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Modified Aerosol-generating Article with Flame Retardant Wrapper
19 Oct 23
An aerosol-generating article is provided for producing an inhalable aerosol upon heating, the article including: a rod of aerosol-generating substrate extending from a rod proximal end to a rod distal end upstream from the proximal end; a downstream section downstream of the rod; and a wrapper circumscribing at least the rod, the wrapper including a wrapping base material having a basis weight, at least a treated portion of the wrapper extending between the rod proximal and distal ends includes a flame retardant composition including one or more flame retardant compounds, such that the treated portion has an overall basis weight greater than the basis weight of the wrapping base material, and in which the treated portion extends over at least about 90 percent of an outer surface area of the rod.
Yves JORDIL, Stefanos PAPAKYRILLOU
Filed: 18 May 21
Utility
Aerosol-generating Article with Ventilation
19 Oct 23
An aerosol-generating article is provided, including: an aerosol-generating substrate; and a downstream section extending from a downstream end of the aerosol-generating substrate to a downstream end of the aerosol-generating article, the downstream section including a first ventilation zone configured to provide ventilation into the downstream section, the first ventilation zone extending from a downstream end to an upstream end, the upstream end being less than 5 millimetres from the downstream end of the substrate, a resistance-to-draw of the downstream section being less than 10 mm H2O, and the first ventilation zone including a porous portion of the downstream section having a ventilation of at least 20 percent.
Rui Nuno BATISTA, Valerio OLIANA, Alexandra SEREDA, Gianluca BONGIOVANNI, Bekele BEDASSO
Filed: 7 Oct 21
Utility
Aerosol-generating Article with Ventilation
19 Oct 23
An aerosol-generating article is provided, including: an aerosol-generating substrate; and a downstream section extending from a downstream end of the aerosol-generating substrate to a downstream end of the aerosol-generating article, a resistance-to-draw of the downstream section being less than 10 mm H2O, the downstream section including a first ventilation zone configured to provide ventilation into the downstream section, the first ventilation zone including a first line of perforation holes circumscribing the downstream section, the aerosol-generating substrate having an aerosol former content of at least 10 percent on a dry weight basis, and a downstream end of the first ventilation zone being located between 8 millimetres and 20 millimetres from the downstream end of the aerosol-generating article.
Jerome UTHURRY
Filed: 7 Oct 21
Utility
Heater Assembly Having Fluid Permeable Heater with Directly Deposited Transport Material
19 Oct 23
A heater assembly is provided for an aerosol-generating system, the heater assembly including: a fluid permeable heating element configured to heat a liquid aerosol-forming substrate to form an aerosol, the fluid permeable heating element including a plurality of apertures configured to allow fluid to permeate through the fluid permeable heating element; and a transport material including a plurality of channels configured to convey a liquid aerosol-forming substrate to the plurality of apertures of the fluid permeable heating element, the transport material including a ceramic, which is deposited directly on to a fluid permeable surface of the fluid permeable heating element, and for over 50 percent of the apertures of the fluid permeable heating element, the transport material further includes a corresponding channel configured to convey liquid aerosol-forming substrate to its respective aperture.
Irene TAURINO
Filed: 17 Jun 21
Utility
Aerosol-generating Systems and Methods for Guiding an Airflow Inside an Electrically Heated Aerosol-generating System
19 Oct 23
An aerosol-generating system comprises a liquid storage portion comprising a container holding a liquid aerosol-forming substrate and defining an opening, and a heater assembly which extends across the opening along a transverse plane.
Oleg MIRONOV, lhar Nikolaevich ZINOVIK, Keethan Dasnavis FERNANDO
Filed: 22 Jun 23
Utility
Aerosol-generating Device with Easy Clean Heating Chamber
19 Oct 23
An aerosol-generating device is provided for heating an aerosol-forming substrate to form an inhalable aerosol, the aerosol-generating device including: a heating chamber configured to heat an aerosol-forming substrate, the heating chamber comprising a first end having an opening, a second end having a base, and a side wall extending between the opening and the base, in which a cavity is defined by inner surfaces of the base and side wall; a heating assembly; and a power supply, the heating assembly including a heater extending into the heating chamber through an inner portion of the base, and the inner portion of the base being contoured to provide a chamfered or filleted intersection between the base and the heater.
Dani RUSCIO, Keethan Dasnavis FERNANDO, Boris MAHLER, Patrick MAUROUX
Filed: 23 Jun 23
Utility
Susceptor and Method for the Manufacture Thereof
19 Oct 23
The invention relates to a method for manufacturing a susceptor for an inductively heatable aerosol-generating article, wherein the method comprises the steps of providing a band of susceptor material and providing a compression stage.
Frederic Ulysse Buehler, Fabio Cantieri, Onur Dayioglu, Michele Lorenzelli, Cyrille Poindron, Enrico Pietrobuoni
Filed: 23 Aug 21
Utility
Nicotine tablet
17 Oct 23
A water-dissolvable nicotine tablet is disclosed, the nicotine tablet comprising at least a first compressed module and a second compressed module, wherein the first compressed module is an FDT-module and comprises nicotine, alkaline pH regulating agent, and disintegrant, and, wherein the second compressed module is a lozenge-module and comprises acidic pH regulating agent.
Kent Albin Nielsen, Rikke Pranger-Rasmussen, Dorthe Schackinger Boesen, Heidi Ziegler Bruun, Bruno Provstgaard Nielsen
Filed: 14 Dec 21
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Wax encapsulated zeolite flavour delivery system for tobacco
17 Oct 23
A flavour delivery system for tobacco includes a flavour material entrained in a zeolite material and forming a core and a wax material encapsulating the core.
Jan-Carlos Hufnagel, Monika Christlbauer, Irene Chetschik, Reiner Daiminger, Marcus Petermann, Andreas Kilzer, Zeljko Knez, Zoran Novak, Amra Perva Uzunalic, Simon Henske, Neven Tutnjević, Radoslav Jonak, Andrej Nose, Urban Fegus
Filed: 18 Dec 14
Utility
Knife
12 Oct 23
A knife is provided for a cutting device for cutting continuous rods in a manufacturing process, the knife including: a knife body having a distal end and a proximal end opposite the distal end, the knife body configured to be attached to a cutting device; and a cutting edge located at the distal end of the knife body, the cutting edge including at least two cutting edge segments, each cutting edge segment including a profile, the profile including one maximum protrusion from the knife body, and at least a portion of a second cutting edge segment of the at least two cutting edge segments protruding, from the knife body, to a greater extent than the maximum protrusion of a first cutting edge segment of the at least two cutting edge segments, from the knife body.
Ivan CHIARINI, Ivan PRESTIA
Filed: 8 Sep 21
Utility
Smoking Device with Heating Profile Based on Puff Volume
12 Oct 23
A method of operating an aerosol-generating device is provided for generating an aerosol from an aerosol-forming substrate during a usage session, the device including a power supply to supply power to a heating element to heat the substrate, and a controller, the method including: monitoring a user interaction parameter indicative of use of the device during the session; using the user interaction parameter for controlling temperature of the heating element during the session; monitoring a parameter indicative of aerosol generation during the session; analyzing the monitored parameter to identify a user puff, the user puff defined by a puff start and a puff end; analyzing the monitored parameter during the user puff to calculate a puff volume, the puff volume being a volume of aerosol generated during the user puff; and using the puff volume as the user interaction parameter for controlling temperature of the heater element.
Oleg MIRONOV, Enrico STURA
Filed: 1 Sep 21
Utility
Dry Powder Inhaler with an Adherence Monitor
12 Oct 23
A dry powder inhaler which contains a blister pack, such as a blister strip, is provided.
Darryl COTTON, John DEAMER, Roger CLARKE, Andreas MELINIOTIS, Philip SMITH, Philip SWANBURY, Seth THOMAS
Filed: 17 Nov 20
Utility
Fluid permeable heater assembly for an aerosol-generating system and method for assembling a fluid permeable heater for an aerosol-generating system
10 Oct 23
A cartridge for an aerosol-generating system is provided, including a liquid storage portion including a housing containing a liquid aerosol-forming substrate, the housing having an open end; and a heater assembly including: an electrical heating element configured to heat the substrate to form an aerosol, the heating element including a planar filament arrangement having one or more electrically conductive filaments, an electrically insulating substrate having a planar attachment face, the filament arrangement disposed on the planar attachment face, and connectors arranged at opposite ends of the heating element and forming two separate electrical contacts configured to apply power to the filament arrangement, at least a portion of the heater assembly is fluid-permeable, and the heater assembly is arranged over the open end of the housing.
Rui Batista, Jean-Marc Widmer, Jens Ulrik Poulsen
Filed: 13 Aug 21
Utility
Forming apparatus and method for forming a continuous tubular rod from a continuous tow material
10 Oct 23
The forming apparatus comprises a forming device with a tubular element adapted to form continuous tow material into a continuous tubular rod.
Massimiliano Bertoldo, Fabio Cantieri, Ivan Prestia
Filed: 24 Mar 20
Utility
Monolithic plane with electrical contacts and methods for manufacturing the same
10 Oct 23
A ground plane is provided, including: a monolithic elongated conductive member, a first portion of the monolithic elongated conductive member forming a cavity configured to receive a power supply, a plurality of second portions of the monolithic elongated conductive member respectively forming resilient elements extending over the cavity and configured to retain the power supply within the cavity, and a plurality of third portions of the monolithic elongated conductive member respectively forming parallel pins configured to receive an electronic circuit board.
Dominique Bernauer, Felix Fernando
Filed: 23 Aug 19
Utility
Low Hygroscopicity Active Powder Compositions
5 Oct 23
An inhalable powder includes crystalline dry powder particles.
Fabiana Spadaro, Gérard Zuber
Filed: 31 Aug 21
Utility
Novel Aerosol-generating Substrate Comprising Thymus Species
5 Oct 23
A heatable aerosol-generating article is provided, including: an aerosol-generating substrate including a homogenised thyme material including at least 2.5 percent by weight of thyme particles on a dry weight basis, an aerosol former, and a binder, at least 400 micrograms of ursolic acid per gram of the aerosol-generating substrate, on a dry weight basis, and at least 150 micrograms of thymol per gram of the aerosol-generating substrate, on a dry weight basis, in which an amount of ursolic acid per gram of the aerosol-generating substrate is at least 2 times an amount of thymol per gram of the aerosol-generating substrate; and at least one hollow tube immediately downstream of the aerosol-generating substrate.
Daniel ARNDT, Prisca CAMPANONI, Jean-Pierre SCHALLER
Filed: 28 Jun 21
Utility
Container with Expandable Spacer for Used and Unused Consumer Goods
5 Oct 23
The container may comprise a box, a lid, at least a first bundle and a second bundle of consumer goods, and an expandable spacer.
Clement BESSO, Digvijay Singh, Julie Polier
Filed: 16 Apr 21
Utility
Aerosol-generating Device
28 Sep 23
An aerosol-generating device is provided for heating an aerosol-forming substrate to generate an inhalable aerosol during a usage session, the aerosol-generating device including: control electronics; and an outer lighting array partially or wholly surrounding an inner lighting array, the control electronics being coupled to the outer and inner lighting arrays and are configured to: i) selectively activate one of the outer and inner lighting arrays to generate a first predetermined light emission conveying first data indicative of a state of the aerosol-generating device, and ii) selectively activate the other of the outer and inner lighting arrays to generate a second predetermined light emission conveying second data indicative of a state of the aerosol-generating device, in which the first data and the second data are different from one another.
Enrico STURA, Torsten Richard Mathias TINGSTRÖM, Ezequiel VALDEZ ROJAS, Valerio OLIANA
Filed: 27 Jun 22
Utility
Freeze Dried Low Hygroscopicity Active Powder Compositions
28 Sep 23
A method of forming an inhalable powder composition including combining sugar or a sugar alcohol with an active agent and a liquid carrier to form a liquid mixture, and freeze drying the liquid mixture to form crystalline dry composition, and then milling the crystalline dry composition to from crystalline dry powder particles having a particle size of about 5 micrometers or less.
Fabiana Spadaro, Gérard Zuber
Filed: 31 Aug 21