US 12,225,935 B2
Aerosol-generating devices
Robert Emmett, Neuchâtel (CH); and Dionisius Florack, Le Landeron (CH)
Assigned to PHILIP MORRIS PRODUCTS S.A., Neuchâtel (CH)
Appl. No. 17/765,720
Filed by PHILIP MORRIS PRODUCTS S.A., Neuchâtel (CH)
PCT Filed Oct. 1, 2020, PCT No. PCT/IB2020/059227
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Mar. 31, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/064644, PCT Pub. Date Apr. 8, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 19201572 (EP), filed on Oct. 4, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0400752 A1, Dec. 22, 2022
Int. Cl. A24F 40/40 (2020.01); A24D 1/20 (2020.01); A24F 40/20 (2020.01); A24F 40/50 (2020.01); B26D 1/157 (2006.01); B26D 7/06 (2006.01)
CPC A24F 40/40 (2020.01) [A24D 1/20 (2020.01); A24F 40/20 (2020.01); A24F 40/50 (2020.01); B26D 1/157 (2013.01); B26D 7/0608 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An aerosol-generating device comprising
a heating element;
a dosing assembly comprising:
a cutting mechanism disposed in a cutting region and configured to cut a portion from an aerosol-generating article received by the aerosol-generating device, the cutting mechanism comprising:
a punch cutter comprising a hollow core surrounded by a blade; or
a first blade with a first cutting direction and a second blade with a second cutting direction; or
a blade grid; and
a transfer mechanism configured to transfer a cut portion of the aerosol-generating article from the cutting region to the heating element.