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US 2026/0123670 A1Published application
Element for an aerosol generating article or smoking article
OwnerSulistyo WIDODO, Giyanto - +3inventors
InventorsSulistyo WIDODO, Giyanto -, Ilham Fadila RAMADHAN, Rosi Ana QOLBI, Agus FAHRONI
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Abstract
An element for an aerosol generating article or a smoking article comprising a longitudinally extending hollow tube, a layer comprising filler material, wherein the layer is engaged around the hollow tube, and a wrapper engaged around the layer, wherein the hollow tube comprises a helically wound sheet of material and wherein the helically wound sheet of material has partially overlapping helical turns.
Claims17
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- An element for an aerosol generating article or a smoking article comprising a longitudinally extending hollow tube;
- a layer comprising filler material, wherein the layer is engaged around the hollow tube;
- and,
- a wrapper engaged around the layer;
- wherein the hollow tube comprises a helically wound sheet of material and wherein the helically wound sheet of material has partially overlapping helical turns.
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A method of making an element for an aerosol generating article or a smoking article comprising the steps of:
- advancing a sheet of material in a longitudinal direction;
- helically winding the sheet of material around a shaping rod, such that the sheet of material partially overlaps with itself on successive helical turns, thereby forming a longitudinally extending hollow tube;
- advancing filler material in a longitudinal direction;
- gathering the filler material around the hollow tube to form a layer comprising filler material engaged around the hollow tube;
- gathering and securing a wrapper around the layer comprising filler material to form a continuous rod;
- and,
- cutting the continuously rod to form individual elements.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.