Patent ID: 11882883
Assignee: ALTRIA CLIENT SERVICES LLC
Field: Other consumer goods (Other fields)
Classification: CPC A  B | IPC A  B

Claim 15:
16. A method of assembling a heater assembly for a non-nicotine pod assembly, the method comprising:
securing, with a holder, a support of the heater assembly relative to a base;
aligning, with a wick feed mounted to the base, a wick in a heater of the support, the wick structured to draw a non-nicotine pre-vapor formulation via capillary action;
cutting, with a blade configured to slide relative to the base, a portion of the wick;
clamping, with a slide configured to move along a plane on a top face of the base, a portion of the heater around the portion of the wick; and
releasing, with the holder, the support from the base,
wherein the holder is disposed on the top face of the base,
wherein the wick feed extends toward the base and defines a channel configured to receive the wick,
wherein the slide includes a front face that is orthogonal to the top face of the base, and the slide is configured to contact a finger of the heater on the support to move the finger to a vertical position so as to compress the wick.