JPWO2020174027A5

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Publication number: JPWO2020174027A5
Application number: JP2021549828A
Authority: JP
Publication date: 2023-03-07

Claims

An induction heated aerosol-forming rod for use in an aerosol-generating article, said aerosol-forming rod comprising:
- a first cylindrical core portion comprising at least one of a first aerosol-forming substrate and a first flavoring material;
- a second cylindrical core portion, separate from said first core portion, comprising at least one of a second aerosol-forming substrate and a second flavoring material;
- at least one elongated susceptor laterally abutting said first core portion and said second core portion in a non-bonded manner, so that said susceptor comprises said first core portion and said second core portion; at least one elongated susceptor sandwiched between two core portions;
- a sleeve portion disposed around said first core portion, said second core portion and said susceptor, said sleeve portion comprising a filler material, a third aerosol-forming substrate and a third a sleeve portion comprising at least one of the three flavoring ingredients;
- a wrapper that completely surrounds said sleeve portion;

at least one of the first core portion and the second core portion;
- a porous substrate or foam based on tobacco fibers, wherein said tobacco fibers at least partially form said first aerosol-forming substrate or said second aerosol-forming substrate, respectively; and,
- a porous substrate or foam based on plant fibers, said plant fibers at least partially forming said first aerosol-forming substrate or said second aerosol-forming substrate, respectively; a foam;
- a filler comprising cut tobacco material, said cut tobacco material at least partially forming said first aerosol-forming substrate or said second aerosol-forming substrate, respectively;
- a filler comprising chopped plant material, said chopped plant material at least partially forming said first aerosol-forming substrate or said second aerosol-forming substrate, respectively;
- a liquid-retaining material comprising an aerosol-forming liquid, said aerosol-forming liquid at least partially forming said first aerosol-forming substrate or said second aerosol-forming substrate, respectively;
- a liquid-retaining material comprising at least one flavoring substance, said flavoring substance at least partially forming said first flavoring substance or said second flavoring substance, respectively;
- a cellulosic or cellulosic fiber comprising a flavoring substance, said flavoring substance at least partially forming said first flavoring material or said second flavoring material, respectively; 2. The aerosol-forming rod of claim 1, comprising at least one of .

The sleeve portion
- a porous substrate or foam based on tobacco fibers, wherein said tobacco fibers at least partially form said third aerosol-forming substrate;
- a porous substrate or foam based on plant fibers, said plant fibers at least partially forming said third aerosol-forming substrate;
- a filler comprising cut tobacco material, wherein said cut tobacco material at least partially forms said third aerosol-forming substrate;
- a filler comprising chopped plant material, said chopped plant material at least partially forming said third aerosol-forming substrate;
- a liquid-retaining material comprising an aerosol-forming liquid, said aerosol-forming liquid at least partially forming said third aerosol-forming substrate;
- a liquid-retaining material comprising at least one flavoring material, said flavoring material at least partially forming said third flavoring material;
- cellulose or cellulosic fibers,
- a cellulosic or cellulosic fiber comprising a flavoring substance, said flavoring substance at least partially forming said third flavoring material,
- acetate tow expanded fibers,
3. An aerosol-forming rod according to claim 1 or 2, comprising at least one of: - expanded vegetable fibers, or - paper.

An aerosol-forming rod according to any preceding claim, wherein said second aerosol-forming substrate is different from said first aerosol-forming substrate.

An aerosol-forming rod according to any preceding claim, wherein said third aerosol-forming substrate is different from said first and second aerosol-forming substrates.

of claims 1-5, wherein at least one of said first core portion and said second core portion has a rectangular cross-section, or a square cross-section, or a semi-elliptical cross-section, or a semi-circular cross-section. An aerosol-forming rod according to any one of the clauses.

The aerosol-forming rod according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein the susceptor is arranged symmetrically with respect to the central longitudinal axis of the aerosol-forming rod.

An aerosol-forming rod according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein said susceptor comprises an expanded metal sheet comprising a plurality of openings through said sheet.

An aerosol-generating article comprising an induction-heated aerosol-forming rod according to any one of claims 1-8.

A forming apparatus for use in the manufacture of an induction heated aerosol-forming rod according to any one of claims 1 to 8, said forming apparatus comprising:
- said first aerosol-forming substrate such that, on passing through the first core-forming device, the first continuous core strand has a cross-sectional shape corresponding to the cross-sectional shape of said first cylindrical core portion; a first core forming device configured to assemble a first core material comprising at least one of: and said first flavoring material into said first continuous core strand;
- said second aerosol-forming substrate such that, on passing through a second core-forming device, the second continuous core strand has a cross-sectional shape corresponding to the cross-sectional shape of said second cylindrical core portion; and a second core forming device configured to assemble a second core material comprising at least one of said second flavoring material into said second continuous core strand. hand,
The first core forming device and the second core forming device are separate from each other and the shape of the internal cross-section of the first core forming device, in particular the inner side of the downstream section of the first core forming device. The shape of the cross-section corresponds to the shape of the cross-section of the first cylindrical core portion and the shape of the inner cross-section of the second core-forming device, in particular the inner cross-section of the downstream section of the second core-forming device. a shape corresponding to the cross-sectional shape of the second core portion;
or said first core-forming device and said second core-forming device are at least partially realized by a common core-forming device, the shape of the inner cross-section of said common core-forming device, in particular said common core-forming device a second core forming device, wherein the inner cross-sectional shape of the downstream section of the device corresponds to the cross-sectional envelopes of said first core portion and said second core portion;
- a longitudinal guide for arranging a continuous susceptor profile between said first continuous core strand and said second continuous core strand, said longitudinal guide a longitudinal guide extending at least downstream into an upstream section of at least one of the one core forming device and the second core forming device;
- disposed around at least the downstream sections of said first core forming device and said second core forming device, such that said continuous sleeve strand has a cross-sectional shape corresponding to that of said sleeve portion; a sleeve material comprising at least one of said filler material, said third aerosol-forming substrate, and said third flavoring material; A molding apparatus comprising a susceptor profile and a sleeve forming apparatus configured to assemble into a continuous sleeve strand around the continuous susceptor profile.

11. The molding apparatus of claim 10, wherein the sleeve forming device includes an outer funnel disposed around at least downstream sections of the first core forming device and the second core forming device.

12. Molding apparatus according to claim 10 or 11, wherein the first core forming device and the second core forming device are at least partially realized by a common inner funnel.

The shaping device at least adjusts the axial position of the longitudinal guide with respect to at least one of the first core forming device and the second core forming device or the common core forming device A molding apparatus according to any one of claims 10 to 12, comprising a first translation stage configured to.

The forming apparatus of any one of claims 10-13, further comprising one or more guide fins disposed on an inner surface of the sleeve forming apparatus.

Molding apparatus according to any one of claims 10 to 14, wherein the longitudinal guide comprises a guide tube.