US 12,102,119 B2
Aerosol generating article and aerosol generating system
Jin Chul Yang, Sejong (KR); Soo Ho Kim, Cheongju-si (KR); Jong Yeol Kim, Sejong (KR); Man Seok Seo, Seoul (KR); Ki Jin Ahn, Daejeon (KR); and In Hyeog Oh, Sejong (KR)
Assigned to KT&G CORPORATION, Daejeon (KR)
Appl. No. 16/966,573
Filed by KT&G CORPORATION, Daejeon (KR)
PCT Filed Nov. 15, 2019, PCT No. PCT/KR2019/015612
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jul. 31, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/105966, PCT Pub. Date May 28, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2018-0146530 (KR), filed on Nov. 23, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2020/0359678 A1, Nov. 19, 2020
Int. Cl. A24D 1/20 (2020.01); A24D 3/17 (2020.01); A24F 40/20 (2020.01); H05B 3/00 (2006.01); H05B 6/10 (2006.01)
CPC A24D 1/20 (2020.01) [A24D 3/17 (2020.01); A24F 40/20 (2020.01); H05B 3/0014 (2013.01); H05B 6/108 (2013.01)] 7 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An aerosol-generating article for passing aerosol from an upstream end to a downstream end, the aerosol-generating article comprising:
a medium portion;
a front end plug disposed to face an upstream end of the medium portion; and
a filter portion disposed to face a downstream end of the medium portion,
wherein the front end plug includes a channel extending from the upstream end to the downstream end,
wherein the front end plug comprises cellulose acetate, and
wherein a minimum distance between an outer peripheral surface of the channel and an outer peripheral surface of the front end plug is 1.0 mm to 1.4 mm.