Aerosol-generating device with reduced leakage
AssigneeAltria Client Services LLC
InventorsIhar Nikolaevich Zinovik, Guillaume Frederick, Irene Taurino
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Abstract
An aerosol-generating device includes a housing having a first end defining a mouthpiece, a second end, and a cavity defined between the first end and the second end. The device also includes a reservoir within the cavity. The reservoir is configured to store a liquid aerosol-forming substrate. The device also includes an atomizer and a valve within the mouthpiece of the housing. The valve has a first side and an second side. The second side of the valve includes a hydrophilic coating, a hydrophobic coating, or both a hydrophilic coating and a hydrophobic coating.
Claims15
An aerosol-generating device, comprising:
- a housing including,
- a first end defining a mouthpiece,
- a second end, and
- a cavity between the first end and the second end;
- a reservoir within the cavity, the reservoir configured to store an aerosol-forming substrate;
- an atomizer;
- and
- a valve within the mouthpiece of the housing, the valve having a first side and a second side, the second side of the valve including a hydrophilic coating, a hydrophobic coating, or both a hydrophilic coating and a hydrophobic coating.
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