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US 7,845,359 B2Granted
Artificial smoke cigarette
AssigneesPierre Denain, Richard Dolsey
InventorAkbar Montaser
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Abstract
An artificial cigarette, inhaler or other nebulizer device may include a housing, an air passage into the housing, a fog generator chamber within the housing connected to the air passage, a liquid source connected to the fog generating chamber, and a fog generator within the fog generating chamber for receiving liquid from the liquid source and creating an aerosol. The fog generator may be an ultrasonic nebulizer and/or a pneumatic nebulizer.
Claims21
A nebulizer apparatus comprising:
- a housing with a distal end and a proximal end,
- a fog generating chamber within the housing,
- an aerosol passageway fluidly connecting the proximal end of the housing with the fog generating chamber,
- a fog chamber valve regulating flow of gas between the aerosol passageway and the fog generating chamber,
- a liquid source in fluid communication with the fog generating chamber, and
- a fog generator within the fog generating chamber for receiving liquid from the liquid source and creating an aerosol.
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An artificial cigarette apparatus comprising:
- a housing with a proximal end and a distal end,
- a fog generating chamber within the housing,
- a liquid source in fluid communication with the fog generating chamber,
- a fog generator within the fog generating chamber for receiving liquid from the liquid source and creating an aerosol,
- a baffle for preventing large aerosol droplets from exiting the fog generating chamber,
- an aerosol passageway fluidly connecting the proximal end of the housing with the fog generating chamber,
- a fog chamber valve regulating flow of gas between the aerosol passageway and the fog generating chamber, and for closing the fog generating chamber during exhalation into the nebulizer apparatus,
- one or more aerosol exits in fluid communication with the aerosol passageway for directing exhaled air out of the nebulizer apparatus, and
- one or more aerosol exit valves for closing the one or more aerosol exits during inhalation and opening the one or more aerosol exits during exhalation.
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