Patent ID: 9004073
Filing Date: 2015-04-14
Classification: A24F,A61M,F04C,H01C,H05B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. An electronic smoking article comprising: an outer tube extending in a longitudinal direction; an inner tube within the outer tube; a liquid supply comprising a nicotine-free liquid material, the liquid supply contained in an outer annulus between the outer tube and the inner tube; a heater located in the inner tube; a wick in communication with the liquid supply and surrounded by the heater such that the wick delivers liquid material to the heater and the heater heats the liquid material to a temperature sufficient to vaporize the liquid material and form a nicotine-free aerosol in the inner tube; and a fibrous element located downstream of the heater and including nicotine dispersed in the fibrous element, such that the aerosol picks up nicotine as the aerosol passes through the fibrous element.