Aerosol generating device and article
AssigneeNicoventures Trading Limited
InventorUgurhan Yilmaz
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Abstract
An aerosol generating device defines a flow path from an air inlet to an inhalable medium outlet. The device includes a container for containing a liquid; a wick for drawing liquid from the container into the flow path, and a heating element, upstream of the wick, for heating inlet air from the air inlet to generate a flow of heated air in the flow path in use. The device is arranged such that, in use, the flow of heated air generated in use passes over the wick to volatilize the liquid to generate, in use, a flow of aerosol in the flow path. The device includes a receiving portion in the flow path, downstream of the wick, for receiving an element for modifying a property of the flow of aerosol. A device including a shield element to shield the wick from a heating element is also disclosed.
Claims22
An aerosol generating device, the aerosol generating device defining a flow path from an air inlet to an inhalable medium outlet, the aerosol generating device comprising:
- a container for containing a liquid;
- a wick for drawing the liquid from the container into the flow path;
- a heating element upstream of the wick, the heating element being for heating inlet air from the air inlet to generate, in use, a flow of heated air in the flow path, wherein the aerosol generating device is arranged such that, in use, the generated flow of heated air passes over the wick to volatilize the liquid to generate a flow of aerosol in the flow path;
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- a receiving portion in the flow path downstream of the wick, the receiving portion being for removably receiving an element for modifying a property of the flow of aerosol passing therethrough in use, wherein the property is one or more of an organoleptic property of the aerosol, a flavor of the aerosol, or a pH of the aerosol.
An aerosol generating article for an aerosol generating device, the aerosol generating article defining a flow path from a heated air inlet for intake of a flow of heated air generated in use to an inhalable medium outlet, the aerosol generating article comprising:
- a container for containing a liquid;
- a wick downstream of the heated air inlet, the wick being for drawing the liquid from the container into the flow path, wherein the aerosol generating article is arranged such that, in use, the generated flow of heated air passes over the wick to volatilize the liquid to generate a flow of aerosol in the flow path;
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- a receiving portion in the flow path downstream of the wick, the receiving portion being for receiving an element for modifying a property of the flow of aerosol passing therethrough in use.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.