Abstract: A frame for an aerosol-generating device is provided, the frame including: a base frame formed from an electrically conductive material; an electrical connector having a plurality of electrical contacts arranged on a connector frame formed from an electrically insulating material, the electrical connector being secured to the base frame such that the base frame is electrically connected to at least one of the electrical contacts of the electrical connector; and a support frame formed from an electrically insulating material, in which the base frame and electrical connector are at least partially embedded in the support frame. A method of manufacturing a frame for an aerosol-generating device, and an aerosol-generating device including a frame, are also provided.

Abstract: There is provided an aerosol generating article (2) comprising a combustible heat source (4) having an upstream portion and a downstream portion. The aerosol generating article further comprises an aerosol-forming substrate (10) downstream of the heat source (4) and a wrapper (36) circumscribing an upstream portion of the aerosol-forming substrate (10) and the downstream portion of the combustible heat source (4). The aerosol generating article (2) further comprises a non-combustible coating (42) provided on the upstream portion of the combustible heat source (4) and not on the downstream portion of the combustible heat source (4), the non-combustible coating having a thickness of between about 30 micrometres and about 250 micrometres.

Abstract: An aerosol-generating article (10) comprises an aerosol-generating substrate (12) and a mouthpiece (14) secured to a downstream end of the aerosol-generating substrate (12), the mouthpiece (14) comprising at least one segment of filter material (18, 20) and a liquid delivery element (22). The liquid delivery element (22) comprises: an upstream end and a downstream end; a deformable outer container (28) having at least one flexible wall (32) defining a cavity (40), the cavity (40) containing a liquid (42); and a frangible tubular element (30) mounted within the cavity (40) of the deformable outer container (28) and defining a longitudinal channel (46) extending through the deformable outer container (28) between the upstream end and the downstream end of the liquid delivery element (22).

Abstract: Provided is an aerosol generation device that can more accurately detect shortage of an aerosol source after a cartridge has been replaced. An aerosol generation device 100A that comprises: a power source 110; a load 132 that has temperature-resistance value characteristics, has a temperature-variable electrical resistance value, and atomizes an aerosol source by generating heat due to supply of power from the power source 110; memory 114 that stores the temperature-resistance value characteristics; a sensor 112 that outputs a value that is related to the resistance value of the load 132; and a control part 106 that, on the basis of the correspondence between the output value from the sensor 112 and an estimated value for the temperature of the load 132 that corresponds to the output value, calibrates the stored temperature-resistance value characteristics.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a coated plug wrap for a smoking article. The coated plug wrap is comprised of a base paper and a coating. In accordance with the present disclosure, the base paper may be comprised of hardwood pulp fibers and optionally, softwood pulp fibers. The base paper may be coated with a coating material such as an acrylate, a styrene, a butadiene, a starch, a starch derivative, a cellulose derivative, an alginate, a polyvinyl alcohol, a polyvinyl acetate, a gelatin, a gum, or a combination thereof. In one embodiment, the coated plug wrap may be incorporated into a smoking article.

Abstract: A device for heating a smokable material includes an elongate housing assembly having a mouth end with an opening and an opposing open component end. The housing assembly includes a hollow inner tube longitudinally extending therethrough, wherein the inner tube is in fluid communication with the opening of the mouth end and the open component end. A cartridge contains the smokable material and is disposed within the inner tube. A main node assembly includes an upper portion and a lower portion, the upper portion is insertable through the open component end into the inner tube. The lower portion of the main node assembly includes a pressure sensor configured to detect a draw on the mouth end by the user and a membrane assembly configured to generate low-frequency air vibrations in response to a signal received from the pressure sensor.

Abstract: An ultrasonic electronic cigarette atomizer and an electronic cigarette, wherein the ultrasonic electronic cigarette atomizer comprises a shell, a tobacco tar storage bottle, an ultrasonic atomization piece and a flaky tobacco tar storage body fit to one side face of the ultrasonic atomization piece are provided in the shell, and a tobacco tar guide body is fixed to an outer wall of at least one side of the tobacco tar storage bottle; one side face of the tobacco tar guide body is communicated with the inner cavity of the tobacco tar storage bottle, and the other side face of the tobacco tar guide body is contacted with the side face of the tobacco tar storage body which is away from the ultrasonic atomization piece; and the ultrasonic atomization piece and the tobacco tar storage body are provided to be parallel to the length direction of an electronic cigarette.

Abstract: An atomizer control circuit and an electronic cigarette are disclosed. The atomizer control circuit includes a first atomization module, a second atomization module, a detection module, a main control module, and a touch module. The first atomization module is configured to control a first atomizer. The second atomization module is configured to control a second atomizer. The detection module is configured to turn on the first atomizer or the second atomizer according to an operation action of a user and output a turn-on signal. The main control module is configured to output a detection signal according to the turn-on signal. The detection module is further configured to detect the first atomizer or the second atomizer according to the detection signal. The touch module is configured to generate a trigger signal.

Abstract: A consumable product for use in an aerosol generating device is disclosed, the consumable product comprising a foam matrix (302); and a packaging element housing the foam matrix; wherein the packaging element is configured to hold the foam matrix in a first, compressed, configuration prior to use of the consumable product in an aerosol generating device, the packaging element having a first sacrificial seal, wherein upon opening the first sacrificial seal the packaging element holds the foam matrix in a second, less compressed, configuration.

Abstract: There is provided an aerosolizable product comprising an aerosol forming material, wherein the aerosol forming material is infused with smoke from tobacco. There is further provided an aerosolizable product comprising an aerosol forming material, wherein the aerosol forming material is selected from polyhydric alcohols (such as glycerol, propylene glycol and triethylene glycol), esters (such as triethyl citrate and triacetin), high boiling point hydrocarbons, non-polyols (such as glycols, sorbitol and lactic acid), and mixtures thereof; and wherein the aerosol forming material is infused with smoke from a plant material.

Abstract: A smoking cartridge configured to removably engage with the bowl of a smoking apparatus comprises a receptacle, a sealing member, and an opening that comprises inwardly projecting flaps. The receptacle is configured to contain a smoking material. The sealing member is disposed along the periphery of the receptacle proximal to a lower portion of the receptacle. The sealing member is configured to removably engage and seal with the bowl of the smoking apparatus. The opening is disposed at a bottom of the receptacle, which is defined by inwardly projecting adjustable flaps. The flaps are configured to be adjustably bent to vary the size of the opening.

Abstract: The aerosol-generating article (1) for use in an electronic aerosol-generating device (8) comprises an aerosol-forming substrate, wherein the aerosol-generating article has a shape comprising a hollow frustum with an open base (10). An aerosol-generating system (8) comprising such an aerosol-generating article (1) comprises a heating element (2) having a shape comprising a frustum, wherein a height of the heating element (2) corresponds to a height of the aerosol-generating article (1).

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method for extracting tar aroma components from a cigarette butt and use of the tar aroma components in a cigarette. The method includes the following steps: (1) adding the cigarette butt to an extraction solvent, and carrying out ultrasound-assisted extraction to obtain an extraction solution; (2) centrifuging the extraction solution, and carrying out vacuum distillation on the supernatant to obtain a concentrated extractum; and (3) carrying out molecular distillation on the concentrated extractum, and collecting a light fraction of the molecular distillation to obtain the tar aroma components. In the present disclosure, the cigarette butt is used as a raw material, through the ultrasound-assisted extraction and separation by the molecular distillation to extract the tar, harmful substances in the tar are removed, and the aroma components are retained.

Abstract: The aerosol-generating system includes an aerosol-generating article with an aerosol-forming substrate, the aerosol-generating article having an outlet end and a distal end upstream from the outlet end. The system also includes an electrically operated aerosol-generating device including a housing having a cavity configured to receive the distal end of the aerosol-generating article, an electric heating element, and a heat diffuser including a non-combustible porous body for absorbing heat from the electric heating element such that, in use, air drawn through the aerosol-generating article from the distal end to the outlet end is heated by the heat absorbed in the porous body.

Abstract: An atomizer, including an e-liquid injection and vapor discharging module. The e-liquid injection and vapor discharging module includes an outer tube and an inner tube disposed in the outer tube. The inner tube is fixed in the outer tube through the protrusions. The inner tube is configured to accommodate e-liquid, and a cavity formed between the outer tube and the inner tube is configured to guide air and discharge vapor.

Abstract: An electronic cigarette includes a main body, a control assembly, at least two clearomizers, and a sliding member. The at least two clearomizers and the sliding member are disposed on the main body. The sliding member is slidable on the main body to drive the control assembly to control the operation of the at least two clearomizers.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a filter element for use in a tobacco article, the filter element having at least one filter body and at least one capsule with a liquid medium as core material, characterized in that the at least one capsule has a water vapor-impermeable shell of a polymeric material which was obtained from a UV-polymerizable precursor material, wherein the UV-polymerizable precursor material is at least one compound with two in each case terminal diacrylate and/or dimethacrylate groups which are linked by a rigid, non-polar, non-crosslinking group.

Abstract: Disclosed is a copolymer that includes a repeat unit containing a flavorant-containing pendant and a salt-containing repeating unit. In addition, a comestible, a smoking composition, a smoking article, a smokeless tobacco composition and a heatable or combustible product are provided which incorporate one or more of the flavorant-containing copolymer.

Abstract: A high-frequency heating device, includes: a housing, a thermal insulation cup, and a magnetic induction coil. The housing includes a cavity and the magnetic induction coil is disposed in the cavity. The thermal insulation cup is nested in the magnetic induction coil.

Abstract: Equipment for forming a tubular rod of fibrous material comprises: a gathering station constructed to receive a continuous supply of fibres and to gather the fibres into a bundle as the fibres advance through the equipment; a divider arranged in the path of the fibres through the equipment and constructed to from a cleft along the length of the bundle as it advances through the equipment; a mandrel positioned in the path of the bundle of fibres in alignment with the divider and constructed to form the cleft into a passage through the bundle of fibres as the bundle of fibres advances over the mandrel; and a die constructed and arranged to cooperate with the mandrel to form the fibres in a tubular configuration around the mandrel.