Aerosol-generating system comprising moveable cartridge
AssigneePhilip Morris Products S.A.
InventorRui Nuno BATISTA
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Abstract
An aerosol-generating system is provided, including a housing including an air inlet and an air outlet defining an air flow path therebetween; a heater element; and a cartridge moveably mounted in the housing and reversibly displaceable from a first position to a second position, the cartridge including a moveable plunger, a liquid storage portion configured to hold an aerosol-generating liquid, and an opening configured to deliver the aerosol-generating liquid, wherein the cartridge is further configured to activate release of a portion of the aerosol-generating liquid through the opening, when the cartridge is moved by an airstream created between the air inlet and the air outlet within the housing.
Claims17
1-15. (canceled)
An aerosol-generating system, comprising:
- a housing comprising an air inlet and an air outlet defining an air flow path therebetween;
- a heater element;
- and
- a cartridge moveably mounted in the housing and reversibly displaceable from a first position to a second position, the cartridge comprising a moveable plunger, a liquid storage portion configured to hold an aerosol-generating liquid, and an opening configured to deliver the aerosol-generating liquid,
- wherein the cartridge is further configured to activate release of a portion of the aerosol-generating liquid through the opening, when the cartridge is moved by an airstream created between the air inlet and the air outlet within the housing.
A process of manufacture of an aerosol-generating system, comprising:
- providing a housing comprising an air inlet and an air outlet defining an air flow path therebetween;
- providing a heater element disposed inside the housing;
- and
- providing a cartridge and moveably mounting the cartridge in the housing such that the cartridge is reversibly displaceable from a first position to a second position, the cartridge comprising a moveable plunger, a liquid storage portion configured to hold an aerosol-generating liquid, and an opening configured to deliver the aerosol-generating liquid,
- wherein the cartridge is further configured to activate release of a portion of the aerosol-generating liquid through the opening, when the cartridge is moved by an airstream created between the air inlet and the air outlet within the housing.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.