Non-combustion-heating flavor inhalation article and non-combustion-heating flavor inhalation system

Abstract

Provided is a non-combustion-heating flavor inhalation article that achieves a uniform balance of each component supplied to a user from the beginning to the end of use. The non-combustion-heating flavor inhalation article includes an aerosol producing rod and a mouthpiece segment. The aerosol producing rod includes a first segment including an aerosol producing base material and a second segment including a flavor component. The mouthpiece segment includes a cooling segment and a filter segment.

1 . A heat-not-burn flavor inhaling article comprising an aerosol-generating rod and a mouthpiece segment, wherein
 the aerosol-generating rod includes a first segment including an aerosol-source material and a second segment including a flavor component, and   the mouthpiece segment includes a cooling segment and a filter segment.   
     
     
         2 . The heat-not-burn flavor inhaling article according to  claim 1 , wherein the aerosol-source material is at least one selected from the group consisting of glycerin, propylene glycol, and 1,3-butanediol. 
     
     
         3 . The heat-not-burn flavor inhaling article according to  claim 1 , wherein the first segment further includes plant fibers. 
     
     
         4 . The heat-not-burn flavor inhaling article according to  claim 3 , wherein the first segment includes a cylindrical wrapper and a nonwoven fabric made up of the plant fibers filling an inside of the wrapper, and the nonwoven fabric contains the aerosol-source material. 
     
     
         5 . The heat-not-burn flavor inhaling article according to  claim 4 , wherein multiple pieces of the sheet nonwoven fabric are stacked, and fill the inside of the wrapper in a state of being folded in an S-shape. 
     
     
         6 . The heat-not-burn flavor inhaling article according to  claim 4 , wherein the wrapper is a metal foil, a laminated sheet of metal foil and paper, a polymer film, a laminated sheet of polymer film and paper, or paper on a surface of which a coating agent selected from the group consisting of modified cellulose, modified starch, polyvinyl alcohol, and vinyl acetate is applied. 
     
     
         7 . The heat-not-burn flavor inhaling article according to  claim 4 , wherein
 the wrapper is a laminated body of a paper layer forming an outer surface and a liquid impermeable layer forming an inner surface,   the liquid impermeable layer is made up of a layer of a metal foil, a polymer film, or a layer of a coating agent selected from the group consisting of modified cellulose, modified starch, polyvinyl alcohol, and vinyl acetate, and   the wrapper is formed in a cylindrical shape in a manner such that the liquid impermeable layer of the wrapper is bonded at one end and the other end of the wrapper.   
     
     
         8 . The heat-not-burn flavor inhaling article according to  claim 1 , wherein the first segment further contains a thickener. 
     
     
         9 . The heat-not-burn flavor inhaling article according to  claim 1 , wherein the flavor component contains a tobacco component. 
     
     
         10 . The heat-not-burn flavor inhaling article according to  claim 9 , wherein the second segment includes one or more tobacco materials selected from among a mesophyll, vein, stalk, flower, and root of a tobacco plant. 
     
     
         11 . The heat-not-burn flavor inhaling article according to  claim 10 , wherein the tobacco material contains a flavor developing agent. 
     
     
         12 . The heat-not-burn flavor inhaling article according to  claim 10 , wherein the tobacco material contains a lipid. 
     
     
         13 . The heat-not-burn flavor inhaling article according to  claim 1 , wherein the second segment is disposed adjacent to the mouthpiece segment with respect to the first segment. 
     
     
         14 . The heat-not-burn flavor inhaling article according to  claim 1 , wherein the columnar first segment is provided so as to extend in an axial direction of the aerosol-generating rod, and the second segment is disposed on an outer periphery of the first segment. 
     
     
         15 . The heat-not-burn flavor inhaling article according to  claim 1 , wherein the columnar second segment is provided so as to extend in an axial direction of the aerosol-generating rod, and the first segment is disposed on an outer periphery of the second segment. 
     
     
         16 . The heat-not-burn flavor inhaling article according to  claim 1 , wherein the first segment and the second segment are connected by being wrapped with an outer wrapper including a heat transfer raw material. 
     
     
         17 . A heat-not-burn flavor inhaling system comprising:
 the heat-not-burn flavor inhaling article according to  claim 1 ; and   a heating device including a heater that heats the aerosol-generating rod of the heat-not-burn flavor inhaling article.   
     
     
         18 . The heat-not-burn flavor inhaling system according to  claim 17 , wherein the heater includes a first circumferential heater that heats an entire side of the columnar first segment and that heats part of a side of the columnar second segment or that does not heat the second segment. 
     
     
         19 . The heat-not-burn flavor inhaling system according to  claim 17 , wherein the heater includes a second circumferential heater that heats an entire side and entire bottom of the columnar first segment and that heats at least part of a side of the columnar second segment or that does not heat the second segment. 
     
     
         20 . The heat-not-burn flavor inhaling system according to  claim 17 , wherein the heater includes an internal heater that heats an inside of the columnar first segment entirely in an axial direction and that heats an inside of the columnar second segment partially in an axial direction or that does not heat the second segment. 
     
     
         21 . The heat-not-burn flavor inhaling system according to  claim 17 , wherein a heating temperature of the heater ranges from 200° C. to 350° C.