MATERIAL FOR USE WITH APPARATUS FOR HEATING SMOKABLE MATERIAL
Disclosed is material for use with apparatus for heating smokable material to volatilise at least one component of the smokable material. The material comprising a mixture of smokable material and elements. Each of the elements comprises a closed circuit of heating material that is heatable by penetration with a varying magnetic field.
1 . A material configured for use with an apparatus configured to heat smokable material to volatilise at least one component of the smokable material, the material comprising: a mixture of smokable material and a plurality of elements, each element of the plurality of elements including a closed circuit of heater material that is heatable by penetration with a varying magnetic field.
2 . The material of claim 1 , wherein each of the elements is loop-shaped.
3 . The material of claim 1 , wherein each of the elements is ring-shaped, spherical, formed from a plurality of discrete strands of the heater material, or comprises a body that is free of heater material that is heatable by penetration of a varying magnetic field and that carries the closed circuits of heater material.
4 . The material of claim 1 , wherein each of the elements consists entirely, or substantially entirely, of the heater material.
5 . The material of claim 1 , wherein the heater material comprises one or more materials selected from the group consisting of: an electrically-conductive material, a magnetic material, and a non-magnetic material.
6 . The material of claim 1 , wherein the heater material comprises a metal or a metal alloy.
7 . The material of claim 1 , wherein the heater material comprises one or more materials selected from the group consisting of: aluminium, gold, iron, nickel, cobalt, conductive carbon, graphite, plain-carbon steel, stainless steel, ferritic stainless steel, copper, and bronze.
8 . The material of claim 1 , wherein the heater material is in contact with the smokable material.
9 . The material of claim 1 , wherein the smokable material comprises tobacco and/or one or more humectants.
10 . An article configured for use with an apparatus configured to heat smokable material and volatilise at least one component of the smokable material, the article comprising: a material including a mixture of smokable material and a plurality of elements, each element of the plurality of elements comprising magnetic electrically-conductive material, and wherein the elements of the plurality of elements are aligned magnetically with each other within the article.
11 . The article of claim 10 , wherein each element of the plurality of elements has a central axis that is substantially aligned with a longitudinal axis of the article.
12 . The article of claim 10 , wherein each element of the plurality of elements is ring-shaped, spherical, is formed from a plurality of discrete strands of magnetic electrically-conductive material, or comprises a non-conductive body carrying a closed circuit of the magnetic electrically-conductive material.
13 . The article of claim 10 , wherein each element of the plurality of elements comprises a closed circuit of the magnetic electrically-conductive material.
14 . The article of claim 10 , further comprising a cover disposed around the mixture.
15 . The article of claim 14 , wherein the cover includes a wrapper or a sheet of paper.
16 . The article of claim 14 , wherein each element of the plurality of elements has a maximum exterior dimension that is less than an interior dimension of the cover.
17 . The article of claim 10 , further comprising a mouthpiece that defines a passageway that is in fluid communication with the smokable material.
18 . A method of manufacturing material for use with an apparatus for heating configured to heat smokable material to volatilise at least one component of the smokable material, the method comprising:
providing smokable material; and
mixing a plurality of elements with the smokable material, each of the elements comprising a closed circuit of heating material that is heatable by penetration with a varying magnetic field.
19 . The method of claim 18 , wherein the heating material is a magnetic material, and the method further comprises: magnetically aligning the elements with each other.
20 . The method of claim 18 , wherein each of the elements is ring-shaped, spherical, is formed from a plurality of discrete strands of the heating material, or comprises a body that is free of heating material that is heatable by penetration with a varying magnetic field and that carries the closed circuit of heating material.
21 . The method of claim 18 , wherein the smokable material comprises tobacco and/or one or more humectants.
22 . The method of claim 18 , wherein the mixing comprises mixing the plurality of elements with the smokable material to provide an even, or substantially even, disbursement of the plurality of elements throughout a material being manufactured.
23 . A system, comprising:
an apparatus configured to heat smokable material to volatilise at least one component of the smokable material; and
an article configured for use with the apparatus, the article including a material comprising a mixture of smokable material and a plurality of elements, wherein each of the elements comprises a closed circuit of heating material that is heatable by penetration with a varying magnetic field.
24 . The system of claim 23 , wherein the apparatus comprises an interface configured to cooperate with the article, and a magnetic field generator configured to, in use, generate a varying magnetic field that penetrates the heating material of the plurality of elements when the article cooperates with the interface.