Aerosol Generating Device With A Heating Chamber Adapted For Convection Heating

An aerosol generating device configured to operate with a tobacco article comprising a substrate portion and a gripping portion arranged successively along an article axis (X), the device comprising:

• a heating chamber extending according to a chamber axis (Z) and configured to receive the substrate portion of the tobacco article, the heating chamber comprising a heater extending along the chamber axis;
• and
• a maintaining structure configured to be engaged with the gripping portion of the tobacco article to maintain the substrate portion of the tobacco article inside the heating chamber at a distance (G) from the heater,
• wherein the maintaining structure defines a reception cavity configured to extend along the chamber axis (Z) and to receive and retain the gripping portion of the tobacco article (12) along the chamber axis (Z), the reception cavity defining an opening, a flow channel extending from the heating chamber through the reception cavity to said opening.