Aerosol-generating article with hollow tubular element
AssigneePhilip Morris Products S.A.
InventorsChrystophe Schaller, Jerome Uthurry
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Abstract
An aerosol-generating article (1) comprising: a first element (10) comprising an aerosol-forming substrate (12); and a hollow tubular element (100) disposed downstream of the first element (10). The hollow tubular element (100) comprises: a peripheral portion (110) defining a hollow inner region (120) of the hollow tubular element (100); and a support element (130) formed from a sheet and extending from a first point (131) at the peripheral portion (110) across the hollow inner region (120) to a second point (132) at the peripheral portion (110). The hollow tubular element (100) has an average weight of about 10 milligrams per millimetre length or less.
Claims15
An aerosol-generating article comprising:
- a first element comprising an aerosol-forming substrate, wherein the aerosol-forming substrate comprises one or more aerosol formers, and wherein the aerosol-forming substrate has an aerosol former content of between about 5 percent and about 30 percent on a dry weight basis;
- and
- a hollow tubular element disposed downstream of the first element, wherein the hollow tubular element comprises:
- a peripheral portion defining a hollow inner region of the hollow tubular element;
- and
- a support element formed from a paper sheet and extending from a first point at the peripheral portion across the hollow inner region to a second point at the peripheral portion,
- wherein the hollow tubular element has an average weight of about 10 milligrams per millimetre length or less.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.