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US 9,289,014 B2Granted
Electronic smoking article and improved heater element
AssigneeAltria Client Services LLC
InventorsChristopher S. Tucker, Geoffrey B. Jordan
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Abstract
An electronic cigarette 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, and 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. The heater is formed of a mesh material.
Claims18
An electronic cigarette comprising:
- a heater, the heater comprising
- a ribbon of electrically resistive mesh material wound about a filamentary wick, said wick in communication with a liquid supply including liquid material,
- the heater being configured to vaporize liquid material,
- wherein the ribbon is wrapped about the wick so that there is spacing between windings of the ribbon heater about the wick.
1 more element
An electronic smoking article comprising:
- a heater, the heater comprising
- a ribbon of electrically resistive mesh material wound about a filamentary wick, said wick in communication with a liquid supply including liquid material, the heater being configured to vaporize liquid material to produce a vapor
- wherein the ribbon is wrapped about the wick so that there is spacing between windings of the ribbon heater about the wick.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.