Abstract: An electronic vaporizer has an upper section that has an upper housing. The upper section also retains a right cartridge. The right cartridge is retained within the upper housing. The right cartridge further includes a right heater, a right tank, and a right chimney. A cartridge is retained within the upper housing. The left cartridge further includes a left heater, a left tank and a left chimney. The left cartridge is parallel to the right cartridge. A lower section has a lower housing. A battery is retained in the lower housing. The battery is configured to activate the right heater and the left heater.

Abstract: Provided herein is a composition for use in a device for generating an inhalable medium, the composition including (a) 20-40% by weight of air-cured and/or fire-cured tobacco, (b) 0-35% by weight of flue-cured and/or sun-cured tobacco that has not been subjected to any further treatment which affects the flavor properties of tobacco, and (c) 25-80% by weight of flue-cured and/or sun-cured tobacco that has been further treated to enhance the flavor properties of tobacco.

Abstract: Disclosed are a hydroxyl-terminated polybutadiene-based polyurethane (HTPB-PU)-modified asphalt and a preparation method thereof. In the disclosure, the HTPB-PU-modified asphalt includes the following components in parts by weight: 90 parts to 97 parts of a base asphalt and 3 parts to 10 parts of HTPB-PU, where the HTPB-PU is prepared from raw materials including an isocyanate and a polyol, and the polyol includes hydroxyl-terminated polybutadiene (HTPB) with a weight percentage of not less than 80%.

Abstract: A bead-apex stitching device, a bead-apex station and a method for stitching an apex to a bead are disclosed, wherein the bead-apex stitching device includes a first set of first stitching members distributed in a circumferential direction about a central axis for stitching the apex to the bead and a second set of second stitching members for stitching the apex to the bead in a manner different from the first stitching members of the first set, wherein the second stitching members of the second set are distributed in an alternating pattern with the first stitching members of the first set in the circumferential direction.

Abstract: A vaporizer cartridge includes: a body including a storage compartment configured to hold a vaporizable material, the body having a first end and a second end opposite the first end, the body having a mouthpiece positioned at the first end and the second end being configured for insertion into a receptacle of the vaporizer device; a heating element configured to vaporize the vaporizable material; a vapor tube extending between the heating element and the mouthpiece; a seal insertable at the second end within the storage compartment of the body, the seal configured to retain the vaporizable material within the storage compartment and having interior surfaces inclined from a distal end of the seal toward the heating element for funneling the flow of the vaporizable material within the storage compartment towards the heating element.

Abstract: A vaporizer cartridge includes: a body including a storage compartment configured to hold a vaporizable material, the body having a first end and a second end opposite the first end, the body having a mouthpiece positioned at the first end and the second end being configured for insertion into a receptacle of the vaporizer device; a heating element configured to vaporize the vaporizable material; a vapor tube extending between the heating element and the mouthpiece; a seal insertable at the second end within the storage compartment of the body, the seal configured to retain the vaporizable material within the storage compartment and having interior surfaces inclined from a distal end of the seal toward the heating element for funneling the flow of the vaporizable material within the storage compartment towards the heating element.

Abstract: A cigarette for an aerosol generating device includes a tobacco rod including an aerosol generating substrate wrapped with a wrapper and a filter through which an aerosol generated from the aerosol generating substrate passes. The filter comprises cellulose acetate tow having a total denier of a preset value.

Abstract: Disclosed is a smoking substitute consumable insertable into a smoking substitute device in at least a first orientation and a second orientation. The consumable comprising: an electrical contact configured to interface with a corresponding electrical contact of the smoking substitute device, the electrical contact located at a contact end of the consumable; and at least one data contact region configured to interface with at least one corresponding data contact region of the smoking substitute device for data exchange when the smoking substitute consumable is inserted into the smoking substitute device in either the first orientation or the second orientation.

Abstract: An exemplary inventive molding device includes two mold components characterized by matching rounded-star shapes. Each mold component includes eight congruent rounded-tip projections and eight congruent apertured sections separated from each other by the projections and describing a ring shape. The projections correspond to the equiangular points of a star. Each section has a medial hole and is interposed between and connects two projections. The mold components are joined so that their respective projections and holes are even with each other and fasteners are installed through the holes. Appropriate introduction and curing of a castable material inside the joined mold components produces a flexible device suitable for use as part of a biomimicking soft robot.

Abstract: An aerosol former for heat-not-burn and biodegradable e-cigarette includes a sectional member wrapped by a paper material. At least one section is a botanical section connected to more than one e-liquid section when used for heat-not-burn cigarettes, and without the botanical section when used for e-cigarettes. The e-liquid sections include a heated segment and a vapor permeable liquid-flow-inhibiting thermal barrier. Each of the heated segments may include a sandwich structure. The structure may include a porous sponge layer made from a cellulose fiber based non-woven material which is installed inside a base frame aluminum foil structure. Each of the vapor permeable liquid-flow-inhibiting thermal barriers may have a first layer made of a hard non-porous hydrophobic non-woven fiber, and a second outside, external layer made from a hydrophobic cellulose fiber. The second layer forms a limiting surface barrier for the first layer.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an elongated smoking article (100) (100) that extends in a longitudinal direction (L) and comprises a cylindrical smoking body (10) with a combustible material (11) that is surrounded by a wrapping paper (12). The smoking article (100) further comprises a filter element (20) that is configured to reduce substances from combustion gases drawn through the filter element (20) from the burning smoking body (10). A tipping paper (30) is circumscribing the smoking body (10) and the filter element (20) and is attached to external surfaces (13, 21) of the smoking body (10) and the filter element (20). According to the invention, a flavoring (80) is disposed in or on the tipping paper (30) with a distribution that varies in a circumferential direction (C) of the tipping paper (30), such that the amount and/or type of flavoring (80) contacting a smoker's lips (90) depends on a rotational state of the elongated smoking article (100) with respect to the circumferential direction (C).

Abstract: A system for compacting cannabis in a cannabis cone comprises i) a cone gripper that is movable between an open position and a closed position around the cannabis cone; wherein, while in the closed position, the cone gripper applies pressure onto the cannabis cone that is sufficient to hold the cannabis cone; ii) a compaction rod, having a tip, for compacting cannabis in the cannabis cone, the compaction rod being reciprocable along an axis between a retracted position, wherein the tip is out of the cannabis cone, and an extended position, wherein the tip is inserted in the cannabis cone; and iii) a protective collar that is movable within the cannabis cone, coaxially thereof, near the open top thereof, so as to define a barrier between the compaction rod and the cannabis cone when the compaction rod reciprocates in the cannabis cone.

Abstract: Described herein is a composition for use in a device for generating an inhalable medium, the composition comprising (i) 50-85% by weight of air-cured and/or fire-cured tobacco (ii) 0-50% by weight of flue-cured and/or sun-cured tobacco that has not been subjected to any further treatment which affects the flavor properties of tobacco, and (iii) 0-50% by weight of flue-cured and/or sun-cured tobacco that has been further treated to enhance the flavor properties of tobacco.

Abstract: A selective liquid sliding surface includes: a base layer; multiple pillars protruding from the base layer; and a head protruding from an upper surface of each of the multiple pillars and having a larger cross-sectional diameter than the pillar, wherein the head includes a first head protruding from the pillar and a second head protruding from a periphery of the first head, and the base layer, the pillar, and the head are formed of the same material.

Abstract: A cigarette core material capable of being ignited and heated at low temperature for smoking includes 50-95% of slice shreds and 5-50% of cut tobacco by weight percentage. The slice shreds include 40-55% of tobacco film bases, 15-25% of tobacco refined extracts, 0-5% of flavors and fragrances, and 15-30% of smoke additives by weight percentage. The cigarette core material is prepared by mixing the slice shreds with the cut tobacco in a reasonable ratio. The cigarette core material provided by the present invention is able to be heated at low temperature for smoking, and be directly ignited for smoking while the smoking set is out of power, both of which have high-quality sensory experience and can maximize the applicability of cigarette cores. The present invention is a co-product of traditional tobacco and new tobacco. It is also a new product of new market segmentation in the international market.

Abstract: A tobacco cut filler comprises a first tobacco material cut in accordance with a first cut specification, wherein the first cut specification sets at least predetermined first cut width and first cut length.

Abstract: A drawing device can include a housing configured for to be held in user's hand, shaped to allow manipulation of the housing like a pen, and include a loading mechanism that supports or drives material toward a nozzle assembly of the device. The nozzle assembly has an exit nozzle from which material can be extruded. The drawing device can be configured to receive a cartridge assembly that can be coupled to the housing and be advancement mechanism and/or an automatic retraction mechanism, and allow for multiple operations, including the readying of additional material to be performed using a streamlined, synergistic activation of components, and facilitate disassembly and cleaning.

Abstract: A device (40) and a method for manufacturing composite parts such as aircraft bulkheads (23), in which a component of the composite part is placed on a first mold (11) with a robotic device (21), a component of another composite part is placed on a second mold (12) with a robotic device (22), the second mold (12) having a surface identical to the surface the first mold (11), and the first mold and the second mold being mounted on a frame in a central symmetric arrangement around a symmetry central point (15), such that components are placed on the molds (11, 12) symmetrically so as to obtain two identical composite parts at the same time.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method to cast a web of a material containing alkaloids, including the steps of: —Providing a tank (22) with a piston (23); —Filling the tank with slurry; —Providing a casting box (24) fluidly connected to the tank; —Pushing the slurry in the tank by means of the piston in order to transfer slurry from the tank to the casting box; and —Casting the slurry from the casting box to obtain the web of a material containing alkaloids. The present invention also relates to an apparatus (10) to cast a web of a material containing alkaloids.

Abstract: A compound for an organic optoelectronic device, a composition, an organic optoelectronic device, and a display device, the compound being represented by Chemical Formula 1A or Chemical Formula 1B.