Aerosol-generating device with reduced leakage
AssigneeAltria Client Sendees 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.
Claims14
An electronic vaping device comprising:
- a housing having a first end and a second end;
- a mouthpiece at a first end of the housing;
- a heater in the housing;
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- a valve within the mouthpiece, the valve having a first side and a second side, the valve including a hydrophilic coating, a hydrophobic coating, or both a hydrophilic coating and a hydrophobic coating on a first side of the valve, a second side of the valve, or on both a first side of the valve and a second side of the valve.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.