Patent SG-11201805485W-A (SG)
Title: Aerosol generating article with ventilation zone
Inventor: BATISTA RUI NUNO
IPC: A24D1/22
Filed: 2016-12-19
Abstract: INTERNATIONAL APPLICATION PUBLISHED UNDER THE PATENT COOPERATION TREATY (PCT) (19) World Intellectual Property , Organization MD 110111101110101011111 HO 111110111010101111 10111111100111110 1111 III International Bureau ... .... ..Yjd (10) International Publication Number (43) International Publication Date ..... ...r .....1 WO 2017/114683 Al 6 July 2017 (06.07.2017) WI P0 1 PCT (51) International Patent Classification: (81) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every A24D 1/02 (2006.01) A24F 47/00 (2006.01) kind of national protection available): AE, AG, AL, AM, AO, AT, AU, AZ, BA, BB, BG, BH, BN, BR, BW, BY, (21) International Application Number: BZ, CA, CH, CL, CN, CO, CR, CU, CZ, DE, DJ, DK, DM, PCT/EP2016/081783 DO, DZ, EC, EE, EG, ES, FI, GB, GD, GE, GH, GM, GT, (22) International Filing Date: HN, 19 December 2016 (19.12.2016) KP, MD, HR, HU, ID, IL, IN, IR, IS, JP, KE, KG, KH, KN, KR, KW, KZ, LA, LC, LK, LR, LS, LU, LY, MA, ME, MG, MK, MN, MW, MX, MY, MZ, NA, NG, (25) Filing Language: English NI, NO, NZ, OM, PA, PE, PG, PH, PL, PT, QA, RO, RS, (26) Publication Language: English RU, TH, RW, SA, SC, SD, SE, SG, SK, SL, SM, ST, SV, SY, TJ, TM, TN, TR, TT, TZ, UA, UG, US, UZ, VC, VN, (30) Priority Data: ZA, ZM, ZW. 15203245.4 31 December 2015 (31.12.2015) EP (84) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every (71) Applicant: PHILIP MORRIS PRODUCTS S.A. kind [CH/CH]; Quai Jeanrenaud 3, 2000 Neuchatel (CH). GM, of regional protection available): ARIPO (BW, GH, KE, LR, LS, MW, MZ, NA, RW, SD, SL, ST, SZ, (72) Inventors: BATISTA, Rui Nuno; Avenue Alois Hugonnet TZ, UG, ZM, ZW), Eurasian (AM, AZ, BY, KG, KZ, RU, TJ, 10, 1110 Morges (CH). CARRARO, Andrea; Rebstock- DK, weg 51, 3232 Ins (CH). LV, TM), European (AL, AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DE, EE, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, HR, HU, IE, IS, IT, LT, LU, MC, MK, MT, NL, NO, PL, PT, RO, RS, SE, SI, SK, (74) Agent: PALMER, Benjamin; Reddie & Grose LLP, The SM, White Chapel Building, 10 Whitechapel High Street, Lon- GW, KM, ML, MR, NE, SN, TD, TG). don El 8QS (GB). TR), OAPI (BF, BJ, CF, CG, CI, CM, GA, GN, GQ, Published: — with international search report (Art. 21(3)) (54) Title: AEROSOL GENERATING ARTICLE WITH VENTILATION ZONE (57) : There is provided an aerosol generating 140 article (100) comprising a combustible heat source(102), 102 104 an aerosol forming substrate (104) downstream of the combustible heat source, and a wrapper (126) circum- scribing at least a rear portion of the combustible heat source and at least a front portion of the aerosol forming substrate. A plurality of weakness formations (150) are provided on a region of the wrapper overlying the com- bustible heat source. The wrapper is rupturable during use at the plurality of weakness formations to form a ventilation zone comprising a plurality of apertures ex- tending through the wrapper. The weakness formations may be arranged such that the wrapper ruptures at the X X X X weakness formations under the pressure generated by combustion gases from the combustible heat source dur- XXXXX ing use. XXXXX XXXXX 1XXXXX 150 1-1 XXXXX XXXXX . 126 M X X X )5' X 71' Il ,—I Figure 2B IN ,-1 © ei 0