US-12616238-B2 - Aerosol generation

Abstract

An aerosol-generating material including an amorphous solid, wherein the amorphous solid includes: a gelling agent; an aerosol-former material; a flavorant and/or active substance; and a filler; wherein the filler extends only partially through a thickness of the amorphous solid.

Inventors

• Joanna SOFFE
• Thomas Leah

Assignees

• Nicoventures Trading Limited

Dates

Publication Date

20260505

Application Date

20210813

Priority Date

20200814

Claims (11)

1. 1 . An aerosol-generating material comprising an amorphous solid, wherein the amorphous solid comprises: a gelling agent; an aerosol-forming material; a flavorant and/or active substance; and a filler; wherein the filler extends only partially through a thickness of the amorphous solid; wherein the amorphous solid is in the form of a sheet; and wherein the filler comprises fibers which are dispersed throughout the full thickness of the amorphous solid and which do not span the full thickness of the amorphous solid.
2. 2 . The aerosol-generating material according to claim 1 , wherein the amorphous solid comprises a first portion and a second portion; wherein the first portion comprises from about 0 wt % to about 25 wt % of the filler present in the amorphous solid; and wherein the second portion comprises at least about 75 wt % of the filler present in the amorphous solid, these weights being calculated on a dry weight basis.
3. 3 . The aerosol-generating material according to claim 2 , wherein the first portion comprises a first planar surface and the second portion comprises a second planar surface opposed to the first planar surface, wherein the filler is exposed at no more than one of the first planar surface and second planar surface of the amorphous solid.
4. 4 . The aerosol-generating material according to claim 1 , wherein the fibers extend through less than about 90% of the thickness of the amorphous solid.
5. 5 . The aerosol-generating material according to claim 1 , wherein a length of about 25 wt % to about 100 wt % of the fibers in the amorphous solid is less than the thickness of the amorphous solid.
6. 6 . The aerosol-generating material according to claim 1 , wherein a length of each fiber of the filler comprising fibers is less than the thickness of the amorphous solid.
7. 7 . The aerosol-generating material according to claim 1 , wherein the fibers comprise wood fibers.
8. 8 . The aerosol-generating material according to claim 1 , wherein the fibers comprise polymeric fibers.
9. 9 . The aerosol-generating material according to claim 1 , wherein the amorphous solid comprises the flavorant, and wherein the flavorant comprises menthol.
10. 10 . A consumable for use within a non-combustible aerosol provision system, the consumable comprising an aerosol-generating material comprising the amorphous solid of claim 1 .
11. 11 . A non-combustible aerosol provision system comprising a consumable and a non-combustible aerosol provision device, the non-combustible aerosol provision device comprising an aerosol-generation device arranged to generate aerosol from the consumable when the consumable is used with the non-combustible aerosol provision device, and wherein the consumable comprises an aerosol-generating material comprising the amorphous solid of claim 1 .

Description

PRIORITY CLAIM The present application is a National Phase entry of PCT Application No. PCT/EP2021/072599, filed Aug. 13, 2021, which claims priority from GB Application No. 2012723.9, filed Aug. 14, 2020, each of which hereby fully incorporated herein by reference. TECHNICAL FIELD The present disclosure relates to aerosol-generating materials including an amorphous solid and consumables for use within a non-combustible aerosol provision system, the consumables comprising the aerosol-generating material comprising the amorphous solid; and non-combustible aerosol provision systems. BACKGROUND Smoking consumables such as cigarettes, cigars and the like burn tobacco during use to create tobacco smoke. Alternatives to these types of consumables release an inhalable aerosol or vapor by releasing compounds from a substrate material by heating without burning. These may be referred to as non-combustible smoking consumables or aerosol generating assemblies. One example of such a product is a heating device which releases compounds by heating, but not burning, a solid aerosol-generating material. This solid aerosol-generating material may, in some cases, contain a botanical material. The heating volatilizes at least one component of the material, typically forming an inhalable aerosol. These products may be referred to as heat-not-burn devices, tobacco heating devices or tobacco heating products. Various different arrangements for volatilizing at least one component of the solid aerosol-generating material are known. As another example, there are hybrid devices. These contain a liquid source (which may or may not contain nicotine) which is vaporized by heating to produce an inhalable vapor or aerosol. The device additionally contains a solid aerosol-generating material (which may or may not contain a tobacco material) and components of this material are entrained in the inhalable vapor or aerosol to produce the inhaled medium. SUMMARY According to a first aspect of the present disclosure, there is provided an aerosol-generating material including an amorphous solid, wherein the amorphous solid includes: a gelling agent:an aerosol-former material:flavorant and/or active substance; anda filler; wherein the filler extends partially through a thickness of the amorphous solid. According to a further aspect of the present disclosure, there is a consumable for use within a non-combustible aerosol provision system, the consumable including the aerosol-generating material as defined herein. According to a further aspect of the present disclosure, therein provided a non-combustible aerosol provision system including the consumable as defined herein and a non-combustible aerosol provision device, the non-combustible aerosol provision device including an aerosol-generation device arranged to generate aerosol from the consumable when the consumable is used with the non-combustible aerosol provision device. A further aspect of the disclosure provides the use of an aerosol-generating material as defined herein in a consumable for use in a non-combustible aerosol provision device, the non-combustible aerosol provision device including an aerosol-generation device arranged to generate aerosol from the consumable when the consumable is used with the non-combustible aerosol provision device. Further features and advantages of the disclosure will become apparent from the following description of exemplary embodiments of the disclosure, given by way of example only, which is made with reference to the accompanying drawings. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 shows a section view of an example of a consumable. FIG. 2 shows a perspective view of the consumable of FIG. 1. FIG. 3 shows a sectional elevation of an example of a consumable. FIG. 4 shows a perspective view of the consumable of FIG. 3. FIG. 5 shows a perspective view of an example of a non-combustible aerosol provision system. FIG. 6 shows a section view of an example of a non-combustible aerosol provision system. FIG. 7 shows a perspective view of an example of a non-combustible aerosol provision system. DETAILED DESCRIPTION Suitably the aerosol-generating material of the disclosure is in the form of an aerosol-forming “amorphous solid”. The aerosol-forming “amorphous solid” may alternatively be referred to as a “monolithic solid” (i.e. non-fibrous), or as a “dried gel”. The amorphous solid is a solid material that may retain some fluid, such as liquid, within it. The amorphous solid forms part of an aerosol-generating material which includes from 50 wt %, 60 wt % or 70 wt % of amorphous solid, to about 90 wt %, 95 wt % or 100 wt % of amorphous solid. In some cases, the aerosol-generating material consists of amorphous solid. The amorphous solid of the aerosol-generating material described throughout is formed from a dried gel. The inventors have found that using the component proportions described herein means that as the gel sets, flavor compounds are stabilized within