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Article for Forming an Aerosol
23 Sep 21
An article (1) for forming an aerosol.
Rui Nuno Batista, Frederic Nicolas, Cyrille Poindron
Filed: 18 Jul 19
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Extractor for an Aerosol-generating Device
16 Sep 21
An extractor configured to extract an aerosol-generating article received in an aerosol-generating device is provided, the extractor including: a body defining a cavity configured to receive an aerosol-generating article; and a resilient coupling element attached to the body, the resilient coupling element is movable independent of the body to releasably couple the extractor to a portion of the aerosol-generating device.
Sze Chiek AW, Roland ANTONOPOULOS, Jean-Luc FRINGELI, Prasad GIRME
Filed: 30 Jul 19
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Article for Forming an Aerosol
16 Sep 21
An article (1) for forming an aerosol, the article (1) comprising a cover layer (2) having a peripheral mould surface (20) which circumscribes a moulded aerosol-forming substrate (3).
Rui Nuno Batista, Frederic Nicolas, Cyrille Poindron
Filed: 11 Jul 19
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Device for Generating an Aerosol
16 Sep 21
A device for generating an aerosol is provided, including: a heating chamber configured to receive an article including an aerosol-forming substrate configured to form the aerosol, the heating chamber including an upstream end, a downstream end, and first and second major boundary surfaces, the first and the second major boundary surfaces extending in facing parallel relations and defining a principal flow axis for fluid flowing through the heating chamber; a cooling chamber in fluid communication with the heating chamber and a mouthpiece end of the device; and one or more induction coils configured to inductively heat the article and each surrounding the heating chamber, the device being configured such that, in use, fluid flow from the upstream end of the heating chamber to the downstream end of the heating chamber is in a direction substantially parallel to the principal flow axis.
Rui Nuno BATISTA
Filed: 24 Jul 19
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Aerosol-generating Systems and Methods for Guiding an Airflow Inside an Electrically Heated Aerosol-generating System
16 Sep 21
An aerosol-generating system is provided, including a liquid storage portion including a container configured to hold a liquid aerosol-generating substrate and defining an opening; a heater assembly extending across the opening along a plane transverse to the opening and including at least one electrically operated heating element; and a first channel defining a first flow route, a portion of the first channel being arranged with respect to the plane transverse to the opening such that at least a portion of the first channel is configured to direct air originating from outside the system to impinge against and across a surface portion of the at least one electrically operated heating element.
Oleg MIRONOV, lhar Nikolaevich ZINOVIK, Keethan Dasnavis FERNANDO
Filed: 1 Jun 21
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Apparatus and Method for Forming Filter Rods
16 Sep 21
An apparatus for forming filter rods for aerosol-generating articles is provided, including a first source and a second source, the first source being configured to supply filter material in a form of a first tow, and the second source being configured to supply filter material in a form of a second tow; a single driven delivery roller configured to advance the first tow and the second tow; and an extrusion tool configured to process the first tow and the second tow, the delivery roller being arranged such that the first and the second tows are advanced from the first and the second sources toward the extrusion tool only by the delivery roller, and the extrusion tool is further configured to process several sources of filter material simultaneously to create one filter rod.
Gianni CAPRINI
Filed: 19 Mar 18
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Aerosol-generating System with Case
16 Sep 21
An electrically operated aerosol-generating system is provided, including an aerosol-generating device and a case configured to receive the aerosol-generating device.
Roland ANTONOPOULOS, Jean-Luc FRINGELI
Filed: 2 May 18
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Improved Container of Consumer Articles Comprising an Element of Discernible Thickness
16 Sep 21
A container for consumer goods is formed from a laminar blank (100; 300) having a blank thickness (T1); and a three dimensional element (104; 304) having a thickness (T2) from about 50 micrometres to about 500 micrometres.
Timothee Cailleaux, David Pitton
Filed: 27 Sep 17
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Smoking Article with a Mouth End Cavity and Ventilation
9 Sep 21
A smoking article comprises a tobacco rod and a filter connected to the tobacco rod.
Alen Kadiric, Cecilia Lindholm Delaloye
Filed: 3 May 21
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Aerosol Generating Article Comprising a Hollow Rod of Aerosol Generating Substrate
2 Sep 21
An aerosol-generating article is provided for producing an inhalable aerosol when heated, the aerosol-generating article including: a hollow cylindrical rod of aerosol-generating substrate; a wrapper circumscribing the hollow cylindrical rod; and a hollow tube extending along a longitudinal axis of the hollow cylindrical rod and defining a central airflow channel of the aerosol-generating article, the hollow tube including a plurality of openings extending through a wall of the hollow tube, such that the aerosol-generating substrate in the hollow cylindrical rod is in fluid communication with the central airflow channel through the plurality of openings, and such that a ratio between a cumulative cross-sectional area of the plurality of openings and a cross-sectional area of the central airflow channel is from about 0.042 to about 0.672.
Noori Moyad BRIFCANI, Pascal Andre Daniel Jean PRATTE
Filed: 20 Jun 19
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Cartridge for an Aerosol-generating System Comprising an Alkaloid Source Comprising a Liquid Alkaloid Formulation
2 Sep 21
A cartridge for an aerosol-generating system is provided, the cartridge including: a first compartment containing an alkaloid source, the alkaloid source including a liquid alkaloid formulation having a polyhydric alcohol content of at least about 10 percent by weight and an alkaloid content of at least about 10 percent by weight; and a second compartment containing an acid source.
Irene TAURINO, Ihar Nikolaevich ZINOVIK
Filed: 28 Jun 19
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Casting Apparatus and Method for the Production of a Cast Sheet of a Material Containing Alkaloids
2 Sep 21
The invention relates to a casting apparatus (100) to cast a sheet of a material containing alkaloids, the casting apparatus including:⋅a casting box (10) apt to contain a slurry (18) to be cast to form the sheet;⋅a slurry supply element (5) defining a feeding channel (15) apt to introduce the slurry into the casting box in a supply direction;⋅path diverting fins (19, 20) positioned within the feeding channel, the path diverting fins being apt to come into contact with the slurry inside the feeding channel;⋅a movable support (2); and⋅a casting blade (1) apt to cast the slurry contained in the casting box onto the movable support so as to form the cast sheet.
Silvia Capo, Chiara Fasciani, Rui Nuno Batista
Filed: 28 Jun 19
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Method of Making Tobacco Cut Filler
2 Sep 21
A tobacco cut filler comprises a first tobacco material cut in accordance with a first cut specification, wherein the first cut specification sets at least predetermined first cut width and first cut length.
Fabien Zuchuat, Otto Virag
Filed: 12 May 21
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a Carrier Material Having an Internal Channel
2 Sep 21
There is provided a cartridge (100) for use in an aerosol-generating system (10) for the generation of an aerosol comprising nicotine salt particles.
Irene Taurino
Filed: 23 Jul 19
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Casting Apparatus and a Method for Producing a Cast Web of a Material Containing Alkaloids
2 Sep 21
The present invention is related to a casting apparatus (100) for the production of a cast web of a material containing alkaloids, said casting apparatus (100) including: —a casting box (101) adapted to contain a slurry; —a movable support (102) having a surface and moving along a casting direction; —a casting blade (103), adapted to cast the slurry contained in the casting box (101) onto the surface of the movable support (102) along the casting direction so as to form the cast web of a material containing alkaloids; wherein the casting blade (103) includes a corrugated portion.
Marc A.F. Van Den Boogaart
Filed: 28 Jun 19
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Cell Culture
2 Sep 21
There is described an isolated 3-dimensional liver spheroid wherein said spheroid has: increased ATP content as compared to a 3-dimensional liver spheroid cultured in Complete William's E medium alone; the same or increased activity of cytochrome P450 1A1 and cytochrome P450 1B1 as compared to a 3-dimensional liver spheroid cultured in Complete William's E medium alone; and increased albumin secretion as compared to a 3-dimensional liver spheroid cultured in William's E medium alone.
David Bovard, Karsta Luettich
Filed: 12 May 21
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Aerosol-generating Device with Heating Coating
26 Aug 21
An aerosol-generating device for generating an inhalable aerosol is provided, the device including a heating chamber configured to receive an aerosol-generating article containing aerosol-generating substrate, the heating chamber including a heating element, and the heating element being an electrically resistive coating.
Pieter VAN LANCKER, Louis-Philippe VANCRAEYNEST, Simon DESNERCK
Filed: 13 Jun 19
Utility
Casting Apparatus and Method for the Production of a Cast Web of a Material Containing Alkaloids
26 Aug 21
The present invention relates to a casting apparatus (100) for the production of a cast sheet (10) of a material containing alkaloids, the casting apparatus comprising: a casting box (1) adapted to contain a slurry (11) of the material containing alkaloids, the casting box having an aperture (16); a movable support (7); a casting roller (3) positioned at least partly within the casting box adapted to cast the slurry contained in the casting box onto the movable support so as to form the cast sheet; wherein said casting roller faces the movable support forming a gap (I) therebetween, and wherein the movable support is located at least partly above the casting roller.
Silvia Capo
Filed: 28 Jun 19
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Dirt-repellent, Heat-reflective Coating for Aerosol-generating Device
26 Aug 21
An aerosol-generating device for generating an inhalable vapor is provided, the aerosol-generating device including: a heating chamber configured to receive an aerosol-generating article, an inner wall of the heating chamber including a coating, the coating including a binder material and metal particles embedded in the binder material or the coating includes a metal alloy, and the coating being configured to be heat-reflective and dirt-repellent.
Pieter VAN LANCKER, Louis-Philippe VANCRAEYNEST, Simon DESNERCK
Filed: 13 Jun 19
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Improved Aerosol-generating System Comprising Individually Activatable Heating Elements
26 Aug 21
There is provided aerosol-generating system (200) comprising a cartridge (100).
Irene Taurino
Filed: 10 Jul 19