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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 11, 2025
Filed:
Jun. 16, 2022
Applicant:
Imperial Tobacco Limited;
Inventors:
Ian Stuart, Liverpool, GB;
Matthew Elt, Liverpool, GB;
Assignee:
Imperial Tobacco Limited, Bristol, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A24F 40/40 (2020.01); A24F 40/51 (2020.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A24F 40/40 (2020.01); A24F 40/51 (2020.01);
Abstract
Disclosed is a smoking substitute device comprising a body, a heating element projecting from an end of the body, a cap for engagement with the end of the body, the cap defining a cavity for receipt of the heating element when engaged with the body, and a lock configured to selectively prevent disengagement of the cap from the body based on a condition of the heating element.