	US 11,992,039 B2
	Consumable for use with apparatus for heating aerosolisable material
Andrew Davis, London (GB); John Richardson, London (GB); Karl Kaljura, London (GB); Glen Elgar, London (GB); and Walid Abi Aoun, London (GB)
Assigned to NICOVENTURES TRADING LIMITED, London (GB)
Appl. No. 17/250,504
Filed by NICOVENTURES TRADING LIMITED, London (GB)
PCT Filed Jul. 31, 2019, PCT No. PCT/EP2019/070736 § 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jan. 29, 2021, PCT Pub. No. WO2020/025738, PCT Pub. Date Feb. 6, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 1812490 (GB), filed on Jul. 31, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0307383 A1, Oct. 7, 2021
Int. Cl. A24D 1/20 (2020.01); A24B 15/167 (2020.01); A24F 40/20 (2020.01); A24F 40/465 (2020.01)

CPC A24D 1/20 (2020.01) [A24B 15/167 (2016.11); A24F 40/20 (2020.01); A24F 40/465 (2020.01)]

24 Claims

1. A consumable for use with apparatus for heating aerosolisable material to volatilise at least one component of the aerosolisable material, wherein the consumable comprises:

an outer tube, an inner member inside the outer tube, wherein the inner member comprises a hollow inner tube that defines a passageway configured to receive a heating element of an apparatus for heating aerosolisable material, and at least one support that supports the inner member relative to the outer tube so that at least one air gap exists between the inner member and the outer tube;

wherein at least one of the inner member, the outer tube and the support comprises aerosolisable material that is heatable to generate aerosol in the air gap; and

wherein the consumable has at least one outlet for permitting the aerosol to pass out of consumable from the air gap.