Inhaler
AssigneeNicoventures Trading Limited
InventorHelmut Buchberger
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Abstract
The present disclosure relates to an inhaler component for producing a steam/air mixture or/and condensation aerosol in an intermittent and inhalation- or pull-synchronous manner, the inhaler component including: a housing; a chamber arranged in the housing; an air inlet opening for the supply of air from the surroundings to the chamber; an electrical heating element for evaporating a portion of a liquid material; and a wick having a capillary structure, which wick forms a composite structure with the heating element and automatically supplies the heating element with fresh liquid material after evaporation.
Claims9
An inhalator component for an inhalator device, for intermittent formation, synchronous with inhalation or drawing, of at least one of a vapor air mixture or a condensation aerosol, comprising:
- a housing;
- a liquid container arranged in the housing, the liquid container being configured such that it can neither be removed from the housing nor separated from the housing;
- a chamber arranged in the housing;
- an air admission opening for supply of air from the surroundings to the chamber;
- an electric heating element for evaporating a portion of a liquid material, wherein a vapor that is formed is mixed in the chamber with the air supplied through the air admission opening to form the at least one of the vapor air mixture or condensation aerosol;
- a wick with an open-pored capillary structure, the wick forming a composite with the heating element, wherein the open pores of the capillary structure are substantially exposed on at least one side of the composite, and wherein the capillary structure of the wick is substantially exposed on a side of the composite that is opposite the heating element;
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- a cooler through which the at least one of the vapor air mixture or condensation aerosol passes,
- wherein the cooler is formed by a tobacco filling and a perforated wall, wherein the tobacco filling is located in a filling space which is bounded by the perforated wall on an inlet side of flow of the vapor air mixture or condensation aerosol, and wherein the cooler is separably connected to the housing.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.