853 patents
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Utility
Container Including Tamper Proof Closure
6 Jan 21
A container for consumer goods is provided, including a box to house the goods and having a box front wall, a box back wall, a box bottom wall, and box side walls, a top face of the box providing an access opening providing access to the goods; and a lid flap hingedly connected to the box back wall and including lid top and front walls, such that in a closed position of the flap the lid top and front walls overlie the access opening and the front wall, such that prior to a first opening of the container, the front wall is connected to each of the side walls along a line of weakness extending along a front edge of the respective side wall, and such that upon separation of the flap along the line, the flap is movable into an open position uncovering the access opening.
Vincent ANTONELLINI, Bryan FOSTER, Luiz Andre RODRIGUES, Onesio Luis THESING
Filed: 14 Nov 18
Utility
Heating Assembly for an Aerosol Generating System
30 Dec 20
An aerosol-generating smoking device, is provided, including: a heater configured to heat an aerosol-forming substrate, the heater including an electrically resistive heating element and a heater substrate, the electrically resistive heating element including a first portion formed from a first material and a second portion formed from a second material different than the first material, configured such that, when an electrical current is passed through the electrically resistive heating element, the first portion is heated to a higher temperature than the second portion as a result of the electrical current.
Jean-Claude SCHNEIDER, Julien PLOJOUX, Felix FERNANDO, Olivier GREIM
Filed: 10 Sep 20
Utility
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23 Dec 20
An aerosol-generating article comprising an outer wrapping sheet to form an outer tubular element of an aerosol-generating article that when rolled about a longitudinal axis, the outer wrapping sheet comprising a first edge comprising a proximal portion and a distal portion, wherein the proximal portion includes a glued section, and wherein the distal portion extends from the proximal portion at an acute angle relative to the longitudinal axis.
Didier Graf, Alexis Louvet
Filed: 28 Jan 19
Utility
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16 Dec 20
A container configured to be received in a vehicle cup holder is provided, the container including: a body portion defining an internal compartment, the body portion including a closed bottom end and an open top end; and a cover portion configured to cover the open top end of the body portion, the cover portion including an aperture configured to access the internal compartment of the body portion, and a support configured to support one or more consumer articles on an outer surface of the cover portion, the support including at least one recessed portion configured to receive one or more consumer articles, the at least one recessed portion being defined by two parallel upwardly projecting plates disposed on the cover portion.
Jeffrey TUNG
Filed: 16 Dec 18
Utility
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16 Dec 20
A smoking article (10) comprises a tobacco rod (12) and a mouthpiece (14) secured to a downstream end of the tobacco rod (12), the mouthpiece comprising: a tubular element (20) defining a longitudinal channel, wherein the tubular element (20) is provided adjacent the downstream end of the tobacco rod (12); a downstream segment of filter material (24), wherein the downstream segment of filter material (24) is downstream of the tubular element (20) and spaced apart from the tubular element (20) to define a cavity (26) between the tubular element (20) and the downstream segment of filter material (24); and an extinguisher element (22).
Yves Jordil, Alen Kadiric
Filed: 11 Dec 18
Utility
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9 Dec 20
An aerosol generating article (10) for use with an aerosol generating device includes an aerosol forming substrate (20) aerosol cooling element (40) and an acid.
Gerhard Lang
Filed: 20 Nov 18
Utility
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2 Dec 20
An aerosol-generating article for producing an inhalable aerosol when heated is provided, the aerosol-generating article including: a rod of aerosol-generating substrate; a wrapper circumscribing at least the rod; and at least one heat-expandable element disposed on an outer surface of the wrapper.
Fabien DUC, Alexandre MALGAT, Jerome UTHURRY
Filed: 5 Dec 18
Utility
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2 Dec 20
The present invention provides a food product comprising at least 1.5%, 5%, 10%, 20%, 30%, or more, by weight total ingredients of a low bitter chicory plant material or flour.
Brad Justice, Richard C. Peet
Filed: 17 Aug 20
Utility
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2 Dec 20
An aerosol-generating device is provided, including: a housing; a cavity to receive an aerosol-generating article; an aperture at least partially defined by the housing and disposed at an end of the cavity for insertion of the article through the aperture; a cover element to move, with respect to the housing, between a closed position and an open position; a sensor to provide an electrical signal indicative of a position of the cover element with respect to the aperture; an indicator element to move relative to the sensor and the cover element when the cover element is moved between the closed and the open positions, the signal being determined by a position of the indicator element relative to the sensor; and a mechanical linkage translating movement of the cover element between the closed and the open positions into movement of the indicator element with respect to the sensor.
Miguel BORGES, Jean-Luc FRINGELI, llario MELZI, Stefano Pietro POZZI, Alberto SILVANO
Filed: 7 Mar 19
Utility
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2 Dec 20
An aerosol-generating device for heating an aerosol-forming substrate is provided, the aerosol-generating device including: a heating element configured to heat the aerosol-forming substrate when the aerosol-forming substrate is received by the aerosol-generating device, the heating element including a plurality of metallic nanoparticles configured to receive light and to generate heat by surface plasmon resonance.
Rui Nuno BATISTA, Chiara FASCIANI
Filed: 10 Jan 19
Utility
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2 Dec 20
An aerosol-generating system including a fluid-permeable electric heater assembly is provided, the fluid-permeable electric heater assembly including: an electrically insulating substrate; an aperture formed in the electrically insulating substrate; and a heater element fixed to the electrically insulating substrate, the heater element spanning the aperture and comprising a plurality of electrically conductive filaments connected to first and second electrically conductive contact portions, the first and the second electrically conductive contact portions disposed on opposite sides of the aperture to one another, and the plurality of electrically conductive filaments form interstices, the first and the second electrically conductive contact portions being configured to allow contact with an external power supply; and the aerosol-generating system having a longitudinal axis and the heater element being substantially flat and extending parallel to the longitudinal axis.
Oleg MIRONOV, Rui Nuno BATISTA
Filed: 20 Aug 20
Utility
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2 Dec 20
An aerosol-generating system is provided, including: an aerosol-generating device, including a housing, a heating chamber defining a heating zone and being sized to receive at least a portion of an aerosol-forming substrate within the heating zone, an induction element disposed around, or adjacent to, the heating zone, a power supply, and a controller connected to the induction element and configured to provide an alternating electric current to the induction element to generate an alternating magnetic field within the heating zone, the induction element being configured to be controlled to sequentially provide a first alternating magnetic field having a first frequency for a first period of time followed by a second alternating magnetic field having a second frequency for a second period of time.
Jerome Christian COURBAT, Oleg MIRONOV, Tony REEVELL, Andreas Michael ROSSOLL, Enrico STURA
Filed: 8 Aug 18
Utility
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2 Dec 20
A nicotine powder inhaler (10) comprises a body extending between a mouthpiece portion (12) and a distal end portion (14), an airflow channel (15) extending between the mouthpiece portion and the distal end portion and a nicotine powder receptacle (20) disposed along the airflow channel, and a powder system disposed within the nicotine powder receptacle.
Gerard ZUBER
Filed: 16 Aug 20
Utility
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2 Dec 20
The apparatus and method for splicing substantially flat continuous material comprises a transport unit for transporting a first substantially flat continuous material and a second substantially flat continuous material to a splicing location.
Matthieu Kummel, Sebastien Fontaine
Filed: 17 Aug 20
Utility
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25 Nov 20
An aerosol-generating device is provided, including a chamber; an inductor coil disposed around at least a portion of the chamber; an elastic susceptor element disposed within the chamber and having a tubular shape configured to receive at least a portion of an aerosol-generating article within the elastic susceptor element; and a power supply and a controller connected to the inductor coil and configured to provide an alternating electric current to the inductor coil such that the inductor coil generates an alternating magnetic field to inductively heat the elastic susceptor element and thereby heat at least a portion of the aerosol-generating article received within the elastic susceptor element.
Rui Nuno BATISTA
Filed: 8 Aug 18
Utility
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25 Nov 20
A method of controlling a heater in an aerosol-generating device is provided, the device including: a heater including a heating element configured to heat an aerosol-forming substrate, and a power source configured to provide power to the heating element; and the method including the steps of: controlling power provided to the heating element such that in a first phase, power is provided to increase a temperature of the heating element from an initial temperature to a first temperature, and in a second phase, power is provided to decrease the temperature of the heating element below the first temperature to a second temperature, the power being provided to the heating element during the first phase is increased at least once during a duration of the first phase, and aerosol is produced during the second phase.
Marie FARINE
Filed: 25 Nov 18
Utility
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18 Nov 20
An aerosol-generating article for producing an inhalable aerosol when heated is provided, the aerosol-generating article including: a rod of aerosol-generating substrate, including: a plurality of elongate tubular elements of homogenised tobacco material assembled such that the plurality of elongate tubular elements extend in a longitudinal direction, and a wrapper circumscribing the plurality of elongate tubular elements, the plurality of elongate tubular elements being aligned substantially parallel to one another within the rod of aerosol-generating substrate.
Tony REEVELL
Filed: 7 Aug 18
Utility
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18 Nov 20
A transmission shaft and a roller comprising a pair of connectable portions (M, F) for connecting a transmission shaft (5, 8) and a roller (4, 7) to be driven by torque exerted through the transmission shaft (5, 8).
Michele Del Borrello, Ivan Prestia
Filed: 22 Jan 19
Utility
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11 Nov 20
A container for consumer goods is provided, including a box to house the consumer goods, a top face of the box being open to provide a top access opening to access an interior of the box, a first box side wall including a side opening proximate the box bottom wall; a lid hingedly connected to the box back wall and movable between a closed lid position in which the lid covers the top access opening and an open lid position in which the top access opening is uncovered; and a dispenser including a tray portion to hold consumer goods and being mounted inside the box and slidable through the side opening between a closed position in which the tray portion is inside the box and a dispensing position in which a part of the tray portion protrudes through the side opening such that the consumer goods are removable.
Lucas CHATELAIN
Filed: 15 Nov 18
Utility
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11 Nov 20
An aerosol-generating article (10) comprising: an aerosol generating substrate (12); and a mouthpiece (14) disposed downstream of the aerosol-generating substrate (12).
Leonardo Nappi
Filed: 27 Nov 18