Abstract: A laminate aerosol generating material, wherein the material comprises an aerosol-forming layer (2) attached to a carrier layer (4), wherein the aerosol-forming layer (2) comprises an amorphous solid and wherein the carrier (4) comprises wood and/or cardboard.

Abstract: A smoking product includes a cylindrical crutch in substantial axial alignment with a hollow conical mold, and a tobacco leaf rolled cone formed around the cylindrical crutch and the hollow conical mold. A truncated minor diameter end of the hollow conical mold forms a circular rim in contact with an end of the cylindrical crutch, where the cylindrical crutch and the circular rim have substantially the same outer diameter. The hollow conical mold may remain inside the tobacco leaf rolled cone until use, but is easily removable from the tobacco leaf rolled cone without damaging the tobacco leaf rolled cone.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides an externally heated aerosol generation device and a cigarette that may provide a sufficient amount of atomization to allow a user to have a satisfactory smoking experience even during an initial puff because thermal energy is easily transferred to the cigarette.

Abstract: Provided is an aerosol-generating article including a wrapper which is discolored as the aerosol-generating material is heated, the aerosol-generating article including: a tobacco rod; a front-end plug arranged on a side of the tobacco rod; a filter rod arranged on the other side of the tobacco rod; and the wrapper surrounding the tobacco rod, the front-end plug, and the filter rod, wherein the wrapper includes a thermochromic material which is heated and discolored by an aerosol-generating device when the aerosol-generating article is inserted into the aerosol-generating device.

Abstract: A paper well suited for use as a wrapper in heat but not burn sticks is disclosed. The paper includes a base web made from cellulosic fibers combined with a flame retardant filler and/or can include a coating formed from a reduced ignition composition.

Abstract: Described herein is a laminate aerosol generating material, wherein the material comprises an aerosol-forming layer attached to a carrier layer, wherein the aerosol-forming layer comprises an amorphous solid, and wherein the carrier layer has a thickness from about 10 ?m to about 2.5 mm.

Abstract: Disclosed is a consumable for use with apparatus for heating aerosolisable material to volatilise at least one component of the aerosolisable material. The consumable comprises an outer tube, an inner member inside the outer tube, and at least one support that supports the inner member relative to the outer tube so that at least one air gap exists between the inner member and the outer tube. At least one of the inner member, the outer tube and the support comprises aerosolisable material that is heatable to generate aerosol in the air gap. The consumable has at least one outlet for permitting the aerosol to pass out of consumable from the air gap.

Abstract: An aerosol generating article for use in an aerosol generating assembly, the aerosol generating article comprising a rod of aerosolizable material circumscribed by a wrapper, wherein the wrapper comprises an aerosol-forming amorphous solid.

Abstract: Capsules are provided for holding material within a vaporization chamber of a personal or portable vaporization device. Each capsule comprises a cap and a cup, each with a corresponding base wall having air inlet/outlet holes therein. The capsules are provided with first and second standoff structures that position the respective capsule to avoid occlusion of the air inlet/outlet holes by surfaces of the oven and/or lid that form the vaporization chamber. During use of the vaporization device, the capsule design encourages air to flow through the material held within the capsule via the air inlet/outlet holes, rather than flowing around the capsule to bypass the material held therein. In some embodiments, the capsules include tamper-resistant features that prevent separation of the cap and cup once assembled, thereby protecting the material held within the capsule.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a device for generating an inhalable medium, the device including a container for holding a liquid; a heater for volatilizing liquid held in the container; a first chamber containing a first tobacco composition; a second chamber containing a second tobacco composition; and an outlet; wherein the device is configured such that in use, an inhalable medium passes out of the outlet, the medium including volatilized liquid in the form of a vapor and/or an aerosol and one or more constituents of at least one of the tobacco compositions; and such that the relative fluid flow rate through the first and second chambers changes during use.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a device for generating an inhalable medium, the device including a container for holding a liquid; a heater for volatilizing liquid held in the container; a chamber containing a tobacco composition; and an outlet; the arrangement being such that in use, an inhalable medium passes out of the outlet, the medium comprising volatilized liquid in the form of a vapor and/or an aerosol and one or more constituents of the tobacco composition; wherein the tobacco composition comprises a tobacco material and an encapsulated base.

Abstract: Vaporizer apparatuses having a head movable between operational and non-operational positions are provided. The vaporizer apparatus comprises a body and the head. The head comprises a mouthpiece portion and is engaged with the body in the operational and non-operational positions. The apparatus further comprises a vaporizing chamber and vaporizing element operatively coupled to the vaporizing chamber and operable to vaporizing the material therein when activated. The vaporizing element is activatable when the head is in the operational position. The vaporizer apparatus may not be usable to vaporize the material when the head is in the non-operational position. Methods of providing vaporizer apparatuses having a head movable between operational and non-operational positions are also provided.

Abstract: A capsule for a heat-not-burn (HNB) aerosol-generating device may include a base of a thermally-conductive material, the base defining a first cavity therein, the base including a first surface, the first surface defining an opening to a second cavity, the first surface including a first plurality of apertures through the first surface. The capsule may further include a cover coupled to the base and on the base, the cover including a second plurality of apertures in a middle portion of the cover, the first plurality of apertures and the second plurality of apertures defining an air flow path through the base and the cover.

Abstract: An aerosol generation device has a heating chamber for receiving a substrate carrier containing an aerosol substrate. The heating chamber includes a first open end; a base; and a side wall between the open end and the base. The base is connected to the side wall and provides structural support to the side wall. The side wall has a first thickness and the base has a second thickness greater than the first thickness.

Abstract: A cartridge for an aerosol-generating system is provided, the cartridge including: a liquid storage portion including a housing to contain a liquid aerosol-forming substrate; and a heater assembly including an electrically insulating element having an opening, an electrical heating element supported by the insulating element and to heat the substrate to form an aerosol, first and second electrically conductive contact portions disposed at opposite sides of the opening and to contact with a battery to supply power to the heater assembly, and a capillary material including a ceramic or a ceramic-based material and having first and second faces, the first face being in physical contact with the heating element and the second face being opposite the first face, the capillary material to convey the substrate to the heating element by capillary action, the heater assembly being fixed to the housing of the liquid storage portion.

Abstract: Vaporizer devices are provided. In one exemplary embodiment, the vaporizer device can include a vaporizer body and a cartridge selectively coupled to and removable from the vaporizer body. The vaporizer body includes a cartridge receptacle and a heating element disposed within the cartridge receptacle and affixed to the vaporizer body. The cartridge includes a reservoir chamber and a wicking element that is in fluid communication with the reservoir chamber. The wicking element is configured to draw at least a portion of a vaporizable material from the reservoir chamber. The wicking element and at least a portion of the heating element are brought into direct contact with each other such that at least a portion of the vaporizable material received within the wicking element can be substantially vaporized to form vaporized material. Cartridges for vaporizer devices are also provided.

Abstract: A vapor generation unit is for use in a non-combustion-type flavor inhaler that includes a wick, a wick support, a heater, a holder, and a positioning mechanism The wick holds a liquid and is attached to the wick support. The heater includes a housing space that houses a wick assembly that is formed from the wick and the wick support and a heater element that is contacted by the wick. The holder is assembled on the heater element side of an assembly that is formed from the heater and the wick assembly. The positioning mechanism makes it possible for the wick assembly to be housed in the housing space such that the wick is not in contact with the heater element and moves the wick assembly as housed in the housing space so as to position the wick assembly such that the wick is in contact with the heater element.

Abstract: This application relates to a vaporization device and a method thereof. The vaporization device includes a housing, a heating component and a heating component top cap. The heating component has a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface. The first surface has an opening, the opening extends from the first surface to the second surface to form a groove, and the heating component has a heating circuit on the second surface. The housing and the heating component top cap define a storage compartment, and the storage compartment is in communication with the groove of the heating component.

Abstract: A vaporization element, device and method for vaporizing phyto material. A hollow member defining a fluid pathway is positioned proximate a heating element with a phyto material contact surface. An electrical heater is positioned on the opposite side of the phyto material contact surface. Phyto material or extract deposited on the phyto material contact surface can be vaporized by heat from the electrical heater. The vapor can enter the fluid pathway and pass through the hollow member to an inhalation aperture. The electrical heater may be powered by an electrical power source provided in a support unit. The hollow member can be mounted to a vapor processing device that cools and/or filters the vapor before it reaches the inhalation aperture and held in place on a downstem of a water pipe or a vapor processing device.

Abstract: An atomizing core is configured to be electrically connected to a battery of an electronic atomizing device, the electronic atomizing device defines an air suction channel, the electronic atomizing device includes a mouthpiece at an end of the air suction channel. The atomizing core includes a base and a heater. The base is configured to store liquid and has an atomizing surface located in the air suction channel, wherein the atomizing surface is arranged to face away from the battery and towards the mouthpiece. The heater is arranged on the atomizing surface and configured to atomize the liquid.

Abstract: An electronic cigarette including a heating assembly is disclosed. The heating assembly includes: a sword-shaped housing, and a heating temperature control assembly sleeved in an inner cavity of the housing, where the heating temperature control assembly includes a metal heating element and/or a temperature control component located between the metal heating element and the housing.

Abstract: An apparatus is arranged to heat smokable material (5) to volatilize at least one component of the smokable material. In one exemplary embodiment, the apparatus has a housing and a plurality of heater segments longitudinally arranged within the housing for heating smokable material contained within the apparatus. At least one heater segment is arranged so as to heat smokable material contained within the at least one heater segment more quickly than at least one other heater segment heats smokable material contained within the at least one other heater segment.

Abstract: A device for generating an aerosol is provided, including: a heating chamber including first and second regions and being configured to receive an article for forming an aerosol, the first region being adjacent or spaced from the second region; a first induction coil configured to generate a magnetic field to heat the article received in the heating chamber, the first induction coil being arranged to selectively generate the magnetic field, in use, to heat or to induce heating of the heating chamber; a second induction coil configured to generate a magnetic field in the second region of the heating chamber; and electric circuitry configured to monitor performance of one or both of the first induction coil and the second induction coil. A method of generating an aerosol is also provided.

Abstract: A method is provided for operating an electronic vapour inhaler comprising an induction heating arrangement, the induction heating arrangement comprising an induction coil for generating an alternating electromagnetic field to heat an induction heatable element and thereby heat a non-liquid flavour-release medium. The method comprises intermittently energising the induction coil to generate an intermittent alternating electromagnetic field which provides pulsed heating and cooling of the induction heatable element.

Abstract: Cartridges for vaporizer devices are provided. In one exemplary embodiment, a cartridge can include a reservoir housing that includes a reservoir chamber configured to contain a vaporizable material and first and second orifices each in fluid communication with the reservoir chamber. The first orifice is configured to allow at least a portion of the vaporizable material to be withdrawn from the reservoir chamber in response to generation of a first pressure differential across the first orifice that exceeds a first predetermined threshold pressure differential. The second orifice is configured to allow a portion of ambient air that is outside the reservoir housing to enter the reservoir chamber in response to generation of a second pressure differential across the second orifice that exceeds a second predetermined threshold pressure differential during the withdrawal of the vaporizable material from the reservoir chamber. Vaporizer devices and methods are also provided.

Abstract: Vaporizer devices are disclosed. In one exemplary embodiment, a vaporizer device can include a vaporizer body including a first airflow path extending at least partially therethrough, and a sensor assembly residing at least partially within the vaporizer body. The sensor assembly includes a flexible sensor that is in communication with the first airflow path. The flexible sensor is configured to reversibly deflect from an initial state to a first state in response to a first user-activated force representing air being drawn through the first airflow path, and configured to reversibly deflect from the initial state to a second state in response to a second user-activated force representing an acceleration of the vaporizer body. Sensor assemblies for a vaporizer device are also provided.

Abstract: An electrically operated smoking device configured to receive a smoking article is provided, the device including: a housing defining a cavity to at least partially receive the smoking article; and a sensing system to detect indicia on the smoking article, the sensing system being positioned on a periphery of the cavity and including a light source, a mirror, an imaging lens, and an image detector, the mirror being positioned on an internal surface of the cavity adjacent to the light source and the imaging lens.

Abstract: An exemplary accessory for an electronic smoking article includes a hollow body having inner and outer surfaces and a sensor in the body. The sensor is configured to detect an emission of the electronic smoking article. A processor is embedded in the body, where the processor is configured to generate smoking topography data based on the emission. A display generates an output based on the smoking topography data provided by the processor.

Abstract: Vapor data repositories and methods for providing vapor data are disclosed herein. An embodiment of a vapor data repository (VDR) may include memory for vapor production data (VPD) from a vaporizer device and memory for vapor content data (VCD). The VPD may include a sample identifier associated with material having an active ingredient and vaping parameters. The VCD may include concentration of active ingredient data captured by a vapor sample collection apparatus. Another embodiment of a VDR may include memory for vapor correlation data having relationships between VPD and VCD, in which the VPD has production parameters from a vape session, in which the VCD is generated from analysis of captured vaporized material from the vape session on the vaporizer device, and a processor processes requests for the vapor correlation data from users. Methods for providing vapor data are also provided.

Abstract: An aerosol inhaler includes: a first branch circuit including a load, a first resistor, and a first node; a second branch circuit including a second resistor, a third resistor, and a second node; an operational amplifier of which a non-inverting input terminal is connected to one of the first node and the second node, and of which an inverting input terminal is connected to the other of the first node and the second node; and a control device having an upper limit temperature and a lower limit temperature. A differential input of the operational amplifier is larger than potential of a negative power supply terminal of the operational amplifier or a minimum value acquirable by the operational amplifier in a first temperature range, and is equal to the potential of the negative power supply terminal of the operational amplifier or the minimum value in a second temperature range.

Abstract: As an embodiment of the present disclosure, there is disclosed an aerosol generating device including: a heater configured to generate an aerosol by heating an aerosol generating substrate; a storage unit configured to store information regarding a first time period and a second time period for controlling a temperature of the heater; and a controller configured to control power supplied to the heater, wherein the controller, when the first time period time elapses after the temperature of the heater reaches the first target temperature, changes the temperature of the heater to a second target temperature for the second time period, and the sum of the first time period and the second time period is a time period in a preset change.

Abstract: A system for conveying electronic cigarette components, including: a guide including a stopping station; a carriage to slide along the guide; a retaining device for holding a component of an electronic cigarette; and a locking unit for locking the carriage relative to the guide at the stopping station. The locking unit includes: two abutment elements mounted on the carriage and disposed at a predetermined mutual distance; and an inserting element which is: disposed at the stopping station; shaped such that its-first and second edges contact the abutment elements, respectively, when the carriage is at the stopping station; movable between a retracted position free from the abutment elements to allow the carriage, to slide, and an advanced position contacting the abutment elements to prevent the carriage from sliding. Each abutment element is rotatable about its axis to facilitate movement of the inserting element between the two positions.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides an electronic cigarette automatic cleaning apparatus includes a main body having an accommodating space, a cleaning tub provided in an accommodating space of the main body and storing a cleaning material for cleaning an electronic cigarette device, a cover coupled to the cleaning tub and having a through hole through which a cleaning portion of the electronic cigarette device is immersed in the cleaning material, and an ultrasound generation portion provided in the main body and configured to emit ultrasonic waves to the cleaning material to separate a foreign material from the electronic cigarette device.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to systems and assemblies for data exchange related to an electronic smoking device and use thereof. A pack for an electronic smoking device comprises: a rechargeable battery for powering the pack; a power interface configured to receive electric power from an external power source to charge the rechargeable battery; a communication interface configured to exchange data with a first external device or network; and a smoking device connector configured to engage the electronic smoking device and provide electric power to the electronic smoking device.

Abstract: A stable-foam inhalation-device cartridge for a stable-foam inhalation device which dispenses a stable foam to be consumed by a user. The cartridge is devoid of an electrical energisation component. The cartridge includes a flexible mixing chamber, first and second foam-generation elements, an expansion chamber, a partitioning element having one or more mixing members for agitating a consumable foam and a discharge element. The discharge element has an outlet opening an inlet opening and a discharge conduit which interconnects the inlet opening with the outlet opening. The discharge conduit has a longitudinal extent which locates the inlet opening at a position closer to the partitioning element than to the outlet opening.

Abstract: A swimsuit having a torso-covering section extending from a bustline to a hemline. The torso-covering section will have an opening mechanism on the front panel that extends from a first point on the bustline in a diagonal direction to a second point on the hemline. The torso-covering section is defined by front, back, left, and right panels. The point on the hemline is situated on an opposite side of the wearer than the point on the bustline. The opening mechanism has a starting point situated on a wearer's leg cuff on one side of the wearer's body to an ending point on the wearer's bustline on the side of the body opposite to the leg cuff, for example the starting point is on the left leg cuff and the ending point or terminus is on the bustline on the right side of the wearer.

Abstract: A protective face mask may comprise an outer housing including a plurality of ventilation holes, and an inner housing detachably coupled to the outer housing, the inner housing configured to cover a nose and a mouth of a user, the inner housing including a second plurality of ventilation holes. The protective face mask may also include a replaceable filter configured to be received in a space between the inner housing and the outer housing. In some embodiments, the protective face mask includes a dual chamber breathing design configured to reduce moisture collection within the mask.

Abstract: An apparatus having components that are interconnectable without fasteners. A first component includes a male connection portion including a connection wall defining a non-circular, closed-geometric shape, and one or more grooves extending along a least a portion of an outer side of the connection wall. A second component includes a female connection portion including a capture wall defining a shape within which the connection wall fits in a first orientation and a second orientation. The second orientation is a fastened state achieved via a rotational twist action of the first component with respect to the second component. One or more protrusions extend inwardly from the capture wall. The one or more protrusions are sized to engage the one or more grooves of the connection wall of the first component when the connection wall is oriented in the second orientation within the capture wall.

Abstract: A protective face mask may comprise an outer housing including a first plurality of ventilation holes, and an inner housing detachably coupled to the outer housing, the inner housing configured to cover a nose and a mouth of a user, the inner housing including a second plurality of ventilation holes. The protective face mask may also include a replaceable filter configured to be received in a space between the inner housing and the outer housing. In some embodiments, the protective face mask includes a sensor unit coupled to at least one of the inner housing and the outer housing, the sensor unit configured to detect a presence of a contaminant on the replaceable filter.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a lightweight comfortable disposable antiviral and antibacterial full head and shoulder hood designed to be pulled over the head of a person and used in conjunction with any N95 mask, surgical mask, paper mask or any other similar protective mask to cover the entire face, head and shoulder of the wearer to eliminate or reduce the rate of viral contamination. Which mask comprises a unitary shell of transparent plastic, or latex, or any similar nylon material. The hood has a cap portion with a two face eye piece opening for the wearing of any eye protection apparatus, and a voicemitter port opening to accommodate the wearing of the N95 mask or any similar protective device. It seals the opening around ear, and the nose and mouth area where the N95 mask or any similar mask is worn.

Abstract: A wearable physical shield is disclosed. The shield includes a visor; a flexible extension coupled to the visor, and a collar coupled to the flexible extension. The visor can include a visor cavity, and the flexible extension can include a flexible extension cavity, wherein a seal is located between the visor cavity and the flexible extension cavity, such that the seal at least partially restricts movement of air between the visor cavity and the flexible extension cavity. The collar is configured to be placed around a neck of a person with a single hand for moving the collar from an open position to a closed position, where first and second arms of the collar are closed around the neck of the person.

Abstract: A personal protective device (PPE) comprising a face cover assembly and a bodysuit configured to be worn by a human user. The device protects users against airborne aerosol particles containing viruses or other infectious agents while enabling improved flexibility relative to prior art designs. The device includes a helmet-like” rotating face cover assembly that fits over the user's head and attaches to a collar on the biohazard bodysuit. This rotating face cover assembly has a plurality of different mask sides, each with differing geometries or other properties. The device enables a user to can rotate the cover and select a given mask side that best meets that user's needs. The different mask sides can accommodate different facial geometries, eyewear types, and use cases.

Abstract: Embodiments disclosed herein are directed to an adjustable face mask including a body formed of one or more panels of material, and includes one or more sets of ear apertures. The face mask can include an outer set of ear apertures disposed further from a central vertical axis and an inner set of ear apertures disposed closer to the central vertical axis. A user can select the set of ear apertures that is most comfortable for insertion of the ears to secure the face mask to the user's face. The adjustable face mask can be formed from a single piece of material without any need for sewing, stitching, or the like. The face mask can further include one or more materials that display one of antimicrobial properties, moisture absorbent properties, moisture wicking properties, or water repellent properties.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are novel face masks utilizing a first earpiece having a trap and an ear loop, a second earpiece having a trap and an ear loop, and a protective sheet routed through the trap of the first earpiece and the trap of the second earpiece such that the protective sheet is removably connected to the first earpiece and the second earpiece, where the ear loop of the first earpiece is positioned to surround a first ear of a user and the ear loop of the second earpiece is positioned to surround a second ear of the user such that the protective sheet covers the user's nose and mouth.

Abstract: In one aspect, a headgear shield is disclosed, which includes a clip for removable and replaceable coupling to a headgear, and a face shield configured for coupling to said clip for at least partially providing a barrier between a face of an individual wearing the headgear and an ambient environment.

Abstract: A personal protective respirator comprising a facepiece housing configured to cover the nose and mouth and conform to a face of an intended wearer along a perimeter of the facepiece housing and at least two straps, wherein the facepiece housing and the straps consist of a knitted material and the facepiece housing conforms to the face of the intended wearer such that sufficient fit is achieved to attain a fit factor of at least 100 on the intended wearer according to OSHA fit testing procedures. Also, a personal protective respirator comprising a face portion configured to cover a nose and mouth of an intended wearer and to conform to a face of the intended wearer and at least four straps, wherein the mask meets NIOSH requirements for N95 respirator performance and maintains this level of performance after being washed. Finally, a method for making the noted personal protective respirators.

Abstract: A brace for securing a face mask on a wearer includes a sealing ring and at least one securing strap attached to the sealing ring by at least one joint region. The sealing ring has a perimeter that forms an interior opening, and the perimeter is shaped and sized to surround a portion of the face mask when the face mask is placed over the wearer's nose and mouth. The securing strap is constructed as one or more head strap, ear straps, neck ties, or another securing mechanism for securing the sealing ring on the wearer and maintaining a seal of the face mask about the wearer's nose and mouth. The brace can include one or more of deformable metal bands, cushions, and reinforced regions over the bridge of the nose, at the joints of the sealing ring with the securing straps, and along the securing straps.

Abstract: A filtering face-piece respirator or mask that includes a filtering face-piece respirator body and a harness. The filtering face-piece respirator body includes a filtering structure. The filtering face-piece respirator can be worn in an environment where there is risk of contamination to the wearer or to other persons or things, for example, in hospital or doctor's office.

Abstract: A method for producing a face shield includes cutting a body of the face shield from a flat sheet of transparent plastic and cutting a curved attachment slot into the body. It includes placing the body onto a horizontally arranged elongated convex mold with a central axis of the body being aligned with a ridge line of the mold and placing the body, on the mold, into an oven. There, the body deforms and assumes an arcuate shape of the mold. The body is allowed to cool down and later removed from the mold. The face shield has a body with an arcuate vertical cross-sectional shape which is smooth without edges. The curved attachment slot serves to attach the face shield to a visor of a baseball cap where it can hold on by a plurality of narrowings formed in the attachment slot.

Abstract: A face shield to protect an individual from being spayed in the face and against inhaling germs and other foreign bodies is also disposable after use. The face shield is adapted to be mounted on the head of a user and provides sufficient space for the user to don eyeglasses and a mask. The face shield may be made of a disposable sheet of relatively thin paperboard and includes a window for viewing by the user. The face shield can be inexpensively and quickly manufactured in significant quantities. This enables the face shield to be removed and discarded after a single use and replaced by an identical face shield.