US 12,302,938 B2
Blister capsule, and container, for an aerosol-generating system
Frederic Ulysse Buehler, Neuchatel (CH); and Rui Nuno Batista, Morges (CH)
Assigned to Philip Morris Products S.A., Neuchatel (CH)
Filed by Philip Morris Products S.A., Neuchatel (CH)
Filed on Oct. 1, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/492,195.
Application 17/492,195 is a division of application No. 15/738,155, granted, now 11,363,833, previously published as PCT/EP2016/068906, filed on Aug. 8, 2016.
Claims priority of application No. 15181164 (EP), filed on Aug. 14, 2015.
Prior Publication US 2022/0015407 A1, Jan. 20, 2022
Int. Cl. A24B 15/167 (2020.01); A24F 40/30 (2020.01); A24F 40/42 (2020.01); B65D 75/32 (2006.01); A24F 40/10 (2020.01)
CPC A24B 15/167 (2016.11) [A24F 40/30 (2020.01); A24F 40/42 (2020.01); B65D 75/324 (2013.01); B65D 75/326 (2013.01); A24F 40/10 (2020.01); A61L 2209/133 (2013.01)] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A container for an aerosol-generating system, comprising:
a plurality of blister capsules, each blister capsule comprising:
a blister shell,
a volatile liquid disposed in the blister shell, and
a film configured to seal the blister shell, wherein the film and the blister shell are frangible; and
a hollow tubular canister comprising:
a first end;
a second end; and
a mixing chamber disposed between the first end and the second end,
wherein at least one blister capsule of the plurality of blister capsules is coupled to the first end and at least one blister capsule of the plurality of blister capsules is coupled to the second end so that the at least one blister capsule coupled to the first end and the at least one blister capsule coupled to the second end are exposed to an exterior of the container,
wherein the mixing chamber is configured to mix the volatile liquid disposed in each of the blister shells,
wherein each of the first end and the second end of the hollow tubular canister comprises a lip configured to engage with a respective one of the blister capsules, and
wherein a free edge of the lip extends towards a longitudinal axis of the hollow tubular canister.