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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 25, 1997
Filed:
Apr. 08, 1994
John M Campbell, Midlothian, VA (US);
Grier S Fleischhauer, Midlothian, VA (US);
Charles T Higgins, Richmond, VA (US);
Robert L Ripley, Midlothian, VA (US);
David E Sharpe, Chesterfield, VA (US);
Michael L Watkins, Chester, VA (US);
Susan E Wrenn, Chesterfield, VA (US);
Philip Morris Incorporated, New York, NY (US);
Abstract
An induction heating source is provided for use with an electrical smoking article. The induction heating source provides an alternating electromagnetic field which inductively heats a susceptor in thermal proximity with tobacco flavor medium to generate aerosols. A plurality of induction heaters are employed and/or the tobacco flavor medium is translated with respect to the induction heater or susceptor. The tobacco flavor medium can form an intimate structure with the susceptor and can take the form of a cylindrical cigarette or a web.