US 11,998,057 B2
Apparatus for generation 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)
Appl. No. 15/733,693
Filed by NICOVENTURES TRADING LIMITED, London (GB)
PCT Filed Mar. 27, 2019, PCT No. PCT/EP2019/057782
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Sep. 29, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2019/185747, PCT Pub. Date Oct. 3, 2019.
Claims priority of application No. 1805263 (GB), filed on Mar. 29, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0015161 A1, Jan. 21, 2021
Int. Cl. A24F 40/53 (2020.01); A24F 40/40 (2020.01); A24F 40/51 (2020.01); A24F 40/57 (2020.01); A24F 40/20 (2020.01)
CPC A24F 40/53 (2020.01) [A24F 40/40 (2020.01); A24F 40/51 (2020.01); A24F 40/57 (2020.01); A24F 40/20 (2020.01)] 26 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus for generating aerosol from an aerosolizable medium, the apparatus comprising:
a housing;
a chamber for receiving an article, the article comprising:
an aerosolizable medium, and
a detectable element provided in association with the article;
a sensor configured to sense the detectable element when an article is received within the chamber; and
a cover system, wherein the cover system can be configured in at least a first configuration to substantially cover the sensor, and a second configuration in which a field of view of the sensor is substantially without obstruction.