Aerosol provision system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12150473-B2
Application number	US-202017438282-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 11, 2020
Priority date	Mar 11, 2019
Publication date	Nov 26, 2024
Grant date	Nov 26, 2024

Abstract

A non-combustible aerosol provision system includes an article comprising a rod of aerosol generating material having a circumference greater than 19 mm and a non-combustible aerosol provision device for heating the aerosol generating material of the article, the non-combustible aerosol provision device comprising a coil.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A non-combustible aerosol provision system comprising:
an article comprising a rod of aerosol generating material having a circumference greater than 19 mm and a mouthpiece, wherein the mouthpiece is the part of the article downstream of the aerosol generating material; and
a non-combustible aerosol provision device for heating the aerosol generating material of the article, the non-combustible aerosol provision device comprising a coil,
wherein the system comprises a pressure drop across the mouthpiece of less than 40 mmH 2 O and at least 15 mmH 2 O.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the rod of aerosol generating material has a circumference greater than 20 mm and wherein the rod of aerosol generating material has a circumference less than 23 mm.

3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the rod of aerosol generating material is wrapped in a wrapper having a permeability of less than 100 Coresta Units, less than 60 Coresta Units or less than 20 Coresta Units.

4. The system of claim 3 , wherein wrapper comprises a metallic layer.

5. The system of claim 4 , wherein the metallic layer comprises aluminum.

6. The system of claim 4 , wherein the thickness of the metallic layer is between 2 μm and 16 μm.

7. The system of claim 1 , wherein the aerosol generating material comprises paper cast reconstituted tobacco material.

8. The system of claim 7 , wherein the reconstituted tobacco material has a density less than about 700 milligrams per cubic centimeter.

9. The system of claim 7 , wherein the reconstituted tobacco material has a density of at least about 350 milligrams per cubic centimeter.

10. The system of claim 1 , wherein the aerosol generating material comprises an aerosol forming material.

11. The system of claim 10 , wherein the aerosol forming material comprises at least one selected from glycerol, propylene glycol, a combination of glycerol and propylene glycol, glycerine, diethylene glycol, triethylene glycol, tetraethylene glycol, 1,3-butylene glycol, erythritol, meso-Erythritol, ethyl vanillate, ethyl laurate, a diethyl suberate, triethyl citrate, triacetin, a diacetin mixture, benzyl benzoate, benzyl phenyl acetate, tributyrin, lauryl acetate, lauric acid, myristic acid, propylene carbonate and combinations thereof.

12. The system of claim 1 , wherein the aerosol generating material comprises tobacco material cut to a width of between about 0.5 mm and 2.0 mm, or between about 0.6 mm and 1.7 mm, or between about 0.6 mm and 1.5 mm, or between about 1.0 mm and 1.5 mm.

13. The system of claim 1 , wherein the aerosol generating material comprises paper reconstituted tobacco material and at least one of band cast reconstituted tobacco material, granular tobacco material and lamina tobacco material.

14. The system of claim 1 , wherein the aerosol generating material comprises a weight of greater than 200 mg, or a weight of between about 200 mg and about 400 mg, or between about 230 mg and about 360 mg, or a weight of between about 250 mg and 360 mg.

15. The system of claim 1 , wherein the non-combustible aerosol provision device is configured to heat the aerosol generating material to a maximum temperature of at least about 160° C., or at least about 200° C., or at least about 220° C., or at least about 240° C.

16. The system of claim 1 , wherein the non-combustible aerosol provision device is arranged to heat the aerosol generating material to a maximum temperature of at least 270° C.

17. The system of claim 1 , wherein the pressure drop across the mouthpiece is less than 32 mmH 2 O.

18. The system of claim 1 , wherein the article has a closed pressure drop of between 150 mmH 2 O and 300 mmH 2 O or between 150 mmH 2 O and 220 mmH 2 O or between 150 mmH 2 O and 200 mmH 2 O.

19. The system of claim 1 , wherein the aerosol generating material is in the form of a substantially cylindrical rod of between about 10 mm and 100 mm in length or in the form of a substantially cylindrical rod of between about 10 mm and 15 mm in length or between about 15 mm and about 100 mm in length.

20. The system of claim 1 , wherein the coil comprises an induction coil.

21. The system of claim 1 , further comprising at least one electrically-conductive heating element for heating the aerosol generating material and wherein the coil is configured, in use, to cause heating of the at least one electrically-conductive heating element.

Assignees

• Nicoventures Trading Ltd

Inventors

• Hepworth Richard
• Austin Mark
• Taylor Benjamin
• Trani Marina
• Ashraf Muhammad Fahim

Classifications

• H05B6/105

  using a susceptor · CPC title

• A24D1/02

  with special covers · CPC title

• A24B3/14

  Forming reconstituted tobacco products, e.g. wrapper materials, sheets, imitation leaves, rods, cakes; Forms of such products (delustering A24C1/40) · CPC title

• A24F40/20

  Devices using solid inhalable precursors · CPC title

• A24F40/465

  specially adapted for induction heating · CPC title