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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 21, 2025
Filed:
Feb. 12, 2017
Nicoventures Trading Limited, London, GB;
Alfred Vincent Spencer, London, GB;
NICOVENTURES TRADING LIMITED, London, GB;
Abstract
A flavor delivery device for adding flavor to an aerosol stream generated by a smoking article includes an electrical heating element configured for connection to an electrical power source; and a portion of flavorant provider arranged to receive heat from the heating element, the flavorant provider including flavorant material held in a substrate material, the flavorant material able to form a vapor and the substrate material softenable under the application of heat, such that provision of electrical power to the heating element delivers heat to the flavorant provider to soften at least part of the substrate material and release at least some of the flavorant material as a vapor. The smoking article may be an electronic aerosol provision system or a combustible smoking article.