US 11,910,828 B2
Extractor for an aerosol-generating device
Boris Mahler, Chamblon (CH); Dani Ruscio, Cressier (CH); and Olivier Greim, Yverdon-les-Bains (CH)
Assigned to Philip Morris Products S.A., Neuchatel (CH)
Filed by Philip Morris Products S.A., Neuchatel (CH)
Filed on Jan. 5, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/569,090.
Application 17/569,090 is a division of application No. 15/546,315, granted, now 11,246,342, previously published as PCT/EP2016/052088, filed on Feb. 1, 2016.
Claims priority of application No. 15154218 (EP), filed on Feb. 6, 2015.
Prior Publication US 2022/0125105 A1, Apr. 28, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A24F 40/40 (2020.01); A24F 40/46 (2020.01); A24F 40/42 (2020.01); A61M 15/00 (2006.01); A61M 15/06 (2006.01); A24F 40/20 (2020.01)
CPC A24F 40/40 (2020.01) [A24F 40/42 (2020.01); A24F 40/46 (2020.01); A61M 15/0023 (2014.02); A61M 15/06 (2013.01); A24F 40/20 (2020.01); A61M 15/0091 (2013.01); A61M 2205/3331 (2013.01)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An elongated aerosol-generating device configured to receive an aerosol-generating article, comprising;
a heater configured to heat the aerosol-generating article, the heater extending longitudinally with respect to the elongated aerosol-generating device and being further configured to penetrate an internal portion of the aerosol-generating article; and
an extractor configured to extract the aerosol-generating article received in the aerosol-generating device, the extractor being slidable within the aerosol-generating device, the extractor being slidable between a first position and a second position, the first position being an operating position defined by the heater being in contact with the aerosol-generating article, and the second position being an extraction position defined by the heater being separated from aerosol-generating article,
wherein the extractor is further configured to be removed from the aerosol-generating device for cleaning,
wherein the extractor comprises a cavity configured to receive the aerosol-generating article, a first aperture being defined through an end-wall of the cavity to allow the heater to penetrate the cavity when the extractor is moved between the second position and the first position, in which the extractor further defines an air-flow channel to allow air flow into the cavity, an inlet of the air-flow channel being positioned radially-outward of the first aperture,
wherein the air-flow channel is disposed entirely within a thickness of the end-wall, and
wherein the inlet of the air-flow channel is defined in a side-wall of the cavity.