Flavor component adsorbent and method for producing same, flavor molded body and method for producing same, heat-not-burn flavor inhaler, and flavor-generating article

Abstract

A method for producing a flavor component adsorbent, said method comprising: heating a tobacco material to vaporize a flavor component from the tobacco material; passing a gas containing the flavor component through water containing an adsorbent to adsorb the flavor component on the adsorbent; and recovering the adsorbent that has adsorbed the flavor component.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A method for producing a flavor component adsorbent, comprising:
 heating a tobacco material to vaporize flavor components from the tobacco material;   passing a gas containing the flavor components through water containing an adsorbent to adsorb the flavor components on the adsorbent; and   recovering the adsorbent that has adsorbed the flavor components.   
     
     
         2 . The method according to  claim 1 , wherein the adsorbent is a porous material. 
     
     
         3 . The method according to  claim 1 , wherein the adsorbent is in a form of a particle. 
     
     
         4 . The method according to  claim 1 , wherein the passing through is conducted by causing bubbling of the gas in the water. 
     
     
         5 . The method according to  claim 1 , wherein the heating is conducted at a temperature of 120 to 400° C. 
     
     
         6 . The method according to  claim 1 , further comprising, between the passing through and the recovering, cooling the water containing the adsorbent. 
     
     
         7 . The method according to  claim 1 , further comprising, after the recovering, drying the adsorbent that has adsorbed the flavor components. 
     
     
         8 . A flavor component adsorbent obtainable by the method according to  claim 1 . 
     
     
         9 . A flavor molded body comprising the flavor component adsorbent according to  claim 8  and a molding material. 
     
     
         10 . A method for producing a flavor molded body, comprising:
 heating a tobacco material to vaporize flavor components from the tobacco material;   passing a gas containing the flavor components through water containing an adsorbent to adsorb the flavor components on the adsorbent;   recovering the adsorbent that has adsorbed the flavor components to obtain a flavor component adsorbent; and   mixing the flavor component adsorbent with a molding material and molding an obtained mixture.   
     
     
         11 . A flavor molded body obtainable by the method according to  claim 10 . 
     
     
         12 . A heat-not-burn flavor inhaler comprising:
 a flavor source containing the flavor component adsorbent according to  claim 8 ; and   a heater for heating the flavor source.   
     
     
         13 . A heat-not-burn flavor inhaler comprising:
 a flavor source containing the flavor molded body according to  claim 9 ; and   a heater for heating the flavor source.   
     
     
         14 . A flavor-generating article comprising:
 a flavor source containing the flavor component adsorbent according to  claim 8 ; and   a wrapping paper wrapped around the flavor source.   
     
     
         15 . A flavor-generating article comprising:
 a flavor source containing the flavor molded body according to  claim 9 ; and   a wrapping paper wrapped around the flavor source.   
     
     
         16 . A heat-not-burn flavor inhaler comprising:
 the flavor-generating article according to claim  14 ; and   a heater for heating the flavor source included in the flavor-generating article.   
     
     
         17 . A heat-not-burn flavor inhaler comprising:
 the flavor-generating article according to claim  15 ; and   a heater for heating the flavor source included in the flavor-generating article.   
     
     
         18 . The heat-not-burn flavor inhaler according to  claim 12 , further comprising a liquid storage portion for storing a liquid aerosol source to be supplied to the flavor source,
 wherein the heater heats the flavor source to which the aerosol source has been supplied, atomizing the aerosol source and releasing the flavor components from the flavor source.   
     
     
         19 . The heat-not-burn flavor inhaler according to  claim 13 , further comprising a liquid storage portion for storing a liquid aerosol source to be supplied to the flavor source,
 wherein the heater heats the flavor source to which the aerosol source has been supplied, atomizing the aerosol source and releasing the flavor components from the flavor source.