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US 10,306,927 B2Granted
Venturi effect-driven formulation delivery in e-vaping devices
AssigneeAltria Client Services LLC
InventorsAli Rostami, Raymond Lau, Eric A. Hawes
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Abstract
Example embodiments relate to an e-vaping device including a mouth-end insert, a reservoir connectable to the mouth-end insert, the reservoir including a hollow portion along a longitudinal axis of the e-vaping device, a plurality of orifices distributed along an interior surface of the reservoir, and a power portion connectable to the reservoir. The e-vaping further includes a portion configured to direct an amount of pre-vapor formulation onto the heater.
Claims19
An e-vaping device, comprising:
- a mouth-end insert;
- a reservoir connected to the mouth-end insert;
- the reservoir having a plurality of orifices distributed along an interior surface thereof, at least one of the plurality of orifices being in direct fluid communication with a liquid pre-vapor formulation;
- a power portion connected to the reservoir;
- a heater on a longitudinal axis between the reservoir and the mouth-end insert, the heater being separate from the reservoir in a longitudinal direction of the e-vaping device;
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- a directing portion between the reservoir and the heater configured to direct an amount of the liquid pre-vapor formulation to the heater.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.