31 Dec 19
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Liquid Nicotine Formulation
17 Mar 22
A liquid nicotine formulation for an aerosol-generating system is provided, the liquid nicotine formulation including: one or more water-miscible solvents; one or more water-immiscible solvents having a water solubility at 20° C. of less than or equal to about 100 mg/ml; and one or more water-soluble organic acids, the liquid nicotine formulation having a water-immiscible solvent content of greater than or equal to about 2 percent by weight.
Jean-Pierre SCHALLER, Aline VUARNOZ-BIZE
Filed: 31 Dec 19
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Hydrophobic Tipping Paper
17 Mar 22
A smoking article includes a tobacco substrate and a mouthpiece axially aligned in an abutting end to end relationship with the tobacco substrate.
Clément Besso, Aurélien Guyard, Alen Kadiric
Filed: 29 Nov 21
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Shisha Cartridge with Cap
17 Mar 22
A cartridge for housing an aerosol-forming substrate includes a body with one or more walls and a body opening.
Frederic Nicolas
Filed: 22 Jan 20
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Shisha Cartridge with Cap
17 Mar 22
A cartridge for housing an aerosol-forming substrate includes a body with one or more walls having a wall opening; a cavity in the body in fluid communication with the at least one wall opening; and a cap rotatably connected to the body, where the cap is movable between a first position, in which the wall opening is exposed, and a second position, in which the wall opening is closed by the cap.
Frederic Nicolas
Filed: 22 Jan 20
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Infrared Heated Aerosol-generating Element
17 Mar 22
An aerosol-generating element for generating an aerosol in a shisha device, the aerosol-generating element comprising a receptacle for receiving an aerosol-forming substrate and a photonic device configured to generate a beam of IR radiation, wherein the aerosol-generating element is arranged to heat the aerosol-forming substrate by directing the beam of IR radiation onto the aerosol-forming substrate.
Robert Emmett, Ana Isabel Gonzalez Florez
Filed: 13 Jan 20
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Method and Apparatus for Producing a Sheet of a Material Containing Alkaloids
17 Mar 22
The invention relates to a method for producing a sheet of a material containing alkaloids, the method comprising: —mixing a material containing alkaloids with water (6) to form a slurry (11); —forming a sheet (10) from the slurry (11); —compressing the sheet (10) between a first (307) roller and a second (308) roller, said rollers (307, 308) forming a gap (311) therebetween where the sheet (10) is inserted, to form a compressed sheet (10) having a desired thickness (t); and —changing the diameter (17) of the first roller (307) in order to change the desired thickness (t) of the compressed sheet (10).
Michele Del Borrello
Filed: 18 Dec 19
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Nicotine Formulation Comprising Metal Salt
10 Mar 22
A nicotine formulation for an aerosol-generating system is provided, the nicotine formulation including: one or more water-miscible polyhydric alcohols; one or more metal salts; and one or more organic acids, the nicotine formulation having a metal salt content of greater than or equal to about 0.5 percent by weight, the one or more metal salts being selected from the group consisting of metal benzoates, metal cinnamates, metal cycloheptanecarboxylates, metal levulinates, metal propanoates, metal stearates, and metal undecanoates, and the nicotine formulation having an organic acid content of between about 0.5 percent and about 4 percent by weight.
Irene TAURINO
Filed: 18 Dec 19
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Liquid Nicotine Formulation
10 Mar 22
A liquid nicotine formulation for an aerosol-generating system is provided, the liquid nicotine formulation including: water and one or more water-miscible solvents, the liquid nicotine formulation having a water content of greater than or equal to about 30 percent by weight and a water-miscible solvent content of greater than or equal to about 10 percent by weight, a ratio of the weight percent water content to a weight percent water-miscible solvent content of the liquid nicotine formulation being greater than or equal to about 1, the liquid nicotine formulation having a glycerine content of greater than or equal to about 6 percent by weight, and the liquid nicotine formulation having at least one of: a water content of greater than or equal to about 45 percent by weight, and a combined water and water-miscible solvent content of greater than or equal to about 70 percent by weight.
Jean-Pierre SCHALLER, Aline VUARNOZ-BIZE
Filed: 31 Dec 19
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Liquid Nicotine Formulation Comprising Partially Water-soluble Solvent
10 Mar 22
A liquid nicotine formulation for an aerosol-generating system is provided, the liquid nicotine formulation including: water; and one or more partially water-soluble, water-immiscible solvents having a water solubility at 20° C. of between about 20 mg/ml and about 100 mg/ml, the liquid nicotine formulation having a water content of greater than or equal to about 5 percent by weight and a partially water-soluble, water-immiscible solvent content of between about 2 percent by weight and about 30 percent by weight.
Jean-Pierre SCHALLER, Aline VUARNOZ-BIZE
Filed: 31 Dec 19
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Aerosol-generating Article Having Rod Comprising Tobacco Material with Formed Fluid Passageways
10 Mar 22
An aerosol-generating article for producing an inhalable aerosol upon heating is provided, the aerosol-generating article including: a rod of aerosol-generating substrate, the rod including a sheet of homogenised plant material, the homogenised plant material being arranged longitudinally between an upstream end of the rod and a downstream end of the rod; and a wrapper circumscribing the homogenised plant material, the sheet of homogenised plant material including a plurality of formed fluid passageways extending through a thickness of the sheet and configured to establish a fluid communication between opposite sides of the sheet.
Gaetan COUDERC, Roelof Cornelis DE BORST, Celine GAMBS, Marine JARRIAULT, Celine LESUFFLEUR, Mirko MINZONI
Filed: 30 Dec 19
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a Case for an Aerosol-generating Device with a Holder for Power Supply
10 Mar 22
A case for an aerosol-generating device is provided, the case including: a case housing; a case power supply; a holder to receive the aerosol-generating device, the holder being movably coupled to the case housing and configured for both rotational movement relative to the case housing and translational movement relative to the case housing, and being movable relative to the case housing between an open position to receive the device and a closed position configured to store the device; a case electrical connector to supply power from the case power supply to the device when the device is received within the holder and when the holder is in each of the open and closed positions; an input; and case control circuitry to receive data from the input and to transmit a signal to the device by the connector, the signal being indicative of a state of the input.
Oleg FURSA
Filed: 16 Dec 19
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Cartridge for Use with Aerosol Generating Device
3 Mar 22
A cartridge (100) for use with an aerosol generating device (200) includes a housing (110) and an aerosol-forming substrate (500) disposed in the housing (110).
Jean-Yves Vollmer, Sébastien Capelli, Onur Dayioglu
Filed: 17 Dec 19
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Liquid Nicotine Formulation Comprising Water-immiscible Solvents
24 Feb 22
A liquid nicotine formulation for an aerosol-generating system is provided, the liquid nicotine formulation including: at least one of water and one or more water-miscible solvents; one or more partially water-soluble, water-immiscible solvents having a water solubility at 20° C. of between about 20 mg/ml and about 100 mg/ml; and one or more water insoluble, water-immiscible solvents having a water solubility at 20° C. of less than or equal to about 5 mg/ml, the liquid nicotine formulation having a water-insoluble, water-immiscible solvent content of greater than or equal to about 2 percent by weight.
Robert EMMETT, Jean-Pierre SCHALLER, Aline VUARNOZ-BIZE
Filed: 31 Dec 19
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Liquid Nicotine Formulation Comprising Low Molar Mass Metal Salt
24 Feb 22
A liquid nicotine formulation for an aerosol-generating system is provided, the nicotine formulation including: one or more water-miscible polyhydric alcohols, the nicotine formulation having a water-miscible polyhydric alcohol content of greater than or equal to about 5 percent by weight; and one or more low molar mass metal salts, the one or more low molar mass metal salts being selected from the group consisting of metal cinnamates, metal cycloheptanecarboxylates, metal levulinates, metal propanoates, metal stearates, and metal undecanoates.
Irene TAURINO
Filed: 18 Dec 19
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Tubular Element with Threads for Use with an Aerosol Generating Article
17 Feb 22
A tubular element for an aerosol-generating article is provided, the tubular element having a longitudinal length and including: a first wrapper that forms a first longitudinal passageway; and a plurality of porous threads loaded with gel and running longitudinally, parallel to the longitudinal length of the tubular element, the gel including an aerosol former and an active agent, the aerosol former including between 60 percent and 95 percent by weight of glycerol, and the active agent including nicotine.
Gennaro CAMPITELLI
Filed: 16 Dec 19
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Tubular Element, Comprising Porous Medium, for Use with an Aerosol Generating Article
17 Feb 22
A tubular element for an aerosol-generating device, the tubular element including: a first longitudinal passageway; and a porous medium loaded with gel, the gel including an active agent, the porous medium loaded with gel being crimped, the gel including an active agent includes an aerosol former, the gel including the active agent includes between 60 percent and 95 percent by weight of glycerol, the active agent includes nicotine, and the porous medium includes cotton.
Gennaro CAMPITELLI, Gianpaolo D'AMBRA, Onur DAYIOGLU
Filed: 16 Dec 19
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Aerosol Generating Article Comprising a Heat Source
17 Feb 22
An aerosol-generating article is provided, including: a fluid guide having proximal and distal ends, and an inner longitudinal region including an inner longitudinal passageway between the distal end and the proximal end thereof, such that fluid can travel from the distal end to the proximal end, the fluid guide including a barrier between the inner and outer longitudinal passageways; a tubular element including a gel or a porous medium or a thread loaded or any combination, the gel or the medium or the thread or the combination includes an active agent, the tubular element having proximal and distal ends and disposed to a distal side of the fluid guide; an aperture to allow fluid to pass to the tubular element and exit the article at the proximal end; a combustible heat source at the distal end of the article; and a cavity between the fluid guide and the tubular element.
Gennaro CAMPITELLI, Gianpaolo D'AMBRA, Onur DAYIOGLU, Farhang MOHSENI, Irene TAURINO, Ihar ZINOVIK
Filed: 16 Dec 19
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Smoking Article Including a Flavour Delivery Member
17 Feb 22
There is provided a filter for a smoking article.
Yves Jordil
Filed: 27 Aug 21