US 12,376,622 B2
Aerosol-generating device
Jongsub Lee, Sungnam-si (KR); Minkyu Kim, Seoul (KR); Jueon Park, Seoul (KR); and Byungsung Cho, Gwangmyung-si (KR)
Assigned to KT&G CORPORATION, Daejeon (KR)
Appl. No. 17/907,934
Filed by KT&G CORPORATION, Daejeon (KR)
PCT Filed Feb. 7, 2022, PCT No. PCT/KR2022/001794
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Aug. 29, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/169315, PCT Pub. Date Aug. 11, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2021-0017686 (KR), filed on Feb. 8, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0329339 A1, Oct. 19, 2023
Int. Cl. A24F 40/42 (2020.01); A24F 40/10 (2020.01); A24F 40/44 (2020.01); A24F 40/465 (2020.01); A24F 40/51 (2020.01); A24F 40/53 (2020.01); A24F 40/65 (2020.01)
CPC A24F 40/42 (2020.01) [A24F 40/44 (2020.01); A24F 40/465 (2020.01); A24F 40/51 (2020.01); A24F 40/53 (2020.01); A24F 40/10 (2020.01); A24F 40/65 (2020.01)] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An aerosol-generating device comprising:
a cartridge including an inner wall and an outer wall, wherein the inner wall defines an insertion space configured to accommodate insertion of a stick, and wherein a chamber configured to store an aerosol-generating substance is defined between the inner wall and the outer wall;
a wick comprising a hollow portion and disposed at an end of the insertion space;
a heater configured to heat the wick; and
an elongated probe member positioned such that at least a portion of the probe member protrudes into the insertion space,
wherein the at least the portion of the probe member is configured to be inserted into the stick when the stick is inserted into the insertion space, and
wherein the probe member is disposed in the hollow portion of the wick.