Aerosol generating article

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12063963-B2
Application number	US-201917254598-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 15, 2019
Priority date	Oct 17, 2018
Publication date	Aug 20, 2024
Grant date	Aug 20, 2024

Abstract

Disclosed are an aerosol generating article and an aerosol generating device, wherein the aerosol generating article includes a tobacco rod and a cooling segment configured to cool aerosols generated from the tobacco rod through a tobacco composition.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An aerosol generating article which generates aerosols in combination with an aerosol generating device, the aerosol generating article comprising:
a tobacco rod comprising a first tobacco composition; and
a cooling segment comprising a second tobacco composition, located downstream of the tobacco rod, and configured to cool aerosols generated from the tobacco rod through the second tobacco composition,
wherein the second tobacco composition of the cooling segment comprises an added aerosol generating material in an amount that is greater than zero and that is less than an aerosol generating material of the first tobacco composition of the tobacco rod.

2. The aerosol generating article of claim 1 , wherein the tobacco rod comprises a plurality of tobacco strands, and
the cooling segment comprises a reconstituted tobacco sheet.

3. The aerosol generating article of claim 2 , wherein the reconstituted tobacco sheet has a rolled up form within the cooling segment.

4. The aerosol generating article of claim 2 , wherein the reconstituted tobacco sheet is wrinkled or folded according to at least one of a crimping operation, a pleating operation, a folding operation, and a gathering operation.

5. The aerosol generating article of claim 1 , wherein each of the tobacco rod and the cooling segment are separately manufactured and combined with each other.

6. The aerosol generating article of claim 1 , wherein the cooling segment is located adjacent to the tobacco rod.

7. The aerosol generating article of claim 1 , wherein the cooling segment forms at least one channel in a longitudinal direction of the aerosol generating article.

8. The aerosol generating article of claim 1 , wherein
the tobacco rod has a length of about 7 mm to about 15 mm, and
the cooling segment has a length of about 10 mm to about 14 mm.

9. The aerosol generating article of claim 1 , wherein the cooling segment has a surface area of about 5000 mm2 to about 9000 mm2.

10. The aerosol generating article of claim 1 , further comprising:
a first filter segment having a tube shape located downstream of the cooling segment and comprising a hollow;
a second filter segment, which is an acetate filter, located downstream of the first filter segment; and
at least one wrapper wrapping at least one of the tobacco rod, the cooling segment, the first filter segment, and the second filter segment.

11. An aerosol generating device which generates aerosols in combination with an aerosol generating article, the aerosol generating device comprising:
a battery; and
a heater configured to heat the aerosol generating article through electric power supplied from the battery,
wherein the aerosol generating article comprises
a tobacco rod comprising a first tobacco composition; and
a cooling segment comprising a second tobacco composition, located downstream of the tobacco rod, and configured to cool aerosols generated from the tobacco rod through the second tobacco composition,
wherein the second tobacco composition of the cooling segment comprises an added aerosol generating material in an amount that greater than zero and that is less than an aerosol generating material of the first tobacco composition of the tobacco rod.

Assignees

• Kt & G Corp

Inventors

• Jung Sun Hwan
• Ko Dong Kyun
• Jeoung Eun Mi
• Han Young Rim
• Oh Kyung Hwan
• Ki Sung Jong
• Ha Sung Hoon

Classifications

• A24D3/10

  of cellulose or cellulose derivatives · CPC title

• A24D3/048

  containing additives · CPC title

• A24D3/02

  Manufacture of tobacco smoke filters · CPC title

• A24F40/46

  Shape or structure of electric heating means · CPC title

• A24F40/40 Primary

  Constructional details, e.g. connection of cartridges and battery parts · CPC title