US 12,419,349 B2
Aerosol delivery component having an air bleed channel
Andrew Austin, Liverpool (GB); Andrew Tyler, Liverpool (GB); and Tamas Sajtos, Liverpool (GB)
Assigned to Imperial Tobacco Limited, Bristol (GB)
Appl. No. 17/916,018
Filed by Imperial Tobacco Limited, Bristol (GB)
PCT Filed Mar. 26, 2021, PCT No. PCT/EP2021/058051
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Sep. 29, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/198119, PCT Pub. Date Oct. 7, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 20166747 (EP), filed on Mar. 30, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0172265 A1, Jun. 8, 2023
Int. Cl. A24F 40/42 (2020.01); A24F 40/10 (2020.01); A24F 40/485 (2020.01)
CPC A24F 40/42 (2020.01) [A24F 40/10 (2020.01); A24F 40/485 (2020.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An aerosol delivery component comprising:
a tank defining a storage chamber for storing a first liquid aerosol precursor,
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 comprises an s-bend channel for retaining the first liquid aerosol precursor in an inverted orientation of the aerosol delivery component,
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.