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Utility
Spacing support for packets for smoking articles, spacing kit, package containing said spacing kit and method to assemble a spacing kit
30 Aug 22
A spacing support (11) and a spacing kit (10) for packets (100) of smoking articles configured to support in an orderly manner a plurality of packets arranged on two adjacent rows.
Fiorenzo Draghetti
Filed: 30 May 19
Utility
Method of producing high tensile strength homogenized tobacco material
23 Aug 22
A method of forming homogenized tobacco material is provided, including forming a homogenized slurry including tobacco powder; casting the homogenized slurry onto a moving belt; incorporating a porous reinforcement sheet into the cast homogenized slurry; and drying the cast homogenized slurry with the incorporated porous reinforcement sheet to form the homogenized tobacco material, the porous reinforcement sheet having anisotropic properties such that the porous reinforcement sheet has a higher tensile strength in a longitudinal direction thereof than in a transverse direction thereof.
Yorick Klipfel, Marine Jarriault, Rui Nuno Batista, Pascal Rausis, Audrey Cally, Corinne Deforel
Filed: 29 Jun 16
Utility
Fault diagnosis apparatus for electrically operated smoking devices
23 Aug 22
A method of providing maintenance services to at least one user of an electrically operated smoking device using an automatic testing apparatus is provided, the method including: making the automatic testing apparatus publicly accessible; determining a connection of the electrically operated smoking device to the automatic testing apparatus; performing automatic electrical testing of the electrically operated smoking device; automatically extracting usage data from the electrically operated smoking device; and performing a software update or a software reset of the electrically operated smoking device; and/or automatically generating an electrical test report based on the performed automatic electrical testing, automatically providing the electrical test report together with a recommended action to the at least one user, and automatically sending or saving the electrical test report together with the automatically extracted usage data to a data store.
Felix Fernando, Stephane Hedarchet, Noori Moyad Brifcani
Filed: 23 Apr 20
Utility
Heater assembly with cavity filled with a potting compound
16 Aug 22
A heater assembly for an aerosol-generating device is provided, the heater assembly including a bushing defining an aperture at a first end of the bushing and a cavity at a second end of the bushing; a potting compound disposed within the cavity; and an elongate electrical heater extending from the first end of the bushing, where a portion of the elongate electrical heater extends through the aperture and into the cavity.
Sze Chiek Aw, Jean Luc Fringeli, Chow Kian Yeo
Filed: 27 Jul 18
Utility
Reconfigurable wrapping mechanism
9 Aug 22
A reconfigurable wrapping mechanism (100) for forming a substantially cylindrical wrapped element by wrapping a core (160) within a web material (162), comprising a reconfigurable garniture bed (110) having an elongate formation channel (112) for supporting a conveying belt (120) extending along the length of the elongate formation channel (112) for entraining the web material (162), and wherein the elongate formation channel (112) has an elongate open side.
Mauro Sirani Fornasini
Filed: 31 Jul 19
Utility
Cannabinoid chewing gum with high intensity sweeteners
9 Aug 22
The present invention relates to a chewing gum for mucosal delivery of cannabinoids, the chewing gum includes water-soluble chewing gum ingredients and water-insoluble gum base, wherein the gum base has one or more natural resins in an amount of 10-40% by weight of the gum base, one or more elastomers in an amount of 3-30% by weight of the gum base, and one or more elastomer plasticizers in an amount of 8-50% by weight of the gum base, and wherein the chewing gum includes one or more high intensity sweeteners in an amount of 0.01 to 1% by weight of the chewing gum, and wherein the chewing gum has one or more cannabinoids.
Heidi Ziegler Bruun, Dorthe Schackinger Boesen, Ane Eriksen
Filed: 25 Jan 19
Utility
Nicotine pouch
9 Aug 22
A pouch designed for administration of an active ingredient in the oral cavity is disclosed, the pouch containing a matrix composition including a combination of nicotine and a water-soluble composition.
Heidi Ziegler Bruun
Filed: 25 Jun 18
Utility
Aerosol generating system with prevention of condensate leakage
9 Aug 22
There is provided an aerosol generating system for heating a liquid aerosol-forming substrate.
Michel Thorens, Jean-Marc Flick, Olivier Yves Cochand, Flavien Dubief
Filed: 17 Sep 18
Utility
Cartridge assembly with ventilation airflow
9 Aug 22
A cartridge assembly for an aerosol-generating system is provided, including a cartridge having upstream and downstream ends, a first compartment having a first air inlet and a first air outlet, and a second compartment having a second air inlet and a second air outlet; a cartridge holder, a portion of the cartridge being received within the cartridge holder; a mouthpiece having upstream and downstream ends, at least a portion of the cartridge holder is received within the mouthpiece, the downstream end of the cartridge is spaced apart from the downstream end of the mouthpiece and defines a mixing chamber therebetween, and another portion of the cartridge holder is spaced apart from the mouthpiece and defines an airflow channel between the cartridge holder and the mouthpiece; and a ventilation air aperture providing fluid communication between a downstream portion of the airflow channel and the mixing chamber.
Ali Murat Saygili, Patrick Charles Silvestrini
Filed: 10 Jul 18
Utility
Heating component in aerosol generating devices
9 Aug 22
An electronic aerosol-generating device includes a housing extending between first and second ends along a longitudinal axis.
Andreas Michael Rossoll, Oleg Fursa, Enrico Stura, Jerome Christian Courbat, Oleg Mironov, Rui Nuno Batista
Filed: 30 May 18
Utility
Oral pouched product
2 Aug 22
An oral pouched product is disclosed, the oral pouched product includes a saliva permeable pouch, a pouch composition, the pouch composition includes heat-treated fibers, nicotine, water in an amount of less than 65% by weight of the pouch composition, and at least one sugar alcohol.
My Ly Lao Stahl, Heidi Ziegler Bruun, Bruno Provstgaard Nielsen, Jesper Neergaard, Bine Hare Jakobsen
Filed: 5 Jun 20
Utility
Aerosol-generating article having novel tobacco substrate
2 Aug 22
A heated aerosol-generating article is provided, including an aerosol-forming substrate including tobacco and a metal-based sulphide scavenger compound, an amount of a metal component of the sulphide scavenger compound in the aerosol-forming substrate is at least 0.05 percent by weight, based on a total dry weight of the aerosol-forming substrate, and the sulphide scavenger compound is based on a transition metal.
Gerhard Lang
Filed: 10 Aug 17
Utility
Susceptor assembly for inductively heating an aerosol-forming substrate
2 Aug 22
The present invention relates to a susceptor assembly (1) for inductively heating an aerosol-forming substrate and to a method for producing such an assembly.
Andreas Michael Rossoll, Oleg Fursa
Filed: 29 Mar 18
Utility
Electrical heating assembly, aerosol-generating device and method for resistively heating an aerosol-forming substrate
2 Aug 22
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: 27 Jun 18
Utility
Multi-layer susceptor assembly for inductively heating an aerosol-forming substrate
2 Aug 22
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: 29 Mar 18
Utility
Aerosol generating device with air flow detection
26 Jul 22
There is provided a method of detecting a plurality of user puffs at an aerosol-generating system including a heater, a controller, and a solid aerosol-forming substrate, the method including: heating, by the heater, the solid aerosol-forming substrate over a period containing the plurality of user puffs; and detecting, by the controller, each of the user puffs based on an electrical resistance of the heater over the period.
Pascal Talon
Filed: 11 May 20
Utility
Smoking article with reduced sidestream smoke
19 Jul 22
A smoking article (10) comprises a tobacco rod (12) and a filter (14) connected to the tobacco rod.
Clement Besso
Filed: 29 Sep 16
Utility
Aerosol generating device with securing means
19 Jul 22
There is provided an aerosol-generating device including a housing defining a cavity configured to receive an aerosol-generating article through an open end of the cavity; and a constricting member connected to the housing and being moveable between an open position and a constricting position to selectively constrict at least a portion of the cavity, thereby allowing the aerosol-generating article to be selectively gripped or released.
Tony Reevell
Filed: 31 Mar 17
Utility
Aerosol-generating article having rod with multiple longitudinal elongate elements of non-tobacco material
19 Jul 22
An aerosol-generating article for producing an inhalable aerosol upon heating is provided, the article including a rod of an aerosol-generating substrate, the rod including from about 20 strands to about 200 strands of non-tobacco material including and configured to release at least one aerosol former, each strand of the strands having an equivalent diameter of at least about 0.1 mm, the strands being assembled such that the strands extend in a longitudinal direction of the rod; and a wrapper circumscribing the strands.
Tony Reevell
Filed: 8 Aug 18
Utility
Aerosol-generating device with flat inductor coil
19 Jul 22
An aerosol-generating device is provided, including a housing defining a chamber having an open end configured for insertion of an aerosol-generating article into the chamber and a closed end disposed opposite the open end; a flat spiral inductor coil disposed at the closed end of the chamber; a susceptor element disposed within the chamber at the closed end; and a power supply and a controller connected to the flat spiral inductor coil and configured to provide an alternating electric current to the flat spiral inductor coil such that the flat spiral inductor coil is configured to generate an alternating magnetic field to inductively heat the susceptor element and thereby to heat at least a portion of an aerosol-generating article received within the chamber.
Jerome Christian Courbat, Michel Bessant, Tony Reevell, Andreas Michael Rossoll, Enrico Stura
Filed: 9 Aug 18