Wick suitable for use in an electronic smoking article
AssigneeR.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
InventorsStephen Benson Sears, Grady Lance Dooly, David William Griffith, Andries Don Sebastian, Yi-Ping Chang
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Abstract
The present disclosure relates to an electronic smoking article that provides for improved aerosol delivery. Particularly, the article comprises a wicking element useful for improving delivery of aerosol precursor to a heating element. In particular, the wick can take on a brush-like configuration. The present disclosure further relates to methods of forming an aerosol in a smoking article.
Claims49
A smoking article comprising a wick formed of a plurality of individual filaments aligned in a brush-like configuration.
A method of forming an aerosol in a smoking article, the method comprising initiating current flow from an electrical power source within the smoking article to a resistance heating wire within the smoking article, the heating wire being intertwined with a wick formed of a plurality of individual filaments aligned in a brush-like configuration so as to cause heating of the heating wire and an aerosol precursor composition transported by the wick.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.