515 patents
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Utility
End piece for aerosol generating article
5 Apr 22
An end piece (200) for positioning over a heat source (102) of an aerosol generating article (100) includes a body (210) defining a bore configured to receive the aerosol generating article and includes a cage (220) configured to surround at least a portion of the heat source and to allow air to access the heat source.
Noelia Rojo-Calderon, Rui Nuno Batista
Filed: 6 Dec 16
Utility
Container with removable cleaning tool
5 Apr 22
A container for aerosol-generating articles is provided, including: a box portion formed from a single laminar blank; a lid portion formed from a same single laminar blank as the box portion; a plurality of aerosol-generating articles disposed within the box portion; and a removable laminar blank made from a same material as the single laminar blank, the removable laminar blank being disposed within and attached to the lid portion, the removable laminar blank including at least one longitudinal line of weakness, and the removable laminar blank being foldable along the at least one longitudinal line of weakness to form an elongate cleaning tool having a scraping surface at a distal end thereof.
Philipp Bernhard, Onur Dayioglu, Kilian Augusto Iannucci, Katja Sylvia Leu-Buerki, Samuel Malzach, Aymeric David Niederhauser, Martin Sigrist, Mario Tronza
Filed: 28 Nov 18
Utility
Cartridge for an aerosol-generating system
29 Mar 22
A cartridge for use in an aerosol-generating system is provided, including a liquid storage portion including a housing configured to hold a liquid aerosol-forming substrate, the liquid storage portion including at least two parts in fluid communication with each other; a first part of the liquid storage portion including a heater assembly, a first capillary material, provided in contact with the heater assembly, and a second capillary material in contact with the first capillary material and spaced apart from the heater assembly by the first capillary material; and a second part of the liquid storage portion including a container configured to hold the liquid aerosol-forming substrate in liquid form to supply the liquid to the second capillary material.
Alexandre Malgat, Noori Moyad Brifcani, Rui Batista, Oleg Mironov
Filed: 20 Dec 19
Utility
Smoking article for use with an internal heating element
22 Mar 22
A smoking article for use in an aerosol-generating device includes an aerosol-forming substrate located at an extreme upstream end of the smoking article; and a support element located immediately downstream of the aerosol-forming substrate.
Pande Mitrev, Thomas Badertscher
Filed: 20 Jun 13
Utility
Container having a heater for an aerosol-generating device, and aerosol-generating device
22 Mar 22
There is provided a container for an aerosol-generating substrate for use in an electrically heated aerosol-generating device, including a casing having at least one air inlet and at least one air outlet; a tubular liquid retention element containing the aerosol-generating substrate; an air permeable capillary wick membrane including at least one electrical heater, the air permeable capillary wick membrane being disposed on an end face of the tubular liquid retention element, such that an airflow pathway is provided from the at least one air inlet through a portion of the air permeable capillary wick membrane to the at least one air outlet; and a tubular element disposed within the tubular liquid retention element, and extending from the at least one air inlet towards the air permeable capillary wick membrane, where a longitudinal length of the tubular element is equal to a longitudinal length of the tubular liquid retention element.
Rui Nuno Batista
Filed: 15 Jul 19
Utility
Hinge lid container with lid flap
22 Mar 22
A hinge lid container (10) for consumer articles comprises a box (12) and a hinge lid (14) connected to the box along a hinge line and pivotable about the hinge line between a closed position and an open position.
David Rudolf, Poh Yoke Tritz
Filed: 30 Dec 15
Utility
Resealable container with improved reclosable adhesive label
22 Mar 22
A resealable container for consumer goods comprises: a package of consumer goods with a cover portion partially separable from the remainder of the package to provide an access opening; and a reclosable adhesive label overlying the cover portion.
Philippe Bourgoin, Elke Rutzinger
Filed: 27 Jun 17
Utility
Method for supplying a continuous sheet of aerosol-forming substrate from a bobbin and aerosol-generating article
22 Mar 22
The method for supplying a continuous sheet of aerosol-forming substrate (10) from a bobbin (1) comprises providing a bobbin (1) of continuous sheet of aerosol-forming substrate (10) and unwinding the continuous sheet of aerosol-forming substrate (10) from a center (11) of the bobbin (1).
Yorick Klipfel
Filed: 21 Oct 16
Utility
Aerosol-generating article for use with an aerosol-generating device
15 Mar 22
An aerosol-generating article is provided, including an aerosol-forming substrate; a support element located immediately downstream of the aerosol-forming substrate; an aerosol-cooling element located downstream of the support element; and an outer wrapper circumscribing the aerosol-forming substrate, the support element and the aerosol-cooling element.
Gerard Zuber, Cedric Meyer, Alexis Louvet, Marine Jarriault, Thomas Badertscher, Pierre-Yves Gindrat, Daniele Sanna
Filed: 28 Dec 12
Utility
Rods for use in smoking articles
15 Mar 22
A rod for use in a smoking article comprises a gathered sheet of homogenised tobacco material circumscribed by a wrapper.
Pierre-Yves Gindrat
Filed: 6 Apr 20
Utility
Smoking article mouthpiece configured to receive an insert unit
15 Mar 22
A smoking article (10) comprising: an aerosol-generating substrate (12) and a mouthpiece (14) secured to a downstream end of the aerosol-generating substrate (12).
Emeric Grandjean, Stephane Jeantet, Leonardo Nappi
Filed: 29 Mar 18
Utility
Nicotine inhaler system
15 Mar 22
An inhaler system suitable for providing nicotine particles includes a mouthpiece portion removably coupled to a distal end portion.
Gerard Zuber
Filed: 14 Jun 17
Utility
Aerosol-generating device and aerosol-generating system with inductive heating system with efficient power control
15 Mar 22
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: 27 Jun 18
Utility
Aerosol-generating device with modular induction heater
15 Mar 22
An aerosol-generating device is provided, including an induction heater configured to heat an aerosol-forming substrate, the heater including an induction coil and a heating element, the heating element being arrangeable within the induction coil; and a housing including first and second housing portions, the first housing portion including a power supply configured to supply power to the induction coil and a controller configured to control the supply of power to the induction coil, and the second housing portion includes the induction coil, and is configured to receive a consumable containing the aerosol-forming substrate, the first and the second housing portions are movable between a first operable position and a second position in which the first and the second housing portions are displaced and the heating element is accessible, and the heating element is configured to be replaced when the first and the second housing portions are in the second position.
Enrico Stura, Oleg Mironov, Oleg Fursa, Tony Reevell
Filed: 6 Aug 18
Utility
Smoking article with extinguishment means
8 Mar 22
There is provided a smoking article (10) comprising: a charge (12) of tobacco material; a wrapper (14) circumscribing the charge (12) of tobacco material; a filter (16) arranged downstream of the charge (12) of tobacco material; and a hollow tube (18) defining an inner cavity (20) and attaching the filter (16) to the wrapper (14).
Antonio Alvarez De La Cadena, Clement Besso, Emeric Grandjean
Filed: 18 Dec 17
Utility
Aerosol generating system with multiple inductor coils
8 Mar 22
An aerosol-generating device is provided, including a housing having a chamber sized to receive at least a portion of an aerosol-forming substrate, the chamber defining a heating zone; a first coil disposed at least partially around, or adjacent to, the heating zone; and a second coil disposed at least partially around, or adjacent to, the heating zone, the first coil being a drive coil couplable to a source of alternating current, and the second coil being a resonant coil of a resonant circuit, the second coil being inductively couplable to the first coil.
Oleg Mironov, Jerome Christian Courbat, Tony Reevell, Enrico Stura
Filed: 9 Aug 18
Utility
Heating assembly, aerosol-generating device and a method for heating an aerosol-forming substrate
8 Mar 22
The present invention relates to a heating assembly (10) of an aerosol-generating device for heating aerosol-forming substrate.
Jacques Robert, Jean-Yves Vollmer, Michel Bessant
Filed: 17 Nov 17
Utility
Cartridge with a heater assembly for an aerosol-generating system
8 Mar 22
An aerosol-generating system is provided, including: an aerosol-generating device including a power source; and a cartridge removably coupled to the device, the cartridge including a liquid storage portion including a housing having an open end and containing a liquid aerosol-forming substrate, a substantially flat heater assembly fixed to the open end of the housing and including an electrical heating element arranged in a curved manner and configured to heat the substrate to form an aerosol, and a capillary material disposed in contact with the heating element and being configured to convey the substrate to the heating element, the liquid storage portion being disposed at a first side of the assembly and an airflow channel at a second side of the assembly, the airflow channel defining an airflow path over the assembly and configured to convey the aerosol, and the power source being configured to supply power to the assembly.
Ihar Zinovik, Oleg Mironov, Keethan Dasnavis Fernando
Filed: 18 May 20
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
8 Mar 22
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: 21 Mar 18
Utility
Rod with wrapper comprising gluing cavities
1 Mar 22
The invention relates to a cylindrical rod (10) for aerosol-generating articles comprising a rod component (12) being circumscribed by a wrapper (14).
Daniele Sanna
Filed: 25 May 18