Japan Tobacco Inc.

Nichias Corporation

Michihiro Inagaki

Yuki Abe

Simon Cox

Franck Rubiconi

Takahisa Kudo

Rishi Jobanputra

Yuki Minami

Adam Geernaert

Jumpei Inoue

Manabu Yamada

Manabu Takeuchi

Morio Yajima

Miki Wakamatsu

Tatsuya Suganuma

Takashi Hasegawa

Hiroshi Sasaki

Takahiro Niwa

Tadashi Mori

Masafumi Tarora

Kazuhiko Katayama

Hiroshi Saito

Atsuro Yamada

Motonori Kondoh

Yutaka Kaihatsu

Akinao Hiraoka

Shota Hashimoto

Kazunori Sugai

Mitsuharu Sugyo

Masahiro Chida

Kota Takeda

Kiyohiro Sasakawa

Hiromichi Muto

Ryoji Fujita

Hiroshi Shibuichi

Yutaka Saito

An aerosol supply device includes: an accommodating part (cartridge) configured to accommodate a liquid; an atomization unit having a storing part to store the liquid, the atomization unit being configured to generate an aerosol by atomizing the liquid; and a temperature control part configured to control the temperature of the liquid at a given location between the accommodating part (cartridge) and the storing part.

Temperature controlled aerosol supply device

This aerosol supply device is provided with: an accommodating section (cartridge) that accommodates a liquid; an atomizing unit that atomizes the liquid to generate an aerosol; and an atomizing amount adjusting unit (gyro sensor and control unit) that adjusts the atomizing amount of the atomizing unit. The aerosol supply device is characterized in that the atomizing amount adjusting unit (gyro sensor and control unit) stabilizes the atomizing amount regardless of the inclination of the aerosol supply device within at least a certain range.

Aerosol supply device

An inhaler includes an atomizing unit including a piezoelectric element substrate having a first IDT including a pair of interlocking comb-shaped electrodes. The atomizing unit is configured to atomize liquid by a surface acoustic wave generated by applying a high-frequency voltage to the pair of interlocking comb-shaped electrodes, and a controller is configured to monitor a resonant frequency of the pair of interlocking comb-shaped electrodes and apply a voltage to the pair of interlocking comb-shaped electrodes at a frequency determined based on the monitored resonant frequency.

Inhaler

A controller for controlling an atomizing unit, wherein the atomizing unit includes a piezoelectric element substrate including an IDT including a pair of interlocking comb-shaped metallic electrodes, and a liquid supplier configured to supply liquid, which is to be atomized, to the piezoelectric element substrate; wherein the piezoelectric element substrate is configured to atomize the liquid by use of a surface acoustic wave generated by applying a high-frequency voltage to the pair of interlocking comb-shaped metallic electrodes; and the controller is configured to periodically change amplitude and/or a frequency of the high-frequency voltage applied to the pair of interlocking comb-shaped metallic electrodes.

A inhaler includes a piezoelectric element substrate having an IDT constructed by use of a pair of interlocking comb-shaped metallic electrodes, a liquid supplier for supplying liquid, which is to be atomized, to a front surface of the piezoelectric element substrate on which the pair of interlocking comb-shaped metallic electrodes is positioned, a sensor, which includes at least a pair of detection parts which are opposite to each other, for detecting liquid supplied to the front surface of the piezoelectric element substrate, and a controller for controlling, based on result of detection by the sensor, the liquid supplier in such a manner that the liquid supplier supplies a certain quantity of the liquid to the front surface of the piezoelectric element substrate.

Flavor inhaler

A flavor inhaler includes a control unit configured to control operation of the flavor inhaler; a main switch electrically connected to an input side of the control unit, the main switch configured to send a signal to the control unit to start operation of the control unit; and a sub switch electrically connected to the control unit, the sub switch configured to send a signal to the control unit to start supplying liquid from a liquid holding unit accommodating an aerosol base.

A smoking article filter comprising: a filter material having a circular cylinder shape with first and second end surfaces and a side surface, and including a corrugated film with ridge portions and valley portions arranged alternately, the ridge portions and valley portions extending from the first end surface to the second end surface to form a plurality of air flow paths that allow air to flow from the first end surface to the second end surface; a plurality of particles arranged in the air flow paths; and a filter wrapping paper wrapping the filter material such that the side surface is covered with the filter wrapping paper.

Smoking article filter and method of manufacturing the same

A non-heating, non-combustion type flavor inhaler including a supply flow path unit including a first flow path leading aerosol toward a user side and a suction port, a liquid holding unit accommodating an aerosol base, a second flow path having one end communicating with the liquid holding unit and the other end which is located in the supply flow path unit and is opened toward the suction port side, and having a conductive portion, a liquid feeding system feeding the aerosol base, a power supply and a control unit applying a voltage to the conductive portion, to atomize the aerosol base and to eject the aerosol from an opening of the other end, and a static elimination unit neutralizing charge of the aerosol ejected from the opening.

Provided is a smoking article that allows easy inhaling of a powder at a smoker's own timing, and can suppress powder spill at an unintentional timing such as during production or shipment. The smoking article includes: a tobacco rod containing tobacco; and a filter connected to an end part of the tobacco rod through a tipping paper. The filter includes a powder-containing substance that is a lump of a crude powder containing at least one of a gustatory component and a flavor component, and turns into powder when external force is applied thereon, a cavity in which the powder-containing substance is placed, and a flow path that connects the cavity and a mouthpiece end, allows passage of the powder, and has a smaller inner diameter than an outer diameter of the powder-containing substance.

Smoking article with filter and filter of smoking article

A non-heating tobacco flavor suction device () comprises a suction holder () with a suction path defined inside and a filler () arranged in the suction path. The filler () is formed of tobacco particles. The suction path and the filler () arranged therein provide a ventilation resistance of between about 40 and about 80 mmAq in cooperation with each other.

Non-heating tobacco flavor suction device

A filter for smoking includes a filter medium, and a means for heating the filter medium or a periphery of the filter medium.

Filter for smoking

A filter holder used for smoking has a tubular body (), which includes a socket portion () for receiving a cigarette (C) at one end thereof, a dilution chamber () located adjacently to the socket portion () in the inside, a chamber () for containing a charcoal filter (), a chamber () for containing a flavor generation element (), an annular groove () formed in the outer circumferential surface of the body (), and a plurality of vent holes () formed in the bottom of the annular groove () and introduces outside air into the dilution chamber ().

Filter holder used for smoking, a smoking pipe, and a smoking pipe unit

A smoking article includes a monitor monitoring a smoke delivery from a cigarette or a physical quantity correlated with the smoke delivery, a regulating mechanism regulating the smoke delivery, and a control unit controlling the regulating mechanism depending on the smoke delivery.

Smoking article

A non-combustion type flavor suction article includes a capsule enclosing a liquid flavor in a shell, leak-protection members sandwiching the capsule, a wrapping material made of a flavor-impermeable and heat-conducting material and wrapped around the capsule and the leak-protection members, and a mouthpiece connected to an end of the wrapping material.

Non-combustion type flavor suction article

A non-combustion flavor inhalation article includes a heating device including a heater to be heated to a temperature between 80 and 140&#xb0; C., and a roll including a tobacco sheet to be disposed in contact with the heater.

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Tokyo, Japan

Michihiro Inagaki