Aerosol inhalator
AssigneeJapan Tobacco Inc.
InventorsManabu YAMADA, Hiroshi SASAKI
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Abstract
An aerosol inhalator of the invention has an inner tube (22) forming part of a suction path, a capillary tube (40) extending within the inner tube (22) and configured to discharge a solution therefrom in conjunction with a user's inhalation, and a heater (56) extending in a direction perpendicular to the axis of the inner tube (22) so as to traverse the inner tube (22) and configured to receive the solution discharged from the capillary tube (40), wherein the heater (56) atomizes the received solution by heating to generate, inside the inner tube (22), an aerosol to be inhaled by the user.
Claims12
An aerosol inhalator comprising:
- a suction path connecting an atmosphere-exposed opening and a mouthpiece to each other and permitting air to flow from the atmosphere-exposed opening toward the mouthpiece;
- a solution supply device configured to supply a solution from which an aerosol is to be generated, said solution supply device including
- a solution supply source storing the solution, and
- a capillary tube connected to the solution supply source and having a discharge end located in said suction path and opening in a direction toward the mouthpiece, the capillary tube guiding the solution from the solution supply source to the discharge end and, when the flow of air is produced within said suction path, allowing the solution to be discharged from the discharge end;
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- a heater device configured to receive the solution discharged from the discharge end and atomize the received solution by heating, said heater device including
- a power supply, and
- an electric heater arranged immediately downstream of the discharge end and facing the discharge end at a predetermined distance from the discharge end while permitting the flow of air, the heater being configured to generate heat when applied with a voltage from the power supply.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.