inhaler

Abstract

The invention relates to an inhaler component for producing a steam / air mixture or / and condensation aerosol in an intermittent and inhalation- or pull-synchronous manner. The inhaler component comprises the following elements: a housing (3); a chamber (21) arranged in the housing (3); an air inlet opening (26) for the supply of air from the surroundings to the chamber (21); an electrical heating element for evaporating a portion of a liquid material(16), the steam produced mixing in the chamber (21) with the air supplied through the air inlet opening (26), thereby producing the steam / air mixture or / and condensation aerosol; and a wick having a capillary structure, which wick forms a composite structure (22) with the heating element and automatically supplies the heating element with fresh liquid material (16) after evaporation. In order to provide the high specific evaporative capacity required for an intermittent, inhalation- or pull-synchronous operation of the inhaler component (2) while guaranteeing a high efficiency of the evaporator, the composite structure (22) is a flat structure and at least one heated section of the composite structure (22) is arranged in the chamber (21) in a contact-free manner, and the capillary structure of the wick is substantially exposed in the section on at least one side (24) of the flat composite structure.

Description

technical field [0001] The present invention relates to an inhaler component for producing a vapor-air mixture and / or a condensed aerosol in an intermittent inhalation-synchronized or inhalation-synchronized manner, said inhaler component comprising: [0002] case; [0003] a cavity disposed within the housing; [0004] an air inlet for supplying air into the cavity from the environment; [0005] an electric heating element for evaporating a portion of the liquid substance, wherein the formed vapor mixes within the chamber with air supplied through the air inlet and forms a vapor-air mixture and / or condenses an aerosol; and [0006] A wick with a capillary structure that forms a complex with the heating element and automatically resupplies the heating element with the liquid substance after evaporation. Background technique [0007] The present invention relates to inhalers capable of intermittent inhalation-synchronous or inhalation-synchronous operation. This mode of o...

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Problems solved by technology

This also leads to the disadvantage that, for example, the released aerosol-forming substances or medicaments and / or possibly added aromas have been heated several times beforehand during the last inhalation, which facilitates the depletion of the aerosol-forming substances. Thermal decomposition

Such high temperatures entail substantially different risks and disadvantages, including the risk of thermal decomposition of the liquid to be atomized or already atomized

Finally, evaluated as a high safety risk, the container containing the very toxic nicotine solution is open on the end side and can also be disconnected from the "e-cigarette"

This risk has been recognized and in a development, as disclosed in DE 202006013439U, it can only be partially improved, namely by constituting the container from a hermetically closed cartridge, which is of course disadvantageously still always available from the "electronic cigarette" detached and could be swallowed by children, for example

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