Cleaning tool for heating element with prongs
AssigneePhilip Morris Products S.A.
InventorTony Reevell
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Abstract
There is provided a cleaning tool configured for cleaning an aerosol-generating device including a heating chamber and a heating element disposed in the heating chamber, the cleaning tool including: multiple prongs configured to be inserted into the heating chamber of the aerosol-generating device and to clean at least the heating element; and an actuating element configured to move the multiple prongs between a first position and a second position, wherein the multiple prongs are expanded towards inner sidewalls of the heating chamber in the first position and contracted towards the heating element in the second position.
Claims13
A cleaning tool configured for cleaning an aerosol-generating device comprising a heating chamber and a heating element disposed in the heating chamber, the cleaning tool comprising:
- multiple prongs configured to be inserted into the heating chamber of the aerosol-generating device and to clean at least the heating element;
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- an actuating element configured to move the multiple prongs between a first position and a second position,
- wherein the multiple prongs are expanded towards inner sidewalls of the heating chamber in the first position and contracted towards the heating element in the second position.
A method for cleaning an aerosol-generating device with a cleaning tool, the aerosol-generating device comprising a heating chamber and a heating element disposed in the heating chamber, and the cleaning tool comprising multiple prongs, the method comprising:
- inserting the multiple prongs into the heating chamber of the aerosol-generating device for cleaning at least the heating element, wherein the cleaning tool further comprises an actuating element configured to move the multiple prongs between a first position and a second position, and wherein the multiple prongs are expanded towards inner sidewalls of the heating chamber in the first position and contracted towards the heating element in the second position;
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- moving the multiple prongs between the first position and the second position after insertion of the cleaning tool into the heating chamber.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.