US 12,389,946 B2
Article, apparatus and method of heating a smokable material
Alfred Vincent Spencer, London (GB); and Anna Azzopardi, London (GB)
Assigned to NICOVENTURES TRADING LIMITED, London (GB)
Filed by Nicoventures Trading Limited, London (GB)
Filed on Jan. 28, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/649,206.
Application 17/649,206 is a continuation of application No. 16/096,874, previously published as PCT/EP2017/060268, filed on Apr. 28, 2017.
Claims priority of application No. 1607474 (GB), filed on Apr. 29, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2022/0175039 A1, Jun. 9, 2022
Int. Cl. A24F 40/46 (2020.01); A24D 1/20 (2020.01); A24F 40/40 (2020.01); A24F 40/42 (2020.01); A24F 42/60 (2020.01); F21V 21/14 (2006.01); F21V 23/00 (2015.01); A24F 40/20 (2020.01); A24F 40/50 (2020.01); F21Y 105/18 (2016.01); F21Y 115/10 (2016.01)
CPC A24F 40/46 (2020.01) [A24D 1/20 (2020.01); A24F 40/40 (2020.01); A24F 40/42 (2020.01); A24F 42/60 (2020.01); F21V 21/14 (2013.01); F21V 23/003 (2013.01); A24F 40/20 (2020.01); A24F 40/50 (2020.01); F21Y 2105/18 (2016.08); F21Y 2115/10 (2016.08)] 5 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system comprising:
an article containing smokable material; and
an apparatus for volatilizing at least one component of the smokable material, wherein:
the article is engageable with the apparatus and disengageable from the apparatus,
the article comprises a wall defining a hollow interior, an inner surface of the wall having a layer of smokable material thereon,
the apparatus comprises an irradiative light source located in the apparatus,
light emitted by the irradiative light source in use is directed into the interior of the article when the article is engaged with the apparatus so as to impinge upon the smokable material on the inner surface of the wall of the article to volatilize at least a first region and a second region of the smokable material,
the apparatus being arranged to enable light emitted by the irradiative light source to be selectively directed in use to different portions of the smokable material on the inner surface of the wall of the article, wherein the apparatus is configured to enable movement of the irradiative light source relative to at least one of the first region of smokable material or the second region of smokable material, and
the apparatus further comprises a beam deflector to reflect light emitted by the irradiative light source to a first region of the smokable material, the beam deflector being movable such that the light emitted by the irradiative light source is directed to a second region of the smokable material after the beam deflector has been moved.