US 12,063,971 B2
Aerosol delivery component
Andrew Austin, Liverpool (GB); Andrew Tyler, Liverpool (GB); and Tamas Sajtos, Liverpool (GB)
Assigned to Imperial Tobacco Limited, Bristol (GB)
Filed by Imperial Tobacco Limited
Filed on Jul. 13, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/374,625.
Prior Publication US 2023/0021316 A1, Jan. 26, 2023
Int. Cl. A24F 40/48 (2020.01); A24F 40/05 (2020.01); A24F 40/10 (2020.01); A24F 40/30 (2020.01); A24F 40/42 (2020.01); A24F 40/44 (2020.01); A24F 40/46 (2020.01)
CPC A24F 40/48 (2020.01) [A24F 40/05 (2020.01); A24F 40/10 (2020.01); A24F 40/30 (2020.01); A24F 40/42 (2020.01); A24F 40/44 (2020.01); A24F 40/46 (2020.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An aerosol delivery component comprising:
a tank defining a storage chamber for storing a first liquid aerosol precursor, the storage chamber having a volume,
an air bleed channel extending from an outside channel opening outside of the tank to an inside channel opening within the tank,
wherein the air bleed channel has a volume in a range from 1% to 20% of the volume of the storage chamber; and
wherein the tank comprises an upper wall extending transverse to a longitudinal axis of the aerosol delivery component and the inside channel opening and the outside channel opening are formed in the upper wall.