Patent ID: 11864586
Assignee: ALTRIA CLIENT SERVICES LLC
Field: Other consumer goods (Other fields)
Classification: CPC A  H | IPC A  H

Claim 15:
16. A method of operation of a tip device, the tip device configured to be reversibly coupled to an external source, the external source configured to generate a generated vapor, the method comprising:
receiving, at an inlet end of a first conduit at least partially defined by a first conduit structure, the generated vapor from the external source;
directing the received generated vapor through the first conduit towards an outlet end of the first conduit opposite the inlet end of the first conduit;
receiving, at an inlet end of a separate second conduit at least partially defined by a second conduit structure, an air flow from an ambient environment;
directing the air flow through the second conduit in fluid communication with an additive material on a surface of the second conduit, such that an additive is released from the additive material into the air flow independently of the generated vapor directed through the first conduit, and further directing the air flow through the second conduit towards an outlet end of the second conduit opposite the inlet end of the second conduit, wherein an interposing structure of the tip device physically isolates the additive material from the first conduit, such that the additive material releases the additive into the air flow directed through the second conduit independently of the generated vapor directed through the first conduit;
directing the generated vapor in fluid communication with an additional additive assembly removably coupled to an inlet end of the first conduit structure, such that
the additional additive assembly releases an additional additive into the generated vapor that is directed through the first conduit,
the air flow directed through the outlet end of the second conduit includes the additive, and
the generated vapor directed through the outlet end of the first conduit includes the additional additive; and

directing the generated vapor directed out of the outlet end of the first conduit and the air flow directed out of the outlet end of the second conduit through a common conduit, such that the generated vapor and the air flow mix to form a mixed vapor;
wherein an inner surface of the additional additive assembly at least partially defining a channel fluidly coupled to the first conduit structure, wherein the additional additive assembly includes at least one additional additive structure extending transversely across the channel between the inner surface of the additional additive assembly and an inner surface of the first conduit structure, the at least one additional additive structure adjacent an outlet end of the additional additive assembly.