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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 28, 2025
Filed:
Mar. 15, 2022
Applicant:
Imperial Tobacco Limited, Bristol, GB;
Inventors:
Benjamin Illidge, Liverpool, GB;
Benjamin Astbury, Liverpool, GB;
Nikhil Aggarwal, Liverpool, GB;
Huanghai Lu, Liverpool, GB;
Assignee:
Imperial Tobacco Limited, Bristol, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A24F 40/46 (2020.01); A24F 40/10 (2020.01); A24F 40/48 (2020.01); A24F 40/57 (2020.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A24F 40/46 (2020.01); A24F 40/10 (2020.01); A24F 40/48 (2020.01); A24F 40/57 (2020.01);
Abstract
A smoking substitute apparatus. The smoking substitute apparatus comprising: an air inlet, and a vapor outlet; a vaporization chamber the vaporization chamber including: a first vaporizer, for vaporizing aerosol precursor and providing vaporized precursor; and a second vaporizer, located downstream of the first vaporizer, for vaporizing aerosol precursor and providing vaporized precursor; wherein the smoking substitute apparatus also includes a bypass airflow path, which bypasses the vaporization chamber.