Flavor generating article
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1. An article for delivering to a consumer an inhalable flavor-containing substance, said article comprising:
- a plurality of pre-measured charges of flavor generating medium;
electrical heating means for individually heating each of said pluralilty of charges;
a source of electrical energy for powering said electrical heating means; and
p1 control means for selectively applying said electrical energy to said electrical heating means to selectively heat said plurality charges in a predetermined sequence, each of said charges being heated only once and, when heated, delivering a predetermined quantity of flavor-containing substance to said consumer.
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An article is provided in which a flavor generating medium is electrically heated to evolve inhalable flavors or other components in vapor or aerosol form. The article has a plurality of charges of the flavor generating medium which are heated sequentially to provide individual puffs.
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1. An article for delivering to a consumer an inhalable flavor-containing substance, said article comprising:
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a plurality of pre-measured charges of flavor generating medium; electrical heating means for individually heating each of said pluralilty of charges; a source of electrical energy for powering said electrical heating means; and
p1 control means for selectively applying said electrical energy to said electrical heating means to selectively heat said plurality charges in a predetermined sequence, each of said charges being heated only once and, when heated, delivering a predetermined quantity of flavor-containing substance to said consumer. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84)
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