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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 13, 2019
Filed:
Jun. 26, 2015
Philip Morris Products S.a., Neuchatel, CH;
Ana Carolina Borges de Couraca, Lausanne, CH;
Christopher John Grant, Neuchatel, CH;
Philip Morris Products S.A., Neuchatel, CH;
Abstract
A smoking article is provided, including a combustible heat source having opposed front and rear end faces; an aerosol-forming substrate having opposed front and rear end faces, wherein the front end face of the aerosol-forming substrate is downstream of the rear end face of the combustible heat source; and a non-combustible holder configured to hold the combustible heat source. The holder includes a barrier between the rear end face of the combustible heat source and the front end face of the aerosol-forming substrate, and a plurality of first retention fingers connected to the barrier. The first retention fingers extend from the barrier along the exterior of the combustible heat source.