Abstract: An aerosol-generating device is disclosed. The aerosol-generating device of the disclosure includes a pipe shaped to define an insertion space; a flange covering a bottom of the insertion space; a heater rod coupled to the flange, wherein the heater rod is elongated and protrudes into the insertion space; a heater disposed in the heater rod and being configured to heat the insertion space, wherein the heater rod is shaped to include an insulation space that it located below the heater.

Abstract: An aerosol generating device and a controlling method thereof are provided. An aerosol generating device includes: a battery configured to supply power for generating an aerosol from an aerosol generating material; a converter configured to convert a supply voltage from the battery into a constant voltage of a predetermined level; a heater configured to heat the aerosol generating material using the supply voltage; a detection circuit configured to detect a change in resistance of the heater by applying the constant voltage output from the converter and performing a current sensing on the heater with a resistance value; and a controller configured to control the heater for generating the aerosol by switching between a monitoring mode for performing the detection of the change in the resistance of the heater using the constant voltage and a heating mode for heating the heater using the supply voltage.

Abstract: A perforating gun system includes a cylindrical outer housing, a charge carrier assembly receivable in the outer housing, wherein the charge carrier assembly includes a charge carrier defining an interior configured to at least partially receive one or more shaped charges, a first endplate coupled to a first end of the charge carrier, and a second endplate coupled to a second end of the charge carrier, and wherein the first endplate defines a switch receptacle for at least partially receiving an electrical switch and a detonator receptacle for receiving a detonator such that the detonator is configured to detonate the one or more shaped charges in response to receiving a firing signal from the electrical switch.

Abstract: A cartridge and an aerosol-generating device are disclosed. The cartridge includes a first chamber structured to store liquid; a second chamber shaped to define a chamber inlet and a chamber outlet, wherein the chamber outlet is located at a side of the second chamber that is opposite to that of a location of the chamber inlet; a wick that is elongated in a lateral direction relative to the chamber inlet and the chamber outlet, wherein the wick is positioned between the chamber inlet and the chamber outlet and is in communication with the liquid stored in the first chamber; and a heater configured to heat the wick, wherein a first distance from an upper end of the chamber inlet to a center axis of the wick is longer than a second distance from a lower end of the chamber inlet to the center axis of the wick.

Abstract: There is provided a smoking material wrapper having micropores, wherein when the smoking material wrapper is divided into three regions at equal intervals from an upstream distal end based on the case where the smoking material wrapper is applied to a smoking article, an average porosity is greater as a region becomes closer to a downstream. According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, the micropores have a pore size of 10 ?m to 50 ?m, and are formed by a perforation method using plasma. The wrapper may maintain functionality as a wrapping material due to low visibility or the like, and may minimize a dilution ratio decreased due to burning of a smoking material unit while maintaining a basic dilution ratio when the smoking material wrapper is applied to a smoking article.

Abstract: An aerosol generating device and a method of operating the same are provided. The aerosol generating device includes: a heater configured to heat an aerosol generating substance; a display; a timer configured to count a time; a communication interface to perform communication with an external device; and a controller, wherein the controller is configured to: in response to executing a first convenience function using the communication, output, through the display, a screen based on data received through the communication interface; and in response to executing a second convenience function using the timer, output, through the display, a screen based on a time counted through the timer.

Abstract: Proposed is an aerosol-generating device or aerosol-generating system including a housing having an inlet hole in which an aerosol-generating article is placed, a liquid storage part configured to store a liquid, and a heating part configured to heat the liquid storage part and the inlet hole selectively.

Abstract: An extractor and an aerosol-generating device including the same are disclosed. The extractor of the disclosure includes a first extractor shaped to define a first cavity and having an open upper side; a heater protruding upwards from a bottom of the first extractor; and a second extractor shaped to define a second cavity having an open upper side, the second extractor including a bottom that is shaped to define a through-hole that is sized to permit the heater to pass therethrough, wherein the second extractor is inserted into the first cavity and is movably coupled to the first extractor upwards and downwards.

Abstract: A method of preparing sustained-release menthol is provided. The method includes step S1 of melting menthol, step S2 of preparing a liquid mixture by mixing the molten menthol and glycerin, and step S3 of preparing a solid dispersion by stirring the liquid mixture, wherein in step S2, an amount of the molten menthol is greater than an amount of the glycerin.

Abstract: An aerosol-generating device is disclosed. The aerosol-generating device of the disclosure includes a pipe having an insertion space defined therein that is elongated along a longitudinal direction; a substrate configured to cover an outer wall of a side of the pipe; and a coupler configured to couple the pipe and the substrate to each other.

Abstract: A method of preparing a nicotine and menthol sustained-release composition is provided. The method includes step S1 of melting menthol, step S2 of preparing a semi-solid dispersion by mixing the molten menthol, glycerin, and liquid nicotine, and step S3 of preparing a solid dispersion by adding at least one of lactose, microcrystalline cellulose (MCC), or cellulose to the semi-solid dispersion, wherein in step S2, the menthol is included in an amount of 25% by weight (wt %) to 58 wt % based on a total weight of the menthol and glycerin.

Abstract: A perforating gun deployable in a wellbore includes an outer housing included of a generally tubular wall structure having a pair of opposed longitudinal ends and a central passage extending between the pair of longitudinal ends, a charge carrier assembly received in the central passage of the outer housing and including a tubular charge carrier having a pair of opposed longitudinal ends and at least one radially oriented receptacle configured to receive a combustive shaped charge, an initiator assembly, the initiator assembly including a detonator and an electrical switch configured to detonate the detonator in response to receiving a firing signal, and an electrical connector positioned in the central passage of the outer housing and electrically connected to the initiator assembly, the electrical connector including an electrical contact including a frangible conductor rod, the frangible conductor rod having a shear strength of 1,500 pound-force (Ibf) or less.

Abstract: An expandable absorbent structure comprises an expansion loop core configured to expand in response to absorption of a liquid and an expansion loop material structure surrounding the expansion loop core and having a trough therein, wherein the trough is formed from a first portion of the expansion loop material structure folded over a second portion of the expansion loop material structure at a first elbow of the expansion loop material structure. In response to an increase in size of the expansion loop core, the expansion loop core presses against the expansion loop material structure to cause a length of the trough to decrease.

Abstract: Provided is an aerosol generating device including a battery, a first cartridge including a first material containing nicotine and a pH adjuster and a first heater configured to heat the first material, and a controller configured to control power supplied to the first heater from the battery.

Abstract: A grinder includes a body having a first end, a second end defining an opening, and an interior surface defining an inner chamber extending from the opening at least partially towards the first end. The grinder also includes a chain positioned within the inner chamber. The chain includes a plurality of balls. The grinder further includes a motor coupled to the chain. The motor is configured to cause rotational or reciprocal motion of the chain within the inner chamber.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a smoking article filter which includes lyocell tow including lyocell fibers, a binder solution, and filter wrapping paper, and has 90% or higher biodegradation within 6 months according to the American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) D6691 under marine conditions at 30° C., and a smoking article including the smoking article filter.

Abstract: A cigarette filter which includes lyocell tow made of a plurality of lyocell fibers and a binder configured to bond the lyocell fibers to each other is provided. The cigarette filter according to one embodiment of the present disclosure reduces each of tar and nicotine, which are delivered through cigarette smoke, by 70% to 95%. The cigarette filter according to one embodiment of the present disclosure has a resistance to draw of 80 mmWG to 200 mmWG. The cigarette filter according to one embodiment of the present disclosure is filled with the lyocell tow at a packing density of 0.2 g/mL to 0.6 g/mL. The cigarette filter according to one embodiment of the present disclosure addresses basic material-related problems, such as low hardness, of the lyocell tow and, further, has excellent filtration functionality as a filter.

Abstract: According to various embodiments, an aerosol generating device for generating an aerosol by heating a cigarette includes a pipe including an opening into which the cigarette is inserted, a first surface enclosing at least a partial region of an outer circumferential surface of the cigarette when the cigarette is inserted, and a second surface opposite to the first surface, a heater provided on the second surface of the pipe and configured to heat the pipe, and an insulating layer configured to provide electrical insulation and provided between the heater and the second surface of the pipe, wherein the heater includes a heating wire printed directly on the second surface and the insulating layer in a pattern enclosing at least a partial region of the second surface of the pipe.

Abstract: A switchgear apparatus configured for operation at voltages up to 72.5 kV includes a vacuum interrupter assembly including a vacuum bottle having an upper portion and a lower potion, a sleeve surrounding the vacuum bottle, a dielectric material surrounding the sleeve, a first terminal electrically coupled to the upper portion of the vacuum interrupter assembly, and an interchange coupled to a lower portion of the vacuum interrupter assembly. The dielectric material is molded around the sleeve and around at least a portion of the first terminal or the interchange. The sleeve may be molded around the vacuum bottle or pre-formed and slid around the vacuum bottle.