Patent ID: 6089857
Filing Date: 2000-07-18
Classification: A61M

Abstract:
A flavor generation heater for heating, without burning, a flavor generation piece, having an air intake port for taking in air therein and a suction port through which a user inhales a flavor and incorporating a material containing at least a flavor substance, thereby generating the flavor, characterized by comprising:a tank for storing a combustible gas;a combustion portion for burning said combustible gas;a switch for performing a selecting operation between ignition and extinction of said combustion portion;a heat exchange duct surrounding said combustion portion and forming an exhaust path;an air pipe crossing said heat exchange duct transversely in said exhaust path, heat exchange being performed between a fluid flowing in said exhaust path and a fluid flowing in said air pipe; anda socket communicating with said air pipe to detachably mount said flavor generation piece.