Reservoir for aerosol delivery devices
AssigneeRAI Strategic Holdings, Inc.
InventorsFrederic Ampolini, Frank S. Silveira, John DePiano, Craig Demarest
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Abstract
An aerosol delivery device or electronic cigarette generates an aerosol or vapor for consumption by a consumer. The device may include a cartridge holding an aerosol precursor substance or fluid that is turned into the aerosol or vapor. The fluid may be stored in reservoir that allows for the fluid to be passed to an atomizer for generating the aerosol. The reservoir may be a flexible bladder that equalizes pressure inside the cartridge to reduce leakage, such as with an internal valve to activate fluid transfer. Alternatively, the reservoir may include one or more capsules that can be broken or melted to release the fluid.
Claims20
An electronic cigarette comprising:
- a mouthpiece configured to receive air with vapor;
- a flexible bladder storing a fluid and configured to prevent excess air in the flexible bladder by changing shape as the fluid is moved;
- an outside member configured to support the soft fluid bladder;
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- an atomizer configured to receive at least a portion of the fluid that is moved from the flexible bladder, wherein the atomizer is configured to generate the vapor by heating the moved fluid.
An aerosol delivery device comprising:
- a storage of an aerosol precursor substance;
- a moveable structure configured to move relative to the storage to cause a distribution of the aerosol precursor substance;
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- a vaporizer configured to receive the aerosol precursor substance after the distribution, wherein the vaporizer generates an aerosol by vaporizing the aerosol precursor substance.
A vaporization device comprising:
- a battery portion;
- and
- a cartridge configured to receive power from the battery portion and to store a fluid, the cartridge comprising:
- a container configured to hold the fluid;
- an moveable component coupled with the container that is configured to cause a transfer of at least a portion of the fluid from the container;
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- a heating element configured to generate vapor from the fluid.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.