Imperial Tobacco

A consumable (100, 200, 300) for an aerosol generating apparatus (202), the consumable (100, 200, 300) comprising an aerosol precursor comprising a substrate (104, 204), an outer conductive element (106, 206) extending around a consumable axis and encasing the substrate (104, 204), and an inner conductive element (108, 208) located within the substrate (104, 204), wherein the outer conductive element (106, 206) and the inner conductive element (108, 208) are each configured to heat the substrate (104, 204).

A consumable (100, 200) for an aerosol generating apparatus (202), the consumable (100, 200) comprising: an aerosol precursor comprising a substrate (104, 204), the substrate (104, 204) having an upstream end face (104a, 204a) and a downstream end face (104b, 204b); a conductive membrane (106, 206), the conductive membrane (106, 206) covering at least a portion of the upstream end face (104a, 204a) of the substrate (104, 204); and, an elongate conductive element (108, 208) in thermal contact with the substrate (104, 204) and the conductive membrane (106, 206), the elongate conductive element (108, 208) extending from the conductive membrane (106, 206) towards the downstream end face (104b, 204b) of the substrate (104, 204).

There is provided an aerosol-generating system, including: an aerosol-generating unit operable to generate aerosol from an aerosol-forming material in a storage portion; an air inlet, a mouth end, and an air passageway extending therebetween via a region in proximity to the aerosol-generating unit; wherein the mouth end includes a filter receptacle and a filter received into the filter receptacle; wherein the filter has a first portion defining a first end of the filter and a second portion defining a second end of the filter; wherein either portion of the filter is receivable into the filter receptacle so that the other portion is exposed from the filter receptacle for delivery of generated aerosol to a user via the exposed end.

This disclosure refers to an electrical circuitry (25) which is configured to implement pulse-width-modulation by switching the voltage supplied to the aerosol-generating unit (2) between a lower AGU voltage level and a higher AGU voltage level, wherein the electrical circuitry (25) includes a first switching element (50) configured to switch the voltage supplied to the aerosol-generating unit (2) between the lower AGU voltage level and the higher AGU voltage level depending on a control voltage, and a control circuit (25a) for generating the control voltage to be supplied to the first switching element (50), wherein the control circuit (25a) is configured, based on a switching signal of the pulse-width-modulation and/or frequency modulation, to switch between generating: a first control voltage and a second control voltage, and wherein the control circuit (25a) is further configured to change the first control voltage so as to modify the lower AGU voltage level.

The present disclosure relates to an aerosol-generating system comprising a device body, an article comprising aerosol-forming material, and a mouthpiece, the mouthpiece having a lip-engaging portion formed of fibrous material, wherein the mouthpiece is moveable relative to an outer housing of the body so as to provide an active position wherein the lip-engaging portion extends from the body and a retracted position wherein the lip-engaging portion is housed within the body.

An aerosol-generating device for use with aerosol-generating articles of first and second types (30a,b). The device comprises an engagement portion (11) configured to engage an aerosol-generating article having an airflow inlet (16), an airflow sensor (22) arranged to sense a characteristic of an airflow upstream of the airflow inlet of an article when engaged with the device, and a controller (33) operatively connected to the airflow sensor. The controller is configured to identify whether the article engaged with the engagement portion is an article of the first type or an article of the second type based on the sensed characteristic of the airflow.

The present disclosure relates to an aerosol-generating device having a main body and a mouthpiece body, the mouthpiece body comprising a lip-engaging portion and an article-receiving portion, the article-receiving portion having a cavity configured to receive an article comprising aerosol-forming material, wherein the mouthpiece body is moveable with respect to the main body so as to provide a first retracted position wherein the article-receiving portion is located within the main body and the lip-engaging portion extend from the main body, and an extended position wherein the cavity is exposed, such that an article may be inserted or removed.

An aerosol generating system (1) is described. The system includes a device housing (50), wherein the device housing (50) is elongate along a housing longitudinal axis. An airflow path is located between an airflow inlet (6) and an airflow outlet. An airflow lock (60) is located along the airflow path. The airflow lock (60) includes a button (70) to selectively open the airflow path in a unlocked configuration and close the airflow path in a locked configuration. The button (70) is rotationally connected to the housing (50) to be rotatable about the housing longitudinal axis. The button (70) is rotationally biased about the housing longitudinal axis. A secure method of locking and unlocking the system is thereby provided.

The present invention relates to a smokeless article for oral delivery (10) comprising a pouch (12) enclosing a content (14), wherein the content contains a component which renders the content hydrophobic, and the pouch comprises a nicotinic compound. A method for manufacturing smokeless articles (10) and a kit comprising smokeless articles (10) is also described. Use of a hydrophobic content to restrict transfer of a nicotinic compound from a pouch (12) of a pouched smokeless article for oral delivery (10) to a content (14) enclosed by the pouch.

The present invention relates to a smokeless article for oral delivery comprising a pouch enclosing a content, comprising a filler, a nicotinic compound, and a plant material, wherein the plant material comprises a hydrophobic coating. Also described are a method of manufacturing the article and a kit comprising the article.