Inhalator and cartridge thereof
AssigneeBritish American Tobacco (Investments) Limited
InventorsWalid Abi Aoun, Oleg Jurievich Abramov, Gary Nicholson, Pavel Fimin, Helena Digard
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Abstract
In one aspect, apparatus is provided for generating an inhalable medium. The apparatus has a container for holding a liquid and a heater for volatilizing liquid held in the container. The apparatus further has a chamber for receiving a material. The apparatus has an outlet. In use liquid volatilized by the heater passes, in the form of at least one of a vapor and an aerosol, through material received in the chamber to thereby entrain one or more constituents from the material to produce the inhalable medium which passes out of the outlet.
Claims23
Apparatus for generating an inhalable medium, the apparatus comprising:
- a container for holding a liquid;
- a wick for drawing the liquid from the container;
- a heater for volatilizing the liquid drawn into the wick from the container;
- a chamber for receiving a material;
- and
- an outlet;
- wherein, in use, liquid volatilized by the heater passes, in the form of at least one of a vapor or an aerosol, through the material received in the chamber to thereby entrain one or more constituents from the material to produce the inhalable medium which passes out of the outlet, and wherein the wick is a cotton material.
A method of generating an inhalable medium using an apparatus comprising a container holding a liquid, a wick for drawing the liquid from the container, the wick being a cotton material, a heater for volatilizing the liquid drawn into the wick from the container, a material, and an outlet, the method comprising:
- volatilizing the liquid drawn into the wick from the container;
- entraining one or more constituents from the material in at least one of a vapor or an aerosol formed by the volatilized liquid by passing the at least one of a vapor or an aerosol through the material to generate the inhalable medium;
- and
- passing the inhalable medium out of the outlet.
A cartridge for use with an apparatus for generating an inhalable medium, the cartridge comprising:
- a container for holding a liquid;
- a wick for drawing the liquid from the container for volatilizing by a heater in use;
- and
- a receptacle for receiving a solid material;
- the cartridge being arranged such that volatilized liquid exiting the container can flow, in the form of at least one of a vapor or an aerosol, through the solid material received by the receptacle in use,
- wherein the wick is a cotton material.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.