US 11,925,211 B2
Smoking system having consumable with a holder
Manabu Yamada, Tokyo (JP); Yasunobu Inoue, Tokyo (JP); and Tateki Sumii, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to JAPAN TOBACCO INC., Tokyo (JP)
Filed by Japan Tobacco Inc., Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Jan. 20, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/099,624.
Application 18/099,624 is a division of application No. 17/863,961, filed on Jul. 13, 2022.
Application 17/863,961 is a continuation of application No. PCT/JP2020/046206, filed on Dec. 11, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. PCT/JP2020/007940 (WO), filed on Feb. 27, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0148671 A1, May 18, 2023
Int. Cl. A24F 13/00 (2006.01); A24F 40/20 (2020.01); A24F 40/465 (2020.01)
CPC A24F 40/465 (2020.01) [A24F 40/20 (2020.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A smoking system including comprising:
a consumable containing a smokable substance and a device that includes a chamber receiving the consumable and heats and atomizes the smokable substance of the consumable received in the chamber,
wherein the chamber includes an opening through which the consumable is inserted and a holding unit that holds the consumable,
wherein the holding unit includes a first pressing unit which presses a part of the consumable,
wherein the consumable includes a first portion having a first hardness and a second portion having a second hardness, in which the second portion is a different portion from the first portion in the insertion direction of the consumable, and
wherein when the consumable is positioned at the desired position in the chamber, the consumable is positioned such that at least a part of the first portion is pressed against the first pressing unit, while at the same time, at least a part of the second portion is pressed against the first pressing unit,
wherein the second hardness is different from the first hardness,
wherein the first portion includes the smokable substance containing tobacco,
wherein the second portion includes a cylindrical member, and
wherein the cylindrical member is a paper tube or a hollow filter.