Internal sterilization of aerosol-generating devices
AssigneeAltria Client Services LLC
InventorChristopher J. SUAREZ
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Abstract
An aerosol-generating device includes a housing, a lid, a mouthpiece, and at least one UV diode. The housing defines a capsule-receiving cavity. The lid is configured to close the housing. The lid is fixedly coupled by a hinge to the housing at a first point and releasably couplable to the housing at a second point that is different from the first point. The mouthpiece is couplable to the lid opposite the housing such that air entering the housing and drawn through the capsule-receiving cavity exits out of the mouthpiece. The at least one UV diode is configured to sanitize an interior of the aerosol-generating device when the at least one UV diode is actuated.
Claims20
An aerosol-generating device comprising:
- a housing defining a capsule-receiving cavity;
- a lid configured to close the housing, the lid being fixedly coupled by a hinge to the housing at a first point and releasably couplable to the housing at a second point that is different from the first point;
- a mouthpiece couplable to the lid opposite the housing such that air entering the housing and drawn through the capsule-receiving cavity exits out of the mouthpiece;
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- at least one UV diode configured to sanitize an interior of the aerosol-generating device when the at least one UV diode is actuated.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.