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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 15, 2026
Filed:
May. 18, 2022
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Sakai City, JP;
Hiroka Hamada, Sakai City, JP;
Tsuyoshi Kamada, Sakai City, JP;
Tetsuya Ide, Sakai City, JP;
Masakazu Kamura, Sakai City, JP;
Sho Ochi, Sakai City, JP;
Kyoko Matsuura, Sakai City, JP;
Satoru Motonami, Sakai City, JP;
Yuusuke Shimizu, Sakai City, JP;
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Sakai City, JP;
Abstract
A non-heating type flavor component emission device includes: a hollow casing provided with a first opening, a second opening, and a flow path guiding an air flow from the first opening to the second opening; a water retainer disposed in the flow path, retaining water, and emitting the water into the air flow; and an emitter disposed in the flow path closer to the second opening than to the water retainer, and emitting a flavor component into the air flow. The emitter includes: an absorber containing a water absorbing material; a moisture control component containing salt that forms hydrate crystals within a relative humidity range of 30% RH or more and 80% RH or less, the moisture control component being contained in the water absorbing material, and absorbing and emitting water; and the flavor component.