US 12,349,719 B2
Beaded substrates for aerosol delivery devices
Caroline W. Clark, High Point, NC (US); Kyle Ford, Germanton, NC (US); Tiffany Comer, Pilot Mountain, NC (US); and Luis Monsalud, Kernersville, NC (US)
Assigned to NICOVENTURES TRADING LIMITED, London (GB)
Filed by NICOVENTURES TRADING LIMITED, London (GB)
Filed on Mar. 18, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/698,331.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/163,318, filed on Mar. 19, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0295862 A1, Sep. 22, 2022
Int. Cl. A24B 15/14 (2006.01); A24B 3/14 (2006.01); A24B 13/00 (2006.01); A24B 15/16 (2020.01); A24B 15/30 (2006.01); A24D 1/20 (2020.01)
CPC A24B 15/14 (2013.01) [A24B 3/14 (2013.01); A24B 13/00 (2013.01); A24B 15/16 (2013.01); A24B 15/165 (2013.01); A24B 15/302 (2013.01); A24D 1/20 (2020.01)] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A substrate in beaded form for use in an aerosol delivery device, the substrate comprising:
a tobacco material in particulate form, present in the substrate in an amount from about 10% to about 45% by weight, based on a total wet weight of the substrate, wherein the tobacco material is substantially free of nicotine;
a botanical extract in an amount from about 1 to about 5% by weight, based on the total wet weight of the substrate;
a binder in an amount from about 0.5% to about 1.5% by weight, based on the total wet weight of the substrate, the binder selected from the group consisting of methylcellulose, hydroxypropylcellulose, hydroxypropylmethylcellulose, hydroxyethyl cellulose, carboxymethylcellulose, and combinations thereof;
water in an amount from about 20% to about 30% by weight, based on the total wet weight of the substrate;
an aerosol forming component in an amount from about 10% to about 20% by weight, based on the total wet weight of the substrate; and
a filler in an amount from about 15% to about 25% by weight, based on the total wet weight of the substrate the filler selected from the group consisting of corn starch, rice starch or rice flour, modified food starch, and combinations thereof.