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Method and Apparatus to Fold a Sheet of Material into a Rod for an Aerosol Generating Article
6 May 20
The present invention relates to a method to fold a sheet (11) of material into a rod for an aerosol generating article, the method comprising: providing a central element and plurality of spaced apart walls (14), the spaced apart walls radially extending outwardly from the central element (12) following one another in a circumferential direction, each spaced apart wall defining an end surface (15) separated from the end surfaces of the adjacent walls; transporting the sheet of material and putting it in contact with the end surfaces of the plurality of spaced apart walls so that the sheet of material can partly fold within spaces defined between the spaced apart walls; and inserting the sheet of material into a funnel (16) to form a rod.
Jonas Conrady, Rainer Dangers, Peter Reuschel, Frank Syrzisko
Filed: 17 May 18
Utility
Transfer Wheel and Method for Transferring Objects
6 May 20
Transfer wheel (1) for transferring objects (40, 41) comprises at least a seat module (3).
Massimiliano BERTOLDO, Nicolò TONEGUTTI
Filed: 14 May 18
Utility
Method for the Production of Sheet-like Tobacco Material
6 May 20
The invention relates to an apparatus and a method of manufacturing a crimped sheet (70) of material for an aerosol-generating article.
Stefano Zappoli
Filed: 12 Apr 18
Utility
Aerosol-forming Substrate and Aerosol-delivery System
6 May 20
There is described an aerosol-forming substrate for use in combination with an inductive heating device.
Oleg Mironov, Ihar Nikolaevich Zinovik
Filed: 6 Jan 20
Utility
Multi-layer Susceptor Assembly for Inductively Heating an Aerosol-forming Substrate
6 May 20
The present invention relates to a multi-layer susceptor assembly for inductively heating an aerosol-forming substrate which comprises at least a first layer and a second layer intimately coupled to the first layer.
Andreas Michael Rossoll, Oleg Fursa
Filed: 28 Mar 18
Utility
Method to Remove an Adhesive Label from a Bobbin and Apparatus to Detach an Adhesive Label from an End Portion of a Coiled Sheet In a Bobbin
6 May 20
The present invention relates to a method to remove an adhesive label (22) from a bobbin (28), the bobbin including an end portion (24) and an outer surface (25), the method including: providing a bobbin of a coiled sheet closed by an adhesive label positioned on top of the end portion of the coiled sheet (26) to attach the same to the outer surface of the bobbin; locating the adhesive label; applying a sucking force to the location of the adhesive label so as to detach the adhesive label and the end portion of the coiled sheet from the bobbin; and cutting a part of the detached end portion including the adhesive label from the bobbin.
Stefano Malossi, Alberto Monzoni, Antonella Giannini
Filed: 20 Mar 18
Utility
Diagnostic Test for Distinguishing the Smoking Status of a Subject
6 May 20
There is disclosed herein a device for determining the smoking status of a subject, wherein said device comprises a plurality of different specific binding molecules deposited to a solid phase to detect specifically the presence of two or three tobacco smoke exposure biomarkers in a biological sample, said biomarkers consisting of: (i) cotinine and total 4-(methylnitrosamino)-1-(3-, pyridyl)-1-butanol (NNAL); (ii) cotinine and N-acetyl-S-[2-carboxyethyl]-L-cysteine (CEMA); or (iii) cotinine and NNAL and CEMA.
Frank Luedicke, Manuel C. Peitsch
Filed: 17 May 18
Utility
Aerosol-generating Device and Aerosol-generating System with Inductive Heating System with Efficient Power Control
29 Apr 20
An aerosol-generating device is provided, including one or more DC power sources; a load network including an inductor and a capacitor connected in series; first drive circuitry connected to the DC power source(s) and across the network and being configured to provide a first voltage drop across the network; second drive circuitry connected to the DC power source(s) and across the network and being configured to provide a second voltage drop across the network, the second voltage drop being in an opposite direction to the first voltage drop; and a controller connected to the first and the second drive circuitry and being configured to control the first and the second drive circuitry so that both the first and the second voltage drops are provided across the network periodically and so that the second voltage drop is not provided across the network simultaneously with the first voltage drop.
Enrico STURA, Jerome Christian COURBAT, Oleg MIRONOV
Filed: 26 Jun 18
Utility
Electrically Operated Aerosol Generating System with Thermal Spreading Wrap
22 Apr 20
An electrically operated aerosol-generating system is provided, including an aerosol-generating device including an electrically powered heating element; and a heated aerosol-generating article including an aerosol-forming substrate radially encircled by a sheet of thermally-conductive material, which is a thermally conducting flame barrier configured to spread heat and to mitigate against a risk of igniting the substrate by application of a flame to the article, and a plurality of elements, assembled together with the substrate within a wrapper to form a rod having a mouth end and a distal end upstream from the mouth end, the substrate being disposed at the distal end of the rod, the elements including a spacer element disposed within the rod downstream of the substrate and a mouthpiece element extending upstream from the mouth end of the rod, the device being configured to receive the article and the heating element is configured to heat the substrate of the article.
Alexandre MALGAT, Stephane ROUDIER, Ana Carolina BORGES DE COURACA, Frederic LAVANCHY, Cedric MEYER
Filed: 19 Dec 19
Utility
Cartridge Assembly Comprising a Blocking Element
15 Apr 20
A cartridge assembly for an aerosol-generating system is provided, including a mouthpiece housing, a blocking element, and a cartridge.
Veronique PATORET
Filed: 26 Mar 18
Utility
Method and Apparatus for Shaping Substantially Flat Continuous Material
15 Apr 20
The apparatus for shaping substantially flat continuous material comprises a shaping device for gathering substantially flat continuous material transverse to a longitudinal direction of the continuous material to form a gathered continuous material.
Stefano Zappoli, Gianni Caprini, Michele Pagnoni
Filed: 8 Dec 19
Utility
Shisha Cartridge Having a Plurality of Chambers
15 Apr 20
A shisha consumable cartridge includes a housing having an exterior surface sized and shaped for operable insertion into a shisha device.
Felix Fernando, Michael Paton, David Cross, Eva Saade Latorre, Terence John Wilby
Filed: 25 Jun 18
Utility
Method and Apparatus for the Production of a Component of an Aerosol Generating Article
15 Apr 20
The invention relates to an apparatus (1) for the production of a rod component (100) of an aerosol generating article, said apparatus comprising: ∘ a first mover (4) adapted to transport a first sheet (2) along a first direction; ∘ a second mover (5) adapted to transport a second sheet (3) along a second direction; ∘ a third mover (6) adapted to transport a susceptor strip (10) along a third direction, said third mover being adapted to position said susceptor strip between the first and the second sheet during transport; and a rod forming device (20) being adapted to form a rod from the first and the second sheets and the susceptor strip and having an inlet (21) and an outlet (22), wherein said first and second sheets and said susceptor strip are introduced in said inlet and said rod is outputted from said outlet.
Daniele Sanna, Johann Schmidt
Filed: 27 Dec 17
Utility
Container with Adhesive Interaction Portion, Method and Blank for Forming the Same
15 Apr 20
The invention provides a method of forming a container for aerosol generating articles, wherein a blank comprising at least one panel is provided, wherein the surface structure of the panel is opened in a central adhesive receiving area, before or after a local height variation in the panel is created by embossing, wherein the local height variation extends as an outer fluid guide element at least partially at the outside of the central adhesive receiving area.
Digvijay Singh, Timothee Cailleaux, Harman Vorenkamp
Filed: 17 May 18
Utility
Adaptable Aerosol-generating System
8 Apr 20
An aerosol-generating system is provided, including a cartridge and an aerosol-generating device; the cartridge including a cartridge body defining a substrate compartment and a heater cavity, and an aerosol-forming substrate positioned within the substrate compartment; the aerosol-generating device including a housing defining a device cavity configured to receive at least a portion of the cartridge body, and an elongate electric heater disposed in the device cavity; and a thermally conductive sheath secured over the elongate electric heater such that the electric heater is substantially enclosed within the thermally conductive sheath along at least part of a length thereof; in which the thermally conductive sheath and the electric heater are configured to extend into the heater cavity of the cartridge when the cartridge is received in the device cavity such that the substrate compartment of the cartridge is heated by the electric heater via the thermally conductive sheath.
Miguel MARQUES BORGES, Marie FARINE, Dani RUSCIO, Ali Murat SAYGILI
Filed: 7 Jun 18
Utility
Method and Apparatus for Manufacturing Inductively Heatable Aerosol-forming Rods
8 Apr 20
The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing inductively heatable aerosol-forming rods (100).
Daniele Sanna, Ivan Prestia, Christian Agostini
Filed: 12 Jun 18
Utility
Method and Apparatus for Manufacturing Inductively Heatable Aerosol-forming Rods
8 Apr 20
The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing inductively heatable aerosol-forming rods (100).
Daniele Sanna, Christian Agostini
Filed: 12 Jun 18
Utility
Electrical Heating Assembly, Aerosol-generating Device and Method for Resistively Heating an Aerosol-forming Substrate
8 Apr 20
The present invention relates to an electrical heating assembly of an aerosol-generating device for resistively heating an aerosol-forming substrate.
Jerome Christian Courbat, Oleg Mironov
Filed: 26 Jun 18
Utility
Nicotine and Cellulose Containing Sheet
1 Apr 20
A sheet is provided including a cellulosic material including cellulose powder, a weight ratio of cellulose powder to total cellulosic material in the sheet on a dry weight basis being greater than about 1:2; and one or more nicotine salts, at least about 20% by weight of the one or more nicotine salts being monoprotic.
Corinne DEFOREL, Judith WALLER, Gerard ZUBER
Filed: 20 Dec 17
Utility
Multi-layer Susceptor Assembly for Inductively Heating an Aerosol-forming Substrate
25 Mar 20
The present invention relates to a multi-layer susceptor assembly for inductively heating an aerosol-forming substrate which comprises at least a first layer and a second layer intimately coupled to the first layer.
Andreas Michael Rossoll, Oleg Fursa
Filed: 28 Mar 18