Global Patent Index - EP 4321042 A1

EP 4321042 A1 20240214 - FLAVOR INHALER AND SMOKING SYSTEM

Title (en)

FLAVOR INHALER AND SMOKING SYSTEM

Title (de)

GESCHMACKSINHALATOR UND RAUCHSYSTEM

Title (fr)

INHALATEUR D'ARÔME ET SYSTÈME À FUMER

Publication

EP 4321042 A1 20240214 (EN)

Application

EP 21936059 A 20210409

Priority

JP 2021015031 W 20210409

Abstract (en)

There is provided a flavor inhaler including an accommodating portion that includes an opening that allows insertion of a smoking article formed on one end, and that houses the smoking article; a heating unit that is disposed along an axial direction of the accommodating portion, and that heats the smoking article housed in the accommodating portion; and a grasping portion that grasps a side surface of the smoking article housed in the accommodating portion, wherein an inner side surface of the accommodating portion includes a first region that overlaps the heating unit in a cross-sectional view orthogonal to the axial direction of the accommodating portion, and a second region that is a region other than the first region, and that is present along the axial direction of the accommodating portion, between an other end of the accommodating portion and an end portion of the heating unit on the other end side, and the grasping portion is provided in the second region.

IPC 8 full level

A24F 40/40 (2020.01)

CPC (source: EP KR US)

A24F 40/20 (2020.01 - EP US); A24F 40/40 (2020.01 - EP KR); A24F 40/42 (2020.01 - KR); A24F 40/46 (2020.01 - EP); A24F 40/465 (2020.01 - EP KR US); A24F 47/00 (2013.01 - EP); A24F 40/485 (2020.01 - EP US)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR

Designated extension state (EPC)

BA ME

Designated validation state (EPC)

KH MA MD TN

DOCDB simple family (publication)

US 2024008530 A1 20240111; CN 117156988 A 20231201; EP 4321042 A1 20240214; JP 2023061353 A 20230501; JP WO2022215255 A1 20221013; KR 20230167410 A 20231208; WO 2022215255 A1 20221013

DOCDB simple family (application)

US 202318470919 A 20230920; CN 202180096805 A 20210409; EP 21936059 A 20210409; JP 2021015031 W 20210409; JP 2022108768 A 20220706; JP 2022540421 A 20210409; KR 20237038339 A 20210409