Abstract: A customizable device may include a first inhalation device and a second inhalation device, each including a mouth end portion and an upstream end portion. In a storage configuration, the mouth end portion of at least one of the first inhalation device or the second inhalation device is removably coupled to the other inhalation device. In an active configuration, the upstream end portion of at least one of the first inhalation device or the second inhalation device is removably coupled to the other inhalation device. A connector hub may couple the inhalation devices.

Abstract: A cigar tool includes a casing with a hole through the casing that defines a perimeter. A pair of blades are pivotally connected to the casing, and each blade has a cutting edge. The pair of blades has a closed position in which the pair of blades overlap one another within the perimeter, a cutter position in which the pair of blades are separated from one another, outside the perimeter, and the cutting edges are within the casing, and a deployed position in which the cutting edge of one blade is outside the casing. A spring is operably engaged with each blade to bias the cutting edge of each blade out of the casing. An actuator extends through at least a portion of the casing and has a hold position that prevents movement of the pair of blades with respect to the casing and a release position that permits movement of the pair of blades with respect to the casing.

Abstract: A wrapper of a smoking article includes a base web and at least one transverse banded region. The banded region includes a first zone, a second zone and a third zone of add-on material. The second zone has about 25% to about 75% less add-on material than the first zone and the third zone. The banded region is about 5 mm to about 9 mm wide and the second zone is centrally located between the first zone and the third zone. The second zone includes a plurality of dots of the add-on material spaced from adjacent dots in the second zone by a distance greater than a distance between adjacent dots in the first zone and the third zone.

Abstract: A user-replaceable e-liquid reservoir for dispensing e-liquid, the reservoir being inserted into, or otherwise attached to, a portable, personal e-cigarette device and engaging with an electrical or electronic pump fluid transfer system in the device, the device including: an electrical or electronic pump, being configured to transfer e-liquid from the e-liquid reservoir to an atomizing unit in the device, the pump delivering a pre-defined or variable quantity of e-liquid from the reservoir; and in which the reservoir is not user-refillable.

Abstract: An apparatus arranged to form a continuous tobacco rod of a smoking article, comprises a conveyor conveying a tobacco material stream in a conveyance direction, and a wrapping material supply arrangement advancing a web of wrapping material in the conveyance direction adjacent to the tobacco material stream. A constriction member receives the tobacco material stream at an inlet end and reduces a cross-sectional area of the tobacco material stream. The reduced-area tobacco material stream exits the constriction member at an exit end, and the wrapping material web wraps about the reduced-area tobacco material stream exiting the exit end. An additive source supplies an additive material to the reduced-area tobacco material stream through a dispensing port disposed about the exit end of the constriction member, prior to the reduced-area tobacco material stream being wrapped by the wrapping material web to form the continuous tobacco rod.

Abstract: A capsule for an aerosol-generating device may include a housing, a filter, and an aerosol-forming substrate. The housing may have a gas-permeable end and an impermeable end. The filter may be disposed within the housing so as to be adjacent to the impermeable end. The aerosol-forming substrate may be disposed within the housing so as to be between the filter and the gas-permeable end. The housing may be configured to facilitate a heating of the aerosol-forming substrate via one of conduction, convection, or both conduction and convection so as to generate an aerosol.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a device and method for rolling a paper tube around ground material to form a cigarette. In an embodiment of the present invention, the device comprises an openable chamber configured to receive ground material, the chamber having a first end and a second end; a rolling assembly disposed within the chamber, the rolling assembly receiving paper and forming a paper tube around the ground material, the rolling assembly having a first end and a second; and a first gear assembly at the first chamber end and communicatively connected the first end of the rolling assembly, and a second gear assembly at the second chamber end and communicatively connected to the second end of the rolling assembly, the first and second gear activating the rolling assembly when rotated to roll the paper around the ground material forming a cigarette.

Abstract: An electronic cigarette includes a liquid supply including liquid material, a heater operable to heat the liquid material to a temperature sufficient to vaporize the liquid material and form an aerosol, a wick in communication with the liquid material and in communication with the heater such that the wick delivers the liquid material to the heater, at least one air inlet operable to deliver air to a central air passage upstream of the heater, and a mouth end insert having at least two diverging outlets. The electronic cigarette can also include an air flow diverter which directs incoming air away from a heating zone of the heater.

Abstract: A micro-vaporizer has a vaporization chamber within an interior of a body casing. At least one heating element is disposed within the vaporization chamber and a fluid transport material is at least partially disposed within the vaporization chamber. The fluid transport material has a vaporization surface portion positioned adjacent a surface of the at least one heating element and is configured for drawing a vaporizable liquid to the vaporization surface for exposure to the at least one heating element. An active material substrate is also disposed within the vaporization chamber. The active material substrate has an active surface portion positioned adjacent a second surface of the at least one heating element.

Abstract: The suction ashtray device is portable and is preferably battery powered with an electric motor. The suction ashtray device can include a rechargeable battery that can be charged using a power cable such as a Universal Serial Bus cable. A pipe bowl can be placed on or above an inverted cone-shaped top. When the suction ashtray is powered on, ash and any other particles are vacuumed through the top into a catch compartment. Some embodiments can include an ashtray attachment. The ashtray attachment connects to the cyclone top. The ashtray attachment includes a plurality of grooves able to hold a cigarette or similarly sized smoking apparatus. A user can place a cigarette in a groove so that the ash can fall into the cyclone top.

Abstract: A control method and device, and an electronic cigarette. The method includes: obtaining the maximum output power during the secure output of an atomizer connected to a body; detecting whether the currently-set target power of the atomizer is higher than the maximum output power; and if the target power is higher than the maximum output power, executing a preset operation, the preset operation including at least one of controlling, the atomizer to output at power lower than or equal to the maximum output power and displaying a first reminder message, according to a cigarette lighting signal. The method resolves the problem that dry burning would easily occur in an atomizer, and has the function of protecting the atomizer and preventing the shortening of the life of a heating component caused by the burning of the heating component due to high power output of the atomizer.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a modularized vaporizer, which enables a fuel module, a heating module, or a vaporizing module to be coupled and separated, in a drawer manner, to and from a body portion housing since a fuel module chamber, a heating module chamber, or a vaporizing module chamber is provided in the body portion housing. The modularized vaporizer reduces the carbonization of fuel or an absorbent member since the fuel or a surface of the absorbent member is uniformly heated (irradiation) by heating energy (light, beam, or heat) emitted (irradiation) from a heating member of the heating module.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to systems and methods for controlling disabling of an electronic smoking device. An electronic smoking device includes a body through which a flow path at least partially extends, an air inlet in the body that is fluidly connected to the flow path, a liquid compartment for storing a liquid within the body, a vaporizer positioned in the body and configured to receive liquid from the liquid compartment and air from the flow path to generate vaporized liquid, an outlet in the body configured to receive vaporized liquid from the vaporizer, and circuitry connected to the vaporizer. In one embodiment, the circuitry is configured to shut off the electronic smoking device based on activation time of the vaporizer. In another embodiment, the circuitry is configured to shut off the electronic smoking device after a determined amount of usage has occurred.

Abstract: Apparatus and methods are described for use with a portion of plant material that includes at least one active ingredient. A vaporizing unit includes a heating element configured to heat the plant material, and a sensor configured to detect an indication of airflow rate through the vaporizing unit. Control circuitry is configured to receive an indication of the airflow rate through the vaporizing unit, and, in response thereto, to determine a smoking profile that is desired by the user. The control circuitry drives the heating element to vaporize the active ingredient of the plant material by heating the plant material according to the determined smoking profile. The control circuitry dynamically updates the smoking profile in response to changes in airflow rate over the course of a smoking session. Other applications are also described.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are compositions and methods for oral delivery of nicotine and nicotine derivatives. In one embodiment the nicotine is delivered in an oral packets, pouches, or sachets.

Abstract: A bowl for evaporation of a substance for inhalation comprises a cylindrical wall attached to a base. The bowl is made of a colorless single-crystal material selected from the group consisting of: alumina, magnesium-alumina spinel, yttrium-aluminum garnet, and cubic zirconium oxide. The bowl can have any desired color by doping the colorless single-crystal material by a transition metal. The transition metal is selected from a group consisting of: titanium, vanadium, chromium, iron and cobalt. The substance for evaporation can be positioned inside the bowl. In one embodiment, the bowl comprises a tapered cylindrical wall attached to a base. The tapered cylindrical wall can preferably be in shape of a truncated cone to which the base is attached.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides an e-liquid bottle engageable with an electronic cigarette. The e-liquid bottle includes a main body (11), a cover (12), and a control switch (14); the cover (12) forms at least one liquid outlet (121); the control switch (14) is arranged in the cover (12). The electronic cigarette includes a cartridge (21) and a liquid injection device (23); the cartridge (21) forms a liquid reservoir (A), and one end of the cartridge (21) comprises an end wall (223) and a second operation portion (222) extending axially outwards from the end wall (223); the end wall (223) forms one liquid injection opening (2231), the second operation portion (222) corresponds to the control switch (14); the liquid injection device (23) is arranged on the end of the cartridge (21) and forms a liquid injection channel, and a first liquid inlet (2321) is formed in the liquid injection channel.

Abstract: A user-replaceable e-liquid reservoir for dispensing e-liquid, the reservoir being inserted into, or otherwise attached to, a portable, personal e-cigarette device and engaging with an electrical or electronic pump fluid transfer system in the device, the device including: an electrical or electronic pump, being configured to transfer e-liquid from the e-liquid reservoir to an atomizing unit in the device, the pump delivering a pre-defined or variable quantity of e-liquid from the reservoir; and in which the reservoir is not user-refillable.

Abstract: A reconfigurable wrapping mechanism (100, 200, 300, 400, 500, 600) for forming a substantially cylindrical wrapped element by wrapping a core (160, 560) within a web material, comprising: a reconfigurable garniture bed (110, 210, 310, 410) having an elongate formation channel (212) that has an elongate open side; a conveying belt (120, 220, 320, 420, 520) extending along the length of the elongate formation channel (212) for entraining the web material; a drive mechanism for driving the conveying belt (120, 220, 320, 420, 520) along the length of the elongate formation channel (212).

Abstract: A modular multifunctional electronic smoking paraphernalia includes a main body module provided with a slide rod a and a slide rod b, a cigarette holder module provided with a slide groove a, and an atomization module provided with a slide groove b. The cigarette holder module is detachably and slidably connected to the main body module by the slide rod a and the slide groove a. The atomization module is detachably and slidably connected to the main body module by the slide rod b and the slide groove b. In the present invention, the smoking paraphernalia is designed as three detachable modules, namely, the main body module, the cigarette holder module and the atomization module, which is convenient for the smoker to operate.