Electronic vaping device
AssigneeAltria Client Services LLC
InventorsChristopher S. Tucker, Geoffrey Brandon Jordan, Barry S. Smith, Ali A. Rostami
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Abstract
An electronic smoking article includes a liquid supply including liquid material, a heater operable to heat the liquid material to a temperature sufficient to vaporize the liquid material and form an aerosol, a wick in communication with the liquid material and in communication with the heater such that the wick delivers the liquid material to the heater, at least one air inlet operable to deliver air to a central air passage upstream of the heater, and a mouth end insert having at least two diverging outlets.
Claims27
An electronic vaping device comprising:
- a vapor generating arrangement;
- a mouth-end insert, said mouth-end insert comprising at least two diverging outlet passages operable to distribute vapor throughout a mouth of an adult vapor during a puff;
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- a gasket including a central orifice that is sized and spaced from the mouth-end insert and operable to substantially reduce a velocity of the vapor approaching the mouth-end insert.
An electronic vaping capable of producing a vapor during a puff on the device, said device comprising:
- a mouth-end insert, said mouth-end insert comprising at least two diverging outlet passages angled at about 5° to about 60° in relation to the longitudinal direction of the electronic vaping device so as to distribute the vapor throughout a mouth of an adult vaper during a puff;
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- a gasket including a central orifice that is sized and spaced from the mouth-end insert so as to substantially reduce a velocity of the vapor when approaching the mouth-end insert.
A method of improving organoleptic response during a puff on an electronic vaping device, said method comprising:
- reducing a velocity of vapor produced within the electronic vaping device by channeling the vapor through a gasket including a central orifice and into a space upstream of a mouth-end insert;
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- passing the vapor through at least one passage in the mouth-end insert so as to divide the vapor into a plurality of divergent vapor streams and provide a fuller mouth feel than with a vaping device producing a single coaxial vapor stream.
An electronic vaping device comprising:
- a mouthpiece having at least two off-axis outlets and an interior surface, the mouthpiece operable to deliver a dispersed vapor to an adult vapor, the off-axis outlets and the interior surface abating presence of unvaporized droplets in the delivered vapor;
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- a gasket including a central orifice that is sized and spaced from the mouthpiece and operable to substantially reduce a velocity of the vapor approaching the mouthpiece.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.