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US 2015/0027469 A1Published application
Electronic smoking article
AssigneeAltria Client Services LLC
InventorsChristopher S. Tucker, Scott A. Fath
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Abstract
An electronic smoking article includes a liquid aerosol formulation, a heater operable to at least partially volatilize the liquid aerosol formulation and form an aerosol, and at least one frangible and/or crushable flavor bead. The at least one frangible and/or crushable flavor bead can be positioned in a filter plug.
Claims21
An electronic smoking article operable to produce an aerosol comprising:
- a liquid aerosol formulation;
- a heater operable to at least partially volatilize the liquid aerosol formulation and form an aerosol;
- a filter comprising a plug of low resistance-to-draw filter material and at least one crushable flavor bead, the flavor bead comprising a rupturable shell and a flavor contained in the shell, the filter arranged downstream of the heater;
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- a compressible encasement adjacent the filter.
2 more elements
An electronic smoking article operable to produce an aerosol comprising:
- a cartomizer section extending in a longitudinal direction, the cartomizer section comprising:
- a liquid aerosol formulation;
- a heater operable to heat the liquid aerosol formulation to a temperature sufficient to at least partially volatilize the liquid aerosol formulation and form an aerosol;
- a wick in communication with the liquid aerosol formulation and surrounded by the heater such that the wick delivers the liquid aerosol formulation to the heater;
- a first threaded section;
- a mouth end insert including at least two diverging outlet passages;
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- at least one frangible and/or crushable menthol flavor bead located adjacent the mouth end insert or adjacent the first threaded section, the at least one frangible and/or crushable menthol flavor bead operable to release menthol when squeezed and broken by a smoker prior to smoking;
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- a battery section operable to be connected to the cartomizer section, the battery section comprising:
- a second threaded section operable to be joined with the first threaded section of the cartomizer section at a threaded joint.
8 more elements
A kit comprising:
- an electronic smoking article;
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- a plurality of attachable filter elements each comprising a casing, a plug of fibrous material of low resistance-to-draw, and a flavor bead, the casing configured to slidingly fit with an end portion of the electronic smoking article, the casing being sufficiently flexible such that a smoker may at its election rupture the flavor bead by squeezing the casing, whereby a content of the flavor bead is released.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.