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US 2022/0175039 A1Published application
Article, apparatus and method of heating a smokable material
AssigneeNicoventures Trading Limited
InventorsAlfred Vincent Spencer, Anna Azzopardi
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Abstract
A system including an article containing smokable material; and an apparatus for volatilizing at least one component of the smokable material is disclosed. A method of heating a smokable material to volatilize at least one component of the smokable material also is disclosed.
Claims7
A system comprising:
- an article containing smokable material;
- and
- an apparatus for volatilizing at least one component of the smokable material, wherein:
- the article is engageable with the apparatus and disengageable from the apparatus,
- the article comprises a wall defining a hollow interior, an inner surface of the wall having a layer of smokable material thereon,
- the apparatus comprises an irradiative light source located in the apparatus,
- light emitted by the irradiative light source in use is directed into the interior of the article when the article is engaged with the apparatus so as to impinge upon the smokable material on the inner surface of the wall of the article to volatilize at least one component of the smokable material, and
- the apparatus being arranged to enable light emitted by the irradiative light source to be selectively directed in use to different portions of the smokable material on the inner surface of the wall of the article.
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A method of heating a smokable material to volatilize at least one component of the smokable material, the method comprising:
- engaging an article containing smokable material with an apparatus for volatilizing at least one component of the smokable material, the apparatus comprising an irradiative light source for generating light, the smokable material being a layer on at least one surface of the article, the irradiative light source and the smokable material overlapping radially of the apparatus when the article is engaged with the apparatus;
- heating a first region of smokable material with light emitted by the irradiative light source;
- heating a second region of smokable material with light emitted by the irradiative light source;
- and
- moving the smokable material and the irradiative light source relative to each other,
- wherein light emitted by the irradiative light source or sources is emitted radially of the apparatus to impinge on the smokable material.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.