US 12,239,167 B2
Apparatus for generating aerosol from an aerosolizable medium, an article of aerosolizable medium and a method of operating an aerosol generating apparatus
Patrick Moloney, London (GB); Anton Korus, London (GB); and Justin Han Yang Chan, London (GB)
Assigned to NICOVENTURES TRADING LIMITED, London (GB)
Filed by NICOVENTURES TRADING LIMITED, London (GB)
Filed on Apr. 11, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/633,111.
Application 18/633,111 is a continuation of application No. 15/733,696, granted, now 11,974,608, previously published as PCT/EP2019/057784, filed on Mar. 27, 2019.
Claims priority of application No. 1805268 (GB), filed on Mar. 29, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2024/0251865 A1, Aug. 1, 2024
Int. Cl. A24F 40/50 (2020.01); A24F 40/46 (2020.01); A24F 40/51 (2020.01)
CPC A24F 40/50 (2020.01) [A24F 40/46 (2020.01); A24F 40/51 (2020.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus for generating aerosol from an aerosolisable medium, the apparatus comprising:
a housing;
a chamber for receiving an article, the article comprising: an aerosolisable medium; and
a marker arrangement comprising a first marker and a second marker spaced apart from each other by a predetermined distance; and
a sensor arrangement comprising a first sensor for sensing the first marker and a second sensor for sensing the second marker, wherein:
the first sensor has a first sense region in which the first sensor is able to sense the first marker;
the second sensor has a second sense region in which the second sensor is able to sense the second marker; and
wherein the first sensor and the second sensor are different types of sensors.