ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,310,421, issued on May 27, was assigned to Philip Morris Products S.A. (Neuchatel, Switzerland).
"Cleaning tool for heating element with gears" was invented by Ali Murat Saygili (Lausanne, Switzerland) and Fabien Duc (Neuchatel, Switzerland).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a cleaning tool configured for cleaning a heating element of an aerosol-generating device. The cleaning tool comprises a mechanical actuator element, one or more cleaning elements, and a driving element. The driving element is configured to transmit a mechanical driving force from the actuator element to the cleaning element. The driving ...