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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 15, 2024
Filed:
Aug. 01, 2019
Philip Morris Products S.a., Neuchatel, CH;
Federica Acconcia, Salerno, IT;
Ivan Prestia, Zola Predosa, IT;
Philip Morris Products S.A., Neuchatel, CH;
Abstract
A system is provided, including an aerosol-generating device including a heating chamber to receive an aerosol-generating article of a first type, the article including an aerosol-forming substrate; and an adapter element to be inserted into the heating chamber and configured to have an outer shape to be at least partly inserted into the chamber, the adapter element having a cavity extending along a longitudinal axis of the adapter element, the cavity being configured so that an aerosol-generating article of a second type having a diameter that is smaller than a diameter of the article of the first type is insertable into the cavity and thereby into the heating chamber, and the adapter element including a detection element configured to enable identification, by the device, of a type of the adapter element inserted into the heating chamber. A set of adapter elements, a kit, and a method are also provided.