ELECTRICAL SMOKING SYSTEM FOR DELIVERING FLAVORS AND METHOD FOR MAKING SAME

• Main Authors: SPRINKEL, F. MURPHY, RITT, RENZER R., SR, HAYES, PATRICK H, LILLY, A. CLIFTON, JR, SCOTT, G. ROBERT, LEE, ROBERT E., III, COUNTS, MARY ELLEN, WRENN, SUSAN E, RAYMOND, WYNN R, HAJALOGOL, MOHAMMAD R, LOSEE, D. BRUCE, JR, MISER, DONALD E, DEEVI, SEETHARAMA C, LIPOWICZ, PETER J, UTSCH, FRANCIS V, LAROY, BERNARD C, NICHOLS, CONSTANCE H, COLLINS, ALFRED L, RIPLEY, ROBERT L, KEEN, BILLY J., JR, WATKINS, MICHAEL L, DAS, AMITABH, HOUCK, WILLIE G., JR, FLEISCHHAUER, GRIER S, STEVENS, WILLIAM H, HIGGINS, CHARLES T, MCCAFFERTY, HUGH J, SUBBIAH, MANTHARAM
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French
• Published: 15.03.2005
• Edition: 6
• Subjects: CHEMICAL ASPECTS OF BANDAGES, DRESSINGS, ABSORBENT PADS, ORSURGICAL ARTICLES; CIGARETTES; CIGARS; DISINFECTION, STERILISATION, OR DEODORISATION OF AIR; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HYGIENE; MANUFACTURE OF TOBACCO SMOKE FILTERS OR MOUTHPIECES; MANUFACTURE OR PREPARATION OF TOBACCO FOR SMOKING ORCHEWING; MATCH BOXES; MATERIALS FOR BANDAGES, DRESSINGS, ABSORBENT PADS, OR SURGICALARTICLES; MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; METHODS OR APPARATUS FOR STERILISING MATERIALS OR OBJECTS INGENERAL; MOUTHPIECES FOR CIGARS OR CIGARETTES; SMOKERS' REQUISITES; SNUFF; TOBACCO; TOBACCO SMOKE FILTERS

A smoking system (21) is provided in which a replaceable cigarette (23) containing tobacco flavor material is electrically heated by a set of electrical heater elements contained within a lighter (25 ) to evolve tobacco flavors or other components in vapor or aerosol form for delivery to a smoker. The cigarette (23) and lighter (25 ) are adapted to provide air flow patterns through the smoking system such that air flows transversely into the cigarette (23). Suc h patterns improve aerosol and flavor delivery to the smoker and reduce the condensation of residual heater-region vapor/aerosol i n the smoking system.