Method for drying molded product for non-combustible smoking article and drying apparatus
AssigneeJapan Tobacco Inc.
InventorsRyutaro TSURUIZUMI, Manabu Takeuchi, Manabu Yamada
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Abstract
The present invention provides a method for drying a molded product for a non-combustible smoking article, including preparing a molded product for a non-combustible smoking article corresponding to two non-combustible smoking articles includes an aerosol generating section which generates aerosol when heated and carbonaceous heat sources fitted to both ends of the aerosol generating section, covering the aerosol generating section with a far infrared reflective cover, and irradiating the carbonaceous heat sources with far infrared radiation from a far infrared heater.
Claims6
A method for drying a molded product for a non-combustible smoking article, comprising:
- preparing a molded product for a non-combustible smoking article corresponding to two non-combustible smoking articles comprising an aerosol generating section which generates aerosol when heated and carbonaceous heat sources fitted to both ends of the aerosol generating section;
- covering the aerosol generating section with a far infrared reflective cover;
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- irradiating the carbonaceous heat sources with far infrared radiation from a far infrared heater.
A drying apparatus for a molded product for a non-combustible smoking article, comprising:
- a support having a metal belt structure configured to continuously convey a molded product for a non-combustible smoking article corresponding to two non-combustible smoking articles comprising an aerosol generating section which generates aerosol when heated and carbonaceous heat sources fitted to both ends of the aerosol generating section, and supporting the molded product in a state that the aerosol generating section is covered with a far infrared reflective cover;
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- a far-infrared heater arranged to irradiate the carbonaceous heat sources with far infrared radiation.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.