US 12,137,751 B2
Aerosol generating device and operating method therefor
Jeong Hoo Kim, Cheongju-si (KR); and Woo Seok Chung, Namyangju-si (KR)
Assigned to KT&G CORPORATION, Daejeon (KR)
Appl. No. 17/294,760
Filed by KT&G CORPORATION, Daejeon (KR)
PCT Filed Oct. 7, 2020, PCT No. PCT/KR2020/013615
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date May 18, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/071220, PCT Pub. Date Apr. 15, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2019-0126304 (KR), filed on Oct. 11, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0015457 A1, Jan. 20, 2022
Int. Cl. A24F 42/20 (2020.01); A24B 15/167 (2020.01); A24F 7/00 (2006.01); A24F 42/60 (2020.01); A24F 40/10 (2020.01); A24F 40/20 (2020.01); A24F 40/30 (2020.01); A24F 40/485 (2020.01); A24F 40/51 (2020.01)
CPC A24F 42/20 (2020.01) [A24B 15/167 (2016.11); A24F 7/00 (2013.01); A24F 42/60 (2020.01); A24F 40/10 (2020.01); A24F 40/20 (2020.01); A24F 40/30 (2020.01); A24F 40/485 (2020.01); A24F 40/51 (2020.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An aerosol generating device comprising:
a liquid storage configured to store a liquid material;
an aerosol generating space configured to accommodate a solid material including a tobacco material and a foamable material such that an aerosol is generated as the solid material contacts with the liquid material in the aerosol generating space;
a liquid transfer tube connected to the liquid storage and the aerosol generating space such that the liquid material moves from the liquid storage to the aerosol generating space; and
a mouthpiece configured to discharge the aerosol generated in the aerosol generating space, according to a user's inhalation.