Aerosol delivery system

Abstract

An article for use with an electrically operated non-combustible aerosol delivery system, the article including a generally planar aerosol generating component suspended within an aerosol generating chamber, wherein the periphery of aerosol generating component is coupled to one or more feed apertures such that liquid aerosolizable material is fed directly to the majority of the periphery.

1 . An article for use with an electrically operated non-combustible aerosol delivery system, the article comprising a generally planar aerosol generating component suspended within an aerosol generating chamber, wherein the periphery of the aerosol generating component is coupled to one or more feed apertures such that liquid aerosolizable material is fed directly to the majority of the periphery. 
     
     
         2 . The article according to  claim 1 , wherein the periphery of the aerosol generating component is coupled to a feed aperture such that aerosolizable material is fed directly to substantially all of the periphery of the aerosol generating component. 
     
     
         3 . The article according to  claim 1 , wherein the periphery of the aerosol generating component is coupled to a feed aperture such that aerosolizable material is fed directly to the entirety of the periphery of the aerosol generating component. 
     
     
         4 . The article according to  claim 1 , wherein the at least one feed aperture forms a capillary gap. 
     
     
         5 . The article according to  claim 4 , wherein the capillary gap extends around the aerosol generating chamber in a plane parallel to the plane of the aerosol generating component. 
     
     
         6 . The article according to  claim 5 , wherein the capillary gap extends around at least 90% of the perimeter of the aerosol generating component. 
     
     
         7 . The article according to  claim 5 , wherein the capillary gap extends intermittently around the aerosol generating chamber. 
     
     
         8 . The article according to  claim 5 , wherein the capillary gap extends continuously around the aerosol generating chamber. 
     
     
         9 . The article according to  claim 1 , wherein the capillary gap is formed in the wall of the aerosol generating chamber. 
     
     
         10 . The article according to  claim 1 , wherein the capillary gap is formed by a capillary frame located within the aerosol generating chamber. 
     
     
         11 . The article according to  claim 10 , wherein the frame comprises an upper capillary frame element and a lower capillary frame element, which together sandwich the aerosol generating component. 
     
     
         12 . The article according to  claim 10 , wherein the thickness of the frame occupies less than 10% of the height of the aerosol generating chamber. 
     
     
         13 . The article according to  claim 10 , wherein the frame comprises an edge profile in the shape of an aerofoil. 
     
     
         14 . The article according to  claim 1 , wherein the at least one feed aperture is disposed out of the plane of the aerosol generating component. 
     
     
         15 . The article according to  claim 14 , wherein multiple feed apertures are disposed out of the plane of the aerosol generating component. 
     
     
         16 . The article according to  claim 1 , wherein the aerosol generating chamber comprises at least one air inlet and at least one air outlet. 
     
     
         17 . The article according to  claim 1 , wherein the air inlet and air outlet are aligned substantially parallel to the plane of the aerosol generating component. 
     
     
         18 . The article according to  claim 1 , wherein the air inlet and air outlet are aligned substantially transverse to the plane of the aerosol generating component. 
     
     
         19 . The article according to  claim 1 , wherein the article comprises a store for aerosolizable material. 
     
     
         20 . The article according to  claim 19 , wherein the store extends annularly around the aerosol generating chamber. 
     
     
         21 . The article according to  claim 20 , wherein an external wall of the aerosol generating chamber forms an internal wall of the store. 
     
     
         22 . The article according to  claim 19 , wherein the store comprises aerosolizable material. 
     
     
         23 . The article according to  claim 1 , wherein the aerosol generating component is formed from a woven or weave structure, mesh structure, fabric structure, open-pored fiber structure, open-pored sintered structure, open-pored foam or open-pored deposition structure. 
     
     
         24 . A non-combustible aerosol provision system, comprising the article of  claim 1  and a device comprising a power source and a control unit.