An electronic cigarette comprises a battery portion which is operable to provide power to a heating element of the electronic cigarette, and a cartomizer coupled with the battery portion. The cartomizer comprises a liquid container which provides a liquid toward the heating element wherein the liquid is used for producing and flavoring a vapor of the electronic cigarette when the liquid is heated by the heating element, and a memory which is operable to record and store an amount of the liquid remaining in the liquid container.

An apparatus (100) for heating a fluid is proposed. The apparatus comprises at least one electrically conductive pipeline (112) and/or at least one electrically conductive pipeline segment (114) for receiving the fluid, and at least one single-phase AC power source and/or at least one single-phase AC voltage source (126), each pipeline (112) and/or each pipeline segment (114) being assigned a sin-gle-phase AC power source and/or a single-phase AC voltage source (126) which is connected to the respective pipeline (112) and/or to the respective pipeline segment (114), the respective single-phase AC power source and/or single-phase AC voltage source (126) being designed to generate an electrical current in the respective pipeline (112) and/or in the respective pipeline segment (114), which warms up the respective pipeline (112) and/or the respective pipeline segment (114) by Joulean heat, which is produced when the electrical current passes through conducting pipe material, for heating the fluid, the single-phase AC power source and/or the single-phase AC voltage source (126) being connected to the pipeline (112) and/or the pipeline segment (114) in an electrically conducting manner in such a way that the alternating current generated flows into the pipeline (112) and/or the pipeline segment (114) via a forward conductor (128) and flows back to the AC power source and/or AC voltage source (126) via a return conductor (130).

An aerosol-generating article may include a base layer, at least one aerosol-forming substrate positioned on the base layer, and a cover layer overlying the at least one aerosol-forming substrate and secured to the base layer so that the at least one aerosol-forming substrate is sealed between the base layer and the cover layer. The cover layer includes a polymeric film comprising at least one of a plurality of micropores and a plurality of microperforations.

A case for an electronic cigarette vaporiser, the case including an automatic lifting mechanism that lifts the vaporiser up a few mm from the case to enable a user to easily grasp the vaporiser and withdraw it from the case. The lifting mechanism can be spring-based. The case both re-fills the vaporiser with liquid and also re-charges a battery in the vaporiser.

A heating apparatus, a non-combusted heating device and a method for manufacturing the same are disclosed. In certain aspects, the heating apparatus includes a casing with an end for receiving a product to be heated, a heating element at least partially disposed within the casing, and an insulation layer formed between an internal surface of the casing and an external surface of the heating element. The insulation layer includes a polycrystalline material having a valve metal oxide.

The method includes defining a duct within a capillary medium, forming an air impingement surface that defines a first opening, the air impingement surface including electrically conductive filaments, and connecting the air impingement surface to a first surface of the capillary medium to form an assembly, at least one first portion of the air impingement surface extending into the first surface.

An aerosol generating system includes a heater assembly and a manually operated pump. The pump includes a hollow member with an inlet portion and an outlet portion. The inlet portion of the hollow member is configured connectable with a liquid storage portion. The outlet portion of the hollow member is in fluid communication with a dispensing assembly. The pump is configured to dispense a liquid material onto the heater assembly. The pump is configured to pump the liquid material from the liquid storage portion via the dispensing assembly and onto the heater assembly.

An aerosol-forming article includes: an aerosol-forming substrate; a heating layer encircling a concave portion, the aerosol-forming substrate being arranged in the concave portion; and a cover layer covering at least a part of the heating layer and an opening of the concave portion. The aerosol-forming substrate is located between the heating layer and the cover layer. A through hole is provided at a position of the cover layer corresponding to the opening. The heating layer generates eddy currents in a magnetic field to generate heat so as to heat the aerosol-forming substrate to form aerosols.

The disclosure relates to a laminar evaporator including an electrical resistance heating element for pulse heating and evaporation of an inhalationally receivable material distributed or distributable on the heating element surface by an electric heating current flowing or flowable in a laminar manner with at least two electrical contacts or poles for introducing the heating current into the resistance heating element, wherein the resistance heating element has at least one slot-shaped recess constricting lines of flux of an original electric field forming or formable between the at least two electrical contacts or poles and comprises a porous structure having a porosity of 70% or greater holding or capable of holding the material.

The e-vaping system includes a storage portion with a housing holding a pre-vapor formulation and a capillary medium, the housing defining a first opening. The e-vaping system further includes a heater assembly that is fluid permeable, the heater assembly including electrically conductive filaments arranged to define an air impingement surface, the electrically conductive filaments forming a mesh, the heater assembly extending across the first opening of the housing. The capillary medium is in contact with the heater assembly, where the capillary medium is configured to draw the pre-vapor formulation to the electrically conductive filaments. The capillary medium defines a second opening allowing an airflow to pass through the capillary medium.