Patent SG-11201809188P-A (SG)
Title: Smoking article mouthpiece for receiving an insert unit
Inventor: ALVAREZ DE LA CADENA ANTONIO
IPC: A24D3/17
Filed: 2017-07-06
Abstract: INTERNATIONAL APPLICATION PUBLISHED UNDER THE PATENT COOPERATION TREATY (PCT) (19) World Intellectual Property Organization MD 1101111 0 DOI HIM 011101 0 011111111H111111111111111111111111111111111 International Bureau (10) International Publication Number (43) International Publication Date ......0\"\" WO 2018/007561 Al 11 January 2018 (11.01.2018) WI PO I PCT (51) International Patent Classification: (CH). NAPPI, Leonardo; Impasse de la Roteyre 9, 1586 A24D 3/02 (2006.01) A24D 3/04 (2006.01) Vallamand (CH). (21) International Application Number: (74) Agent: NEVETT, Duncan; Reddie & Grose LLP, The PCT/EP2017/067027 White Chapel Building, 10 Whitechapel High Street, Lon- (22) d on Greater London El 8QS (GB). International Filing Date: 06 July 2017 (06.07.2017) (81) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every (25) Filing Language: English kind of national protection available): AE, AG, AL, AM, AO, AT, AU, AZ, BA, BB, BG, BH, BN, BR, BW, BY, BZ, (26) Publication Language: English CA, CH, CL, CN, CO, CR, CU, CZ, DE, DJ, DK, DM, DO, (30) Priority Data: DZ, EC, EE, EG, ES, FI, GB, GD, GE, GH, GM, GT, HN, 16178471.5 07 July 2016 (07.07.2016) EP HR, HU, ID, IL, IN, IR, IS, JO, JP, KE, KG, KH, KN, KP, KR, KW, KZ, LA, LC, LK, LR, LS, LU, LY, MA, MD, ME, (71) Applicant: PHILIP MORRIS PRODUCTS S.A. MG, MK, MN, MW, MX, MY, MZ, NA, NG, NI, NO, NZ, [CH/CH]; Quai Jeanrenaud 3, CH-2000 Neuchatel (CH). OM, PA, PE, PG, PH, PL, PT, QA, RO, RS, RU, RW, SA, SC, SD, SE, SG, SK, SL, SM, ST, SV, SY, TH, TJ, TM, TN, (72) Inventors: ALVAREZ DE LA CADENA, Antonio; De la Vicufia 1, Tigre Buenos Aires, 1670 (AR). DINCER, Ah- TR, TT, TZ, UA, UG, US, UZ, VC, VN, ZA, ZM, ZW. met; Chemin du Verger 37, 1052 Le Mont-sur-Lausanne (84) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every kind of regional protection available): ARIPO (BW, GH, (54) Title: SMOKING ARTICLE MOUTHPIECE FOR RECEIVING AN INSERT UNIT = 30 32 = 40 = 16 = 24 26 ••• = = - - _ 50 i • = ..-.. .•:;) = = Figure 2 = _ = 23 1-1 26 31 1-1 (57) : A smoking article (10) comprising: an aerosol-generating substrate (12) and a mouthpiece (14) secured to a downstream in end of the aerosol-generating substrate, the mouthpiece comprising: a first hollow tubular segment (24) of elastically deformable ma- IN terial; and a second hollow tubular segment (30) adjacent to and upstream of the first hollow tubular segment, the second hollow tubular segment (30) defining a chamber (32) for receiving an insert unit (50). The first hollow tubular segment defines an opening through 0 --. which an insert unit can pass from the exterior of the mouthpiece into the chamber (32) of the second hollow tubular segment. At least a GC portion of the first hollow tubular segment inwardly projects into the opening to define at least one elastically deformable projection (26). 0 ei O [Continued on next page] WO 2018/007561 Al MIDEDIMOMOIDEIREEMOOMOVIEHIMOVOIMIE GM, KE, LR, LS, MW, MZ, NA, RW, SD, SL, ST, SZ, TZ, UG, ZM, ZW), Eurasian (AM, AZ, BY, KG, KZ, RU, TJ, TM), European (AL, AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DE, DK, EE, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, HR, HU, IE, IS, IT, LT, LU, LV, MC, MK, MT, NL, NO, PL, PT, RO, RS, SE, SI, SK, SM, TR), OAPI (BF, BJ, CF, CG, CI, CM, GA, GN, GQ, GW, KM, ML, MR, NE, SN, TD, TG). Published: — with international search report (Art. 21(3)) — before the expiration of the time limit for amending the claims and to be republished in the event of receipt of amendments (Rule 48.2(h))