US 12,484,630 B2
Apparatus for generating aerosol from an aerosolizable medium and article of aerosolizable medium
Patrick Moloney, London (GB); Anton Korus, London (GB); and Justin Han Yang Chang, London (GB)
Assigned to NICOVENTURES TRADING LIMITED, London (GB)
Appl. No. 15/733,692
Filed by NICOVENTURES TRADING LIMITED, London (GB)
PCT Filed Mar. 27, 2019, PCT No. PCT/EP2019/057783
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Sep. 29, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2019/185748, PCT Pub. Date Oct. 3, 2019.
Claims priority of application No. 1805266 (GB), filed on Mar. 29, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0015160 A1, Jan. 21, 2021
Int. Cl. A24F 40/53 (2020.01); A24D 1/20 (2020.01); A24F 40/20 (2020.01); A24F 40/50 (2020.01); A24F 40/51 (2020.01); A24F 40/57 (2020.01)
CPC A24F 40/53 (2020.01) [A24D 1/20 (2020.01); A24F 40/20 (2020.01); A24F 40/50 (2020.01); A24F 40/51 (2020.01); A24F 40/57 (2020.01)] 14 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 which is a solid, gel or wax, and a marker arrangement comprising a first marker and a second marker;
a heating arrangement; and
a sensor arrangement configured to operate in a first mode and a second mode, wherein:
in the first mode the sensor arrangement monitors non-continuously for a presence of the first marker,
in the second mode the sensor arrangement is configured to read identification information from the second marker, and
the sensor arrangement operates in the second mode responsive to detection of the presence of the first marker in the first mode; and
wherein the apparatus is configured to begin heating the aerosolizable medium responsive to detecting the presence of the first marker in the first mode.