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US 2018/0279686 A1Published application
Electronic smoking article
AssigneeAltria Client Services LLC
InventorsJASON ANDREW MACKO, James Anthony Skapars
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Abstract
An electronic smoking article includes a liquid supply region including liquid material and a heater-wick element operable to wick liquid material and heat the liquid material to a temperature sufficient to vaporize the liquid material and form an aerosol. The heater-wick element comprises a plurality of fused metal beads or particles.
Claims11
An electronic vaping article comprising:
- a housing defining an air channel and a liquid supply region, the liquid supply region configured to hold a liquid material;
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- an integral heater-wick element configured to transfer the liquid material from the liquid supply region to the air channel via capillary action, the integral heater-wick element formed of a plurality of particles and including a heatable portion and at least one wicking portion, the at least one wicking portion extending into the liquid supply region, the heatable portion of the integral heater-wick element extending into the air channel and configured to vaporize the liquid material.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.