Patent ID: 11871786
Assignee: PHILIP MORRIS PRODUCTS S.A.
Field: Other consumer goods (Other fields)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 0:
1. An aerosol-generating device, comprising:
a storage container containing a supply of a liquid aerosol-forming substrate, the storage container having an outlet;
a heating element spaced from the storage container, the heating element being configured to vaporise the liquid aerosol-forming substrate to form an inhalable aerosol; and
a transfer element disposed between the storage container and the heating element, the transfer element being configured to receive and retain the liquid aerosol-forming substrate from the storage container, and to be operatively coupled with the heating element to supply the received liquid aerosol-forming substrate to the heating element,
wherein the transfer element is movable on its own along a liquid supply path between a loading position and a heating position, the transfer element being movable independently of the storage container, such that, as the transfer element moves between the loading position and the heating position, the storage container does not move with the transfer element,
wherein the aerosol-generating device is configured such that:
when the transfer element is in the loading position, the transfer element is in fluid communication with the outlet of the storage container, or with the outlet of the storage container and with the heating element, and
when the transfer element is in the heating position, the transfer element is in fluid communication with the heating element, and the heating element is activated to vaporise liquid aerosol-forming substrate retained in the transfer element, and

wherein
the transfer element and the heating element are longitudinally aligned, and a longitudinal distance between the transfer element and the heating element in the loading position is greater than a longitudinal distance between the transfer element and the heating element in the heating position, or
the transfer element and the heating element are substantially concentrically arranged, and a radial distance between the transfer element and the heating element in the loading position is greater than a radial distance between the transfer element and the heating element in the heating position.