Method of manufacture for a heater assembly for use with a liquid filled cartridge
AssigneePhilip Morris Products S.A.
InventorsMichel Thorens, Alexis Louvet, Yvan Degoumois, Flavien Dubief
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Abstract
There is provided a method of manufacturing a heater assembly for an aerosol-generating system, including providing a flexible wick; coupling a rigid support element to the wick; assembling a heating element around the rigid support; and removing the rigid support. There is also provided a method of manufacturing a heater assembly for an aerosol-generating system, including providing a flexible wick; applying tension to the wick; assembling a heating element around the wick; and releasing the tension from the wick.
Claims13
A method of manufacturing a heater assembly for an aerosol-generating system, comprising:
- providing a flexible wick;
- coupling a rigid support element to the flexible wick;
- assembling an electrical heating element around the rigid support element;
- and
- removing the rigid support element;
- wherein the rigid support element is a tubular element into which the flexible wick is insertable, and
- wherein the electrical heating element is first assembled around the tubular element, the flexible wick is subsequently inserted into the tubular element, and the tubular element is then removed from both the electrical heating element and the flexible wick.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.