Abstract: An aerosol-generating device is provided, including: a heating arrangement including an induction coil, a first sliding arrangement including a first contact, the first sliding arrangement being arranged adjacent to the induction coil of the heating arrangement and being configured to slide parallel to a longitudinal axis of the induction coil, and the first contact being mounted on the first sliding arrangement and being arranged to contact the induction coil; and a second sliding arrangement including a second contact, the second sliding arrangement being arranged adjacent to the induction coil of the heating arrangement and being configured to slide parallel to a longitudinal axis of the induction coil, and the second contact being mounted on the second sliding arrangement and being arranged to contact the induction coil, in which alternating current is supplied to the induction coil between the first contact and the second contact.

Abstract: A cartridge for an aerosol-generating device is provided, including: a mouthpiece including a first fluid-permeable portion and a first air inlet; and a liquid storage portion including a reservoir to hold a liquid aerosol-forming substrate, a second fluid-permeable portion in fluid contact with the reservoir, and a second air inlet, the mouthpiece and the liquid storage portion being axially movable with respect to each other, a degree of contact between the first fluid-permeable portion and the second fluid-permeable portion being controllable by the axial movement between the mouthpiece and the liquid storage portion, the mouthpiece and the liquid storage portion being rotationally movable with respect to each other, and a degree of overlap between the first air inlet and the second air inlet being controllable by rotational movement between the mouthpiece and the liquid storage portion. An aerosol-generating system including the cartridge and an aerosol-generating device is also provided.

Abstract: The invention relates to an aerosol-generating article for use with an aerosol-generating device. The article comprises a susceptor element (32) comprising a hollow tubular proximal region (34) and a closed distal end (36). The article comprises a hollow tubular wick element (42) coaxially circumscribing at least a portion of the hollow tubular proximal region of the susceptor element. The invention further relates to an aerosol-generating system.

Abstract: A cartridge for an aerosol-generating device is provided, including: a hollow tubular susceptor arrangement; a hollow tubular wick element coaxially circumscribing the hollow tubular susceptor arrangement; and a hollow tubular liquid storage portion coaxially circumscribing the hollow tubular wick element. An aerosol-generating system is also provided, including the cartridge and an aerosol-generating device including a heating chamber configured for insertion of the cartridge and an inductor coil at least partly circumscribing the heating chamber for inductively heating the cartridge. A method for manufacturing a cartridge for an aerosol-generating device is also provided.

Abstract: A cartridge assembly for an aerosol-generating device is provided, including: an airflow channel; a first tubular liquid storage portion including a first inner tubular core element extending along a longitudinal axis of the first tubular liquid storage portion; and a second tubular liquid storage portion including a second inner tubular core element extending along a longitudinal axis of the second tubular liquid storage portion, the first tubular liquid storage portion being arranged upstream of the second tubular liquid storage portion, and he airflow channel being spaciously circumscribed by the first and the second tubular liquid storage portions. An aerosol-generating system including the cartridge assembly and an aerosol-generating device is also provided. A method for manufacturing the cartridge assembly for an aerosol-generating device is also provided.

Abstract: A cartridge assembly for an aerosol-generating device is provided, the cartridge assembly including: a mouthpiece including a sealing portion; and a liquid storage portion including a fluid-permeable portion, the mouthpiece and the liquid storage portion being axially movable relative to each other between a first position and a second position, in which, in the first position, the fluid-permeable portion of the liquid storage portion is sealed by the sealing portion of the mouthpiece, and in which the fluid-permeable portion of the liquid storage portion is a tubular wick element. A method for establishing a fluid flow in the cartridge assembly is also provided. An aerosol-generating system including the cartridge assembly and an aerosol-generating device is also provided.

Abstract: An aerosol-generating article is provided for producing an inhalable aerosol upon heating, the article including: first and second plug segments each including a solid cross-section of material; the second segment being a filter plug segment and is permeable; an aerosol-generating element positioned immediately between the first and the second segments, the second segment being located downstream of the aerosol-generating element; and a wrapper circumscribing the first plug segment, the aerosol-generating element, and the second plug segment, a portion of the wrapper circumscribing the aerosol-generating element being air permeable such that the wrapper establishes a fluid communication between an exterior of the article and the aerosol-generating element, and an air permeability of the permeable portion of the wrapper being greater than 2500 Coresta units and less than 12000 Coresta units.

Abstract: A heating assembly for an aerosol-generating device is provided, the heating assembly including: a first solder spot; a second solder spot; and a connection strip electrically connecting the first solder spot with the second solder spot, one of the first solder spot and the second solder spot being configured as a soft solder spot with a melting temperature between 225° C. and 275° C., and the connection strip being configured as a bimetal strip.

Abstract: This invention relates to an aerosol-generating article comprising an aerosol-forming substrate. The aerosol-generating article comprises a mouth end, a distal end, and a biomarker sensor, wherein the biomarker sensor is provided to the aerosol-generating article and at least 1 centimeter distant from the mouth end. This invention also relates to an aerosol-generating device and an aerosol-generating system comprising an aerosol-generating device and an aerosol-generating article. This invention also relates to a method for operating such aerosol-generating system.

Abstract: An aerosol-generating device is provided, including: a porous wicking element; and a porous polymeric material layer, the porous polymeric material layer being arranged on a surface of the porous wicking element, and the porous polymeric material layer having a melting point of between 200° C. and 300° C.

Abstract: An aerosol-generating system is provided, including: an aerosol-generating device; a cartridge including a liquid agent, the cartridge being configured to be detachably connected to the aerosol-generating device; and an aerosol-generating article, the aerosol-generating device including a cavity configured to receive the aerosol-generating article including an aerosol-forming substrate, and a heating element configured to heat the aerosol-generating article received in the cavity, the heating element including a compartment wall, a first part of the compartment wall being located in the cavity and a second part of the compartment wall extending outside the cavity, and the second part of the compartment wall being configured to interact with the cartridge. A method of operating an aerosol-generating system is also provided.

Abstract: An aerosol-generating system is provided, including: an aerosol-generating device; a cartridge including a liquid agent, the cartridge being configured to be detachably connected to the aerosol-generating device; and an aerosol-generating article, the aerosol-generating device including a cavity configured to receive the aerosol-generating article including an aerosol-forming substrate, and a heating element configured to heat the aerosol-generating article received in the cavity, the heating element including a compartment wall, a first part of the compartment wall being located in the cavity and a second part of the compartment wall extending outside the cavity, and the second part of the compartment wall being configured to interact with the cartridge. A method of operating an aerosol-generating system is also provided.

Abstract: A replaceable cartridge configured to be detachably connected to an aerosol-generating device is provided, the replaceable cartridge including: a liquid storage portion configured to store a liquid agent, the liquid storage portion including a liquid outlet configured to direct the liquid agent out of the liquid storage portion; a slidable sealing element configured to seal the liquid outlet, the slidable sealing element being configured to slide away from the liquid outlet upon application of a pressure to the sealing element; and a wicking element arranged adjacent to the liquid outlet and being configured to absorb and to supply the liquid agent to the liquid outlet. An aerosol-generating system including the replaceable cartridge is also provided. A method of operating an aerosol-generating system is also provided.

Abstract: An aerosol-generating article including an aerosol-generating rod for producing an inhalable aerosol upon heating is provided, the rod including: a first aerosol-generating segment including a first aerosol-generating substrate, the first aerosol-generating substrate including a tobacco material and an aerosol former; a second aerosol-generating segment at a location upstream of the first aerosol-generating segment; and a wrapper circumscribing at least the first aerosol-generating segment and the second aerosol-generating segment, the second aerosol-generating segment including a plug of a porous substrate, and at least a core portion of the plug including an aerosol-generating medium or a flavourant or both. An aerosol-generating system including a heating device and the aerosol-generating article is also provided.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method to monitor tobacco material to detect insect infestation, the method comprising: —providing tobacco material in a closed space; —measuring the concentration of a semiochemical in the air present in the closed space; —comparing the measured concentration of the semiochemical with a threshold; and—lowering the temperature of the closed space if the concentration of the semiochemical is higher than the threshold.

Abstract: An aerosol-generating device for generating an aerosol from an aerosol-forming substrate is provided, the aerosol-generating device including: a cavity having an opening configured to receive the aerosol-forming substrate, the cavity being defined by side walls extending away from the opening; a cavity base configured to support the aerosol-forming substrate, or an aerosol-generating article including the aerosol-forming substrate, when received in the cavity, the cavity base being arranged to be longitudinally movable within the side walls defining the cavity; a push rod configured to move the cavity base, the push rod protruding from a body of the aerosol-generating device when the aerosol-forming substrate, or the aerosol-generating article including the aerosol-forming substrate, is positioned within the cavity; and at least one induction coil located external to the cavity and arranged to generate a fluctuating magnetic field.

Abstract: A cartridge for an aerosol-generating device is provided, the cartridge being engageable with and disengageable from the device, the cartridge including: a mouthpiece; a housing including a susceptor material, the housing defining a cavity configured to receive an aerosol-forming substrate; and an ejector, a portion of the ejector being slideable within the cavity so as to eject the aerosol-forming substrate from the cavity. An aerosol-generating system including an aerosol-generating device and the cartridge is also provided.

Abstract: An aerosol-generating system is provided, including an aerosol-generating device for simultaneously generating an aerosol from first and second aerosol-forming substrates, the device including a device housing defining: first and second substrate receiving portions to respectively receive the first and the second substrates; a primary airflow path extending through the first portion; and a secondary airflow path extending through the device such that, in use, the secondary airflow path is in fluidic communication with the second substrate received in second receiving portion, the secondary airflow path merging with the primary airflow path at a junction downstream of the first portion; an aerosol-generating article including the first substrate and being receivable in the first portion; and a cartridge including the second substrate and being receivable in the second portion, the article defining a rod and an exterior wall of the rod including a fluid-permeable portion downstream of the first substrate.

Abstract: An aerosol-generating device configured for heating an aerosol-generating article so as to generate an inhalable aerosol from an aerosol-forming substrate of the aerosol-generating article is provided, the aerosol-generating device including: a housing including a cavity configured to receive the aerosol-generating article, the housing being configured to define a cooling air flow path extending from outside of the housing, through an interior of the housing, to an air-permeable portion of a wall of the cavity, the wall being tubular, the air-permeable portion of the wall including at least one annular air-permeable band being configured to radially channel an air flow from the cooling air flow path into the cavity around a periphery of the tubular wall of the cavity. An aerosol-delivery system including the aerosol-generating device and an aerosol-generating article defining a rod is also provided. An aerosol-generating article for an aerosol-generating device is also provided.

Abstract: An aerosol-generating article for generating an inhalable aerosol upon heating is provided, the article having proximal and distal ends and including: a first aerosol-generating substrate located between the distal end and the proximal end of the article; a first air inlet configured to admit air into the article; a second aerosol-generating substrate located between the first aerosol-generating substrate and the proximal end of the article; a second air inlet configured to admit air into the article; a first airflow pathway extending from the first air inlet through the first aerosol-generating substrate towards the proximal end of the article; and a second airflow pathway extending from the second air inlet through the second aerosol-generating substrate towards the proximal end of the article, the first airflow pathway and the second airflow pathway being isolated from one another. An aerosol-generating system including the article and an aerosol-generating device is also provided.