US 12,225,942 B2
Flow directing member for a vapor provision system
Patrick Moloney, London (GB)
Assigned to NICOVENTURES TRADING LIMITED, London (GB)
Appl. No. 17/593,308
Filed by NICOVENTURES TRADING LIMITED, London (GB)
PCT Filed Mar. 11, 2020, PCT No. PCT/GB2020/050588
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Sep. 15, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/188246, PCT Pub. Date Sep. 24, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 1903537 (GB), filed on Mar. 15, 2019; and application No. 1910102 (GB), filed on Jul. 15, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0175042 A1, Jun. 9, 2022
Int. Cl. A24F 40/485 (2020.01); A24F 40/10 (2020.01); A24F 40/42 (2020.01)
CPC A24F 40/485 (2020.01) [A24F 40/10 (2020.01); A24F 40/42 (2020.01)] 26 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A flow directing member for a vapor provision system, configured for engagement with an opening in a wall of a housing defining a reservoir for aerosolizable substrate material and with an opening in a wall of the housing defining an air flow passage, the flow directing member comprising:
a first liquid flow channel extending therethrough from a first liquid inlet to a first liquid outlet such that when the flow directing member is engaged with the housing, the first liquid inlet is in communication with the reservoir and the first liquid outlet is in communication with a volume for aerosol generation external to the reservoir so that aerosolizable substrate material can flow from the reservoir to the volume;
a second liquid flow channel extending from a second liquid inlet to a second liquid outlet, wherein the second liquid outlet is coincident with the first liquid outlet of the first liquid flow channel; and
a first aerosol flow channel extending therethrough from a first aerosol inlet to a first aerosol outlet such that when the flow directing member is engaged with the housing, the first aerosol inlet is in communication with the volume and the first aerosol outlet is in communication with the air flow passage so that aerosol can flow from the volume to the air flow passage.