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US 2022/0015429 A1Published application
Heating Chamber Lid
AssigneeJT International SA
InventorsNicholas Alan Brown, Nicholas Hedley Chubb
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Abstract
A vapour generating device includes a heating chamber arranged to receive a vapour generating substance and a lid arranged to close the heating chamber. The device further includes a locking mechanism arranged to prevent the lid from moving from a closed position to an open position when a temperature of the heating chamber exceeds a predetermined threshold. The locking mechanism has a portion which changes its shape and/or volume based on its temperature and the change activates the locking mechanism.
Claims15
A hand-held vapour generating device comprising:
- a heating chamber arranged to receive a vapour generating substance;
- a vapour-generating unit arranged to generate a vapour from the vapour-generating substance;
- a mouthpiece, in fluid communication with the heating chamber, for allowing a user to inhale the generated vapour;
- a lid arranged to close the heating chamber;
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- a locking mechanism arranged to prevent the lid from moving from a closed position to an open position when a temperature of the heating chamber exceeds a predetermined threshold, wherein the locking mechanism has a portion which changes its shape and/or volume based on its temperature and the change activates the locking mechanism.
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