Smoking substitute device, cap removal device, and system

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to a smoking substitute device and particularly, although not exclusively, to a smoking substitute device comprising movable element for closing a consumable receiving opening. Accordingly, there is provided a substitute smoking device comprising a housing having an opening for receiving a substitute smoking consumable, wherein a heating element is arranged in the opening, wherein the substitute smoking system comprises a movable element arranged in the opening and displaceable between a first position and a second position, wherein, in the first position, the opening is substantially unrestricted for receiving a consumable, wherein, in the second position, the opening is substantially closed, and wherein the direction of displacement of the movable element between the first position and the second position is substantially parallel to a longitudinal extension of the housing.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A substitute smoking device comprising:
 a housing having an opening for receiving a substitute smoking consumable,   wherein a heating element is arranged in the opening,   wherein the substitute smoking system comprises a movable element arranged in the opening and displaceable between a first position and a second position,   wherein, in the first position, the opening is substantially unrestricted for receiving a consumable,   wherein, in the second position, the opening is substantially closed, and   wherein the direction of displacement of the movable element between the first position and the second position is substantially parallel to a longitudinal extension (L) of the housing.   
     
     
         2 . The substitute smoking device according to the preceding claim, wherein the movable element, in the second position, is arranged substantially flush with the housing. 
     
     
         3 . The substitute smoking device according to at least one of the preceding claims, wherein the heating element has a longitudinal extension (L), and wherein the direction of displacement of the movable element between the first position and the second position is substantially parallel to the longitudinal extension (L) of the heating element. 
     
     
         4 . The substitute smoking device according to at least one of the preceding claims, wherein the movable element is arranged as a platform element that can be raised and lowered in the opening to be displaceable between the first position and the second position. 
     
     
         5 . The substitute smoking device according to at least one of the preceding claims,
 wherein the heating element has a proximal end and a distal end,   wherein the movable element, in the first position, is arranged closer to the proximal end of the heating element than to the distal end and is at least partially exposing the heater element in the opening, and   wherein the movable element, in the second position, is arranged closer to the distal end of the heating element than to the proximal and covering the heater element.   
     
     
         6 . The substitute smoking device according to at least one of the preceding claims, wherein the movable element, when moved from the first position to the second position is adapted to remove debris from the inside of the opening to the outside of the housing, in particular is adapted to remove debris attached to walls of the opening and/or to the heating element to the outside of the housing. 
     
     
         7 . The substitute smoking device according to at least one of the preceding claims, wherein the movable element, when moved from the first position to the second position is adapted to remove a consumable from the opening. 
     
     
         8 . The substitute smoking device according to at least one of the preceding claims, the substitute smoking device comprising an actuation mechanism for moving the movable element between the first position and the second position, and/or wherein the movable element is moved from the second position to the first position by insertion of a consumable into the smoking substitute device. 
     
     
         9 . The substitute smoking device according to the preceding claim, wherein the actuation mechanism is a mechanism out of the group consisting of an active actuation mechanism, a passive actuation mechanism, a manual actuation mechanism, a spring mechanism, a lever mechanism, and an electronically actuated mechanism. 
     
     
         10 . The substitute smoking device according to at least one of the preceding claims, wherein the movable element is movable between the first position and the second position by user operation, in particular by using the same hand for user operation of the smoking substitute device and for moving the movable element between the first position and the second position. 
     
     
         11 . The substitute smoking device according to at least one of the preceding claims, wherein the substitute smoking device is activatable and/or deactivatable dependent on the movable element assuming one of the first and second positions, in particular wherein the substitute smoking device is activatable by moving the movable element into the first position and/or wherein the substitute smoking device is deactivatable by moving the movable element into the second position. 
     
     
         12 . The substitute smoking device according to at least one of the preceding claims, wherein moving the movable element into the second position provides an emergency shutdown functionality for the substitute smoking device and/or the heater element. 
     
     
         13 . The substitute smoking device according to at least one of the preceding claims, wherein the movable element comprises an opening for accommodating the heating element, in particular when in the first position. 
     
     
         14 . The substitute smoking device according to the preceding claim, wherein the opening of the movable element is open in the first position to accommodate the heating element, and/or wherein the opening of the movable element is substantially closed in the second position to close the opening of the housing. 
     
     
         15 . The substitute smoking device according to at least one of the preceding claims, wherein the heating element comprises a heat dissipating material and is arranged for removing heat from the heating element when in the second position.