Flavor inhaler

• Main Authors: Kudo, Takahisa, Geernaert, Adam, Minami, Yuki, Inagaki, Michihiro, Rubiconi, Franck, Jobanputra, Rishi, Inoue, Jumpei, Cox, Simon, Abe, Yuki
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 23.04.2024
• Subjects: APPLYING LIQUIDS OR OTHER FLUENT MATERIALS TO SURFACES, IN GENERAL; ATOMISING APPARATUS; BLASTING; CIGARETTES; CIGARS; DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY; DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR; DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROMTHE BODY; FLUID HEATERS, e.g. WATER OR AIR HEATERS, HAVING HEATGENERATING MEANS, IN GENERAL; HEATING; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HYGIENE; LIGHTING; MATCH BOXES; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; NOZZLES; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; RANGES; SMOKERS' REQUISITES; SPRAYING APPARATUS; SPRAYING OR ATOMISING IN GENERAL; TOBACCO; TRANSPORTING; VENTILATING; WEAPONS

A inhaler includes a piezoelectric element substrate having an IDT constructed by use of a pair of interlocking comb-shaped metallic electrodes, a liquid supplier for supplying liquid, which is to be atomized, to a front surface of the piezoelectric element substrate on which the pair of interlocking comb-shaped metallic electrodes is positioned, a sensor, which includes at least a pair of detection parts which are opposite to each other, for detecting liquid supplied to the front surface of the piezoelectric element substrate, and a controller for controlling, based on result of detection by the sensor, the liquid supplier in such a manner that the liquid supplier supplies a certain quantity of the liquid to the front surface of the piezoelectric element substrate.