US 12,484,614 B2
Cartridge insertion systems for aerosol-generating devices
Frederic Nicolas, Moret-Loing-et-Orvanne (FR)
Assigned to Philip Morris Products S.A., Neuchâtel (CH)
Appl. No. 17/781,846
Filed by PHILIP MORRIS PRODUCTS S.A., Neuchâtel (CH)
PCT Filed Dec. 2, 2020, PCT No. PCT/IB2020/061342
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jun. 2, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/111307, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 10, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 19213020 (EP), filed on Dec. 2, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0000146 A1, Jan. 5, 2023
Int. Cl. A24F 1/30 (2006.01)
CPC A24F 1/30 (2013.01) 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An aerosol-generating device comprising:
a housing comprising a drawer receptacle;
a drawer moveably coupled to the housing and receivable in the drawer receptacle, the drawer defining a cartridge receptacle to removably receive a cartridge comprising an aerosol-forming substrate, wherein the drawer is movable between an open position and a closed position in a first direction; and
a heating element configured for heating the aerosol-forming substrate in a cartridge when a cartridge is received in the cartridge receptacle and the drawer is in the closed position,
wherein the aerosol-generating device is configured to translate at least one of the heating element and the cartridge received in the cartridge receptacle in a repositioning direction to approximate the heating element and the cartridge such that the at least one heating element is adjacent or proximate the cartridge but does not penetrate the cartridge, in response to moving the drawer from the open position to the closed position, wherein the repositioning direction is different to the first direction.