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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 17, 2020
Filed:
Dec. 04, 2014
Philip Morris Products S.a., Neuchatel, CH;
Alexandre Malgat, Les Tuileries de Grandson, CH;
Stephane Roudier, Colombier, CH;
Ana Carolina Borges De Couraca, Lausanne, CH;
Frederic Lavanchy, Chavornay, CH;
Cedric Meyer, Lausanne, CH;
PHILIP MORRIS PRODUCTS S.A., Neuchatel, CH;
Abstract
A heated aerosol-generating article for use with an aerosol-generating device is provided, the heated aerosol-generating article including a plurality of components including an aerosol-forming substrate assembled within a wrapper to form a rod having a mouth end and a distal end upstream from the mouth end, in which a rigid hollow tube having an external diameter of between 5 mm and 15 mm and a length of between 5 mm and 15 mm is disposed upstream from the aerosol-forming substrate within the wrapper, the rigid hollow tube being substantially non-flammable and in which a pierceable film spans one end of the rigid hollow tube.