Aerosol generating device
AssigneeJT International SA
InventorPier Paolo Monticone
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Abstract
An aerosol generating device includes a heating chamber; and a thermoelectric cell. The aerosol generating device is configured to supply electrical power to the thermoelectrical cell and the thermoelectric cell is arranged such that, when electrical power is supplied to the thermoelectric cell, heat is transferred through the thermoelectrical cell to the heating chamber by the thermoelectrical cell. A control unit is configured to control the heat transferred by the thermoelectrical cell so as to regulate an internal temperature of the heating chamber. A method of controlling the aerosol generating device includes controlling the heat transferred through the thermoelectric cell so as to regulate the internal temperature of the heating chamber.
Claims16
An aerosol generating device comprising:
- a heating chamber configured to receive a consumable aerosol generating substrate;
- a heater configured to supply heat to the heating chamber;
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- a thermoelectric cell including a heat emitting surface extending along at least a portion of a perimeter of the heating chamber and facing inward toward the consumable aerosol generating substrate when the consumable aerosol generating substrate is received in the heating chamber, the thermoelectric cell having a first portion and a second portion spaced from one another along the perimeter of the heating chamber so as to define a gap between the first and second portions along the perimeter;
- wherein the aerosol generating device is configured to supply electrical power to the thermoelectrical cell and the thermoelectric cell is arranged such that, when electrical power is supplied to the thermoelectric cell, heat is transferred through the thermoelectrical cell to the heating chamber by the thermoelectrical cell, and
- wherein the heater is spaced from the thermoelectric cell such that the heater is positioned along a different portion of the heating chamber than the thermoelectric cell and disposed at an axial end of the heating chamber along an axis.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.