Patent ID: 9420829
Filing Date: 2016-08-23
CPC Classification: A24F,A61M,H05B

Claim Text:
1. A smoking system having a size comparable to a conventional cigar or cigarette comprising: a housing including a cartridge containing liquid, a power supply, electric circuitry and an air flow sensor; a capillary wick for holding liquid, one end of the wick extending into the cartridge containing the liquid, the capillary wick consisting of a plurality of threads; at least one heater for heating the liquid in at least a portion of the capillary wick to form an aerosol when the sensor detects airflow indicative of a smoker taking a puff; at least one air inlet, at least one air outlet and a chamber between the air inlet and air outlet; the air inlet, the air outlet and the chamber being arranged so as to define an air flow route from the air inlet to the air outlet around an outer periphery of the capillary wick so as to convey the aerosol to the air outlet; and at least one guide for channeling air flow in the air flow route, said guide channeling air flow in a direction relative to the capillary wick, so as to control particle size in the aerosol; wherein the at least one heater includes a coil of wire at least partially surrounding the capillary wick.