US 10,477,897 B2 · Air and/or aerosol heater

Abstract

An air and/or aerosol heater (10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90, 100, 110, 120, 130, 140, 150), especially for an e-cigarette, includes a tube (11, 21, 31, 34, 35, 41, 51, 61, 71, 81, 91, 101, 111, 121, 131, 141, 151), in which air and/or aerosol can be heated, and includes a resistor element (12, 22, 32, 42, 52, 62, 72, 82, 92, 102, 112, 122, 132, 142, 152) arranged on the outer surface of the tube (11, 21, 31, 34, 35, 41, 51, 61, 71, 81, 91, 101, 111, 121, 131, 141, 151) or on the inner surface of the tube (11, 21, 31, 34, 35, 41, 51, 61, 71, 81, 91, 101, 111, 121, 131, 141, 151). The resistor element (12, 22, 32, 42, 52, 62, 72, 82, 92, 102, 112, 132, 142, 152) is fixed on the tube (11, 21, 31, 34, 35, 41, 51, 61, 71, 81, 91, 101, 111, 121, 131, 141, 151).

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Dependent claims

An air and/or aerosol heater for an e-cigarette, the heater comprising:

a tube in which air and/or aerosol can be heated;
and
a resistor element arranged on an outer surface of the tube or on an inner surface of the tube, wherein the resistor element is fixed on the tube, the resistor element being fixed on the tube with a covering in at least some sections, with a fixing layer or with a casting, in at least some sections, with a fixing layer, at least a portion of the fixing layer defining at least a portion of an outermost layer of the heater, wherein an effective cross section of the resistor element is greater at tube ends than in a middle of the tube.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Air and/or aerosol heater

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