Patent ID: 11877592
Assignee: KT&G CORPORATION
Field: Other consumer goods (Other fields)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 0:
1. An aerosol generating article comprising:
a front-end filter segment arranged at an upstream end that is to be inserted into an aerosol generating device;
a rear-end filter segment arranged at a downstream end that is to contact a mouth of a user; and
a tobacco rod arranged between the front-end filter segment and the rear-end filter segment,
wherein the front-end filter segment comprises:
at least one channel extending from the upstream end toward the downstream end; and
a filter structure,
wherein the front-end filter segment has suction resistance corresponding to a ratio between a cross-sectional area of the at least one channel and a cross-sectional area of the filter structure,
wherein the aerosol generating device includes a vaporizer, and a heater separately provided from the vaporizer, the vaporizer and the heater being externally positioned with respect to the aerosol generating article when the aerosol generating article is inserted into the aerosol generating device,
wherein the tobacco rod is positioned adjacent to the heater when the aerosol generating article is inserted into the aerosol generating device, the tobacco rod being configured to generate a first aerosol using a heat from the heater, and
wherein the at least one channel is positioned such that a second aerosol generated via the vaporizer and is externally provided into the aerosol generating article passes through the aerosol generating article, and the filter structure is configured to filter out some components of the first aerosol, that is generated within the aerosol generating article, and the second aerosol, that is externally generated and provided into the aerosol generating article.