A sheet of aerosol generating material for a component of an article and apparatus and method for forming the sheet
AssigneeNicoventures Trading Limited
InventorsDaniel BRAY, Jeong Hwan PARK, Richard LEBBON
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Abstract
An article includes a rod of aerosol generating material. The rod of aerosol generating material is formed from a plurality of elongate strips of aerosol generating material extending longitudinally through said rod. Each of the plurality of elongate strips is connected to at least one other of the plurality of elongate strips by a connection portion. The connecting portion includes over 20% of the length of each elongate strip. The invention also relates to a method of forming a rod of aerosol generating material of an article. The invention also relates to an apparatus for manufacturing rods of aerosol generating material of an article.
Claims25
An article comprising:
- a rod of aerosol generating material;
- wherein the rod of aerosol generating material is formed from a plurality of elongate strips of aerosol generating material extending longitudinally through said rod;
- wherein each of the plurality of elongate strips is connected to at least one other of the plurality of elongate strips by a connection portion,
- wherein the connecting portion comprises over 20% of the length of each elongate strip.
An apparatus for manufacturing rods of aerosol generating material of an article for an aerosol generating device component, the apparatus comprising:
- a first cutter configured to cut an aerosol generating material longitudinally to produce a plurality of elongate strips;
- wherein the first cutter is configured to cut longitudinally extending slits of discrete length into a sheet of aerosol generating material, wherein the length of the connecting portion is greater than 20% of the length of the slit.
A method of forming a rod of aerosol generating material of an article for an aerosol generating device component, the method comprising:
- cutting an aerosol generating material longitudinally to produce a plurality of elongate strips of aerosol generating material;
- wherein cutting comprises longitudinally extending slits of discrete length through a sheet of aerosol generating material;
- gathering the plurality of elongate strips to form a rod of aerosol generating material in which each of the elongate strips extends substantially longitudinally through the rod;
- and
- cutting the rod of aerosol generating material into segments to produce rods of aerosol generating material for an aerosol generating device component;
- wherein the connecting portion comprises over 20% of the length of each elongate strip.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.