Patent ID: 7905229

Claim:
An aerosol generating and delivery device comprising: a liquid feed tube having a liquid feed channel with a liquid feed channel exit orifice, an end-wall face and a sidewall, wherein the end wall face between the liquid feed channel exit orifice and a perimeter of the liquid feed tube is substantially normal to a diverting portion of the sidewall of the liquid feed tube; and a compressed fluid feed channel having a compressed fluid exit orifice, the compressed fluid exit orifice being spaced from the diverting portion of the sidewall, the compressed fluid exit orifice being configured to direct a stream of compressed fluid toward the diverting portion of the sidewall, the diverting portion of the sidewall being configured to disrupt a portion of the stream of compressed fluid, the disrupted portion of the stream of compressed fluid being configured to atomize a liquid from the liquid exit orifice.