US 12,256,776 B2
Aerosol generation device having closure with rigid biasing element
Ernst Hupkes, Kampen (NL)
Assigned to JT International S.A., (CH)
Appl. No. 17/625,548
Filed by JT International S.A., Geneva (CH)
PCT Filed Aug. 7, 2020, PCT No. PCT/EP2020/072304
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jan. 7, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/023878, PCT Pub. Date Feb. 11, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 19190885 (EP), filed on Aug. 8, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0287362 A1, Sep. 15, 2022
Int. Cl. A24F 40/40 (2020.01); A24F 40/20 (2020.01)
CPC A24F 40/40 (2020.01) [A24F 40/20 (2020.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An aerosol generation device comprising:
a body having an aperture through which an aerosol substrate is receivable into the aerosol generation device;
a closure moveable relative to the aperture between a closed position in which the closure covers the aperture and an open position in which the aperture is substantially unobstructed by the closure;
a rigid element having a first end arranged to cooperate with the closure and a second end pivotally coupled to the body such that the rigid element rotates relative to the body as the closure moves between the closed position and the open position;
a resilient element mounted on the rigid element, the resilient element being arranged to provide a resilient force that biases the closure towards at least one of the closed position and the open position; and
a guide, wherein a carriage is arranged to move along the guide as the closure moves between the open position and the closed position, the carriage being arranged to interact with the closure.