Aerosol delivery device with radiant heating
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1. An atomizer for an aerosol delivery device, the atomizer comprising:
- a first heater having a heating surface;
a second heater having a heating surface; and
a liquid transport element;
wherein the first heater and the second heater are spaced apart with the respective heating surfaces facing each other and aligned in a substantially parallel arrangement with the fluid transport element positioned therebetween and not in direct contact with either of the first heater and the second heater such that the heating surface of the first heater and the heating surface of the second heater are each in a direct radiant heating relationship with the liquid transport element; and
wherein the liquid transport element is substantially flattened having a top surface and a bottom surface and is positioned so as to form a heating space between the top surface of the substantially flattened liquid transport element and the heating surface of the first heater and to form a heating space between the bottom surface of the substantially flattened liquid transport element and the heating surface of the second heater.
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Abstract
The present disclosure relates to aerosol delivery devices, methods of forming such devices, and elements of such devices. In some embodiments, the present disclosure provides devices configured for vaporization of an aerosol precursor composition through radiant heating. The radiant heat source may be a laser diode or further element suitable for providing electromagnetic radiation, and heating may be carried out within an optional chamber, which can be a radiation-trapping chamber. In some embodiments, an interior of such chamber may be configured as a black body or as a white body.
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1. An atomizer for an aerosol delivery device, the atomizer comprising:
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a first heater having a heating surface; a second heater having a heating surface; and a liquid transport element; wherein the first heater and the second heater are spaced apart with the respective heating surfaces facing each other and aligned in a substantially parallel arrangement with the fluid transport element positioned therebetween and not in direct contact with either of the first heater and the second heater such that the heating surface of the first heater and the heating surface of the second heater are each in a direct radiant heating relationship with the liquid transport element; and wherein the liquid transport element is substantially flattened having a top surface and a bottom surface and is positioned so as to form a heating space between the top surface of the substantially flattened liquid transport element and the heating surface of the first heater and to form a heating space between the bottom surface of the substantially flattened liquid transport element and the heating surface of the second heater. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. An aerosol delivery device comprising:
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a housing having a mouthend; a mouthpiece at the mouthend of the housing an aerosol precursor liquid; a first heater having a heating surface; a second heater having a heating surface; and a liquid transport element having at least one end in a wicking arrangement with the aerosol precursor liquid; wherein the first heater and the second heater are aligned in a substantially parallel arrangement with a portion of the fluid transport element positioned therebetween such that the heating surface of the first heater and the heating surface of the second heater are each in a direct radiant heating relationship with the liquid transport element; and wherein the device includes and airflow path through the housing, said airflow path extending through a space defined between the first heater and the second heater and to the mouthpiece at the mouthend of the housing. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A method of forming a vapor for inhalation, the method comprising:
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supplying an aerosol precursor liquid along a liquid transport element that is substantially flattened having a top surface and a bottom surface, a portion of the liquid transport element being positioned between a heating surface of a first heater and a heating surface of a second heater that are aligned in a substantially parallel arrangement such that the heating surface of the first heater and the heating surface of the second heater are each in a direct radiant heating relationship with the liquid transport element; and providing power to the first heating element and the second heating element sufficient to cause the first heater and the second heater to heat and vaporize at least a portion of the aerosol precursor liquid supplied along the liquid transport element by direct radiant heating; and wherein the first heater and the second heater are spaced apart so as to define an aerosolization space therebetween, the liquid transport element being positioned within the aerosolization space, and wherein the liquid transport element is not in physical contact with either of the first heater and the second heater. - View Dependent Claims (23)
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