Wick suitable for use in an electronic smoking article
AssigneeRAI Strategic Holdings, Inc.
InventorsStephen Benson Sears, Grady Lance Dooly, David William Griffith, Jr., 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.
Claims7
1-43. (canceled)
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 combined with a wick formed of a plurality of individual filaments aligned in a brush-like configuration so as to be intertwined with the plurality of individual filaments, said current flow being sufficient to cause heating of the heating wire and vaporization of an aerosol precursor composition transported by the wick.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.