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US 5,269,327 AGranted
Electrical smoking article
AssigneePhilip Morris Incorporated
InventorsMary E. Counts, Bernard C. LaRoy, D. Bruce Losee, Jr., Constance H. Morgan, Ulysses Smith, F. Murphy Sprinkel, Jr., Francis V. Utsch
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Abstract
An article is provided in which a tobacco flavor medium is electrically heated to evolve inhalable tobacco flavors or other components in vapor or aerosol form. The article has a plurality of charges of the tobacco flavor medium which are heated sequentially to provide individual puffs.
Claims3
In combination:
- (a) an electrical smoking article for delivering to a smoker an inhalable tobacco flavor substance, said article comprising:
- a plurality of pre-measured charges of tobacco flavor medium,
- electrical heating means for individually heating each of said plurality of charges,
- internal storage means for storing electrical energy for powering said electrical heating means,
- electrical contacts for applying electrical energy to said internal storage means, and
- control means for selectively applying said electrical energy to said electrical heating means to selectively heat said plurality of charges in a predetermined sequence, each of said charges being heated only once and, when heated, delivering a predetermined quantity of tobacco flavor substance to said smoker;
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- (b) apparatus for supplying electrical energy to said electrical contacts, said apparatus comprising:
- means for supplying electrical energy,
- means for containing said means for supplying electrical energy, and
- means for making electrical contact between said means for supplying electrical energy and said electrical contacts of said article, to charge said internal storage means of said electrical smoking article.
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