US 12,458,064 B2
Apparatus for heating an article including an aerosolizable medium, a method of manufacturing the apparatus and an aerosolizable material article for use with the apparatus
Benjamin Paprocki, Cottage Grove, WI (US)
Assigned to NICOVENTURES TRADING LIMITED, London (GB)
Appl. No. 17/250,637
Filed by NICOVENTURES TRADING LIMITED, London (GB)
PCT Filed Aug. 12, 2019, PCT No. PCT/EP2019/071605
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Feb. 15, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/035454, PCT Pub. Date Feb. 20, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/764,747, filed on Aug. 15, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0212366 A1, Jul. 15, 2021
Int. Cl. A24F 40/40 (2020.01); A24F 40/20 (2020.01); A24F 40/46 (2020.01); A24F 40/70 (2020.01)
CPC A24F 40/40 (2020.01) [A24F 40/20 (2020.01); A24F 40/46 (2020.01); A24F 40/70 (2020.01)] 25 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system comprising:
an article comprising a solid aerosolizable material; and
a heat-not-burn (HNB) apparatus for heating the article, the apparatus comprising:
a housing;
a heating chamber within the housing for receiving said article; and
a sleeve located around the heating chamber, wherein the heating chamber and the sleeve define a region therebetween, wherein the sleeve is configured to receive a first seal at a first end of the sleeve and a second seal at a second end of the sleeve, so that the sleeve can engage with additional components at the first and second ends in such a way that ingress of fluid into or egress of fluid out of the region between the heating chamber and the sleeve is prevented;
wherein the heating chamber is a tube, wherein the tube is itself a heating element.