US 12,268,240 B2
Apparatus for receiving smokable material
Mitchel Thorsen, Madison, WI (US); and John Clayton Mehnert, Madison, WI (US)
Assigned to NICOVENTURES TRADING LIMITED, London (GB)
Filed by Nicoventures Trading Limited, London (GB)
Filed on Aug. 12, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/444,971.
Application 17/444,971 is a continuation of application No. 16/099,309, granted, now 11,147,311, previously published as PCT/EP2017/061523, filed on May 12, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/336,284, filed on May 13, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2021/0368866 A1, Dec. 2, 2021
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A24F 47/00 (2020.01); A24F 40/46 (2020.01); H05B 3/56 (2006.01); A24F 40/20 (2020.01)
CPC A24F 40/46 (2020.01) [H05B 3/565 (2013.01); A24F 40/20 (2020.01)] 7 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus for receiving smokable material to enable at least one component of the smokable material to be volatilized, the apparatus comprising:
a housing, the housing having a first compartment and a second compartment, the first compartment being a heating compartment for receiving smokable material in use, and the second compartment being an electronics compartment and containing at least one of control circuitry or a power source, the first compartment and the second compartment being hermetically sealed from each other to minimize or prevent air or vapor flowing between the first compartment and the second compartment;
a divider wall between the first compartment and the second compartment, and at least one seal for sealing at least a portion of the divider wall to the housing; and
a heater in the first compartment for heating smokable material received in the first compartment in use, wherein the heater has a heater tail which passes between the first compartment and the second compartment and which is connected to a power source within the second compartment to power the heater in use, and wherein the heater tail passes through a seal between the first compartment and the second compartment.