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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 24, 2023
Filed:
Jul. 28, 2020
Applicant:
Altria Client Services Llc, Richmond, VA (US);
Inventors:
Michel Bessant, Carouge, CH;
Fabien Duc, Neuchatel, CH;
Assignee:
ALTRIA CLIENT SERVICES LLC, Richmond, VA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A24F 47/00 (2020.01); A24F 40/46 (2020.01); H05B 3/46 (2006.01); A24F 40/40 (2020.01); A24F 40/20 (2020.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A24F 40/46 (2020.01); A24F 40/40 (2020.01); H05B 3/46 (2013.01); A24F 40/20 (2020.01);
Abstract
An electronic aerosol-generating smoking device includes a main body having a heating region for heating aerosol-forming substrate. The main body includes a front housing defining a cavity configured to receive an aerosol-forming substrate, and a heater in the main body and configured to heat the aerosol-forming substrate in the cavity. At least a portion of an internal surface of the main body is at least one of a hydrophobic and super-hydrophobic surface.