Electronic smoking article including a heating apparatus implementing a solid aerosol generating source, and associated apparatus and method
AssigneeRAI Strategic Holdings, Inc.
InventorsAlfred Charles Bless, Michael Andrew Liberti, Stephen Benson Sears
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Abstract
A smoking article is provided, having a component housing including a power source, and a tubular housing having a first end and a longitudinally-opposed second end, wherein the first or second end is configured to receive the component housing. The tubular housing includes an outer wall defining a cylindrical cavity. An aerosol-generating element is configured to be received within the cylindrical cavity, wherein the aerosol-generating element is configured to produce an aerosol in response to heat. An associated aerosol-generating element and related production methods are also provided.
Claims23
1-44. (canceled)
A smoking article, comprising:
- a component housing including a power source;
- a tubular housing having a first end and a longitudinally-opposed second end, the first or second end being configured to receive the component housing, and the tubular housing including a cylindrical outer wall defining an interior cavity within the housing;
- a heating element including a first portion arranged to extend about an outer surface of the cylindrical outer wall and a second portion arranged to extend into the interior cavity, the first and second portions of the heating element being operably engaged with the power source and selectively operable therewith to provide heat;
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- a hollow cylindrical aerosol-generating element defining an outer surface and an inner surface concentrically aligned about a longitudinal axis of the hollow cylindrical aerosol-generating element, the hollow cylindrical aerosol-generating element being receivable within the interior cavity such that when received within the interior cavity, the outer surface of the hollow cylindrical aerosol-generating element extends about and radially within the cylindrical outer wall and the inner surface of the hollow cylindrical aerosol-generating element extends about and radially outward of the second portion of the heating element, the hollow cylindrical aerosol-generating element being arranged to be selectively heated by the first and second portions of the heating element to produce an aerosol.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.