US 12,239,162 B2
Smoking substitute component
Molly Mcguinness, Liverpool (GB); Joe Pemberton, Liverpool (GB); Chris Lord, Liverpool (GB); and Pete Lomas, Liverpool (GB)
Assigned to Imperial Tobacco Limited, Bristol (GB)
Filed by Imperial Tobacco Limited
Filed on Mar. 17, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/697,276.
Application 17/697,276 is a continuation of application No. PCT/EP2020/076037, filed on Sep. 17, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 19198605 (EP), filed on Sep. 20, 2019; and application No. 19198607 (EP), filed on Sep. 20, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0202078 A1, Jun. 30, 2022
Int. Cl. A24F 47/00 (2020.01); A24F 40/10 (2020.01); A24F 40/42 (2020.01); A24F 40/44 (2020.01); A24F 40/485 (2020.01); A24F 40/65 (2020.01); A24F 40/70 (2020.01)
CPC A24F 40/10 (2020.01) [A24F 40/42 (2020.01); A24F 40/44 (2020.01); A24F 40/485 (2020.01); A24F 40/65 (2020.01); A24F 40/70 (2020.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An aerosol-delivery component comprising:
a tank for containing a liquid aerosol precursor;
a vaporizing chamber housing a vaporizer;
a wall separating the vaporizing chamber from the tank; and
a vent channel having a longitudinal axis, the vent channel extending through the wall from a first opening at the vaporizing chamber to a second opening at the tank, the longitudinal axis of the vent channel being configured to intersect the vaporizer such that leakage of aerosol precursor through the channel is discharged onto the vaporizer.