Aerosol-generating system including an aerosol-generating article, and an electrically operated aerosol-generating device
AssigneeAltria Client Services LLC
InventorMichel THORENS
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Abstract
The aerosol-generating system includes an aerosol-generating article with an aerosol-forming substrate, the aerosol-generating article having an outlet end and a distal end upstream from the outlet end. The system also includes an electrically operated aerosol-generating device including a housing having a cavity configured to receive the distal end of the aerosol-generating article, an electric heating element, and a heat diffuser including a non-combustible porous body for absorbing heat from the electric heating element such that, in use, air drawn through the aerosol-generating article from the distal end to the outlet end is heated by the heat absorbed in the porous body.
Claims15
An aerosol-generating system, comprising:
- an aerosol-generating article including an aerosol-forming substrate, the aerosol-generating article having an outlet end and a distal end upstream from the outlet end;
- an electrically operated aerosol-generating device including a housing having a cavity, the cavity configured to receive the distal end of the aerosol-generating article;
- an electric heating element;
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- a heat diffuser including a non-combustible porous body for absorbing heat from the electric heating element such that, in use, air drawn through the aerosol-generating article from the distal end to the outlet end is heated by the heat absorbed in the porous body.
An electrically operated aerosol-generating device, comprising:
- a housing having a cavity, the cavity being configured to receive a distal end of an aerosol-generating article;
- an electric heating element configured to generate heat;
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- a heat diffuser including a non-combustible porous body for absorbing the heat from the electric heating element.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.