US 12,453,365 B2
Flavor delivery article for a smoking substitute apparatus
Samantha Murray, Liverpool (GB); Steven Maxwell-Hogg, Liverpool (GB); Ev Stöckel, Liverpool (GB); and Chris Lord, Liverpool (GB)
Assigned to Imperial Tobacco Limited, Bristol (GB)
Filed by Imperial Tobacco Limited
Filed on Apr. 21, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/726,130.
Application 17/726,130 is a continuation of application No. PCT/EP2020/079946, filed on Oct. 23, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 19205461 (EP), filed on Oct. 25, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0240561 A1, Aug. 4, 2022
Int. Cl. A24F 40/70 (2020.01); A24B 15/167 (2020.01); A24C 5/01 (2020.01); A24D 1/20 (2020.01); A24D 3/17 (2020.01); A24F 40/10 (2020.01); A24F 40/20 (2020.01); A24F 40/30 (2020.01); A24F 40/42 (2020.01)
CPC A24B 15/167 (2016.11) [A24C 5/01 (2020.01); A24D 1/20 (2020.01); A24D 3/17 (2020.01); A24F 40/10 (2020.01); A24F 40/20 (2020.01); A24F 40/30 (2020.01); A24F 40/42 (2020.01); A24F 40/70 (2020.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A smoking substitute apparatus comprising:
a non-woven fabric pouch; and
a flavorant delivery article having a granulated composition compriisng a flavorant, a binder and a carrier, the granulated composition being in the non-woven fabric pouch, wherein the flavorant delivery article is positioned in an airflow channel upstream from a mouth end such that, when in use, flavorant is transferred to a flow through the airflow channel.