	US 12,274,294 B2
	Aerosol generating apparatus and cradle capable of receiving same
Jung Ho Han, Daejeon (KR); Hun Il Lim, Seoul (KR); Jong Sub Lee, Seongnam-si (KR); Dae Nam Han, Daejeon (KR); Jin Young Yoon, Seoul (KR); Young Lea Kim, Seoul (KR); Jang Uk Lee, Seoul (KR); Ji Soo Jang, Seoul (KR); Wang Seop Lim, Anyang-si (KR); Moon Bong Lee, Seoul (KR); Soung Ho Ju, Daejeon (KR); Du Jin Park, Seoul (KR); and Seong Won Yoon, Yongin-si (KR)
Assigned to KT&G CORPORATION, Daejeon (KR)
Appl. No. 16/498,977
Filed by KT&G CORPORATION, Daejeon (KR)
PCT Filed Mar. 29, 2018, PCT No. PCT/KR2018/003691 § 371(c)(1), (2) Date Sep. 27, 2019, PCT Pub. No. WO2018/182322, PCT Pub. Date Oct. 4, 2018.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2017-0040787 (KR), filed on Mar. 30, 2017; application No. 10-2017-0046938 (KR), filed on Apr. 11, 2017; application No. 10-2017-0077586 (KR), filed on Jun. 19, 2017; and application No. 10-2017-0147605 (KR), filed on Nov. 7, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2021/0106051 A1, Apr. 15, 2021
Int. Cl. A24F 40/30 (2020.01); A24D 1/20 (2020.01); A24D 3/06 (2006.01); A24D 3/17 (2020.01); A24F 40/10 (2020.01); A24F 40/20 (2020.01); A24F 40/46 (2020.01); A24F 40/50 (2020.01); A24F 40/51 (2020.01); A24F 40/53 (2020.01); A24F 40/57 (2020.01); A24F 40/485 (2020.01)

CPC A24F 40/30 (2020.01) [A24D 1/20 (2020.01); A24D 3/061 (2013.01); A24D 3/17 (2020.01); A24F 40/10 (2020.01); A24F 40/20 (2020.01); A24F 40/46 (2020.01); A24F 40/50 (2020.01); A24F 40/51 (2020.01); A24F 40/53 (2020.01); A24F 40/57 (2020.01); A24F 40/485 (2020.01)]

14 Claims

1. An aerosol generating apparatus comprising:

a vaporizer including a first heater that generates an aerosol by heating a liquid composition, and configured to discharge the generated aerosol; and

a cigarette inserter configured to receive a cigarette including a plurality of segments, and including a second heater configured to heat a portion of the plurality of segments,

wherein the generated aerosol is discharged toward the cigarette inserter through an airflow passage arranged between the vaporizer and the cigarette inserter, and passes through the cigarette inserted in the cigarette inserter,

wherein at least one material vaporized from the heated portion is added to the aerosol which is delivered to a user's mouth through one end of the cigarette,

wherein the one end of the cigarette is completely exposed out of the cigarette inserter when the cigarette is inserted into the cigarette inserter, and

wherein the plurality of segments comprise:

a first filter segment; and

a tobacco rod comprising a tobacco raw material and disposed downstream of the first filer segment such that the generated aerosol moves from the airflow passage to the tobacco rod through the first filter segment.