| abstract |
The invention relates to a method for operating an aerosol delivery device ( 10 ), comprising the steps of generating a predetermined amount of an aerosol in the device ( 10 ) and inducing a transport flow in the device ( 10 ) for transporting at least a portion of the predetermined amount of the aerosol outside the device ( 10 ). During the aerosol generating step, the transport flow is first induced, then stopped after a predetermined first period of time and then induced again after a predetermined second period of time. Further, the invention relates to an aerosol delivery device ( 10 ) comprising an aerosol generator ( 3 ) for generating an aerosol in the device ( 10 ), a gas conveying element ( 1 } for inducing a transport flow in the device ( 10 ) for transporting at least a portion of the generated aerosol outside the device ( 10 ), and a control configured, during the aerosol generating step, to first activate the gas conveying element ( 1 ), then deactivate the gas conveying element ( 1 ) after a predetermined first period of time and then activate the gas conveying element ( 1 ) again after a predetermined second period of time, so that the transport flow is first induced, then stopped after the first period of time and then induced again after the second period of time. |