Flavor suction apparatus and smoking system

Abstract

To prevent a flavor generating article from falling off from a chamber even in a case where a stress acts on the flavor generating article. An accommodating portion that includes an opening formed at one end, accommodates at least a part of the flavor generating article via the opening, and includes contact portions that pressurize a part of the accommodated flavor generating article in an axial direction of the accommodating portion and a separated portion that is separated from the accommodated flavor generating article; a heating portion that is disposed in the axial direction of the accommodating portion and heats the flavor generating article accommodated in the accommodating portion; and gripping portions that grip the flavor generating article accommodated in the accommodating portion are included, the accommodating portion includes a heating region that overlaps the heating portion and a non-heating region other than the heating region in a section perpendicularly intersecting the axial direction of the accommodating portion, and the gripping portions are provided at the contact portions and in the heating region.

1 . A flavor inhaler comprising:
 an accommodating portion that includes an opening formed at one end and accommodates at least a part of a flavor generating article via the opening, the accommodating portion including contact portions that pressurize a part of the accommodated flavor generating article in an axial direction of the accommodating portion and a separated portion that is separated from the accommodated flavor generating article;   a heating portion that is disposed in the axial direction of the accommodating portion and heats the flavor generating article accommodated in the accommodating portion; and   gripping portions that grip the flavor generating article accommodated in the accommodating portion,   wherein the accommodating portion has a heating region that overlaps the heating portion and a non-heating region other than the heating region in a section perpendicularly intersecting the axial direction of the accommodating portion, and   the gripping portions are provided at the contact portions and in the heating region.   
     
     
         2 . The flavor inhaler according to  claim 1 ,
 wherein the gripping portions are protrusions that project from an inner circumferential surface of the accommodating portion and pressurize the flavor generating article.   
     
     
         3 . The flavor inhaler according to  claim 2 ,
 wherein the protrusions have a dot shape.   
     
     
         4 . The flavor inhaler according to  claim 3 ,
 wherein the contact portions are planes, and   the protrusions are provided at positions that do not overlap a center axis of the accommodating portion when seen from a plane that is parallel with the contact portions.   
     
     
         5 . The flavor inhaler according to  claim 2 ,
 wherein the protrusions extend in the axial direction of the accommodating portion.   
     
     
         6 . The flavor inhaler according to  claim 2 ,
 wherein the protrusions extend in a direction perpendicularly intersecting the axial direction of the accommodating portion.   
     
     
         7 . The flavor inhaler according to  claim 2 ,
 wherein the protrusions extend in a direction inclined with respect to the axial direction of the accommodating portion and a direction perpendicularly intersecting the axial direction of the accommodating portion.   
     
     
         8 . The flavor inhaler according to  claim 7 ,
 wherein the contact portions are a pair of mutually facing planes,   the protrusions are provided on the pair of planes, respectively,   end portions of the protrusions provided on the pair of planes, respectively, on a side opposite to the opening overlap each other when seen from a plane that is parallel with the contact portions, and   end portions of the protrusions provided on the pair of planes, respectively, on a side of the opening extend in a direction in which the end portions are separated from each other when seen from the plane that is parallel with the contact portions.   
     
     
         9 . The flavor inhaler according to  claim 2 ,
 wherein the protrusions are formed by embossing, and   at least a part of the protrusions is exposed on the side of the opening from the heating region.   
     
     
         10 . The flavor inhaler according to  claim 1 ,
 wherein the heating portion has
 a heat generating element that generates heat, and 
 an insulating base element that supports the heat generating element, 
   the heat generating element and the base element form, in the heating region, a heat generating region where the heat generating element is disposed and a non-heat generating region, which is adjacent to the heat generating region on the side of the opening, the heating generating element being not disposed in the non-heat generating region, and   the gripping portions are provided in the non-heat generating region.   
     
     
         11 . The flavor inhaler according to  claim 1 , further comprising:
 support portions that support the flavor generating article accommodated in the accommodating portion,   wherein the support portions are provided at the separated portion and in the heating region.   
     
     
         12 . The flavor inhaler according to  claim 11 ,
 wherein the support portions are protrusions formed by embossing, and   at least a part of the support portions is exposed on the side of the opening from the heating region.   
     
     
         13 . The flavor inhaler according to  claim 11 ,
 wherein the gripping portions include a pair of first protrusions aligned in a first direction,   the support portions include a pair of second protrusions aligned in a second direction, and   the first direction and the second direction intersect each other.   
     
     
         14 . The flavor inhaler according to  claim 13 ,
 wherein the first direction is a direction perpendicularly intersecting the axial direction of the accommodating portion, and   the second direction is a direction along the axial direction of the accommodating portion.   
     
     
         15 . The flavor inhaler according to  claim 13 ,
 wherein a size of the first protrusions is smaller than a size of the second protrusions.   
     
     
         16 . The flavor inhaler according to  claim 13 ,
 wherein one of the pair of second protrusions is provided in the heat generating region in the heating region, and   the other one of the pair of second protrusions is provided in the non-heat generating region in the heating region.   
     
     
         17 . The flavor inhaler according to  claim 13 ,
 wherein one and the other one of the pair of second protrusions are formed to be connected to each other by embossing, and   at least a part of the pair of second protrusions is exposed on the side of the opening from the heating region.   
     
     
         18 . A smoking system comprising:
 a flavor inhaler; and a flavor generating article,   wherein the flavor inhaler includes
 an accommodating portion that includes an opening formed at one end and accommodates at least a part of the flavor generating article via the opening, the accommodating portion including contact portions that pressurize a part of the accommodated flavor generating article in an axial direction of the accommodating portion and a separated portion that is separated from the accommodated flavor generating article, 
 a heating portion that is disposed in the axial direction of the accommodating portion and heats the flavor generating article accommodated in the accommodating portion, and 
 gripping portions that grip the flavor generating article accommodated in the accommodating portion, 
   the accommodating portion has a heating region that overlaps the heating portion and a non-heating region other than the heating region in a section perpendicularly intersecting the axial direction of the accommodating portion,   the flavor generating article includes
 a filling portion that is filled with a smokable article, and 
 a hollow tubular portion that is provided continuously with the filling portion, and 
   the gripping portions are provided in the contact portion and the heating region and in the vicinity of a boundary between the filling portion and the tubular portion.