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Automatic Consumption Detection for Use In Conversion of Consumption of Aerosol-generating Articles
5 Aug 21
Systems (200), devices (101), and methods are configured to generate and provide to users an indication representative of conversion of consumption from a first type of aerosol-generating article to a second type of aerosol-generating article.
Andrew Tope
Filed: 25 Apr 19
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Heater Assembly with a Plurality of Recesses
5 Aug 21
A heater assembly is provided for an aerosol-generating system having a liquid storage portion configured to hold a liquid aerosol-forming substrate, the heater assembly including: an electric heater configured to heat the substrate to form an aerosol; and a capillary body configured to convey the substrate from the liquid storage portion of the system to the heater, the heater being disposed on an outer surface of the capillary body and including a heating layer including a porous sheet of electrically conductive material, the porous sheet being embossed to define a plurality of recesses on its lower surface configured to retain the substrate by capillary action and a plurality of corresponding raised portions on its upper surface, and at least part of each of the plurality of recesses being spaced from the outer surface of the capillary body in a perpendicular direction.
Stefan LAUENSTEIN
Filed: 30 Apr 19
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an Aerosol-generating Device Having Temperature-based Control
5 Aug 21
An aerosol-generating device is provided, including a cavity configured to receive an aerosol-forming substrate; an electrical heater configured to heat the substrate when the aerosol-forming substrate is received within the cavity; a power supply; and a controller configured to: control a supply of power from the power supply to the heater during a first time period and a second time period after the first time period, determine a rate of increase in temperature of the heater during the first time period by determining a time taken for a temperature of the heater to increase from a first predetermined temperature to a second predetermined temperature during the first time period, and adjust the supply of power from the power supply to the heater during the second time period based on the determined rate of increase in temperature during the first time period.
Jerome UTHURRY
Filed: 23 Apr 19
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Electrical Heating Assembly for Heating an Aerosol-forming Substrate
5 Aug 21
A heating assembly for heating an aerosol-forming substrate is provided, the assembly including a cup-shaped heating chamber to receive the substrate to be heated, the chamber being formed at least by a sleeve portion and a bottom portion that is disposed at a distal end of the chamber opposite to an open proximal end of the chamber; a first electrical heater including at least one first heating element circumferentially arranged around the sleeve portion and being configured to heat the sleeve portion at least to a first temperature; and a second electrical heater including at least one second heating element arranged at an outer end face of the bottom portion and being configured to heat the bottom portion at least to a second temperature.
Evan JOCHNOWITZ
Filed: 6 Jun 19
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an Aerosol-generating Device Comprising Two Atomiser Assemblies
29 Jul 21
An aerosol-generating device is provided, including a first atomiser assembly including a first mesh element defining a plurality of first nozzles each having a minimum diameter of equal to or less than 2.5 micrometres; a second atomiser assembly including a second mesh element defining a plurality of second nozzles each having a minimum diameter of between 3 micrometres and 10 micrometres; a first device connector configured to receive a first liquid reservoir and to supply a first liquid from the first liquid reservoir to the first atomiser assembly; and a second device connector configured to receive a second liquid reservoir and to supply a second liquid from the second liquid reservoir to the second atomiser assembly.
Michel BESSANT, Jerome Christian COURBAT, Pascal André Daniel Jean PRATTE
Filed: 16 May 19
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Aerosol-generating Device
22 Jul 21
An aerosol-generating device is provided, including a device housing having a cavity configured to receive an aerosol-forming substrate; a heating element extending into the cavity and being configured to heat the aerosol-forming substrate received in the cavity; a movable cavity bottom, a position of the movable cavity bottom defining a length of the cavity; and a control configured to move the movable cavity bottom to a selected position within the cavity, the selected position being a longitudinal position at the heating element.
Oguz DUMEN
Filed: 6 Jun 19
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Aerosol-generating System Comprising Integrated Piercing Element
22 Jul 21
An aerosol-generating system is provided, including: an aerosol-generating device including a heater element; and an aerosol-generating article configured to engage with the aerosol-generating device and including a medicament source; a volatile delivery enhancing compound source; at least one frangible barrier sealing the medicament source and the volatile delivery enhancing compound source; and at least one piercing element disposed on a wall of the aerosol-generating article, the medicament source and the volatile delivery enhancing compound source being moveable relative to the at least one piercing element, and the at least one piercing element being configured to pierce the at least one frangible barrier when activated by a user.
Jonathan HOGWOOD, Stuart Michael Ruan JONES, John Antony STEPHENSON, David EDINGTON, Christopher COULSON
Filed: 5 Apr 21
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Atomiser Assembly with Oscillation Chamber
22 Jul 21
An atomiser assembly is provided, including: an oscillation chamber having a cavity containing a liquid to be atomized, a liquid inlet configured to provide a supply of the liquid to be atomized to the cavity, an elastically deformable element, and a mesh element comprising a plurality of nozzles; and an actuator configured to oscillate the elastically deformable element, the oscillation chamber and the liquid being contained in the cavity of the oscillation chamber form an oscillation system, in which oscillation of the elastically deformable element by the actuator varies pressure inside the cavity, and the actuator being further configured to oscillate the elastically deformable element at a resonant frequency of the oscillation system to eject liquid contained in the cavity from the cavity through the plurality of nozzles of the mesh element.
Dara BAYAT, Michel BESSANT, Jerome Christian COURBAT, Olivier DUBOCHET, Ivar KJELBERG, Philippe NIEDERMANN, Pascal Andre Daniel Jean PRATTE
Filed: 7 May 19
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Method for Classifying Plant Material
22 Jul 21
There is described herein a method for classifying a batch of plant material as either being contaminated or non-contaminated comprising: (i) providing a sample of polynucleotide from the batch of plant material; (ii) contacting the sample of polynucleotide with one or more amplification primers to amplify a target polynucleotide sequence associated with sterility; (iii) performing an in vitro polynucleotide amplification reaction on the sample to generate one or more amplification products; (iv) determining the size or sequence of the amplification product(s); and (v) based on the size or sequence of the amplification product(s) determined in step (iv) comparing the size or sequence of the amplification product(s) with the size or sequence of known amplification product(s) from known genetic sources of sterility; wherein if the genetic source of sterility determined in step (v) corresponds to the expected genetic source of sterility of the batch of plant material then said batch of plant material is considered to be non-contaminated; or wherein if the genetic source of sterility determined in step (v) does not correspond to the expected genetic source of sterility of the batch of plant material then said batch of plant material is considered to be contaminated.
Nicolas Jean-Pierre Olivier Bakaher
Filed: 23 May 19
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Activatable and Reclosable Cartridge Assembly for an Aerosol-generating System
15 Jul 21
A reclosable cartridge assembly (10) for use in an aerosol-generating system comprises: a cartridge (12) extending longitudinally between end walls (22, 26); a housing (30, 32) enclosing the cartridge (12) and comprising: an upstream portion with an end wall (22) comprising an opening (42); and a downstream housing portion (32) with an end wall comprising an opening (44).
Philipp Bernhard, Antonino Lanci, Hannes Merz, Patrick Charles Silvestrini, Irene Taurino, Ihar Nikolaevich Zinovik
Filed: 20 Jun 19
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Aerosol Generating System with Enhanced Aerosol Delivery
15 Jul 21
A cartridge for use in an aerosol-generating system, the cartridge comprising: a first compartment having a first air inlet and a first air outlet, the first compartment containing a nicotine source; and a second compartment having a second air inlet and a second air outlet, the second compartment containing an acid source; wherein the first compartment comprises a first air flow channel extending from the first air inlet, or the first air outlet, longitudinally along at least a portion of the first compartment, wherein the first air flow channel is adjacent to and in fluid communication with the nicotine source; or wherein the second compartment comprises a second air flow channel extending from the second air inlet, or the second air outlet, longitudinally along at least a portion of the second compartment, wherein the second air flow channel is adjacent to and in fluid communication with the acid source; or wherein the first compartment comprises a first air flow channel extending from the first air inlet, or the first air outlet, longitudinally along at least a portion of the first compartment, wherein the first air flow channel is adjacent to and in fluid communication with the nicotine source; and the second compartment comprises a second airflow channel extending from the second air inlet, or the second air outlet, longitudinally along at least a portion of the second compartment, wherein the second air flow channel is adjacent to and in fluid communication with the acid source.
Irene Taurino
Filed: 26 Jun 19
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Casting Apparatus and Method for the Production of a Cast Sheet of a Material Containing Alkaloids
15 Jul 21
The invention relates to a casting apparatus (100) to cast a sheet (50) of a material containing alkaloids, the casting apparatus including: ⋅a casting box (10) adapted to contain a slurry (18) to be cast to form the sheet, the casting box defining an inner volume; ⋅a slurry supply element (5) defining a supply channel (15) adapted to feed the slurry along a supply direction in the inner volume of the casting box from an inlet (90), the supply direction forming an angle with a horizontal plane comprised between about −45 degrees and about +45 degrees; ⋅a movable support (2); and ⋅a casting element (1) adapted to cast the slurry contained in the casting box onto the movable support so as to form the cast sheet.
Silvia Capo, Marc A.F. Van Den Boogaart
Filed: 28 Jun 19
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Aerosol-generating Apparatus Including Self-diagnostics
15 Jul 21
Aerosol-generating apparatus (100) for self-diagnosis allow users to initiate the self-diagnostics and then provide a diagnostic indication using, for example, indicators (162).
Fabian Pellegrini, Fabrice Steffen, Eric Mariacher
Filed: 14 May 19
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Casting Apparatus and Method for the Production of a Cast Sheet of a Material Containing Alkaloids
15 Jul 21
The present invention relates to a casting apparatus (100) for the production of a cast sheet of a material containing alkaloids, the casting apparatus comprising: ⋅a casting box (10) adapted to contain a slurry (18) of the material containing alkaloids; ⋅a slurry supply element (5) adapted to feed the slurry to the casting box; ⋅a movable support (2); ⋅a casting blade (1) adapted to cast the slurry contained in the casting box onto the movable support so as to form the cast sheet; and ⋅path diverting fins (12, 13) adapted to come into contact with the slurry and placed within the casting box.
Silvia Capo, Chiara Fasciani, Rui Nuno Batista
Filed: 28 Jun 19
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Article for Forming an Aerosol
15 Jul 21
An article (1) for forming an aerosol.
Rui Nuno Batista, Frederic Nicolas, Cyrille Poindron
Filed: 18 Jul 19
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Susceptor Assembly for Aerosol Generation Comprising a Susceptor Tube
8 Jul 21
A susceptor assembly for inductively heating an aerosol-forming substrate is provided, the susceptor assembly including a multi-layer susceptor tube defining a cavity configured to receive an induction coil inside the multi-layer susceptor tube, the multi-layer susceptor tube includes an inner tubular layer, which includes a first electrically conductive material, and an outer tubular layer surrounding the inner tubular layer, which includes a second electrically conductive material, and an electrical resistivity of the first electrically conductive material is greater than an electrical resistivity of the second electrically conductive material.
Oleg MIRONOV, Jerome Christian COURBAT, Enrico STURA
Filed: 24 May 19
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Heater Assembly with Pierced Transport Material
8 Jul 21
A heater assembly for an aerosol-generating system is provided, including: a fluid-permeable heating element to vaporise a liquid aerosol-forming substrate; and a transport material to transport the substrate to the heating element and having a thickness defined between a first surface and an opposing second surface thereof, the first surface being in fluid communication with the element and the second surface being arranged to receive the substrate and provided with at least one hole extending into the material to a depth corresponding to at least a part of the thickness to define a formed fluid channel for the substrate, the material including a capillary material having elongate fibres, an average direction of the fibres is substantially parallel to the first and second surfaces, and the hole extends substantially perpendicular to the average direction.
Guillame FREDERICK, Patrick Charles SILVESTRINI, Jean-Marc WIDMER, lhar Nikolaevich ZINOVIK
Filed: 29 May 19
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Aerosol-generating Device Having Improved Inductor Coil
8 Jul 21
An aerosol-generating device is provided, including: a housing defining a chamber configured to receive at least one susceptor and at least one aerosol-forming substrate, the chamber having a length along a longitudinal axis thereof extending from a first end of the chamber to a second end of the chamber; and an inductor coil provided within the housing, disposed around the chamber, and extending along at least a portion of the length of the chamber, the inductor coil including a first portion disposed closest to the first end of the chamber, a second portion disposed closest to the second end of the chamber, and a third portion disposed between the first and the second portions, and a number of turns per unit length in the third portion is less than a number of turns per unit length in one or both of the first and the second portions.
Irene TAURINO
Filed: 16 May 19
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Aerosol-forming Substrate and Aerosol-delivery System
8 Jul 21
There is described an aerosol-forming substrate for use in combination with an inductive heating device.
Oleg Mironov
Filed: 16 Mar 21
Utility
Detection of Adverse Heater Conditions In an Electrically Heated Aerosol Generating System
8 Jul 21
An electrically operated aerosol-generating system is provided, including: a heating element to heat an aerosol-forming substrate; a power supply; a temperature sensor; electric circuitry in communication with the element, the sensor, and the power supply, and configured to regulate a supply of power based on a measured temperature, determine an adverse condition when a reduction in power required to reach or to maintain a predetermined temperature over successive heating cycles falls outside a predefined range, by comparing the power supplied in a given heating cycle with that of preceding heating cycles, the predefined range stored in the memory, and control the power supplied based on whether there is the adverse condition or provide an indication when there is the adverse condition; and a device and a removable cartridge including a liquid aerosol-forming substrate, the power supply and the circuitry being in the device and the element being in the cartridge.
Stephane BILAT, Guillaume COLOTTE, Daryl NG WAI LEONG, Ho Keat CHANG
Filed: 22 May 19