Electronic Cigarette, Consumable For Electronic Cigarette, Smoking System And Method
AssigneeJT International SA
InventorsTimothy Giles Beard, Matthew John Lawrenson
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AssigneeJT International SA
InventorsTimothy Giles Beard, Matthew John Lawrenson
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An electronic cigarette includes a main body having a receiving cavity configured to receive a removable consumable including a substance to be vaporized, and an electrical circuitry, wherein the electrical circuitry includes a heating circuit that is connectable to a heater configured to supply energy to the consumable such as to vaporize the substance, and wherein the electrical circuitry further includes an open control circuit including and connected to at least two electrical contact points arranged as a pair and configured to establish a closed electrical circuit when they are in contact with a conductive surface on the removable consumable, the conductive surface being separate from the heater. The open control circuit includes a plurality of closable branches, wherein each branch of the open control circuit is provided with a pair of electrical contact points. The electrical circuitry further includes a controller.
An electronic cigarette comprising:
The electronic smoking system according to claim 12, further comprising a heater located within the consumable.
A method of operating an electronic smoking system, the smoking system comprising an electronic cigarette and a consumable including an electrically conductive pattern provided at least partially on an outside of the consumable, the method comprising the steps of:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.