Flavor-delivery article

US5144962A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Philip Morris Inc. · US

Inventors

• Mary Ellen Counts · Richmond, US
• Mohammad R. Hajaligol · Richmond, US
• Constance H. Morgan · Midlothian, US
• Ulysses Smith · Midlothian, US
• Francis M. Sprinkel · Glen Allen, US
• Francis V. Utsch · Chester, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 1, 1989
• Grant date: Sep 8, 1992
• Expiry date: Dec 1, 2009

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A24F40/90
• WIPO field: Other consumer goods
• WIPO sector: Other fields

Abstract

Methods and apparatus for releasing flavor components from a flavor-generating medium using an electric heating element are provided. A non-combustion flavor-generating article uses electrical energy to power a heating element which heats tobacco or other flavorants. The flavor-generating medium is formed into a packed bed. Energy delivered to the heating element is regulated to maintain the flavor-generating medium at a relatively constant operating temperature to ensure a relatively constant release of flavor.