Patent · US Expired

Flavor generating article

US5060671A · kind A · utility

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84Claims

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Assignee

Philip Morris Inc. · US

Inventors

Mary Ellen Counts · Richmond, US
Bernard C. Laroy · Richmond, US
D. Bruce Losee, Jr. · Richmond, US
Constance H. Morgan · Midlothian, US
Ulysses Smith · Midlothian, US
F. Murphy Sprinkel, Jr. · Glen Allen, US
Francis V. Utsch · Chester, US

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 1, 1989
Grant date	Oct 29, 1991
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Dec 1, 2009

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA24F40/60
WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

An article is provided in which a flavor generating medium is electrically heated to evolve inhalable flavors or other components in vapor or aerosol form. The article has a plurality of charges of the flavor generating medium which are heated sequentially to provide individual puffs.

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