Flavor-generating device
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1. A flavor-generating device comprising:
- a chamber having an air inlet port for introducing the air thereinto and an inhalation port through which a user inhales a flavor, and defining a gas passageway between the air inlet port and the inhalation port;
a liquid container for storing a liquid containing a flavor substance, and maintained at substantially an atmospheric pressure;
at least one liquid passageway having a first end portion which is in a fluid communication with the liquid and a second end portion which is in a fluid communication with the gas passageway, for transporting the liquid from the liquid container to the second end portion by capillary force, the capillary force being created predominantly by the attraction between the liquid containing a flavor substance and an interior of the liquid passageway; and
a heater mounted at the second end portion of the at least one liquid passageway, for heating and gasifying the liquid transported from the liquid container, the heater heating and gasifying said liquid while it is disposed in said second end portion, thereby forming a gaseous stream of said liquid exiting said second end portion into said chamber for inhalation through said inhalation port.
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Abstract
A flavor-generating device includes a chamber having an air inlet port and a flavor inhalation port, and defining a gas passageway between the air inlet port and the inhalation port. A liquid container for storing a liquid flavor source is provided, and is maintained at substantially an atmospheric pressure. At least one liquid passageway is provided in fluid communication with the liquid flavor source at its first end portion and with the gas passageway at its second end portion. The liquid passageway transports the liquid flavor source therethrough by capillary force. A heater heats and evaporates the liquid flavor source at the second end portion of the liquid passageway.
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1. A flavor-generating device comprising:
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a chamber having an air inlet port for introducing the air thereinto and an inhalation port through which a user inhales a flavor, and defining a gas passageway between the air inlet port and the inhalation port; a liquid container for storing a liquid containing a flavor substance, and maintained at substantially an atmospheric pressure; at least one liquid passageway having a first end portion which is in a fluid communication with the liquid and a second end portion which is in a fluid communication with the gas passageway, for transporting the liquid from the liquid container to the second end portion by capillary force, the capillary force being created predominantly by the attraction between the liquid containing a flavor substance and an interior of the liquid passageway; and a heater mounted at the second end portion of the at least one liquid passageway, for heating and gasifying the liquid transported from the liquid container, the heater heating and gasifying said liquid while it is disposed in said second end portion, thereby forming a gaseous stream of said liquid exiting said second end portion into said chamber for inhalation through said inhalation port. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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