A Holder for a Heat-Not-Burn Aerosol-Generating Article

Abstract

An aerosol-generating material holder includes a first portion made of heat conductive material and a second portion, preferably made of heat conductive material, wherein the first portion is configured to be receivable by a heating element of a heating device and the second portion is configured for receiving a charge of aerosol-generating material to be heated by the heating element to generate an aerosol. An aerosol-generating article including the holder is also provided.

1 . An aerosol-generating material holder, comprising a first portion made of heat conductive material and a second portion the first portion being configured to be receivable by a heating element of a heating device and the second portion being configured for receiving a charge of aerosol-generating material to be heated by the heating element to generate an aerosol, wherein the first portion comprises at least one guiding member at a free end or on a free edge thereof to automatically guide insertion of the heating element into the first portion without deformation of the heating element. 
     
     
         2 . The holder according to  claim 1 , wherein a sheathing component and/or a slit opening is further provided to the first portion of the holder for accepting the heating element of the heating device. 
     
     
         3 . The holder according to  claim 1 , further comprising a connecting component connecting the first portion and the second portion, wherein the connecting component is arranged such that the first portion is rotatable with respect to the second portion. 
     
     
         4 . The holder according to  claim 1 , wherein the first portion comprises mating members configured such that the holder can be inserted into the heating device in a mating contact with the heating element without deformation thereof or of the first portion. 
     
     
         5 . The holder according to  claim 1 , wherein the at least one guiding member comprises an inclined surface arranged to guide the heating element into the first portion by sliding during insertion. 
     
     
         6 . The holder according to  claim 5 , wherein the at least one guiding member has a conical or frustoconical shape. 
     
     
         7 . The holder according to  claim 1 , wherein the second portion is air permeable. 
     
     
         8 . The holder according to  claim 7 , wherein the second portion comprises at least one perforation, each of the at least one perforation having an opening area of at least 0.03 mm 2 . 
     
     
         9 . The holder according to  claim 1 , wherein the first portion and at least part of the second portion contacting the first portion are made of metal. 
     
     
         10 . The holder according to  claim 1 , wherein heat insulating material is arranged to dampen heat conducted from the first portion to the second portion. 
     
     
         11 . The holder according to  claim 1 , wherein the first portion of the holder is provided in form of a tuning fork, configured to be receivable in mating engagement with a heating surface of a heating element of a heating device. 
     
     
         12 . The holder of  claim 11 , wherein the tuning fork comprises a first branch and a second branch symmetrically arranged about a longitudinal plan of symmetry of the first portion. 
     
     
         13 . The holder of  claim 12 , wherein said first and second branches are flexible in a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal plan of symmetry. 
     
     
         14 . An aerosol-generating article, comprising the holder according to  claim 1  and a charge of aerosol-generating material arranged in the second portion of the holder. 
     
     
         15 . The aerosol-generating article according to  claim 14 , further comprising a filter connected to an outlet of the second portion of the holder. 
     
     
         16 . The holder according to  claim 1 , wherein the second portion is made of heat conductive material. 
     
     
         17 . The holder according to  claim 7 , wherein the second portion comprises at least one perforation, each of the at least one perforation having an opening area of between 0.125 mm 2  and 10 mm 2 . 
     
     
         18 . The holder according to  claim 7 , wherein the second portion comprises at least one perforation, each of the at least one perforation having an opening area of between 0.196 mm 2  and 5 mm 2 . 
     
     
         19 . The holder according to  claim 1 , wherein the metal is brass, copper, bronze, aluminium, zinc, titanium or a combination thereof, an alloy made of two or more metals, or a composite material comprising a metal material and a non-metal material.