IP Library Granted Patent US 11,252,992
Granted Patent B2
US 11,252,992 · App. 15/772,396 · Granted Feb 22, 2022

Article for use with apparatus for heating smokable material

Inventors: Thomas P. Blandino (Cottage Grove, WI); Andrew P. Wilke (Madison, WI); James J. Frater (Madison, WI); Benjamin J. Paprocki (Cottage Grove, WI); Duane A. Kaufman (Hollandale, WI); Raymond J. Robey (Madison, WI); John Miller (Marshall, WI)
Assignee: NICOVENTURES TRADING LIMITED
A24D1/20A24B15/165A24F40/42A24F40/465H05B3/0014H05B3/34A24F40/20
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Patent No.
US 11,252,992
App. No.
15/772,396
Granted
Feb 22, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

Disclosed is an article for use with apparatus for heating smokable material to volatilize at least one component of the smokable material. The article includes a mass of smokable material. An exterior of the article has a length (L), a width (W) perpendicular to the length (L), and a depth (D) perpendicular to each of the length (L) and the width (W). The length (L) is greater than or equal to the width (W), and the width (W) is greater than the depth (D).

Claims (6)

1. Apparatus for heating smokable material to volatilize at least one component of the smokable material, the apparatus comprising:

a first body and a second body with a heating zone arranged therebetween, wherein the heating zone is for receiving at least a portion of an article comprising smokable material, and wherein the first body is movable relative to the second body such that the first body and the second body are configured to compress the article comprising smokable material within the heating zone; and

wherein at least one of the first body or the second body comprises at least a portion of a magnetic field generator for generating a varying magnetic field to be used in heating the smokable material when the portion of the article is located in the heating zone.

2. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the portion of a magnetic field generator comprises an electrically-conductive coil.

3. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the magnetic field generator is for generating a varying magnetic field that penetrates the heating zone.

4. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein at least one of the first body or the second body comprises heating material that is heatable by penetration with a varying magnetic field to heat the heating zone.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 24, 2021
From: BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO (INVESTMENTS) LIMITED
To: NICOVENTURES TRADING LIMITED
Reel/Frame 055405/0253 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 19, 2018
From: KAUFMAN, DUANE A.; ROBEY, RAYMOND J.; MILLER, JOHN A.; BLANDINO, THOMAS P.; WILKE, ANDREW P.; FRATER, JAMES J.; PAPROCKI, BENJAMIN J.
To: BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO (INVESTMENTS) LIMITED
Reel/Frame 046400/0143 →
Continuity (2)
Continuation 14927551 · Oct 30, 2015
Related Publication 20180325173A1 · Nov 15, 2018