Tobacco Article Designed to Operate with an Aerosol Generating Device, and Assembly Comprising Such Tobacco Article
AssigneeJT International SA
InventorsJeroen Dammers, René Van De Meeberg
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Abstract
A tobacco article is designed to operate with an aerosol generating device and extends along an article axis between a mouth end and an upstream end. The tobacco article includes a mouth end portion defining the mouth end; a tobacco portion arranged between the upstream end and the mouth end portion; and an upstream end portion arranged adjacent to the tobacco portion and defining the upstream end of the tobacco article. The upstream end portion includes a solid stop. The solid stop includes an identification element and/or a sensor configured to provide data usable by the aerosol generating device to carry out or alter at least one of its functionalities.
Claims18
A tobacco article designed to operate with an aerosol generating device and extending along an article axis between a mouth end and an upstream end and comprising:
- a mouth end portion defining the mouth end;
- a tobacco portion arranged between the upstream end and the mouth end portion;
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- an upstream end portion arranged adjacent to the tobacco portion and defining the upstream end of the tobacco article;
- the upstream end portion comprising a solid stop extending transversally in respect with the article axis;
- the solid stop comprising an identification element and/or a sensor configured to provide data usable by the aerosol generating device to carry out or alter at least one of the aerosol generating device's functionalities.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.