IP Library Granted Patent US 8,528,568
Granted Patent B2
US 8,528,568 · App. 12/822,685 · Granted Sep 10, 2013

Non-combustible smoking article with carbonaceous heat source

Inventors: Masato Onishi (Yokohama, JP); Takeshi Akiyama (Yokohama, JP)
Assignee: Japan Tobacco Inc.
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Patent No.
US 8,528,568
App. No.
12/822,685
Granted
Sep 10, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

A non-combustible smoking article includes an aerosol-generating part including an aerosol-generating substance configured to generate aerosol by heating, and a heat source physically separated from the aerosol-generating part and disposed at an tip end of the aerosol-generating part, and configured to heat the aerosol-generating substance by combustion heat, in which the heat source includes at least one carbonaceous strip.

Claims (6)

1. A non-combustible smoking article comprising: an aerosol-generating part comprising an aerosol-generating substance configured to generate aerosol by heating; and a heat source physically separated from the aerosol-generating part and disposed at a tip end of the aerosol-generating part, and configured to heat the aerosol-generating substance by combustion heat, wherein the heat source consists of at least one carbonaceous sheet, the carbonaceous sheet forming a plurality of air passageways.

2. The non-combustible smoking article according to claim 1 , wherein the sheet is embossed or creped, or has projections.

3. The non-combustible smoking article according to claim 1 , wherein the sheet is cylindrically shaped.

4. The non-combustible smoking article according to claim 1 , wherein the heat source consists of a plurality of carbonaceous sheets different in composition.

5. The non-combustible smoking article according to claim 1 , wherein the carbonaceous sheet is formed as if the periphery thereof were circular.

6. The non-combustible smoking article according to claim 1 , wherein the sheet is folded.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 2, 2010
From: ONISHI, MASATO; AKIYAMA, TAKESHI
To: JAPAN TOBACCO INC.
Reel/Frame 024633/0789 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2007-338379 · Dec 27, 2007 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTJP2008073109 · Dec 18, 2008
Related Publication 20100258139A1 · Oct 14, 2010