Aerosol generating apparatus having a temperature control button of heater and aerosol generating article used therewith

Abstract

Provided is an aerosol generating apparatus including a housing that forms an accommodation space in which an aerosol generating article is accommodated, a heater unit that heats a cartridge included in an aerosol generating article or an aerosol generating apparatus accommodated in the accommodating space, a control unit that adjusts a temperature of the heater unit, and a temperature control button that is disposed on an outer wall surface of the housing and transmits a temperature control signal to the control unit. The aerosol generating apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention may generate various components or amounts of aerosol according to consumer's preference even for one aerosol generating article.

1 . An aerosol generating apparatus, comprising:
 a housing that forms an accommodation space in which an aerosol generating article is accommodated;   a heater unit that heats a cartridge included in an aerosol generating article or an aerosol generating apparatus accommodated in the accommodating space;   a control unit that adjusts a temperature of the heater unit; and   a temperature control button that is disposed on an outer wall surface of the housing and transmits a temperature control signal to the control unit.   
     
     
         2 . The aerosol generating apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein the temperature control button transmits a temperature control signal to the control unit through a variable resistor. 
     
     
         3 . The aerosol generating apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein the control unit outputs the temperature control signal received from the temperature control button as a supply voltage in a form of a pulse and transmits the temperature control signal to the heater unit. 
     
     
         4 . The aerosol generating apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein the temperature control signal is formed by a value input in an analog format or a digital format. 
     
     
         5 . The aerosol generating apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein the heater unit includes a first heater unit that heats an atomizing unit located in an aerosol generating apparatus or an aerosol generating article and a second heater unit that heats a substrate part located in an aerosol generating article,
 the temperature control button comprises a first temperature control button that transmits a temperature control signal for adjusting a temperature of the first heater unit and a second temperature control button that transmits a temperature control signal for adjusting a temperature of the second heater unit, and   the control unit outputs the temperature control signal received from the first temperature control button and transmits the temperature control signal to the first heater unit, and outputs the temperature control signal received from the second temperature control button and transmits the temperature control signal to the second heater unit.   
     
     
         6 . The aerosol generating apparatus of  claim 5 , wherein the first temperature control button is adjusted to an on mode or an off mode, and
 in the on mode, the temperature at which the first heater unit is driven is adjusted within a range of 180° C. to 240° C.   
     
     
         7 . The aerosol generating apparatus of  claim 5 , wherein the second temperature control button is adjusted to an on mode or an off mode, and
 in the on mode, the temperature at which the second heater unit is driven is adjusted within a range of 150° C. to 260° C.   
     
     
         8 . The aerosol generating apparatus of  claim 5 , wherein the aerosol generating article includes a first filter segment, a second filter segment, and a cavity segment,
 the cavity segment is formed by the first filter segment and the second filter segment,   the cavity segment is filled with a tobacco granule, and   the first filter segment is located upstream of the cavity segment, and the second filter segment is located downstream of the cavity segment.   
     
     
         9 . The aerosol generating apparatus of  claim 8 , wherein when the atomizing unit is located in the aerosol generating apparatus, the atomizing unit is located adjacent to the first heater unit in a form of a cartridge. 
     
     
         10 . The aerosol generating apparatus of  claim 8 , wherein when the atomizing unit is located in the aerosol generating apparatus, the atomizing unit is located in the first filter segment.