KR20200092269A - Aerosol generating system - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to an aerosol generation system including an aerosol generation device and an electrically heated smoking article which is inserted into the aerosol generation device to generate aerosol. The present invention provides the aerosol generation system comprising: the electrically heated smoking article including a filter, a cartridge including a hydroscopic body in which a liquid or gel-type aerosol-generating substrate is received, and wrapping paper which is wrapped around the filter and the cartridge; and the aerosol generation device for heating the electrically heated smoking article.

Description

Aerosol Generation System{AEROSOL GENERATING SYSTEM}

The present invention relates to an aerosol-generating system comprising an aerosol-generating device and an electrically heated smoking article inserted into the aerosol-generating device to generate an aerosol.

In recent years, there is an increasing demand for alternative methods to overcome the shortcomings of common cigarettes. For example, there is an increasing demand for a method in which aerosols are generated as the aerosol-generating material in the cigarette is heated, rather than a method for burning a cigarette to produce an aerosol.

In general, in the case of a sheet-like sheet of slurry, which is the main raw material of the tobacco medium, the tensile strength is weak, so manufacturing suitability is difficult, and since the tobacco medium contains a large amount of moisturizer, physical properties are weak. In addition, tobacco media containing liquids, such as glycerin, are sensitive to the humidity of the surrounding environment due to their hydrophilicity, making it difficult to control the manufacturing process environment. There is also a limit to the amount of liquid that can be contained in the tobacco medium.

In addition to the cigarette containing the cigarette medium, it is also proposed to store the liquid in a separate atomizer to generate aerosol, so that when a user inhales the cigarette, the aerosol derived from the liquid is inhaled through the cigarette, but is contained in the atomizer It is difficult to manage the liquid phase (expiration date, deterioration, etc.), and condensation may occur in the airflow path through which the aerosol generated in the cartomizer moves, causing contamination.

Accordingly, there is a need to provide a liquid phase in an electrically heated smoking article that is used and discarded once and to obtain an aerosol therefrom.

Republic of Korea Patent Publication 10-2019-0093027

An object of the present invention is to provide a liquid cartridge that can be inserted into an electrically heated smoking article that can solve the problems of the prior art, and an electrically heated smoking article comprising the same.

The present invention is an aerosol-generating system, a filter, a cartridge and a filter comprising a hygroscopic body containing a liquid and/or gel-like aerosol-generating substrate (hereinafter also referred to as a liquid hygroscopic body, a gel hygroscopic body, an aerosol-generating substrate hygroscopic body) and An electrically heated smoking article having a wrapping paper wrapping the cartridge; And an aerosol-generating device for heating the electrically heated smoking article.

Here, the hygroscopic body preferably has a moisture absorption rate sufficient to absorb and maintain the liquid aerosol-generating substrate of 70 to 120 mg in the cartridge.

In addition, the liquid aerosol-generating substrate includes glycerin VG, and optionally includes glycerin PG, water, and a flavoring agent, but the liquid composition is, by weight, 70 to 100% of glycerin VG, 0 to 20% of glycerin PG , 0 to 10% of water, and may further include a flavoring agent added to 10% or less based on the total weight of the liquid composition thus obtained.

Alternatively, the gel-like aerosol-generating substrate exists as a gel, semi-solid, or solid phase in a first temperature range that includes room temperature and changes to a liquid phase in a second temperature range that includes 70°C, and a temperature range of 150 to 400°C. It can include glycerin and gelatin, which vaporize with aerosol.

Here, the gel-like aerosol-generating substrate may additionally include one or more of water, agar, thickener, starch powder, celluloses, carboxymethyl ethers, natural food flavorings, or fruit extracts.

In this case, the content of glycerin in the gel-like aerosol-generating substrate is preferably 50% by weight or more.

Alternatively, the gel aerosol-generating substrate, by weight, comprises a liquid composition consisting of 80 to 100% glycerin VG, 0 to 20% glycerin PG, but 60 to 80% liquid composition and 20 to 40% water The mixture in a volume ratio contains 1 to 6 g of gelatin, compared to 100 ml of the mixture, and may optionally include a flavoring agent added to 10% or less based on the total weight of the liquid composition.

Here, the liquid composition may be included in the gel absorbent in an amount of 70 to 120 mg.

The gel-like aerosol-generating substrate is introduced into the gel hygroscopic body in a liquid state in the second temperature range, and may exist as a gel, semi-solid, or solid phase in the first temperature range.

As an example, the hygroscopic body is made of a cylinder shape by rolling or rolling a band of 2 to 3 mm thick made of a melamine-based foamed resin, or made by processing a melamine-based foamed resin in a cylinder shape, and optionally has a weight per unit volume of 0.01 to It is good to be 0.013 mg/mm ³ .

As another example, the hygroscopic body is made by pulping or folding or rolling a pulp or a fabric containing the pulp to form a cylinder or a cylinder shape, and optionally, the weight per unit volume is 0.25 to 0.4 mg/mm ³ .

As another example, the absorbent body is made of a woven or non-woven fabric of cotton by rolling or rolling to form a cylinder or processed into a cylinder shape, and optionally has a weight per unit volume of 0.2 to 0.35 mg/mm ³ .

As another example, the hygroscopic material is made by bending or rolling a woven or non-woven fabric of bamboo fiber into a cylinder shape or processing in a cylinder shape, and optionally, the weight per unit volume is 0.15 to 0.25 mg/mm ³ .

The aerosol-generating substrate is preferably absorbed by the liquid absorbent in an amount of 0.13 to 0.32 mg/mm ³ per unit volume of the absorbent.

In addition, the wrapping paper is formed by attaching the aluminum foil to the paper, and the aluminum foil can be wrapped in a cylinder shape to contact the absorbent body.

In addition, a tube body may be provided directly upstream of the filter.

In addition, the aerosol-generating device is capable of heating the inside or the outside of the liquid cartridge and the cigarette body of the smoking article provided in the device, and the cavity into which the smoking article provided in the device is inserted, in a gripable and portable size. It includes at least one of a resistive heating type heater and an induction heating type heater, a rechargeable battery provided in the device and functioning as DC power, and a control unit provided in the device and receiving DC power from the battery to control the heater. Can.

Here, the heater of the resistance heating method is a pipe heater that heats the outside of the smoking article, and the pipe heater further includes a temperature sensor that heats the aerosol-generating substrate cartridge and is provided in the device to sense the temperature of the heater, and a control unit Can control the heater of the resistance heating method according to the sensing value from the temperature sensor.

In addition, the heater of the induction heating method is a heat pipe made of a susceptor material that heats the outside of the smoking article, which is heated by an excitation coil provided separately in the device, and the heat pipe heats the aerosol-generating substrate cartridge and is provided in the device It further comprises a temperature acquisition unit to obtain the temperature of the induction heating heater, the control unit may control the current applied to the excitation coil according to the input of the temperature acquisition unit.

According to the present invention, by providing a liquid cartridge that can be inserted into an electrically heated smoking article, and an electrically heated smoking article comprising the same, the user prior art in inhaling the aerosol derived from the liquid and the aerosol derived from the tobacco substrate together Will solve the problem.

1 conceptually shows a partially exploded perspective view and a cross-sectional view of an electrically heated smoking article according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 conceptually shows the components of the smoking article according to FIG. 1 and the configuration of the wrapping paper surrounding it.
3 is a conceptual view showing a process in which a hygroscopic rod is manufactured to obtain the hygroscopic body shown in FIG. 2.
FIG. 4 conceptually shows a cutting process of cutting an aerosol-generating substrate cartridge to produce an aerosol-generating substrate cartridge according to the present invention from the absorbent rod shown in FIG. 3.
5 schematically shows a cross-section of an electrically heated smoking article applied to an aerosol-generating device having a pipe-shaped resistive heating heater according to the first embodiment.
FIG. 6 schematically shows a cross-sectional view of an electrically heated smoking article applied to an aerosol-generating device having a heat pipe of susceptor material that generates heat by induction heating according to the second embodiment.

The present invention can be applied to various transformations and may have various embodiments, and specific embodiments will be illustrated in the drawings and described in detail in the detailed description. Effects and features of the present invention and methods for achieving them will be clarified with reference to embodiments described below in detail together with the drawings. However, the present invention is not limited to the embodiments disclosed below, but may be implemented in various forms.

In the following embodiments, the singular expression includes a plural expression unless the context clearly indicates otherwise.

In the examples below, terms such as include or have are meant to mean that a feature or component described in the specification exists, and does not preclude the possibility of adding one or more other features or components in advance.

In the following examples, the terms'upstream' and'downstream' are terms used to indicate the relative positions of the segments constituting the smoking article, based on the direction in which the user draws air using the smoking article. The smoking article includes an upstream end (i.e., the portion where air enters) and a downstream end (i.e., the portion where air exits) opposite it. When using a smoking article, the user is able to bite the downstream end of the smoking article and inhale through the upstream end of the smoking article to pass through the interior of the smoking article and inhale air exiting the downstream end. The downstream end is located downstream of the upstream end, while the term'end' can also be described as'end'.

In the drawings, the size of components may be exaggerated or reduced for convenience of description. For example, since the size and thickness of each component shown in the drawings are arbitrarily shown for convenience of description, the present invention is not necessarily limited to what is shown.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings so that those skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains may easily practice. However, the present invention can be implemented in many different forms and is not limited to the embodiments described herein.

Hereinafter, according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, a cartridge comprising a liquid or gel-like aerosol-generating substrate capable of generating an aerosol by heating, an electrically heated smoking article comprising such a liquid cartridge, and heating a smoking article The aerosol-generating device will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. For convenience of description, the components of the electrically heated smoking article will be described while describing the liquid or gel-like aerosol-generating cartridge included therein. Here, the electric heating type smoking article refers to a form in which an aerosol is generated from a smoking article and the user inhales and uses the aerosol by heating the smoking article by an electric resistance method or an induction heating method, without burning. These smoking articles contain a suitable amount of aerosol-generating substrate inside the smoking article to perform a similar number of inhalation acts as a conventional cigarette cigarette, and after a predetermined amount of aerosol is generated, the aerosol is no longer generated. It will be discarded by the user after being used once.

The electrically heated smoking article according to the present invention is an aerosol-generating substrate and includes a gelling or solidifying gel-like aerosol-generating substrate comprising a liquid aerosol-generating substrate comprising a liquid composition such as glycerin or a liquid composition such as glycerin as described below. . The electrically heated smoking article according to the first preferred embodiment of the present invention includes a liquid composition and/or a gel composition as an aerosol-generating substrate at an upstream end, a tube providing an aerosol movement passage immediately downstream thereof, and a filter functioning as a mouthpiece Has a laminated structure. The aerosol-generating system according to the present invention includes a filter; A cartridge positioned upstream of the filter and comprising a liquid or gel aerosol-generating substrate and a hygroscopic body containing a liquid and/or gel-like aerosol-generating substrate; Lapping paper for wrapping filters and cartridges; And an aerosol-generating device for heating the cartridge.

Hereinafter, the case where the liquid aerosol-generating substrate cartridge (liquid cartridge) is applied to the cartridge of the present invention and the case where the gel-like aerosol-generating substrate cartridge is applied will be separately described for convenience of description. However, the aerosol-generating substrate that can be applied to the cartridge is not divided into a liquid phase or a gel phase, and as described later, a liquid phase and a gel phase may exist together. The drawings referenced in the following description are the same.

Liquid aerosol-generating substrate cartridge (liquid cartridge)

The liquid cartridge 56 according to the present invention includes a liquid composition; A hygroscopic body 56a in which the liquid composition is wet; It comprises a wrapping paper 61, which wraps the absorbent body in a cylinder shape having a length of 7 to 20 mm and a diameter of 5 to 8 mm, and the absorbent body 56a is 70 to 70 in the absorbent body in the liquid cartridge. It has a moisture absorption rate sufficient to absorb 120 mg of the liquid composition and keep it in the liquid cartridge 56. The cylinder shape having a length of 7 to 20 mm and a diameter of 5 to 8 mm is a size that conforms to the standard of a conventional cigarette or electric heated smoking article currently in use, and the liquid cartridge 56 having this specification has an electric heated smoking article. When inserted into the 50 and wrapped with a separate wrapping paper 60, from the user's point of view, there is no difference from a conventional cigarette or an electrically heated smoking article.

The present invention is characterized by absorbing a liquid composition of 70 to 120 mg in the absorbent body of the liquid cartridge 56 having such a standard, the numerical range of which is caused by tobacco cuts provided in one electrically heated smoking article. When the user inhales the aerosol from the tobacco body 58, it refers to the amount of the liquid composition capable of providing the aerosol derived from the liquid composition. When the liquid composition below the lower limit value (70 mg) is absorbed by the hygroscopic body 56a, the user is liquid in the process of inhaling the aerosol originating from the tobacco body 58 by the tobacco sheath provided to the electrically heated smoking article. Since the aerosol derived from the composition may be insufficient, the liquid composition absorbed by the liquid cartridge 56 should be at least the lower limit value (70 mg). When the liquid composition exceeding the upper limit (120 mg) is absorbed by the hygroscopic body 56a, the liquid composition is difficult to maintain the liquid composition in the liquid cartridge having the above specification, so that the liquid composition is a liquid cartridge ( 56). Therefore, the liquid composition absorbed by the liquid cartridge should be below the upper limit (120 mg). The preferred range is 80 to 110 mg, and the more preferred range is 90 to 105 mg.

Another feature of the present invention is that the hygroscopic body in the liquid cartridge 56 having the above specifications has a sufficient moisture absorption rate to maintain the liquid composition having the above range in the liquid cartridge. That is, the liquid composition remains absorbed by the hygroscopic body in the liquid cartridge, and does not flow out of the liquid cartridge. Here, the moisture absorption indicates that the absorbent body is wet by the liquid composition, but this does not flow out. As will be described later, the filter 52-paper tube 54-liquid cartridge 56 is wrapped with wrapping paper 60 to form an electrically heated smoking article 50, the liquid cartridge 56 being upstream or downstream Directly in contact with the paper tube 54 or the filter 52 without a separate member toward the side, the liquid composition absorbed by the hygroscopic body 56a in the liquid cartridge 56 is absorbed and stored in the hygroscopic body 56a. It does not flow toward the tube 54 or the filter 52. For this purpose, the liquid composition is desirably absorbed by the absorbent in an amount of 0.13 to 0.32 mg/mm ³ per unit volume of the absorbent body 56a. The reason for the numerical limitation is similar to the reason for the numerical limitation for the amount of the liquid composition absorbed by the absorbent body of the present invention. That is, when the lower limit value (0.13 mg / mm ³ ) is less, the amount of the liquid composition absorbed by the absorbent body is not sufficient, so that the user inhales the aerosol derived from tobacco cuts provided to the electrically heated smoking article 50 Since the aerosol derived from the liquid composition may be insufficient, the liquid composition absorbed by the liquid cartridge should be at least the lower value (0.13 mg/mm ³ ). When the liquid composition exceeding the upper limit (0.32 mg/mm ³ ) is absorbed by the hygroscopic body, the liquid composition may have difficulty absorbing the liquid composition in the liquid cartridge having the above specification, and thus it is difficult to maintain the liquid composition in a moistened state. It can flow out of the cartridge.

The liquid composition includes glycerin VG, and optionally includes glycerin PG, water, and a flavoring agent, wherein the liquid composition is, by weight, 70 to 100% glycerin VG, 0 to 20% glycerin PG, 0 to 10% It contains water, and further includes a flavoring agent added to 10% or less of the total weight of the liquid composition thus obtained. According to one preferred embodiment, the present invention uses a liquid composition consisting of 100% glycerin VG by weight. According to another preferred embodiment, the present invention uses a liquid composition consisting of 80% glycerin VG and 20% glycerin PG by weight. According to another preferred embodiment, the present invention uses a liquid composition consisting of 75% glycerin VG, 20% glycerin PG and 5% water by weight. According to another preferred embodiment, the present invention further comprises a flavoring agent added to 10% or less based on the total weight of the liquid composition thus obtained. For example, flavoring agents are licorice, sucrose, fructose syrup, isosweetener, cocoa, lavender, cinnamon, cardamom, celery, fenugreek, cascarilla, sandalwood, bergamot, geranium, honey essence, rose oil, vanilla, lemon Oil, orange oil, mint oil, cinnamon, caraway, cognac, jasmine, chamomile, menthol, cinnamon, ylang-ylang, sage, spearmint, ginger, coriander or coffee. In addition, the liquid composition may or may not contain nicotine.

According to the present invention, a hygroscopic body 56a of various materials can be applied. According to FIGS. 1 and 2, the absorbent body 56a is shown to be made by being rolled, but this is expressed for convenience of the book, and is not limited to the configuration of the absorbent body 56a. Various types of hygroscopic bodies 56a as below can be considered, and basically, the hygroscopic bodies 56a are bent or rolled into one side of the pipe structure 40 shown in FIG. 3, and the cross section is somewhat narrowed from the other side. While extruding, it is possible to obtain a hygroscopic rod 57 by wrapping with wrapping paper 61. Before being introduced into the pipe structure 40, the liquid composition is provided into the hygroscopic body 56a through a liquid composition injecting portion such as a needle, and the hygroscopic body 56a passes through the pipe structure 40, thereby encapsulating the liquid composition and pipes. While being wrapped by the wrapping paper 61 directly from the other side of the structure 40, it is cut to an appropriate length, for example, about 80 mm or 140 mm to form the absorbent rod 57. Accordingly, the absorbent body rod 57 is provided in a state in which the liquid composition is wrapped with the absorbent body 56a wrapped with the wrapping paper 61. The absorbent rod 57 is cut to a size that can fit into individual smoking articles 50 as described below.

This configuration is a generalized process in the existing cigarette manufacturing line, and has the advantage of using the existing cigarette manufacturing process and equipment as it is. In other words, the above process is applied as it is in the manufacture of conventional filters, paper tubes, and tobacco kerosene, and the cartridge 56 can be obtained using such current equipment and processes.

According to a preferred embodiment, the hygroscopic body 56a according to the present invention is made into a cylinder shape by introducing or introducing a pipe having a thickness of 2 to 3 mm made of melamine-based foamed resin or rolling it into the aforementioned pipe structure 40. According to another preferred embodiment, the absorbent body according to the present invention is made by processing a melamine-based foamed resin into a cylinder shape and introducing and extruding it into the above-described pipe structure 40, wherein the hygroscopic body made of melamine-based foamed resin is , More preferably 0.01 to 0.013 mg/mm ³ per unit volume. According to the results of experiments conducted on an electrically heated smoking article comprising a liquid cartridge having a wet absorbent with a wet composition of 100 mg, the liquid composition remained absorbed by the absorbent during the experiment without the problem of flowing out, and existing The aerosol was significantly richer than the heated cigarette of, and a sufficient aerosol derived from more liquid compositions than the conventional hybrid type was confirmed.

According to another preferred embodiment, the hygroscopic body according to the present invention is introduced into the above-described pipe structure 40 by folds, folds, or rolls of a pulp or a fabric containing pulp to form a cylinder or process into a cylinder shape, and It is made by introducing and extruding into the pipe structure 40, and a hygroscopic body made of pulp or a fabric containing pulp, more preferably has a weight per unit volume of 0.25 to 0.4 mg/mm ³ . According to the results of experiments conducted on an electrically heated smoking article comprising a liquid cartridge having a wet absorbent with a wet composition of 100 mg, the liquid composition remained absorbed by the absorbent during the experiment without the problem of flowing out, and existing The aerosol was significantly richer than the heated cigarette of, and a sufficient aerosol derived from more liquid compositions than the conventional hybrid type was confirmed.

According to another preferred embodiment, the hygroscopic body according to the present invention is made into a cylinder shape or processed into a cylinder shape by bending or rolling a woven or non-woven fabric of cotton into the above-described pipe structure 40, and processing it into a cylinder shape and the above-described pipe structure. It is made by introducing and extruding as (40), and the absorbent body made of woven or nonwoven fabric of cotton, more preferably has a weight per unit volume of 0.2 to 0.35 mg/mm ³ . According to the results of experiments conducted on an electrically heated smoking article comprising a liquid cartridge having a wet absorbent with a wet composition of 100 mg, the liquid composition remained absorbed by the absorbent during the experiment without the problem of flowing out, and existing The aerosol was significantly richer than the heated cigarette of, and a sufficient aerosol derived from more liquid compositions than the conventional hybrid type was confirmed.

According to another preferred embodiment, the hygroscopic body according to the present invention is rolled or rolled into a woven fabric or a non-woven fabric of bamboo fiber and introduced into the above-described pipe structure 40 to make a cylinder shape or to process it into a cylinder shape and to process the aforementioned pipe. It is made by introducing and extruding into the structure 40, and the absorbent body made of woven or nonwoven fabric of bamboo fiber, more preferably, has a weight per unit volume of 0.15 to 0.25 mg/mm ³ . According to the results of experiments conducted on an electrically heated smoking article comprising a liquid cartridge having a wet absorbent with a wet composition of 100 mg, the liquid composition remained absorbed by the absorbent during the experiment without the problem of flowing out, and existing The aerosol was significantly richer than the heated cigarette of, and a sufficient aerosol derived from more liquid compositions than the conventional hybrid type was confirmed.

According to one preferred embodiment, the wrapping paper 61 forming the liquid cartridge 56 may be provided with a paper formed by attaching aluminum foil to paper, and the cylinder shape such that the aluminum foil contacts the hygroscopic body 56a. Wrapped with. Accordingly, it is possible to eliminate or minimize the possibility that the liquid composition in which the aluminum foil is contained in the hygroscopic body 56a flows out through the side surface of the liquid cartridge 56. That is, as can be seen from the configuration of the liquid cartridge shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the hygroscopic body 56a is wrapped with a separate wrapping paper 61 before being wrapped by the wrapping paper 60 for forming a smoking article. In this case, the wrapping paper 61 may be provided in the form of aluminum foil attached to the paper, it is preferable that the aluminum foil is wrapped in a cylinder shape so as to contact the hygroscopic body 56a.

In some cases, the composition of the liquid aerosol-generating substrate contains nicotine, and a tube and a filter may be sequentially stacked in a liquid aerosol-generating cartridge and wrapped with wrapping paper to produce an electrically heated smoking article.

The electrically heated smoking article 50 according to the present invention may include a paper tube 54 that provides an aerosol moving passage, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, in which a PLA is inserted into the tube to control the temperature of the aerosol. It can also be lowered to prevent the user from being burned when inhaling the aerosol. The paper tube 54 can also be wrapped by a separate wrapping paper (not shown). In this case, the wrapping paper for the paper tube 54 is sufficient with paper, that is, paper.

The filter 52 serving as a mouthpiece serves to prevent the aerosol passing and the liquid inflow as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2. As described above, the liquid composition wetted or dipped in the absorbent body 56a is maintained in the liquid cartridge 56 in a normal and normal use environment, but in an abnormal environment such as when excessive external force acts only on the liquid cartridge 56. Some liquid compositions may flow out, in which case the filter serves to prevent liquid ingress (paper tubes may function similarly). The filter can be made of pulp, and can be made in the form of a cylinder or tube. On the other hand, the filter can improve the user's satisfaction by including a flavor component. Flavoring ingredients include, for example, licorice, sucrose, fructose syrup, isosweetener, cocoa, lavender, cinnamon, cardamom, celery, fenugreek, cascarilla, sandalwood, bergamot, geranium, honey essence, rose oil, vanilla, lemon Oil, orange oil, mint oil, cinnamon, caraway, cognac, jasmine, chamomile, menthol, cinnamon, ylang-ylang, sage, spearmint, ginger, coriander or coffee.

Essentially, the above-described liquid cartridge 56 may be made using the same process and equipment for incorporating a flavoring component in the filter 52 as above. In this case, existing processes and equipment are used as they are, so there is no great difficulty in meeting mass production and quality control.

The electrically heated smoking article 50 is usually wrapped with a plurality of layers of lapping papers 60 and 61, the first lapping paper 61 surrounding the portion where the liquid cartridge is located, and the second lapping paper wrapping the tubes together thereon ( (Not shown), it can be wrapped with multiple layers of wrapping paper, such as a third wrapping paper 60 that wraps all parts of the electrically heated smoking article thereon. The electric heating type smoking article may be obtained through various steps of lapping, and in some cases, a process of forming a liquid cartridge may be performed separately or may be performed through a continuous line.

Alternatively, to reduce manufacturing time and to reduce manufacturing costs, wrap at once with padding of different materials or thicknesses inside the outermost wrapping paper wrapping all parts of the electrically heated smoking article. It is also possible to do.

1 and 2, the liquid cartridge 56 according to an embodiment of the present invention wraps the absorbent body 56a in which the liquid composition is absorbed by the wrapping paper 61 serving as a housing. In addition, at the downstream end of the liquid cartridge 56, a paper tube 54 and a filter 52 are sequentially stacked. The filter and paper tube are wrapped by a wrapping paper 60 together with a liquid cartridge.

The liquid composition in the liquid cartridge 56 is retained in the liquid cartridge 56 while being absorbed by the hygroscopic body, does not flow out of the liquid cartridge, is vaporized by heating and generates an aerosol.

The wrapping papers 60 and 61 are preferably made of a material that is not deformed by high heat and contact with a liquid or does not generate harmful components to the human body. Alternatively, the wrapping paper may be made of a metal thin film or a metal foil, or may be in the form of a metal thin film or a thin metal sheet overlaid or laminated to a paper-like wrapping paper as described above. According to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the wrapping paper 61 serving as the housing of the liquid cartridge 56 is composed of a combination of paper and aluminum foil, and the aluminum foil is in contact with the hygroscopic body 56a, so that the liquid composition is It is prevented from flowing out to the side of the liquid cartridge 56 while being absorbed by the absorbent body.

The filter 52 on the downstream side of the liquid cartridge may have a hollow portion for air flow formation, but a filter having a hollow portion may be used. The filter may be composed of at least one segment, and may include, for example, at least one of a tube filter, a cooling structure, and a recess filter. The tube filter has a shape including a hollow inside. The tube filter and recess filter can be made of cellulose acetate, and the tube serving as a cooling structure can be made of pure polylactic acid (PLA) or a combination of other degradable polymers and polylactic acid.

More specifically, the filter 52 may be made of a material such as acetate, paper, or PP, and the filter wrapper (wrapping paper) surrounding the filter is made of plain paper, perforated paper, perforated paper, NWA (Non Wrapped Acetate), etc. Can be classified. In addition, the shape of the filter can be classified into a mono filter consisting of one segment and a composite (double, triple, etc.) filter consisting of several segments. The filter may be made of acetate tow, plasticizer, activated carbon, X-DNA, paper. Acetate tow refers to an aggregate of continuous filaments of cellulose acetate, and plays a decisive role in determining suction resistance, the most important characteristic of a filter. The properties of acetate tow are determined by Denia.

The plasticizer softens and softens the cellulose acetate fibers to form bonds at the contact points between the fibers, making the fiber bundles more rigid. Triacetin is used as a plasticizer for cigarette filters.

Activated carbon, which is one of the adsorbents, is a substance mainly composed of carbon, and can be classified according to particle size and properties. Raw materials used for activated carbon are vegetable raw materials, such as wood, sawdust, and fruit flakes (palm shell, bamboo, peach seeds).

X-DNA refers to functional particles processed after being extracted from seaweeds and concentrated. Compared to activated carbon, which is mainly used for cigarette filters, it does not affect the taste of cigarettes, and it has excellent removal function of various carcinogens.

The function of the wrapping paper (wrapping paper) maintains the shape of the filter floc when the filter is manufactured. In the manufacture of the winding paper, properties such as porosity, tensile strength, elongation, thickness, and pasteability must be satisfied.

For example, the length of the liquid cartridge 56 is 14.0 mm, the length of the filter 52 or the tube 54 may be 2.5 mm, respectively, and the length of the cigarette body 58 including tobacco cuts may be 9.0 mm. Alternatively, for example, the filter 52 may be 10 mm, the paper tube 54 may be 16 mm, the liquid cartridge 56 may be 10 mm, and the cigarette body 58 may be 12 mm.

The relative lengths of the filter 52, the paper tube 54, and the liquid cartridge 56 are the temperature of the aerosol in the process of the user inhaling the aerosol generated in the electrically heated smoking article by the aerosol-generating device 100 described later. Can be related. Since the temperature of the aerosol generated from the liquid cartridge 56 can further cool the high temperature aerosol as the length of the paper tube 54 increases, the temperature of the aerosol generated from the liquid cartridge 56 is considered, and the liquid The relative lengths of these may vary depending on the amount of the liquid composition depending on the volume of the cartridge 56 and the heating method of the aerosol-generating device described later. It will not be difficult for a person having ordinary skill in the art to meet the above various conditions while manufacturing an electrically heated smoking article in the same size as the size of a commercially available electrically heated smoking article.

As described above, according to one preferred embodiment for manufacturing the liquid cartridge 56 shown in FIG. 3, the spray equipment is formed before the hygroscopic body formed in the shape of a cylinder by the pipe structure 40 is introduced into the pipe structure 40. Or passing through the liquid composition injection portion such as a needle, the liquid composition is sufficiently sprayed or injected to provide the liquid composition into the hygroscopic body 56a, and the hygroscopic body 56a passes through the pipe structure 40 to retain the liquid composition or the liquid composition It becomes wet. Thereafter, the hygroscopic body in which the liquid composition is absorbed is wrapped by a wrapping paper made of, for example, paper (or aluminum foil-laminated paper), and cut into required lengths (eg 140 mm, 100 mm or 80 mm). The absorbent body rod 57 is formed. The hygroscopic rod 57 is cut into liquid cartridges 56 of desired length (e.g. 14 mm, 10 mm, 8 mm) as described below, followed by segments of other electrically heated smoking articles (tubes, filters, tobacco bodies) ) Can be made into an electrically heated smoking article 50 for aerosol generation by packing (wrapping) together.

4 is a view schematically showing a cutting process of cutting the absorbent rod 57 obtained as above to produce a liquid cartridge 56 according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention. As described above, for example, the absorbent rod 57 having a length of 140 mm, 100 mm, or 80 mm flows into the groove of the index table 70 and moves to the conveyor belt 90 according to the rotation of the index table. At this time, the rotary blade 80 is disposed on a path that moves along the index table 70, and the absorbent body rod 57 is 10 by a desired length, for example, 14 mm, 10 mm, 80 mm by the rotating blade. It is cut into two liquid cartridges 56. 10 rotating blades 80 are arranged at equal intervals, cutting the 140 mm absorbent rod 57 into 10 14 mm liquid cartridges 56, or cutting 100 mm absorbent rod 57 into 10 10 mm The liquid cartridge 56 may be cut, or the 80 mm absorbent rod 57 may be cut into ten 8 mm liquid cartridges 56. As described above, the above process and equipment are used as they are in the case of incorporating a flavoring component or the like in a filter in conventional cigarette manufacturing, so there is no great difficulty in satisfying mass production and quality control.

According to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, a filter 52 functioning as a mouthpiece is located at the downstream end of the liquid cartridge 56. By packing each of these segments (filter, liquid cartridge) together, it is possible to manufacture an electrically heated smoking article 50 for aerosol generation. As described above, between the filter 52 and the liquid cartridge 56, a tube 54 that provides a movement path of the aerosol and cools the aerosol may be positioned as needed. Each of these segments, filter 52, tube 54, and liquid cartridge 56 are arranged side by side and packed together to obtain an electrically heated smoking article 50 for aerosol generation. In an actual manufacturing line, these can be arranged in a set of 10 or more in parallel and then cut into several electrically heated smoking articles after lapping is performed.

In either case, the liquid composition of the liquid cartridge 56 remains absorbed by the hygroscopic body 56a in the liquid cartridge, and does not flow out of the liquid cartridge 61, but the liquid composition generates an aerosol at about 120° C. or higher. Since it is started, it is possible to prevent the loss of the liquid composition during the manufacturing process by setting the process control to 100° C. or less during the wrapping or manufacturing process of the liquid cartridge 56. Inevitably, if a high temperature above the starting temperature of vaporization of the liquid composition is required in the manufacturing process, the amount of the liquid composition lost during the process is estimated, and the amount expected to be lost is added to the required amount, and the liquid composition can be additionally absorbed and managed. have.

Gel-type aerosol-generating cartridge

The gel-like aerosol-generating substrate cartridge according to the present invention exists as a gel, semi-solid or solid phase (hereinafter, also simply referred to as'gel phase') in a first temperature range (eg, a temperature range of 50° C.) including room temperature. And a liquid aerosol in a second temperature range including 70° C. (for example, a temperature range of 50-100° C.) and vaporizing with an aerosol in a temperature range of 150 to 400° C., a gel aerosol containing glycerin and gelatin. Development substrate; A gel hygroscopic body 56a in which a gel-like aerosol-generating substrate is accommodated; And a wrapping paper 61, which wraps the side surfaces of the gel absorbent body 56a in a cylinder shape having a length of 7 to 20 mm and a diameter of 5 to 8 mm. The cylinder shape having a length of 7 to 20 mm and a diameter of 5 to 8 mm is a size that conforms to the standard of a conventional tobacco or electric heated smoking article currently in use, and a gel aerosol-generating cartridge having such a specification is an electric heated smoking article. When inserted into the 50 and wrapped with a separate wrapping paper 60, from the user's point of view, there is no difference from a conventional cigarette or an electrically heated smoking article.

Specifically, the gel-like aerosol-generating substrate is a mixture of glycerin and gelatin. For example, glycerin PG (Proplylene Glycol) or VG (Vegetable Glycerine), or PG and VG mixture is heated for 30 minutes and stirred for 30 minutes to lower the viscosity. By adding 10-50% by weight of a possible additive, gelatin and/or water, the mixture is stirred until the additive is dissolved in glycerin, and a mixture of glycerin and gelatin and/or water can be obtained. The mixture maintains a gel, semi-solid, or solid phase in a first temperature range including room temperature (a temperature range of less than about 50° C.) and is heated to a second temperature range including 70° C. (temperature range of 50 to 100° C. In ), it changes to a liquid phase and exists as a liquid phase, and when heated further, generates an aerosol at about 150°C or higher.

As described above, the gel-like aerosol-generating substrate may additionally include one or more of water, agar, thickener, starch powder, celluloses, carboxymethyl ethers, natural food flavors, or fruit extracts. In addition, the content of glycerin in the gel-like aerosol-generating substrate is preferably 50% by weight or more. When water is included, the time to form a gel-like aerosol-generating mixture by reducing the gelatin can be reduced. In addition, the mixture may additionally contain an agar, and in this case also advantageously forms a gel-like aerosol-generating substrate mixture. In addition to this, the gel aerosol-generating substrate mixture may include a thickener, starch powder, celluloses, and carboxymethyl ethers as additives. In addition, the gel-like aerosol-generating substrate mixture may further include natural food flavorings or fruit extracts. In this case, it is possible to add various flavors to the user through the generated aerosol. In any case, the content of glycerin in the gel-like aerosol-generating substrate mixture is preferably 50% by weight or more, thereby minimizing the burnt taste in the aerosol generated. Additionally, the gel-like aerosol-generating mixture may or may not contain nicotine.

Here, the gel aerosol generating substrate, by weight, comprises a liquid composition consisting of 80 to 100% glycerin VG, 0 to 20% glycerin PG, 60 to 80% liquid composition and 20 to 40% water volume It contains gelatin in a weight of 1 to 6 g compared to 100 ml of the mixture mixed in proportion, and optionally includes a flavoring agent added to 10% or less based on the total weight of the liquid composition. Here, preferably, the liquid composition is contained in the gel absorbent in an amount of 70 to 120 mg. This numerical range refers to the amount of a liquid composition that can provide aerosols derived from the liquid composition together when a user inhales the aerosol from the tobacco body 58 by tobacco sheath provided in a single ratio of electrically heated smoking articles. When a liquid composition having a lower value (70 mg) or less is included as a gel aerosol-generating substrate in the gel absorbent body 56a, an aerosol derived from the cigarette body 58 caused by tobacco cuts provided to the user by using an electric heated smoking article Since the aerosol derived from the liquid composition in the process of inhaling may be insufficient, the liquid composition included in the gel aerosol-generating substrate cartridge 56 should be at least the lower value (70 mg). If the liquid composition exceeding the upper limit (120 mg) is included in the gel hygroscopic body 56a, the volume of the gel aerosol generating substrate which is a mixture may be too large, so that the gel hygroscopic body in the gel aerosol generating substrate cartridge 56 having the above specification is liquid It may be difficult to retain the composition. Therefore, the liquid composition included in the gel-like aerosol-generating cartridge should be less than or equal to the upper limit (120 mg). The preferred range is 80 to 110 mg, and the more preferred range is 90 to 105 mg.

Another feature of the present invention is that the gel aerosol-generating substrate may exist or may exist in a liquid state in the manufacturing process as described below. Even if it is liquefied, the gel hygroscopic body 56a in the gel-like aerosol-generating substrate cartridge having the above specification is described above. The liquid composition having the same composition range has a sufficient moisture absorption rate to be maintained in the gel-like aerosol-generating cartridge. That is, the liquid composition remains absorbed by the gel hygroscopic body 56a in the gel-like aerosol-generating cartridge, and does not flow out of the gel-like aerosol-generating substrate. Here, the moisture absorption indicates that the gel absorbent body is wet by the liquid composition, but this does not flow out. As described later, the filter 52-the paper tube 54-the gel-like aerosol-generating cartridge 56-the cigarette body 58 is wrapped with a wrapping paper 60 to form an electrically heated smoking article 50, The gel-like aerosol-generating substrate 56 is in direct contact with the cigarette body 58, the paper tube 54, or the filter 52 without a separate member toward the upstream or downstream side. The liquid composition absorbed by the sieve 56a is only absorbed and stored in the gel absorbent and does not flow toward the tobacco body 58 or the paper tube 54 or the filter 52. For this purpose, the liquid composition is desirably absorbed by the gel absorbent in an amount of 0.13 to 0.32 mg/mm ³ per unit volume of the gel absorbent. The reason for the numerical limitation is similar to the reason for numerical limitation for the amount of the liquid composition absorbed by the gel hygroscopic body 56a of the present invention. That is, when the lower limit value (0.13 mg / mm ³ ) is less, the amount of the liquid composition absorbed by the gel hygroscopic body 56a is insufficient, so that the user inhales the aerosol derived from tobacco cuts provided to the electrically heated smoking article. Since the aerosol derived from the gel-like aerosol-generating substrate may be insufficient in the process, the liquid composition absorbed by the gel-like aerosol-generating cartridge should be at least the lower value (0.13 mg/mm ³ ). When the liquid composition exceeding the upper limit (0.32 mg/mm ³ ) is absorbed by the gel hygroscopic material, the gel absorbent in the gel aerosol-generating substrate having the above specification may have difficulty maintaining the liquid composition in a moistened state. , The liquid composition may flow out of the gel-like aerosol-generating cartridge 56.

The'gel-like aerosol-generating substrate cartridge' used in the present invention exists as a gel at room temperature and is liquefied in a temperature range of 50 to 100°C, including 70°C, for example, and then, for example, a temperature of about 150 to 350°C through additional heating It refers to a cartridge 56 containing a gel-like aerosol-generating substrate that vaporizes with an aerosol in the range. In one example, the gel-like aerosol-generating substrate is present in the form of a gel in a first temperature range including room temperature, and a liquid phase such as glycerin VG (optionally containing glycerin PG) that changes to a liquid state in a second temperature range including 70°C. It is a gel mixture of the composition, gelatin, and water, and is heated by an electric induction or resistance heating method by a separate aerosol-generating device, so that the gel-like aerosol-generating substrate is changed into a liquid phase, and the liquid composition generates an aerosol through additional heating. According to one preferred embodiment of the present invention, the liquid composition is weight %, 100% glycerin VG, and according to another preferred embodiment, the liquid composition is weight %, 80% glycerin VG, 20% glycerin PG.

According to another preferred embodiment, heat is given to the liquid composition as described above and stirred for 30 minutes to lower the viscosity, and an additive that can be gelled is added to gelatin and/or water, stirred until the additive dissolves in glycerin, and glycerin and It is possible to obtain a gel-like mixture of gelatin and/or water. In this case, 60 to 80% of the liquid composition and 20 to 40% of the volume ratio of water were mixed to contain 1 to 6 g of gelatin compared to 100 ml of the mixture.

According to another preferred embodiment, 1 g, 1.5 g, and 2 g of gelatin are respectively added to 10 ml of cold water to call gelatin, and 50 ml of a liquid composition in which 80% of glycerin VG and 20% of glycerin PG are mixed by weight% is obtained. After mixing and dissolving, it was left at room temperature for 6 hours or more. The gelation proceeded well even when left at room temperature, and the gelation progressed better as the amount of gelatin increased. At 1 g or more and 1.5 g or less of gelatin, the viscosity increased and the gelation was weak.

According to another preferred embodiment, 5 g of gelatin is poured into 50 ml of cold water for 30 minutes, and 100 ml of a liquid composition in which 80% of glycerin VG and 20% of glycerin PG are mixed in weight% is added thereto for 90 minutes at 75°C. It was possible to obtain a gel-like aerosol-generating substrate by stirring and heating.

The gel-like aerosol-generating substrate maintains a gel phase in the first temperature range (below about 50°C) including room temperature, and is heated to change into a liquid phase in the second temperature range (70°C to 100°C) including 70°C. Therefore, when it is present in the liquid phase and is further heated, aerosol is generated at about 120°C or higher. As described later, during the manufacturing process to inject the gel aerosol-generating substrate into the gel absorbent body 56a, the gel aerosol-generating substrate is heated to a second temperature range to liquefy, and the liquid is sprayed onto the gel absorbent body 56a or needle The liquid is absorbed into the gel hygroscopic body 56a by injecting with the like. Thereafter, the liquid is maintained at a low temperature, for example, at about 4° C. for 5 to 10 minutes, or at room temperature for 1 hour or more, so that the liquid absorbed by the gel hygroscopic body 56a is changed into a gel, and the surface in the gel hygroscopic body 56a , Pores, networks, etc., and fine grains are dispersed.

On the other hand, the gel hygroscopic body has sufficient hygroscopicity to the liquid composition of the liquefied aerosol-generating substrate, so that the liquid composition does not flow out from the gel hygroscopic body. As described above, the gel-like aerosol-generating substrate is mainly composed of glycerin and gelatin, but it is preferable to further include water. When water is included, it is possible to reduce the time to form the gel-like aerosol-generating substrate by softening the gelatin. In addition, the gel-like aerosol-generating substrate may additionally include an agar, and in this case also advantageously forms a gel phase. In addition to this, the gel-like aerosol-generating substrate may include a thickener, starch powder, celluloses, and carboxymethyl ethers as additives. In addition, the gel-like aerosol-generating substrate may further include natural food flavorings or fruit extracts. In this case, it is possible to add various flavors to the user through the generated aerosol. In either case, the content of glycerin in the gel-like aerosol-generating substrate is preferably 50% by weight or more, thereby minimizing the burnt taste in the aerosol generated.

As described above, the liquid composition comprises 80% to 100% of glycerin VG, and 0 to 20% of glycerin PG in weight%, and further includes a flavoring agent added to 10% or less based on the total weight of the liquid composition thus obtained. Includes. According to one preferred embodiment, the present invention uses a liquid composition consisting of 100% glycerin VG by weight. According to another preferred embodiment, the present invention uses a liquid composition consisting of 80% glycerin VG and 20% glycerin PG by weight. According to another preferred embodiment, the present invention further comprises a flavoring agent added to 10% or less based on the total weight of the liquid composition thus obtained. For example, flavoring agents are licorice, sucrose, fructose syrup, isosweetener, cocoa, lavender, cinnamon, cardamom, celery, fenugreek, cascarilla, sandalwood, bergamot, geranium, honey essence, rose oil, vanilla, lemon Oil, orange oil, mint oil, cinnamon, caraway, cognac, jasmine, chamomile, menthol, cinnamon, ylang-ylang, sage, spearmint, ginger, coriander or coffee. In addition, the liquid composition may or may not contain nicotine.

According to the present invention, a gel hygroscopic body 56a of various materials can be applied. According to FIGS. 1 and 2, the gel absorbent body 56a is illustrated as being rolled up, but it is expressed as such for convenience of illustration, and is not limited to the configuration of the gel absorbent body 56a. Several types of gel hygroscopic bodies 56a may be considered as follows, and basically, the gel hygroscopic bodies 56a are bent or rolled into one side of the pipe structure 40 shown in FIG. 3, and the cross section is somewhat narrowed from the other side. It is possible to obtain a gel absorbent rod 57 by wrapping with wrapping paper 61 while extruding into a shape. Before being introduced into the pipe structure 40, the liquefied gel aerosol generating substrate is absorbed into the gel absorbent body 56a through a liquid injection part such as a needle, and the gel absorbent body 56a passes through the pipe structure 40 to liquefy the gel. As the aerosol-generating substrate becomes wet or dipped, it is wrapped by a wrapping paper 61 directly from the other side of the pipe structure 40, and is cut to a suitable length, for example, about 80 mm or 140 mm to open the gel absorbent rod 57. Form. That is, the gel-like aerosol-generating substrate mixture is heated to a second temperature range including 70° C. to make it a liquid state, and is injected into the gel hygroscopic body 56a through an injection portion such as a needle to be absorbed by the gel hygroscopic body 56a. It may be subjected to an appropriate cooling process before cutting with the gel absorbent rod 57, and since the gel absorbent 56a has sufficient hygroscopic power to the gel-like aerosol-generating substrate in a liquid state, an appropriate time at room temperature after cutting is an example. 1 hour or low temperature, for example 5 to 10 minutes at 4° C., the gel-like aerosol-generating substrate in the liquid state introduced into the gel absorbent body 56 is gelated and subsequently worked (cutting with a cartridge or smoking articles (Wrapping operation) may be prevented or minimized from flowing out of the liquid composition from the gel absorbent body 56a. That is, the gel absorbent rod 57 may be provided in a state in which the gel aerosol-generating substrate in which the gel-like aerosol-generating substrate is in a liquid state is wrapped with a wrapping paper 61, and by providing an appropriate cooling structure to the pipe structure The gel absorbent rod 57 may be wrapped with the wrapping paper 61 while the gel-like aerosol-generating substrate is present in the gel absorbent body 56a in a gel form. Alternatively, the gel absorbent rod 57 can be held by gelling the mixture containing the aerosol-generating substrate introduced into the gel absorbent by simply maintaining it in the first temperature range including the normal temperature for a predetermined time as described above, It is cut to a size that can fit into individual smoking articles 50 as described below.

This configuration is a generalized process in the existing cigarette manufacturing line, and has the advantage of using the existing cigarette manufacturing process and equipment as it is. In other words, the above process is applied as it is in the manufacture of conventional filters, paper tubes, and tobacco kerosene, and the cartridge 56 can be obtained using such current equipment and processes.

The gel-like aerosol-generating substrate is introduced into the gel absorbent in a liquid state in a second temperature range of 50 to 100°C, for example, including 70°C, and thus can be easily absorbed into the gel absorbent, which will be described later, and includes room temperature. For example, in the first temperature range of less than 50°C, the gel absorbent is present in the gel absorbent in the space between the surface, pores, and the network. Therefore, when the gel-like aerosol-generating cartridge is maintained in the first temperature range including room temperature, the possibility that the liquid composition contained in the gel-like aerosol-generating substrate flows out or leaks from the gel-like aerosol cartridge is minimized.

According to a preferred embodiment, the gel hygroscopic material according to the present invention is made into a cylinder shape by introducing or introducing a pipe having a thickness of 2 to 3 mm made of melamine-based foamed resin into a pipe structure 40 described above. According to another embodiment, the gel absorbent according to the present invention is made by extruding a melamine-based foamed resin in a cylinder shape and introducing it into the above-described pipe structure 40, and the gel absorbent made of melamine-based foamed resin is , More preferably 0.01 to 0.013 mg/mm ³ per unit volume. According to the results of experiments conducted on an electrically heated smoking article comprising a gel-like aerosol-generating substrate corresponding to a 100 mg liquid composition, the liquid composition remained absorbed by the gel absorbent during the experiment without the problem of flowing out, and existing The aerosol was found to be significantly richer than that of the heated cigarette, and sufficient aerosol was derived from more liquid compositions than when the existing hybrid type or liquid composition was absorbed.

According to another preferred embodiment, the gel hygroscopic material according to the present invention is introduced into the above-described pipe structure 40 by folds, folds, or rolls of pulp or a fabric containing pulp to form a cylinder or process into a cylinder shape, and It is made by introducing and extruding into one pipe structure 40, and a gel absorbent made of pulp or a fabric containing pulp, more preferably has a weight per unit volume of 0.25 to 0.4 mg/mm ³ . According to the results of experiments conducted on an electrically heated smoking article comprising a gel-like aerosol-generating substrate corresponding to a 100 mg liquid composition, the liquid composition remained absorbed by the gel absorbent during the experiment without the problem of flowing out, and existing The aerosol was found to be significantly richer than that of the heated cigarette, and sufficient aerosol was derived from more liquid compositions than when the existing hybrid type or liquid composition was absorbed.

According to another preferred embodiment, the gel hygroscopic material according to the present invention is made into a cylinder shape or processed into a cylinder shape, and is introduced into the above-described pipe structure 40 by rolling or rolling a woven or non-woven fabric of cotton, and processing the above-described pipe It is made by introducing and extruding into the structure 40, and the gel absorbent made of cotton woven fabric or non-woven fabric, more preferably has a weight per unit volume of 0.2 to 0.35 mg/mm ³ . According to the results of experiments conducted on an electrically heated smoking article comprising a gel-like aerosol-generating substrate corresponding to a 100 mg liquid composition, the liquid composition remained absorbed by the gel absorbent during the experiment without the problem of flowing out, and existing The aerosol was found to be significantly richer than that of the heated cigarette, and sufficient aerosol was derived from more liquid compositions than when the existing hybrid type or liquid composition was absorbed.

According to another preferred embodiment, the gel absorbent body according to the present invention is made into a cylinder shape or processed into a cylinder shape by introducing or into a pipe structure 40 described above by rolling or rolling a woven or non-woven fabric of bamboo fiber. It is made by introducing and extruding into the pipe structure 40, and the gel absorbent made of woven or nonwoven fabric of bamboo fiber, more preferably has a weight per unit volume of 0.15 to 0.25 mg/mm ³ . According to the results of experiments conducted on an electrically heated smoking article comprising a gel-like aerosol-generating substrate corresponding to a 100 mg liquid composition, the liquid composition remained absorbed by the gel absorbent during the experiment without the problem of flowing out, and existing The aerosol was found to be significantly richer than that of the heated cigarette, and sufficient aerosol was derived from more liquid compositions than when the existing hybrid type or liquid composition was absorbed.

According to one preferred embodiment, the wrapping paper 61 forming the gel-like aerosol-generating cartridge 56 may be provided with a lamination formed by attaching aluminum foil to paper, and the aluminum foil is attached to the gel hygroscopic body 56a. It is wrapped in a cylinder shape to make contact. Accordingly, the aluminum foil can eliminate or minimize the possibility that the gel-like aerosol-generating substrate in the liquid state contained in the gel hygroscopic body 56a flows through the side of the gel-like aerosol-generating cartridge 56. That is, as can be seen from the configuration of the gel-like aerosol-generating substrate shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the gel absorbent body 56a is a separate wrapping paper 61 before being wrapped by the wrapping paper 60 for forming a smoking article. ), in which case the wrapping paper 61 may be provided in the form of aluminum foil attached to the paper, and the aluminum foil is preferably wrapped in a cylinder shape to contact the gel absorbent body 56a.

In some cases, the composition of the gel-like aerosol-generating substrate contains nicotine, and a tube and a filter may be sequentially stacked in a gel-like aerosol-generating cartridge and wrapped with wrapping paper to produce an electrically heated smoking article.

The electrically heated smoking article 50 according to the present invention may include a paper tube 54 that provides an aerosol moving passage, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, in which a PLA is inserted into the tube to control the temperature of the aerosol. It can also be lowered to prevent the user from being burned when inhaling the aerosol. The paper tube 54 can also be wrapped by a separate wrapping paper (not shown). In this case, the wrapping paper for the paper tube 54 is sufficient with paper, that is, paper.

The filter 52 serving as a mouthpiece serves to prevent the aerosol passing and the liquid inflow as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2. As described above, the gel-like aerosol-generating substrate retained in the gel absorbent body 56a is maintained in the gel absorbent body 56a in the form of a gel or the like in a first temperature range including room temperature, but the surrounding environment in which smoking articles are stored is controlled. 2 Some liquid compositions may flow out in an abnormal environment, such as when a temperature range or excessive external force acts only on the gel-like aerosol-generating cartridge 56 in this situation, in which case the filter prevents the liquid from entering. It plays a role (paper tubes can function similarly). The filter can be made of pulp, and can be made in the form of a cylinder or tube. On the other hand, the filter can improve the user's satisfaction by including a flavor component. Flavoring ingredients include, for example, licorice, sucrose, fructose syrup, isosweetener, cocoa, lavender, cinnamon, cardamom, celery, fenugreek, cascarilla, sandalwood, bergamot, geranium, honey essence, rose oil, vanilla, lemon Oil, orange oil, mint oil, cinnamon, caraway, cognac, jasmine, chamomile, menthol, cinnamon, ylang-ylang, sage, spearmint, ginger, coriander or coffee.

Essentially, the above-described gel-like aerosol-generating cartridge 56 may be made using the process and equipment including the scented component in the filter 52 as described above. In this case, existing processes and equipment are used as they are, so there is no great difficulty in meeting mass production and quality control.

The electrically heated smoking article 50 is usually wrapped with a plurality of layers of lapping papers 60 and 61, the first lapping paper 61 surrounding the portion where the gel-like aerosol-generating cartridge is located, and the second lapping tube together thereon. It can be wrapped with multiple layers of wrapping paper, such as a wrapping paper (not shown), a third wrapping paper 60 that wraps all parts of the electrically heated smoking article thereon. The electric heating type smoking article may be obtained through various steps of lapping, and in some cases, a process of forming a gel-like aerosol-generating cartridge may be performed separately or may be performed through a continuous line.

Alternatively, to reduce manufacturing time and to reduce manufacturing costs, wrap the padding of different materials or different thicknesses on the inside of the outermost wrapping paper wrapping all parts of the electrically heated smoking article. It is also possible to do.

1 and 2, the gel aerosol-generating substrate cartridge 56 according to an embodiment of the present invention serves as a housing for a gel hygroscopic body 56a containing a gel-like aerosol-generating substrate containing a liquid composition. The lapping paper 61 is wrapping. In addition, a paper tube 54 and a filter 52 are sequentially stacked at the downstream end of the gel-like aerosol-generating cartridge 56. The filter and tube are wrapped by a wrapping paper 60 with a gel-like aerosol-generating cartridge.

The gel aerosol-generating substrate in the gel-like aerosol-generating cartridge 56 is maintained in the gel-like aerosol-generating substrate cartridge 56 in a gel form or the like in a gel absorbent at a first temperature range, and a liquid composition contained in the gel-like aerosol-generating substrate generates a gel-like aerosol It does not flow out of the substrate cartridge 56 and is vaporized by heating to generate an aerosol.

The wrapping papers 60 and 61 are preferably made of a material that is not deformed by high heat and contact with a liquid or does not generate harmful components to the human body. Alternatively, the wrapping paper may be made of a metal thin film or a metal foil, or may be in the form of a metal thin film or a thin metal sheet overlaid or laminated to a paper-like wrapping paper as described above. According to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the wrapping paper 61 serving as a housing for the gel-like aerosol-generating cartridge 56 is composed of a lamination of paper and aluminum foil, and the aluminum foil comes into contact with the gel hygroscopic body 56a. Thus, by placing the gel hygroscopic body 56a in the second temperature range during the manufacturing process or during storage, the gel aerosol-generating substrate is changed to a liquid state, thereby preventing the gel aerosol-generating substrate 56 from flowing out to the side.

The filter 52 on the downstream side of the gel-like aerosol-generating substrate cartridge may have a hollow portion for airflow formation, but a filter having no hollow portion may be used. The filter may be composed of at least one segment, and may include, for example, at least one of a tube filter, a cooling structure, and a recess filter. The tube filter has a shape including a hollow inside. The tube filter and recess filter can be made of cellulose acetate, and the tube serving as a cooling structure can be made of pure polylactic acid or a combination of other degradable polymers and polylactic acid.

More specifically, the filter 52 may be made of a material such as acetate, paper, or PP, and the filter wrapper (wrapping paper) surrounding the filter is made of plain paper, perforated paper, perforated paper, NWA (Non Wrapped Acetate), etc. Can be classified. In addition, the shape of the filter can be classified into a mono filter consisting of one segment and a composite (double, triple, etc.) filter consisting of several segments. The filter may be made of acetate tow, plasticizer, activated carbon, X-DNA, paper. Acetate tow refers to an aggregate of continuous filaments of cellulose acetate, and plays a decisive role in determining suction resistance, the most important characteristic of a filter. The properties of acetate tow are determined by Denia.

The plasticizer softens and softens the cellulose acetate fibers to form bonds at the contact points between the fibers, making the fiber bundles more rigid. Triacetin is used as a plasticizer for cigarette filters.

Activated carbon, which is one of the adsorbents, is a substance mainly composed of carbon, and can be classified according to particle size and properties. Raw materials used for activated carbon are vegetable raw materials, such as wood, sawdust, and fruit flakes (palm shell, bamboo, peach seeds).

X-DNA refers to functional particles processed after being extracted from seaweeds and concentrated. Compared to activated carbon, which is mainly used for cigarette filters, it does not affect the taste of cigarettes, and it has excellent removal function of various carcinogens.

The function of the wrapping paper (wrapping paper) maintains the shape of the filter floc when the filter is manufactured. In the manufacture of the winding paper, properties such as porosity, tensile strength, elongation, thickness, and pasteability must be satisfied.

For example, the length of the gel-like aerosol-generating cartridge 56 is 14.0 mm, the length of the filter 52 or the tube 54 is 2.5 mm each, and the length of the cigarette body 58 including tobacco cuts is 9.0 mm. Can. Alternatively, for example, the filter 52 may be 10 mm, the paper tube 54 may be 16 mm, the gel aerosol-generating cartridge 56 may be 10 mm, and the cigarette body 58 may be 12 mm.

The relative length of the filter 52, the paper tube 54, and the gel-like aerosol-generating substrate cartridge 56 is an aerosol in the process of a user inhaling an aerosol generated in an electrically heated smoking article by the aerosol-generating device 100 described later. It can be related to the temperature. Since the temperature of the aerosol generated from the gel-like aerosol-generating cartridge 56 can further cool the high temperature aerosol as the length of the paper tube 54 increases, the aerosol generated from the gel-like aerosol-generating substrate cartridge 56 Considering the temperature, and considering the amount of the liquid composition depending on the volume of the gel-like aerosol-generating cartridge 56 and the heating method of the aerosol-generating device described later, their relative lengths and arrangements may vary. It will not be difficult for a person having ordinary skill in the art to meet the above various conditions while manufacturing an electrically heated smoking article in the same size as the size of a commercially available electrically heated smoking article.

As described above, according to an exemplary embodiment for manufacturing the gel-like aerosol-generating substrate 56 shown in FIG. 3, first, the gel-like aerosol-generating substrate is heated to a second temperature range to make a liquid, and then the pipe structure 40 ) Before the gel hygroscopic body 56a formed in a cylindrical shape is introduced into the pipe structure 40, it passes through a liquid injection part such as a spray equipment or a needle, and the liquid is sufficiently sprayed or injected so that the liquid is a gel hygroscopic body 56a. Provided therein and the gel absorbent body 56a passes through the pipe structure 40, so as to retain the liquid or become wet by the liquid. Thereafter, the gel hygroscopic body with the liquid absorbed therein is wrapped with a wrapping paper made of, for example, paper (or aluminum foil laminated paper), and cut to a required length (eg 140 mm, 100 mm or 80 mm). The gel absorbent rod 57 is formed. The gel absorbent rod 57 is then cut into a gel aerosol-generating substrate cartridge 56 (e.g., 14 mm, 10 mm, 8 mm) of a desired length, as described below, followed by segments of other electrically heated smoking articles (tubes, It can be made into an electrically heated smoking article 50 for aerosol generation by packing (wrapping) together with a filter and a tobacco body). As described above, the liquid introduced into the gel absorbent body 56a is cut through the gel aerosol-generating substrate cartridge 56 while passing through the pipe structure 40 or being cut after being cut by the gel absorbent rod 57. However, while being stored behind, it is gelled while being maintained in the first temperature range, and is dispersed in the form of fine particles on the surfaces, pores, and networks inside the gel absorbent body 56a.

4 is a view schematically showing a cutting process of cutting the gel absorbent rod 57 to produce a gel-like aerosol-generating substrate 56 according to another preferred embodiment of the present invention. As described above, for example, the gel absorbent rod 57 having a length of 140 mm, 100 mm, or 80 mm flows into the groove of the index table 70 and moves to the conveyor belt 90 according to the rotation of the index table. . At this time, the rotary blade 80 is disposed on a path that moves along the index table 70, and the gel absorbent rod 57 has a desired length, for example, 14 mm, 10 mm, 80 mm, by the rotating blade. It is cut into ten gel-like aerosol-generating cartridges 56. Ten rotating blades 80 are disposed at equal intervals, cutting the 140 mm gel absorbent rod 57 into 10 14 mm gel-like aerosol-generating cartridges 56, or 100 mm gel absorbent rod 57 Can be cut into 10 10 mm gel-like aerosol-generating cartridges 56, or 80 mm gel absorbent rod 57 can be cut into 10 8 mm gel-like aerosol-generating cartridges 56. As described above, the above process and equipment are used as they are in the case of incorporating a flavoring component or the like in a filter in conventional cigarette manufacturing, so there is no great difficulty in satisfying mass production and quality control.

According to one preferred embodiment of the present invention, a filter 52 functioning as a mouthpiece is located at the downstream end of the gel aerosol-generating substrate 56, and the tobacco agar is included in the upstream end of the gel-like aerosol-generating cartridge 56. The cigarette body 58 is located. Each of these segments (filter, gel-like aerosol-generating cartridge, tobacco body) can be packed together to produce an electrically heated smoking article for generating aerosols. As described above, between the filter 52 and the gel-like aerosol-generating substrate 56, a tube 54 providing a moving passage of the aerosol may be positioned, if necessary. Each of these segments, filters, tubes, liquid cartridges, and tobacco bodies are arranged side by side and packed together to obtain an electrically heated smoking article 50 for aerosol generation. In an actual manufacturing line, these can be arranged in a set of 10 or more in parallel and then cut into several electrically heated smoking articles after lapping is performed.

In either case, the liquid composition that is the aerosol-generating substrate contained in the gel-like aerosol-generating substrate 56 is gelled to be dispersed in fine grains on the surface, pores, networks, etc. of the gel absorbent in the gel-like aerosol-generating substrate, and is even liquefied. Even if it is absorbed by the gel hygroscopic body 56a, it does not flow out of the gel-like aerosol-generating cartridge, and high temperature or physical pressure applied to the gel-like aerosol-generating cartridge during the process of manufacturing the electrically heated smoking article or after completing the electrically heated smoking article. Therefore, it is possible to consider a case in which the liquid composition flows out or vaporizes with aerosol and then comes out. First, according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, since the filter is located downstream of the gel-like aerosol-generating cartridge, even if high temperature is applied to the gel-like aerosol-generating cartridge or physical pressure is applied from the outside, the liquid composition passes through the filter to the outside. It is unlikely to flow out. The gel-like aerosol-generating substrate is liquefied in a second temperature range including 70°C, and the liquid composition starts to generate aerosol at about 120°C or higher, so the process control in lapping or manufacturing process of the gel-like aerosol-generating cartridge is 100°C or lower, The loss of the liquid composition during the manufacturing process can be prevented by setting it to the first temperature range of preferably less than 50°C. Inevitably, if a high temperature above the starting temperature of vaporization of the liquid composition is required in the manufacturing process, the amount of the liquid composition lost during the process is estimated, and the amount expected to be lost is added to the required amount, and the liquid composition can be additionally absorbed and managed. have.

Aerosol generator

Hereinafter, embodiments of the aerosol-generating device 100 capable of generating an aerosol by heating the electrically heated smoking article 50 according to the present invention will be described. The aerosol-generating device 100 described below includes an aerosol-generating substrate such as a liquid composition inside the electric-heated smoking article 50 described in the present invention, and is an electrically heated smoking article wrapped with wrapping paper in the form of a conventional cigarette ( 50) is a gripping and portable sized aerosol-generating device having a cavity into which an aerosol-forming substrate of a smoking article inserted into the cavity is heated by a heater provided in the aerosol-generating device to form an aerosol. The heater may be provided by a resistance heating method or an induction heating method, as described below. For example, the heater is heated to a temperature of 100 to 400° C., and is provided inside the electrically heated smoking article 50 inserted into the cavity of the aerosol-generating device. The aerosol-generating substrate is heated to generate an aerosol. According to a preferred example, the target temperature may be in the range of 200 to 350 °C, and according to a more preferred example, the target temperature may be in the range of 250 to 320 °C (eg, 280 °C as the target). May be). In some cases, the target temperature may be in the range of 150 to 250°C (for example, 180°C may be set as the target temperature). This is the composition or additive of a liquid composition (such as glycerin) that is intended to generate an aerosol. It may vary. In any case, since the aerosol generated in the electrically heated smoking article 50 is sucked into the user's mouth through the tube 54 and the filter 52, the temperature of the generated aerosol is excessive even when considering cooling during the inhalation process If it is high, the target temperature of the heating element should be determined in advance in consideration of this point because it may cause discomfort to the user or burns, and excessive aerosol may occur, which may cause multiple puffs. In addition, the upper limit of the target temperature of the heating element is limited as described above.

According to a preferred embodiment, the temperature at which the generated aerosol passes through the tube 54 and the filter 52 may be measured as the mouth end temperature. In order to not cause discomfort to the user, the temperature of the aerosol is 50°C. It should be less than, preferably, at a temperature of 45° C. or less. The preferred aerosol mouth end temperature has a temperature range of 25 to 45 °C, and the more preferred aerosol mouth end temperature has a temperature range of 30 to 40 °C.

The aerosol-generating device 100 includes a rechargeable battery 110 that is provided in the device and functions as a DC power source, and a control unit 120 that controls the output from the battery 110. The conceptual diagram of the aerosol-generating device 100 is shown in FIG. 5 together with the electrically heated smoking article 50, and is schematically illustrated in cross-section for the purpose of explaining the heating method for each embodiment. For convenience of description, the electrically heated smoking article 50, which is a smoking article, is basically arranged in the order of a filter 52-a tube 54-an aerosol-generating substrate cartridge 56, and is wrapped and wrapped with a wrapping paper 60. It will be described based on that.

In addition, the following descriptions are provided for illustrative purposes only and are not limited to the scope of the present invention. Those of ordinary skill in the art to which the present invention pertains may be able to construct an aerosol-generating system that falls within the scope of the present invention by partially deleting, adding some, or combining with other devices from the configuration of the aerosol-generating device illustrated below. You will find it easy.

5 is a view schematically showing a cross-section of an aerosol-generating device 100 according to a first embodiment of the present invention, with a conceptual diagram of an example aerosol-generating system to which the present invention can be applied, as described above.

The aerosol-generating system includes an aerosol-generating device 100 and an electrically heated smoking article 50. Here, the electrically heated smoking article 50, which is a smoking article, is configured by wrapping the filter 52, the paper tube 54, and the aerosol-generating substrate cartridge 56 by the wrapping paper 60, as described above. It is inserted into the hollow provided in (100).

The aerosol-generating device 100 has one resistance heating type pipe heater 130b corresponding to the aerosol-generating substrate cartridge 56. The pipe heater 130b is a pipe in which a heater wire or a planar heating element pattern is printed or provided on the outside, and a temperature sensor pattern is provided to the pipe to sense the temperature and to control power supply to the pipe heater 130b according to the sensed value. To make. The pipe heater 130b heats the aerosol-generating substrate cartridge 56 from the side of the aerosol-generating substrate cartridge 56 of the electrically heated smoking article 50 to generate an aerosol present in the form of a gel or liquid in the aerosol-generating substrate cartridge 56 Aerosol is generated from the substrate. The pipe heater 130b heats the aerosol-generating substrate cartridge 56 to essentially the same temperature. The target temperature may be in a temperature range of 150-350 °C, and the temperature may be adjusted according to the temperature sensing value. Even if heated to the above temperature range, the wrapping paper is not burned and a part of the wrapping paper may be leaked.

Of course, the heater pattern of the pipe heater 130b, the sensing unit and the control unit 110 are each electrically connected, the battery 110 and the control unit 120 are also electrically connected, and the pipe heater 130b is an aerosol-generating substrate cartridge ( 56), it is preferable to wrap only, it is preferable not to wrap the paper tube 54 or the filter 52.

6 is an example of an aerosol-generating system to which an induction heating heater according to a second embodiment of the present invention is applied. The electrical components used for induction heating are parts for induction heating, a susceptor in which induction heating is caused by eddy current loss in response to an excitation coil 134e wound in a cylindrical shape multiple times and an excitation coil 134e: Magnetized heating element). Here, the susceptor has a hollow cylindrical shape defining a cavity into which an electrically heated smoking article 50, which is a smoking article, can be inserted, provided inside the exciting coil 134e so that the exciting coil 134e is enclosed within the device. It is made of a thin plate and is a heat pipe 132e made of metal that reacts with the excitation coil 134e and is heated to a temperature of 400° C. or less by induction heating due to eddy current loss. Depending on the magnitude of the alternating current applied to the excitation coil 134e, the temperature of the susceptor may be heated to a temperature of 1000° C. or higher, but the present invention allows the susceptor functioning as a heating element to a temperature of 400° C. or lower, as described above. To heat. The temperature of the heat pipe 132e may be sensed by a temperature sensor that physically contacts the surface of the heat pipe 132e, or an inductance that changes according to the temperature change of the susceptor functioning as the heat pipe 132e or It is also possible to calculate the temperature of the susceptor according to the change in current and voltage from the current sensor and the voltage sensor that measures the change in current and voltage to heat the susceptor according to the reactance value.

In order to achieve induction heating, the controller receives DC power from the battery 110 and supplies an AC current of a resonance frequency or an AC current of a frequency different from the resonance frequency to an excitation coil. By controlling the alternating current applied to the excitation coil, the susceptor can be heated, maintained, and changed to a desired temperature.

The configuration of the electrically heated smoking article 50 is the same as in the case of the above-described embodiment.

The aerosol-generating device 100 according to the second embodiment shows a method of heating the aerosol-generating substrate cartridge 56 with an induction heating type heat pipe 132e. The aerosol may be generated from the aerosol-generating substrate present in the form of a gel or liquid in the hygroscopic body of the aerosol-generating substrate cartridge 56 by the heat generation of the heat pipe 132e. The heat pipe 132e of the second embodiment heats the gel-like aerosol-generating substrate cartridge 56 to essentially the same temperature. The target temperature may be in a temperature range of 150-350 °C, and the temperature may be adjusted according to the temperature sensing value. Even if heated to the above temperature range, the wrapping paper is not burned and a part of the wrapping paper may be leaked.

Of course, the excitation coil 134e, the sensing unit and the control unit 110 are each electrically connected, the battery 110 and the control unit 120 are also electrically connected, and the heat pipe 132e is a gel-like aerosol-generating cartridge 56 It is better to wrap the bay, and it is preferable not to wrap the paper tube 54 or the filter 52.

As described above, the heater used in the aerosol-generating device is preferably a resistance-heating type pipe heater or an induction heating type heat pipe that heats the cartridge from the outside of the aerosol-generating substrate. An aerosol-generating substrate inserted into the cartridge may also be considered a resistive heating type intrusion heater or an induction heating type heat blade, but the aerosol-generating substrate cartridges 56 of the present invention physically connect to each other as described above, or Since it is formed by rolling, this type of heater or heating element is not properly inserted, or even if it is inserted, it is preferable that the hygroscopic material is not separated properly when removed again, and therefore is avoided. However, if the material of the absorbent material is considered to be a material such as tobacco, it is also possible to use a resistive heating type intrusion heater or an induction heating type heat blade in combination with the above-described pipe heater or heat pipe, or to use alone.

Those of ordinary skill in the art related to the present embodiment will understand that it may be implemented in a modified form without departing from the essential characteristics of the above-described substrate. Therefore, the disclosed methods should be considered in terms of explanation, not limitation. The scope of the present invention is shown in the claims rather than the foregoing description, and all differences within the equivalent range should be interpreted as being included in the present invention.

According to the present invention, by providing a liquid cartridge that can be inserted into an electrically heated smoking article, and an electrically heated smoking article comprising the same, the user can use it to inhale aerosols derived from liquids and aerosols derived from tobacco substrates together. do.

Claims (19)

With aerosol-generating systems,
An electrically heated smoking article comprising a filter, a cartridge comprising a hygroscopic body containing a liquid and/or gel-like aerosol-generating substrate, and a wrapping paper wrapping the filter and cartridge; And
An aerosol-generating system comprising an aerosol-generating device for heating an electrically heated smoking article. According to claim 1,
The absorbent body is aerosol-generating systems that can be inserted into an electrically heated smoking article, characterized in that it has a moisture absorption rate sufficient to absorb and maintain a liquid aerosol-generating substrate of 70 to 120 mg in a cartridge. According to claim 1,
The liquid aerosol-generating substrate includes glycerin VG, and optionally includes glycerin PG, water, and a flavoring agent, but the liquid composition is, by weight, 70 to 100% glycerin VG, 0 to 20% glycerin PG, 0 An aerosol-generating system that can be inserted into an electrically heated smoking article, comprising from 10% to 10% of water, and further comprising a flavorant added to 10% or less of the total weight of the liquid composition thus obtained. According to claim 1,
The gel-like aerosol-generating substrate exists as a gel, semi-solid, or solid phase in the first temperature range including room temperature and changes into a liquid phase in the second temperature range including 70°C, and becomes an aerosol in the temperature range of 150 to 400°C. An aerosol-generating system comprising vaporized, glycerin and gelatin. According to claim 4,
The gel-like aerosol-generating substrate is
An aerosol-generating system further comprising one or more of water, agar, thickener, starch powder, celluloses, carboxymethyl ethers, natural food flavors or fruit extracts. The method of claim 4 or 5,
The aerosol-generating system, characterized in that the content of glycerin in the gel-like aerosol-generating substrate is 50% by weight or more. The method of claim 4 or 5,
The gel-like aerosol-generating substrate is
Weight percent, 80 to 100% of the glycerin VG, 0 to 20% of the glycerin PG comprising a liquid composition,
60 to 80% of the liquid composition and 20 to 40% of the mixture of water at a volume ratio of 100 ml of the mixture to 1 to 6 g by weight of gelatin,
An aerosol-generating system that can be inserted into an electrically heated smoking article, optionally comprising a flavoring agent added to 10% or less of the total weight of the liquid composition. The method of claim 7,
An aerosol-generating system that can be inserted into an electrically heated smoking article, characterized in that the liquid composition is contained in an amount of 70 to 120 mg in the gel absorbent body. The method according to any one of claims 4 to 8,
The gel-like aerosol-generating substrate may be introduced into a gel hygroscopic body in a liquid state in a second temperature range and inserted into an electrically heated smoking article, characterized in that it exists as a gel, semi-solid, or solid phase in the first temperature range. Aerosol generating system. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 9,
The hygroscopic body is made of a cylindrical shape by bending or rolling a band of 2 to 3 mm thick made of melamine-based foamed resin, or made by processing melamine-based foamed resin in a cylinder shape, and optionally has a weight per unit volume of 0.01 to 0.013 mg /mm ³ aerosol-generating system that can be inserted into an electrically heated smoking article. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 9,
The hygroscopic body is made by pulping or folding or rolling a pulp or a fabric containing pulp to make it into a cylinder shape or processed into a cylinder shape, and is optionally an electric heating type characterized in that the weight per unit volume is 0.25 to 0.4 mg/mm ³ An aerosol-generating system that can be inserted into smoking articles. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 9,
The absorbent body is an electric heated smoking article characterized in that the woven or non-woven fabric of cotton is made by bending or rolling to form a cylinder or processed into a cylinder shape, and optionally has a weight per unit volume of 0.2 to 0.35 mg/mm ³ Liquid cartridge that can be inserted inside The method according to any one of claims 1 to 9,
The absorbent body is made of a bamboo fiber woven or non-woven fabric by crumpled or rolled to form a cylinder or processed into a cylinder shape, and is optionally electrically heated smoking, characterized in that the weight per unit volume is 0.15 to 0.25 mg/mm ³ A liquid cartridge that can be inserted into an article. The method according to any one of claims 10 to 13,
The aerosol-generating substrate is an aerosol-generating system characterized in that it is a liquid absorbed by the liquid absorbent in an amount of 0.13 to 0.32 mg/mm ³ per unit volume of the absorbent body. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 14,
The wrapping paper is formed by attaching aluminum foil to paper, and the aerosol-generating system is characterized in that the aluminum foil is wrapped in a cylinder shape to contact the absorbent body. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 15,
An aerosol-generating system characterized in that a tube body is provided directly upstream of the filter. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 16,
The aerosol-generating device is of a size that can be gripped and carried,
A cavity into which a smoking article provided in the device can be inserted,
At least one of a heater of the resistance heating method and an induction heating method capable of heating the inside or the outside of the liquid cartridge of the smoking article and the cigarette body provided in the device,
A rechargeable battery provided within the device and functioning as a DC power source,
An aerosol-generating system, which is provided in the device and includes a control unit that receives DC power from a battery and controls a heater. The method of claim 17,
The resistance heating type heater is a pipe heater that heats the outside of the smoking article, and the pipe heater further includes a temperature sensor that heats the aerosol-generating substrate cartridge and is provided in the device to sense the temperature of the heater, and the control unit controls the temperature An aerosol-generating system characterized by controlling a resistance-heating heater according to a sensing value from a sensor. The method of claim 17,
The induction heating type heater is a susceptor material heat pipe that heats the outside of a smoking article, which is heated by an excitation coil provided separately in the device, and the heat pipe heats the aerosol-generating substrate cartridge and is provided in the device to induce An aerosol-generating system further comprising a temperature obtaining unit for obtaining the temperature of the heating heater, and the control unit controlling a current applied to the excitation coil according to the input of the temperature obtaining unit.

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