An aerosol provision device

Abstract

A non-combustible aerosol provision device suitable for use with a consumable includes a receiver for a consumable and a compression element, in which the receiver is configured to allow a consumable to be inserted into and removed from the receiver, and the compression element is configured to wipe or apply compressive force to at least part of the consumable whilst the consumable is being removed from the receiver.

1 . A non-combustible aerosol provision device suitable for use with a consumable, in which the device comprises a receiver for a consumable and a compression element, in which the receiver is configured to allow a consumable to be inserted into and removed from the receiver, and the compression element is configured to wipe or apply compressive force to at least part of the consumable whilst the consumable is being removed from the receiver. 
     
     
         2 . A device according to  claim 1  in which the consumable moves relative to the compression element and the receiver when the consumable is removed from the receiver. 
     
     
         3 . A device according to  claim 1  in which the compression element at least partially defines a compression zone through which at least part of the consumable passes whilst it is removed from the receiver, and the compression zone is so configured that the consumable is wiped or the compressive force is applied to the consumable as it passes through the compression zone. 
     
     
         4 . (canceled) 
     
     
         5 . (canceled) 
     
     
         6 . (canceled) 
     
     
         7 . A device according to  claim 1  in which the compression element is biased towards the consumable by a biasing means. 
     
     
         8 . A device according to  claim 1  in which the compression element is configured to exert a predetermined compressive force on the consumable whilst the consumable is being removed from the receiver. 
     
     
         9 . (canceled) 
     
     
         10 . (canceled) 
     
     
         11 . A device according to  claim 1  in which the compression element comprises one or more rollers. 
     
     
         12 . A device according to  claim 11  in which the compression element comprises a pair of rollers, and the consumable passes between the rollers whilst the consumable is being removed from the receiver. 
     
     
         13 . A device according to  claim 1  in which at least one part of the compression element is biased towards a different part of the compression element whilst the consumable is being removed from the receiver. 
     
     
         14 . A device according to  claim 1  in which the compression element is configured to allow the consumable to be inserted into and removed from the receiver through the compression element, the compression element exerts a first compressive force to the consumable when the consumable is being inserted into the receiver, the compression element exerts a second compressive force to the consumable when the consumable is being removed from the receiver, and the second compressive force is greater than the first compressive force. 
     
     
         15 . (canceled) 
     
     
         16 . (canceled) 
     
     
         17 . A device according to claim  15  in which the receiver comprises one or two apertures, the or each aperture is configured to allow one or both of the insertion of the consumable and the removal of the consumable into or out of the receiver, and the compression element is located in or adjacent to the aperture through which the consumable is removed from the receiver. 
     
     
         18 . A device according to  claim 1  in which the device comprises a liquid collection element, in which the liquid collection element is adapted to collect liquid wiped from the consumable or squeezed out of the consumable by the compression element as the consumable is removed from the receiver. 
     
     
         19 . (canceled) 
     
     
         20 . (canceled) 
     
     
         21 . (canceled) 
     
     
         22 . A consumable for use with a device according to  claim 1  in which at least a part of the consumable is deformable under compression. 
     
     
         23 . A consumable according to  claim 22  in which at least part of the consumable is resiliently deformable under compression. 
     
     
         24 . A consumable according to  claim 22  in which at least part of the consumable is configured to absorb condensate. 
     
     
         25 . A consumable according to  claim 24  in which at least part of the consumable is porous. 
     
     
         26 . A consumable according to  claim 25  in which at least the porous part of the consumable is deformable under compression. 
     
     
         27 . A consumable according to  claim 22  in which at least part of the consumable comprises cellulose acetate, air-laid paper, cotton based material, shredded paper, and cut rag tobacco or a mixture of two or more of those materials. 
     
     
         28 . A consumable according to  claim 27  in which the one or more of cellulose acetate, air-laid paper, cotton based material, shredded paper, cut rag tobacco are longitudinally extending strips or shreds and the strips or shreds are intermingled to form a matrix from the strips or shreds. 
     
     
         29 . An aerosol provision system comprising an aerosol provision device according to  claim 1  and a consumable in which at least a part of the consumable is deformable under compression. 
     
     
         30 . A method of generating aerosol from a consumable in which at least a part of the consumable is deformable under compression using an aerosol-generating device according to  claim 1 .