US 12,295,422 B2
Cleaning kit for aerosol generating device
Hwi Kyeong An, Seoul (KR); Jong Myung Kim, Gyeonggi-do (KR); Seok Sun Yoon, Gyeonggi-do (KR); Jong Ik Lee, Gyeonggi-do (KR); and Seung Peel Yim, Seoul (KR)
Assigned to KT&G CORPORATION, Daejeon (KR)
Appl. No. 17/286,527
Filed by KT&G CORPORATION, Daejeon (KR)
PCT Filed Dec. 4, 2020, PCT No. PCT/KR2020/017618
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Apr. 19, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/182720, PCT Pub. Date Sep. 16, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2020-0030386 (KR), filed on Mar. 11, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0361589 A1, Nov. 17, 2022
Int. Cl. A24F 40/85 (2020.01); A24F 9/06 (2006.01); A24F 40/46 (2020.01); B08B 1/12 (2024.01)
CPC A24F 40/85 (2020.01) [A24F 40/46 (2020.01); B08B 1/12 (2024.01); A24F 9/06 (2013.01); A46B 2200/3013 (2013.01)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A cleaning kit for an aerosol generating device, the cleaning kit comprising:
a blade portion formed at one side of the cleaning kit, and configured to separate residual materials adhered to at least one of a heater and an accommodation portion of the aerosol generating device,
wherein the blade portion comprises a first blade portion and a second blade portion which are configured to apply an elastic force toward each other,
a hollow is formed between the first blade portion and the second blade portion such that the heater is inserted into the hollow,
the first blade portion and the second blade portion are respectively curved convexly toward the hollow,
a diameter of the hollow is changed according to a diameter of the heater when the heater is inserted into the hollow,
a bottom edge of the blade portion is configured to contact a bottom surface of the accommodation portion when the blade portion is inserted into the accommodation portion, and
the bottom edge of the blade portion is curved, and curvature of the bottom edge is reduced when the blade portion is inserted into the accommodation portion.