Heater assembly and container
AssigneeJapan Tobacco Inc.
InventorsManabu Yamada, Manabu Takeuchi, Yasunobu Inoue, Kimitaka Uchii, Tateki Sumii
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Abstract
A heater assembly includes a container including a cylindrical portion that forms a chamber in which a flavor generating article is contained, and a heater arranged in a peripheral surface of the cylindrical portion. The container includes a first channel extending along a longitudinal direction of the cylindrical portion and located adjacently to the chamber in a direction intersecting with the longitudinal direction of the cylindrical portion, and a second channel extending through the chamber along the longitudinal direction of the cylindrical portion. The first channel is in communication with the second channel.
Claims34
A container used for a flavor inhaler and configured to contain a flavor generating article, comprising a bottom plate portion and a contact portion that is configured to come into contact with a distal end portion of the flavor generating article when the flavor generating article is contained in the container, wherein
- a first channel is formed between at least a part of an outer peripheral surface of the flavor generating article and at least a part of an inner peripheral surface of the container when the flavor generating article is contained in the container,
- a third channel is formed between the distal end portion of the flavor generating article and the bottom plate portion when the contact portion is in contact with the distal end portion of the flavor generating article, and
- the first channel is in communication with a second channel, the second channel extending inside the flavor generating article, through the third channel.
An inhaler system comprising a flavor inhaler including a container configured to contain a flavor generating article and the flavor generating article, wherein
- the container comprises a bottom plate portion and a contact portion that is configured to come into contact with a distal end portion of the flavor generating article when the flavor generating article is contained in the container,
- a first channel is formed between at least a part of an outer peripheral surface of the flavor generating article and at least a part of an inner peripheral surface of the container when the flavor generating article is contained in the container,
- a third channel is formed between the distal end portion of the flavor generating article and the bottom plate portion when the contact portion is in contact with the distal end portion of the flavor generating article, and
- the first channel is in communication with a second channel, the second channel extending inside the flavor generating article through the third channel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.