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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 03, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 28, 2012
Philip Morris Products S.a., Neuchatel, CH;
Julien Plojoux, Geneva, CH;
Olivier Greim, Villars-Burquin, CH;
Yvan Degoumois, Colombier, CH;
Dani Ruscio, Cressier, CH;
Philip Morris Products S.A., Neuchatel, CH;
Abstract
An aerosol generating system includes an aerosol-forming article including an aerosol-forming substrate and a mouthpiece portion for allowing a user to draw air through the substrate; and an aerosol generating device, the device including a housing having proximal and distal ends and including at least one external surface and one internal surface, the internal surface defining an open ended cavity at the proximal end of the housing in which the substrate is received, the cavity having a longitudinal extent between its proximal and distal ends, a heater element within the cavity configured to heat the substrate received in the cavity, and an air inlet; the system including a first air flow channel extending from the air inlet to a distal end of the cavity, wherein the first channel extends between the heater and the external surface of the housing along at least a portion of the longitudinal extent of the cavity, and a second air flow channel extending from the distal end of the cavity to the mouthpiece portion.