Article for refilling and refilling apparatus
AssigneeNicoventures Trading Limited
InventorHoward ROTHWELL
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Abstract
An article for storing aerosol-generating material and configured to be refilled with aerosol-generating material from a refilling device, the article including a storage area for storing the aerosol-generating material; a valve arrangement in communication with the storage area, the valve arrangement including a septum arranged to cover an opening of the article in communication with the storage area, the septum including a first layer and a second layer, wherein the first layer is formed of a material that is relatively harder than a material forming the second layer. Also described is a refill reservoir having a valve arrangement including a septum, as well as a system and a method.
Claims20
A refilling device for refilling an article for use with an aerosol provision device with aerosol-generating material, the refilling device comprising:
- a port for receiving at least the article to be refilled with aerosol-generating material;
- a transfer mechanism for causing aerosol-generating material to be transferred from a refill reservoir to an aerosol-generating material storage area of the article;
- and a nozzle arrangement arranged to engage with a valve arrangement including a septum, wherein the nozzle arrangement comprises an aerosol-generating material nozzle comprising a piercing element configured to pierce the septum, and wherein the aerosol-generating material nozzle comprises an aerosol-generating material pathway configured to allow aerosol-generating material to pass along the aerosol-generating material pathway via an aerosol-generating material opening in the aerosol-generating material nozzle, wherein the septum is arranged to cover an opening in at least one of the article and the refill reservoir.
An article for use with an aerosol provision device, the article configured to be refilled with aerosol-generating material using a refilling device, the article comprising:
- a storage area for storing the aerosol-generating material;
- a valve arrangement in communication with the storage area, the valve arrangement comprising one of:
- a first septum arranged to cover a first opening of the article in communication with the storage area and a second septum arranged to cover a second opening of the article in communication with the storage area;
- and a septum arranged to cover an opening of the article in communication with the storage area, wherein the opening is sized so as to be able to simultaneously receive a first nozzle at a first location at which the first nozzle pierces the septum and a second nozzle at a second location at which the second nozzle pierces the septum.
A refill reservoir for use with a refilling device configured to refill an article with aerosol-generating material using the refilling device, the refill reservoir comprising:
- a storage area for storing aerosol-generating material;
- a valve arrangement in communication with the storage area, the valve arrangement comprising one of:
- a first septum arranged to cover a first opening of the refill reservoir in communication with the storage area and a second septum arranged to cover a second opening of the refill reservoir in communication with the storage area;
- or a septum arranged to cover an opening of the refill reservoir in communication with the storage area, wherein the opening is sized so as to be able to simultaneously receive a first nozzle at a first location at which the first nozzle pierces the septum and a second nozzle at a second location at which the second nozzle pierces the septum.
A method of refilling a storage area of an article with aerosol-generating material from a refilling device, the refilling device comprising a nozzle arrangement arranged to be in fluid communication with a refill reservoir coupled to the refilling device and a transfer mechanism for causing aerosol-generating material to be transferred from the refill reservoir, the article comprising a valve arrangement in communication with the storage area, the method comprising:
- engaging the article with the port of a refilling device;
- using a piercing element of an aerosol-generating material delivery nozzle of the nozzle arrangement to pierce a septum of the valve arrangement of the article, wherein the septum is arranged to cover an opening of the article in communication with the storage area;
- and transferring aerosol-generating material to the storage area of the article along an aerosol-generating material pathway of the aerosol-generating material delivery nozzle and through an aerosol-generating material opening in the aerosol-generating material delivery nozzle once the piercing element has pierced the septum.
A method of refilling a storage area of an article with aerosol-generating material from a refilling device, the refilling device comprising a nozzle arrangement arranged to be in fluid communication with a refill reservoir coupled to the refilling device and a transfer mechanism for causing aerosol-generating material to be transferred from the refill reservoir, the refill reservoir comprising a valve arrangement, the method comprising engaging the article with the port of a refilling device;
- using a piercing element of an aerosol-generating material extraction nozzle of the nozzle arrangement to pierce a septum of a valve arrangement of the refill reservoir, wherein the septum is arranged to cover an opening of the refill reservoir;
- and transferring aerosol-generating material from the refill reservoir along an aerosol-generating material pathway of the aerosol-generating material extraction nozzle via an aerosol-generating material opening in the aerosol-generating material extraction nozzle once the piercing element has pierced the septum.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.