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US 12,575,597 B2Granted
Nicotine sheet and aerosol-generating article including the same
AssigneeKt&G Corporation
InventorsKyung Bin Jung, Ick Joong Kim, Geon Chang Lee, Eun Mi Jeoung, Min Hee Hwang
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Abstract
A nicotine sheet and an aerosol-generating article including the same are provided. The nicotine sheet according to some embodiments of the present disclosure may include a nicotine material which includes a nicotine component and a cellulose-based material which forms a sheet. The nicotine sheet may, when heated, slowly release the nicotine component fixed therein and thus can improve persistence of a tobacco smoke taste of an aerosol-generating article.
Claims14
A nicotine sheet comprising:
- a nicotine material which includes a nicotine component;
- and
- a cellulose-based material which forms a sheet,
- wherein the cellulose-based material includes at least one material selected from hydroxypropyl methylcellulose (HPMC), methyl cellulose (MC), ethyl cellulose (EC), carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC), and agar, and
- the nicotine sheet includes about 25 to about 90 parts by weight of the cellulose-based material with respect to a total of 100 parts by weight.
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An aerosol-generating article comprising:
- a filter part;
- an aerosol-forming substrate part;
- and
- a wrapper configured to wrap around at least a portion of the filter part and the aerosol-forming substrate part,
- wherein a nicotine sheet is applied to the aerosol-forming substrate part or the wrapper, and
- the nicotine sheet includes a cellulose-based material and a nicotine material,
- wherein the cellulose-based material includes at least one material selected from hydroxypropyl methylcellulose (HPMC), methyl cellulose (MC), ethyl cellulose (EC), carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC), and agar, and
- the nicotine sheet includes about 25 to about 90 parts by weight of the cellulose-based material with respect to a total of 100 parts by weight.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.