Apparatus for heating smokable material and article of smokable material
AssigneeNicoventures Trading Limited
InventorsDuane Anthony Kaufman, Jesse Eugene Robinson
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Abstract
An apparatus is provided for enabling smokable material to be heated to volatize at least one component of the smokable material. In one example, the apparatus has a capacitive sensor arranged to sense a change in capacitance when an article of smokable material is associated with a housing of the apparatus in use. In another example, the apparatus has a resistive sensor arranged to provide a measure of electrical resistance when an article of smokable material is associated with a housing of the apparatus in use. A combination of capacitive and resistive sensing may be used in some examples. In another example, a sensor makes use of at least two different sensing techniques.
Claims30
An apparatus for enabling smokable material to be heated to volatise at least one component of said smokable material, the apparatus comprising:
- a housing;
- and
- a capacitive sensor arranged to sense a change in capacitance when a user inserts an article of smokable material comprising a rod of smokable material into the housing in use,
- wherein the apparatus is configured to enable heating of the rod of smokable material of the article of smokable material received in the housing.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.