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US 12,766,274 B2Granted
Inhaler article holder with electrostatic discharge
AssigneePhilip Morris Products S.A.
InventorOnur Dayioglu
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Abstract
An inhaler article holder for an inhaler article including a housing defining a housing cavity and an outer surface and a sleeve positioned within the housing cavity. The sleeve is arranged to receive an inhaler article and the sleeve is movable within the housing cavity between a first position and a second position. A piercing element is arranged to pierce the inhaler article received within the sleeve when the sleeve is in the second position. The sleeve is electrically coupled to the housing to form a static electricity discharge circuit when the housing is electrically grounded.
Claims20
An inhaler article holder comprising:
- a housing defining a housing cavity and an outer surface;
- a sleeve positioned within the housing cavity, wherein the sleeve is arranged to receive an inhaler article containing a capsule disposed within a capsule cavity of the inhaler article and the sleeve is movable within the housing cavity between a first position and a second position, wherein a portion of the sleeve extends into an interior of the inhaler article;
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- a piercing element arranged to pierce the inhaler article received within the sleeve when the sleeve is in the second position;
- wherein the sleeve is electrically coupled to the housing and is configured to form a static electricity discharge circuit when the housing is electrically grounded.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.