Temperature detection in peripherally heated aerosol-generating device
AssigneePhilip Morris Products S.A.
InventorsRui Nuno Batista, Ricardo Cali
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Abstract
An aerosol-generating device is provided, including: a cavity configured to receive an aerosol-forming substrate; an external heating element of the aerosol-generating device configured to exclusively externally heat the aerosol-forming substrate when the aerosol-forming substrate is received in the cavity; and an elongate temperature sensor provided in the cavity and being configured to penetrate the aerosol-forming substrate when the aerosol-forming substrate is received in the cavity. An aerosol-generating system, and a method of generating an inhalable aerosol in an aerosol-generating device, are also provided.
Claims13
An aerosol-generating device, comprising:
- a cavity configured to receive an aerosol-forming substrate;
- an external heating element of the aerosol-generating device configured to exclusively externally heat the aerosol-forming substrate when the aerosol-forming substrate is received in the cavity, wherein exclusively externally heat relates to application of heat solely from a position external to the aerosol-forming substrate;
- an elongate temperature sensor provided in the cavity and being configured to penetrate the aerosol-forming substrate when the aerosol-forming substrate is received in the cavity;
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- a protection mechanism configured to protect the elongate temperature sensor in the cavity, wherein the protection mechanism comprises a moveable piston that is arranged inside the cavity between cavity walls and the elongate temperature sensor.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.