US 11,697,613 B2
Open-pore sintered glasses for use in electronic cigarettes
Ulrich Peuchert, Bodenheim (DE); Norbert Greulich-Hickmann, Mainz (DE); Philipp Treis, Münster-Sarmsheim (DE); Yvonne Menke, Wiesbaden (DE); and Michael Kluge, Offenbach an Main (DE)
Assigned to SCHOTT AG, Mainz (DE)
Filed by SCHOTT AG, Mainz (DE)
Filed on Feb. 12, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/788,451.
Application 16/788,451 is a continuation of application No. 15/893,584, filed on Feb. 10, 2018, granted, now 11,078,108.
Application 15/893,584 is a continuation of application No. PCT/EP2016/068400, filed on Aug. 2, 2016.
Claims priority of application No. 102015113124.2 (DE), filed on Aug. 10, 2015.
Prior Publication US 2020/0181003 A1, Jun. 11, 2020
Int. Cl. C03C 11/00 (2006.01); A61M 15/06 (2006.01); C03C 3/087 (2006.01); C03C 3/091 (2006.01); C03B 19/06 (2006.01); A61M 11/04 (2006.01); A24F 40/42 (2020.01); A61L 9/03 (2006.01); A24F 40/10 (2020.01)
CPC C03C 11/00 (2013.01) [A24F 40/42 (2020.01); A61L 9/03 (2013.01); A61M 11/042 (2014.02); A61M 15/06 (2013.01); C03B 19/06 (2013.01); C03C 3/087 (2013.01); C03C 3/091 (2013.01); A24F 40/10 (2020.01); A61L 2209/135 (2013.01)] 27 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A liquid reservoir, comprising:
a sintered body including an open-pore sintered glass with a porosity of >50 vol % and an average pore size in a range from 1 to 450 μm, wherein the open-pore sintered glass comprises glass having a transition temperature of at least 450° C.; and an organic carrier liquid adsorbed by the sintered body, wherein the glass comprises (in wt % on an oxide basis):
 
 
 
 SiO2 50 to 60 wt %;
 
 B2O3 8 to 12 wt %;
 
 Al2O3 8 to 12 wt %; and
 
 BaO 20 to 30 wt %.