Aerosol delivery device

Abstract

An aerosol delivery device comprises: a flow passage configured to provide fluid communication between a vaporizer and a mouthpiece aperture, so that the mouthpiece aperture receives a flow comprising an aerosol vapor formed from liquid vaporized by the vaporizer in use; and a turbulence inducing element, the turbulence inducing element located in the flow passage and configured to turn the flow towards a circumferential direction of the aerosol delivery device.

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         78 . A smoking substitute device comprising:
 a body accommodating a power source;   one or more side walls projecting longitudinally from an end surface of the body, such that the end surface and the one or more side walls define a cavity for receipt of a vaporizable liquid reservoir and a vaporizer to vaporize the vaporizable liquid; and   an air inlet aperture formed in the one or more side walls, the aperture arranged so as to direct air that is external to the device into the cavity in a substantially transverse direction across the end surface.   
     
     
         79 . A smoking substitute device according to  claim 78  wherein the aperture is positioned so as to be proximate to the end surface. 
     
     
         80 . A smoking substitute device according to  claim 79  wherein the aperture is spaced from the end surface by a longitudinal distance that is less than 4 mm. 
     
     
         81 . A smoking substitute device according to  claim 80  wherein the aperture is spaced from the end surface by a longitudinal distance that is less than 2 mm. 
     
     
         82 . A smoking substitute device according to  claim 81  wherein an edge of the aperture is longitudinally aligned with the end surface. 
     
     
         83 . A smoking substitute system according to  claim 78  comprising two air inlet apertures opposing one another so as to direct air into the cavity in opposing substantially transverse directions. 
     
     
         84 . A smoking substitute device according to  claim 78  wherein the one or more side walls comprises opposing front and rear walls and opposing lateral walls extending between the front and rear walls, the distance between the lateral walls being greater than the distance between the front and rear walls, and wherein the aperture is formed in one of the lateral walls. 
     
     
         85 . A smoking substitute device according to  claim 84  comprising a first air inlet aperture in a first of the lateral walls and a second inlet air aperture in a second of the lateral walls. 
     
     
         86 . A smoking substitute device according to  claim 78  that is an e-cigarette device. 
     
     
         87 . A smoking substitute system comprising:
 a smoking substitute device according to  claim 78 ;   a tank for storing vaporizable liquid;   a vaporizer for vaporizing the vaporizable liquid, the vaporizer mounted in a vaporizing chamber; and   an airflow path extending substantially transversely from the air inlet aperture to an inlet of the vaporizing chamber.   
     
     
         88 . A smoking substitute system according to  claim 87  wherein the airflow path extends between the vaporizer and the end surface of the device. 
     
     
         89 . A smoking substitute system according to  claim 87  comprising a consumable engageable with the device by receipt in the cavity of the device, and wherein the tank, vaporizer and vaporizing chamber form part of the consumable. 
     
     
         90 . A smoking substitute system according to  claim 89  wherein the airflow path is at least partly defined between an upstream end of the consumable and the end surface of the device. 
     
     
         91 . A smoking substitute system according to  claim 89  wherein the device or the consumable comprises a spacer portion configured to space the upstream end of the consumable from the end surface of the device when the consumable is engaged with the device. 
     
     
         92 . A smoking substitute system according to any one of  claim 87  wherein the consumable is an e-cigarette consumable.