Flavor inhaler and flavor inhalation system

Abstract

Provided is a flavor inhaler. This flavor inhaler comprises a housing portion that houses at least a portion of a consumable material, and a heating portion that is inserted into the consumable material housed in the housing portion and heats the consumable material from the interior thereof, wherein the heating portion causes the outer shape of the consumable material, when inserted into the housing portion, to deform according to the shape of the heating portion.

1 . A flavor inhaler comprising:
 an accommodating unit configured to accommodate at least a portion of a consumable material;   a heating unit configured to be inserted into the consumable material accommodated in the accommodating unit and heat the consumable material from inside; and   an urging section provided on an inner peripheral surface of the accommodating unit and configured to urge the consumable material inserted into the accommodating unit toward the heating unit.   
     
     
         2 . The flavor inhaler according to  claim 1 ,
 wherein the urging section comprises a plurality of urging sections, at least one of the urging sections being provided at each of positions facing each other.   
     
     
         3 . The flavor inhaler according to  claim 2 ,
 wherein a distance between the urging sections that face each other is less than a diameter of the consumable material before being inserted into the accommodating unit.   
     
     
         4 . The flavor inhaler according to  claim 1 ,
 wherein the urging section comprises a plurality of urging sections arranged in a staggered pattern along a longitudinal direction of the accommodating unit.   
     
     
         5 . The flavor inhaler according to  claim 1 ,
 wherein the urging section protrudes from the inner peripheral surface of the accommodating unit toward the heating unit by a distance that gradually increases along a direction from an end adjacent to an opening in the accommodating unit toward an end opposite to the end adjacent to the opening.   
     
     
         6 . The flavor inhaler according to  claim 5 ,
 wherein a perimeter of the heating unit in cross section orthogonal to a longitudinal direction of the accommodating unit gradually increases along the direction from the end adjacent to the opening in the accommodating unit toward the end opposite to the end adjacent to the opening, and wherein the urging section protrudes a maximum distance at a position at which the heating unit has a maximum perimeter in cross section orthogonal to the longitudinal direction of the accommodating unit.   
     
     
         7 . The flavor inhaler according to  claim 1 ,
 wherein an end portion of the urging section opposite to an end portion adjacent to an opening in the accommodating unit is stopper-shaped.   
     
     
         8 . The flavor inhaler according to  claim 1 ,
 wherein the heating unit has an elliptical shape in cross section orthogonal to a longitudinal direction of the accommodating unit.   
     
     
         9 . The flavor inhaler according to  claim 1 ,
 wherein the heating unit is flat-plate-shaped.   
     
     
         10 . The flavor inhaler according to  claim 8 ,
 wherein the urging section comprises a plurality of urging sections arranged along a minor axis of the heating unit or in a thickness direction of the heating unit.   
     
     
         11 . The flavor inhaler according to  claim 8 ,
 wherein the urging section comprises a plurality of urging sections disposed near an end portion of the heating unit opposite to an end portion adjacent to the opening in the accommodating unit, the urging sections being arranged along a major axis of the heating unit or in a width direction of the heating unit.   
     
     
         12 . The flavor inhaler according to  claim 1 ,
 wherein the heating unit includes
 a heating element that generates heat, and 
 at least two base members that sandwich the heating element. 
   
     
     
         13 . The flavor inhaler according to  claim 12 ,
 wherein the urging section does not overlap the heating element in a longitudinal direction of the accommodating unit.   
     
     
         14 . A flavor inhalation system comprising:
 a consumable material; and   the flavor inhaler according to  claim 1 .   
     
     
         15 . The flavor inhalation system according to  claim 14 ,
 wherein the consumable material includes an insertion portion into which the heating unit configured to heat the consumable material from inside is inserted, and   wherein the insertion portion includes an annular sheet disposed to surround the heating unit inserted into the insertion portion.   
     
     
         16 . The flavor inhalation system according to  claim 15 ,
 wherein a distance from an inner periphery to an outer periphery of the insertion portion in a radial direction in cross section orthogonal to a longitudinal direction of the consumable material is greater than a minimum distance between the heating unit and the urging section.