Consumable Article for a Vapour Generating Device
AssigneeJT International SA
InventorsJaakko McEvoy, Christoph Lungenschmied
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Abstract
A consumable article for a vapour generating device includes: a store of liquid for vaporisation in the vapour generating device; and a shape memory foam having a compressed temporary shape in which pores of the shape memory foam are closed so as to prevent passage of the liquid through and out of the shape memory foam, wherein the shape memory foam is responsive to a stimulus to change from the temporary shape to an expanded permanent shape in which the pores are open so as to allow passage of the liquid through and out of the shape memory foam for the vaporisation.
Claims18
A consumable article for a vapour generating device, comprising:
- a store of liquid for vaporisation in the vapour generating device;
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- a shape memory foam having a compressed temporary shape in which pores of the shape memory foam are closed so as to prevent passage of the liquid through and out of the shape memory foam,
- wherein the shape memory foam is responsive to a stimulus to change from the compressed temporary shape to an expanded permanent shape in which the pores are open so as to allow passage of the liquid through and out of the shape memory foam for said vaporisation.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.