Method and apparatus for manufacturing an aerosol generating pod
AssigneeJT International SA
InventorsPeter Uhrmeister, Andrew Robert John Rogan
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Abstract
A method of manufacturing an aerosol generating pod includes providing aerosol generating material; positioning sheet material over opposite sides of the aerosol generating material; and punching the aerosol generating material and the sheet material from one of the opposite sides to form an aerosol generating pod including aerosol generating material covered by the sheet material. An apparatus for manufacturing an aerosol generating pod is also provided.
Claims13
A method of manufacturing an aerosol generating pod, the method comprising:
- (i) providing aerosol generating material and positioning an inductively heatable susceptor in the aerosol generating material;
- (ii) positioning first and second sheet materials over opposite sides, respectively, of the aerosol generating material;
- (iii) punching the aerosol generating material and sheet material from one of the opposite sides to form an aerosol generating pod comprising the aerosol generating material covered by sheet materials, wherein, after punching, the first and second sheet materials from opposite sides of the aerosol generating material are in contact.
An apparatus for manufacturing an aerosol generating pod, the apparatus comprising:
- a first supply unit for supplying aerosol generating material;
- a second supply unit for positioning first and second sheet material over opposite sides of the aerosol generating material;
- a third supply unit for positioning an inductively heatable susceptor in the aerosol generating material, and
- a punching unit arranged to punch the aerosol generating material and the sheet material from one of the opposite sides to form an aerosol generating pod comprising the aerosol generating material covered by the sheet material.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.