Philip Morris Products S.a.

Altria Client Services LLC

Robert William Emmett

Michel Bessant

Ana Isabel Gonzalez Florez

Fabien Duc

Frederic Ulysse Buehler

Bruce Renfrew

Zachary Elliott

Hossein Ostadi

Shaun Phillips

Eva Saade Latorre

Saad Ali

Rui Nuno Batista

Tony Reevell

Alen Kadiric

Jacques Robert

Jean-Pierre Schaller

Jerome Uthurry

Luca Natali

Riccardo Riva Reggiori

Dionisius Florack

Jakub Bialek

Nazan Gunduz

Enrique Dalmau

Andres Alberto Jaramillo

Lukas Hottinger

An aerosol-generating device () includes a heating element (); a dosing assembly () comprising: a cutting mechanism () disposed in a cutting region and configured to cut a portion from an aerosol-generating article () received by the aerosol-generating device; and a transfer mechanism () configured to transfer a cut portion of the aerosol-generating article from the cutting region to the heating element. The cutting mechanism may include a first blade () with a first cutting direction and a second blade () with a second cutting direction different from the first cutting direction.

Aerosol-generating devices

An aerosol-generating device for heating an aerosol-forming substrate to generate an aerosol is provided, the aerosol-generating device including: a substrate cavity configured to receive an aerosol-forming substrate; and an electromagnetic field generator including a solid state radio frequency (RF) transistor and being configured to generate a RF electromagnetic field in the substrate cavity. A method for generating an aerosol from an aerosol-forming substrate is also provided. An aerosol-generating article is also provided.

Aerosol-generating system and method using dielectric heating

An aerosol-generating system is provided, including: an aerosol-forming substrate; and a venturi element including an airflow channel, the airflow channel including an inlet portion, a central portion, and an outlet portion, and the inlet portion is configured to converge towards the central portion with an inlet angle of between 1° and 19°, and the outlet portion is configured to diverge from the central portion.

Aerosol-generating system comprising venturi element

A cartridge for a radiation heated aerosol-generating device. A wall of the cartridge defines a cavity. An aerosol-forming substrate is housed within the cavity. The outer surface of the wall of the cartridge comprises a high emissivity material. The invention further relates to an aerosol-generating device for use with the cartridge, and to an aerosol-generating device or a shisha device comprising the aerosol-generating device, to a system comprising both the aerosol-generating device and the cartridge, and to a method for forming an aerosol in an aerosol-generating device.

Radiation heated aerosol-generating system, cartridge, aerosol-generating element and method therefor

The vaporizer includes a tube element defining an inner volume for receiving an amount of liquid aerosol-forming substrate, a mesh in the inner volume of the tube element, and a heater outside, the heater including an electrical resistive heater, and the heater is configured to heat the mesh and the received amount of liquid aerosol-forming substrate to a temperature sufficient to volatilize at least a part of the received amount of liquid aerosol-forming substrate.

Vaporizer for an aerosol-generating system with vaporizing method

A shisha device comprises a cooling element () disposed along an airflow channel to cool an aerosol. The cooling element unit utilizes active cooling and may additionally utilize passive cooling. The cooling element may comprise a conduit () comprising a thermally conductive material. The cooling element may be integrally formed with an accelerating element () disposed along the airflow channel. Cooling may occur before or during acceleration of the aerosol by the accelerating element. The cooling may contribute to the condensation in the aerosol.

Shisha device with active cooling for enhanced aerosol characteristics

An aerosol-generating system has a biosensor configured to detect a biological characteristic of the user. A controller provides health data based on the at least one biological characteristic detected by the biosensor. The health data may be provided to the user, used to modify an aerosol delivery profile of an aerosolizer, stored for later use, or may be communicated to other devices.

Aerosol-generating system with biosensor

An aerosol-generating article is provided, including an aerosol-generating substrate; and a mouthpiece disposed downstream of the aerosol-generating substrate, a peripheral region of the mouthpiece including one or more closed pockets of air.

Aerosol generating article having a mouthpiece with a modified structure

The method for providing an aerosol-generating device for use with a shape-transformable aerosol-forming substrate comprises providing an aerosol-generating device comprising a device housing comprising a moulding cavity. The moulding cavity at least partially corresponds to a moulding space between a first mould half and a second mould half of a mould, the first mould half and the second mould half being internal surfaces of the device housing. The method further comprises the step of providing a flat aerosol-forming substrate adapted to change shape when pressed into the moulding cavity and being transformed into a non-flat aerosol-forming substrate. The invention also refers to a flat aerosol-generating article and a kit comprising a flat aerosol-generating article and an aerosol-generating device.

Method for providing an aerosol-generating device, aerosol-generating device and flat aerosol-generating article for use in such a device

There is provided a tubular element for use in the manufacture of a filter of a smoking article, the tubular element comprising a first and a second layer wound of substantially continuous strips of a cellulose-fibre-based web material. The strips have predetermined thickness (T) and width (W). The web material is coated on a first surface with an activatable polymer and the first surface of the web material in the first layer faces the first surface of the web material in the second layer. An external diameter of the tubular element is substantially uniform over a given length.

Tubular elements for smoking articles

An aerosol-generating system includes a liquid storage for holding a liquid aerosol-forming substrate, a first pair of electrodes, a second pair of electrodes and a control system. The liquid storage includes a first portion in fluid communication with a second portion. The first pair of electrodes is adjacent to or in the first portion of the liquid storage. The second pair of electrodes is adjacent to or in the second portion of the liquid storage portion. The control system is configured to measure an electrical quantity between the first pair of electrodes, measure an electrical quantity between the second pair of electrodes, and determine the orientation of the liquid storage portion based on the electrical quantity between the first pair of electrodes and the electrical quantity between the second pair of electrodes.

Aerosol-generating system with pairs of electrodes

Vaporizer for an aerosol-generating system and vaporizing method

A method of making a three-dimensional tobacco object comprises providing tobacco dust comprising tobacco particles having an average particle size of from about 100 micrometres to about 400 micrometres; preparing an aqueous slurry containing the tobacco dust; supplying the slurry to a print head of an additive manufacturing system; and dispensing the slurry by means of the print head to form successive layers of the tobacco object.

Method of making tobacco products

An aerosol-generating article is provided, including a nicotine powder receptacle containing a dose of nicotine powder; a corrugated inner wrapper wrapped around the nicotine powder receptacle; an outer wrapper wrapped around the corrugated inner wrapper; at least one airflow inlet upstream of the nicotine powder receptacle; and at least one airflow outlet downstream of the nicotine powder receptacle, wherein corrugations in the corrugated inner wrapper define a plurality of airflow channels in fluid communication with the at least one airflow inlet and the at least one airflow outlet.

Nicotine powder delivery system with airflow management means

An aerosol-generating system is provided, including a nicotine source; a volatile delivery enhancing compound source, wherein a volatile delivery enhancing compound comprises an acid; and a heating means for heating one or both of the nicotine source and the volatile delivery enhancing compound source, wherein one or both of the nicotine source and the volatile delivery enhancing compound source is encapsulated in a cylindrical polymeric capsule, and the cylindrical polymeric capsule includes a thermally conductive material.

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Robert William Emmett