Cleaning tool for heating element with gears
AssigneePhilip Morris Products S.A.
InventorsAli Murat Saygili, Fabien Duc
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a cleaning tool configured for cleaning a heating element of an aerosol-generating device. The cleaning tool comprises a mechanical actuator element, one or more cleaning elements, and a driving element. The driving element is configured to transmit a mechanical driving force from the actuator element to the cleaning element. The driving element comprises one or more gears. The present invention relates to an aerosol-generating device together with a cleaning tool and a method for cleaning a heating element of an aerosol-generating device.
Claims15
Cleaning tool configured for cleaning a heating element of an aerosol-generating device, the cleaning tool comprising:
- a mechanical actuator element;
- one or more cleaning elements, and
- a driving element configured to transmit a mechanical driving force from the mechanical actuator element to the cleaning element,
- wherein the driving element comprises one or more gears, wherein the actuator element is configured to be actuated manually by a user, and wherein the actuator element is configured for lateral movement along a longitudinal axis of the cleaning tool or rotational movement around the longitudinal axis of the cleaning tool, wherein the cleaning element comprises a spur gear, and wherein the actuator element comprises a spur gear matched with the spur gear of the cleaning element.
Cleaning tool configured for cleaning a heating element of an aerosol-generating device, the cleaning tool comprising:
- a mechanical actuator element;
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- one or more cleaning elements, wherein the actuator element is configured to be actuated manually by a user, and wherein the actuator element is configured for lateral movement along a longitudinal axis of the cleaning tool or rotational movement around the longitudinal axis of the cleaning tool, wherein the cleaning element comprises a spur gear, and wherein the actuator element comprises a spur gear matched with the spur gear of the cleaning element.
Cleaning tool configured for cleaning a heating element of an aerosol-generating device, the cleaning tool comprising:
- a mechanical actuator element;
- one or more cleaning elements, and
- a driving element configured to transmit a mechanical driving force from the mechanical actuator element to the cleaning element, the driving element comprising a first spur gear,
- wherein the actuator element is configured to be actuated manually by a user, and wherein the actuator element is configured for lateral movement along a longitudinal axis of the cleaning tool or rotational movement around the longitudinal axis of the cleaning tool, wherein the actuator element is operatively coupled to the first spur gear, and wherein the cleaning element comprises a second spur gear matched with the first spur gear.
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