A type flavor inhaler (100) comprises aerosol flow passage (140) guiding aerosol generated by the atomization unit (111) to the mouthpiece side. The aerosol flow passage (140) includes: a first flow passage (140A) which guides aerosol to the mouthpiece side through the flavor source (132); and a second flow passage (140B) which is different from the first flow passage (140A). An aerosol reduction rate of the second flow passage (140B) is smaller than an aerosol reduction rate of the first flow passage (140A).

An electronic vaping device includes a housing, a planar heater, a heater support, a tank, and a wick. The housing extends in a longitudinal direction and has a tip end and a mouth-end. The tip end is closed and the mouth-end has an opening therein. The heater support supports the planar heater. The tank contains a pre-vapor formulation and is configured to slide into and out of the opening of the mouth-end of the housing. The wick extends from the tank and is configured to be in contact with the planar heater when the tank is inserted in the housing.

An electric cigarette has a heating coil (24) and a wick (20) which is in contact with the heating coil (24) at at least one point. The two ends (26, 28) of the heating coil (24) are arranged in an insulating body (30). A dimensionally stable tube socket (64) is fastened on the insulating body (30). A reservoir (60) which communicates with the wick (20), is arranged in a ring-shaped manner about the tube socket (64). The insulating body (30) and the reservoir (60) are surrounded by a tubular housing (70). According to the invention, each of the two ends (26, 28) of the heating coil (24) is clamped and contacted individually in the insulating body (30), in each case by means of one contact (40, 42). Such an electric cigarette can be produced by a first unit of wick (20), heating coil (24), insulating body (30) and contacts (40, 42) being produced and a second unit of tube socket (64) and reservoir (60) being produced. In the case of the second unit, the reservoir (60) can be filled with the desired liquid from the outside. The two assemblies are fastened together and are then slid into a housing (70). The production of the first and of the second units can be effected in a random order and independently of one another.

A heating device comprising a temperature measuring device has a sheet-like carrier, at least one heating conductor on said sheet-like carrier, an elongate electrode on the sheet-like carrier and a layer structure on the carrier with an insulation layer between the heating conductor and the electrode. A measuring apparatus for detecting local high temperatures at the heating device is connected to the electrode and to the heating conductor. Said measuring apparatus detects a temperature-dependent leakage current through the insulation layer between the heating conductor and the electrode and evaluates this as a measure of a local change in temperature at the heating device. The electrode consists of a material with a temperature dependence of its electrical resistance of between 0.0005/° C. and 0.01/° C. in a temperature range of between 0° C. and 200° C. A temperature measuring device is connected to the electrode for the purpose of measuring a temperature at the electrode using the temperature dependence of the electrical resistance of the electrode.

Provided is an aerosol generating device which is capable of stopping aerosol generation at an appropriate timing. This aerosol generating device includes a power source which supplies power in order to atomize an aerosol source and/or heat a flavor source; a sensor which outputs a measurement value for controlling the power supplied; and a circuitry which controls the power supplied from the power source on the basis of the measurement value. The circuitry controls to increase a power supply amount per unit time in response to a first condition that the measured value is equal to or larger than a first threshold being satisfied, and to decrease the power supply amount per unit time in response to a second condition that the measured value is less than a second threshold greater than the first threshold and a third condition which is different from the first condition and the second condition being satisfied.

Methods and systems for the production and delivery of lithium metal of high purity are provided. More particularly, methods and systems for lithium metal purification, delivery and deposition are provided. In at least one aspect, a liquid lithium delivery system is provided. The liquid lithium delivery system comprises a liquid lithium delivery module. The liquid lithium delivery system comprises a lithium storage region operable to store the liquid lithium, a pumping region operable to move liquid lithium through the lithium delivery, and a flow control region. The pumping region comprises an electromagnetic pump operable to move the liquid lithium using electromagnetism. The flow control region operable to control the flow of liquid lithium, comprising one or more valves operable to control the flow of the liquid lithium, wherein the pumping region is positioned downstream from the lithium storage region and upstream from the flow control region.

The personal vaporizer having multiple liquid-holding reservoirs generates a consumable substance in a gas phase to simulate the smoking experience. The consumable substance is contained within a cartridge selected from a plurality of cartridges that are contained within the personal vaporizer having multiple liquid-holding reservoirs. Each cartridge contains a different consumable substance. The personal vaporizer having multiple liquid-holding reservoirs allows a user to select the desired consumable substance. The personal vaporizer having multiple liquid-holding reservoirs comprises a plurality of containment prisms, a manifold, a plurality of threaded connections, and the plurality of cartridges. The plurality of containment prisms contain the plurality of cartridges and the mechanisms required to process the consumable substance. The process is selected from the group consisting of evaporating the consumable substance and sublimating the consumable substance. The manifold creates a fluidic connection between the plurality of cartridges and the user of the plurality of cartridges.

A vaporization device comprises one or more batteries disposed in a body portion having a first longitudinal center plane and two or more identical substance cartridges each adapted to detachably attach to the body portion in first and second orientations relative to the first longitudinal center plane.

A heating element, including a body and a heating wire. The body is in the shape of a cylinder and includes a central through hole; and at least two pins are soldered on two ends of the heating wire, respectively.

The present invention relates to methods and systems that result in high quality, reproducible, thermal melt analysis on a microfluidic platform. The present invention relates to methods and systems using thermal systems including heat spreading devices, including interconnection methods and materials developed to connect heat spreaders to microfluidic devices. The present invention also relates to methods and systems for controlling, measuring, and calibrating the thermal systems of the present invention.