(19)
(11) EP 3 679 816 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
16.09.2020 Bulletin 2020/38

(43) Date of publication A2:
15.07.2020 Bulletin 2020/29

(21) Application number: 20155777.4

(22) Date of filing: 25.10.2017
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC): 
A24F 47/00(2020.01)
(84) Designated Contracting States:
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 States:
BA ME
Designated Validation States:
MA MD

(30) Priority: 27.10.2016 SE 1651411

(62) Application number of the earlier application in accordance with Art. 76 EPC:
17801114.4 / 3531850

(71) Applicant: McNeil AB
25109 Helsingborg (SE)

(72) Inventor:
  • MELZI, Ilario
    20063 Milano (IT)

(74) Representative: Kirsch, Susan Edith 
Carpmaels & Ransford LLP One Southampton Row
London WC1B 5HA
London WC1B 5HA (GB)

   


(54) A VAPOR GENERATING DEVICE AND A METHOD FOR GENERATING VAPOR


(57) The invention relates to a vapor generating device (10) for generating a vapor from a liquid, wherein said liquid comprises nicotine or a salt thereof, a method for generating vapor and an electronic delivery system for providing nicotine to a user. Vapor generating device (10) comprises a base plate (11) supporting an electric heater (20), said electric heater (20) having an interior space arranged to receive a liquid conveying elongated wick (24), and a plurality of apertures (28) extending from interior space to an exterior surface, said apertures (28) transmitting liquid released from wick (24) to electric heater (20). The invention also relates to a method to use the vapor generating device (10) to inhale nicotine aerosol.







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