US 12,133,558 B2
Cartridge having partition member and heater and inhaler including same
Tomoichi Watanabe, Tokyo (JP); Hirofumi Matsumoto, Tokyo (JP); Takuma Nakano, Tokyo (JP); and Kei Oishi, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to JAPAN TOBACCO INC., Tokyo (JP)
Filed by JAPAN TOBACCO INC., Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Oct. 3, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/959,003.
Application 17/959,003 is a continuation of application No. 16/518,393, filed on Jul. 22, 2019, granted, now 11,457,666.
Application 16/518,393 is a continuation of application No. PCT/JP2017/004490, filed on Feb. 8, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2023/0022645 A1, Jan. 26, 2023
Int. Cl. A24F 40/10 (2020.01); A24F 40/42 (2020.01); A24F 40/485 (2020.01); A24B 15/167 (2020.01)
CPC A24F 40/485 (2020.01) [A24F 40/42 (2020.01); A24B 15/167 (2016.11); A24F 40/10 (2020.01); A61M 2205/8206 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A cartridge for an inhaler comprising:
a liquid holding member;
a heater;
a housing comprising a tank for accommodating a liquid;
a partition member in the housing, the partition member having a liquid supply port and a recess portion to receive the liquid holding member; and
a cover member connected to the housing, the cover member including an air inlet port,
wherein the liquid holding member receives the liquid from the tank through the liquid supply port and it transports the liquid towards the heater,
wherein the cover member and the housing form an air flow passage,
wherein the heater and the liquid holding member are contained within an interior of the housing, and
wherein the liquid holding member is positioned such that air flow within the air flow passage impinges at least one surface of the liquid holding member.