Smokeless flavor inhalator

Abstract

A smokeless flavor inhalator includes a tobacco material as a flavor generator, and a heater for heating the tobacco material to allow flavor components to be released from the tobacco material while preventing smoke from being generated from the tobacco material. The heater has a carbon heat source and a cooling element. The carbon heat source and the cooling element cooperatively keep the heating temperature of the tobacco material at a temperature of 50 to 200° C.

1 . A smokeless flavor inhalator comprising:
 a casing having a mouthpiece, said casing being configured to generate a flow of air guided therethrough toward the mouthpiece when a user inhales through the mouthpiece;   a flavor generator arranged inside said casing and capable of releasing a flavor component into the air flow; and   a heater for keeping said flavor generator heated at a heating temperature of 50 to 200° C., to allow the flavor component to be released while preventing generation of aerosol from said flavor generator,   wherein said heater includes:   a carbon heat source having air permeability and attached to a distal end of said casing for heating the air, and   an incombustible cooling element having air permeability and arranged inside said casing and between the carbon heat source and said flavor generator for cooling the air heated by the carbon heat source.   
     
     
         2 . The smokeless flavor inhalator according to  claim 1 , wherein said cooling element has a plurality of through holes formed therethrough, the through holes providing the cooling element with a heat exchange area of 500 mm 2  or more. 
     
     
         3 . The smokeless flavor inhalator according to  claim 2 , wherein said cooling element is arranged adjacent to the carbon heat source in close contact therewith or with a predetermined space therebetween. 
     
     
         4 . The smokeless flavor inhalator according to  claim 3 , wherein said cooling element contains inorganic matter. 
     
     
         5 . The smokeless flavor inhalator according to claim  4 , wherein the inorganic matter accounts for 90 to 95 weight % of said cooling element.