Aerosol-generating system including a cartridge containing a gel and a device for heating the cartridge
AssigneeAltria Client Services LLC
InventorsGerard Zuber, Jean-Yves Vollmer
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Abstract
An aerosol-generating system may include a device body and a cartridge configured to be removably inserted into or connected to the device body. The device body may include a power supply and an electrical heater connected to the power supply. The cartridge contains an aerosol-forming substrate in the form of a thermoreversible gel that is a solid at room temperature.
Claims20
An aerosol-generating system comprising:
- a device body including a power supply and a heater, the heater electrically connected to the power supply;
- a cartridge containing an aerosol-forming substrate in an interior of a container, the cartridge configured to be removably inserted into or connected to the device body, the container defining at least two chambers;
- a removable mouthpiece configured to engage the device body, the removable mouthpiece including,
- at least two piercing elements, and
- at least two aerosol passages configured to engage the at least two chambers;
- and
- at least one air inlet at a junction of the device body and the removable mouthpiece, the at least one air inlet including an exterior opening at the junction of the device body and the removable mouthpiece, the exterior opening configured to receive external air from the junction of the device body and the removable mouthpiece and provide the external air to an interior of the removable mouthpiece.
A removable mouthpiece configured to engage a device body of an aerosol-generating system and a removable cartridge containing an aerosol-forming substrate in an interior of a container, the device body including a heater, the mouthpiece comprising:
- at least two piercing elements configured to pierce a sealing element of the removable cartridge;
- at least two aerosol passages configured to engage at least two chambers of the removable cartridge and receive aerosol generated by the heater from the aerosol-forming substrate;
- and
- an aerosol-forming chamber configured to condense the generated aerosol,
- wherein in response to the removable mouthpiece being engaged with the device body, the removable mouthpiece is configured such that there is at least one air inlet at a junction of the device body and the removable mouthpiece, and
- the at least one air inlet includes an exterior opening at the junction of the device body and the removable mouthpiece, the exterior opening configured to receive external air from the junction of the device body and the removable mouthpiece and provide the external air to an interior of the aerosol-forming chamber.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.