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Granted Patent B2
US 12,219,986 · App. 18/489,115 · Granted Feb 11, 2025

Article for use with apparatus for heating smokable material

Inventors: Thomas P. Blandino (Cottage Grove, WI); Andrew Wilke (Madison, WI); James J Frater (Madison, WI); Benjamin J. Paprocki (Cottage Grove, WI)
Assignee: NICOVENTURES TRADING LIMITED
A24C5/01A24D1/20H05B6/105A24F40/20A24F40/465H05B2206/023
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Patent No.
US 12,219,986
App. No.
18/489,115
Granted
Feb 11, 2025
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 smokable material, such as tobacco, and a heater for heating the smokable material. The heater comprises heating material that is heatable by penetration with a varying magnetic field. The heating material has a Curie point temperature that is less than the combustion temperature of the smokable material.

Claims (60)

1. An article for use with an apparatus for heating smokable material to volatilize the smokable material, the article comprising:

the smokable material; and

a heater for heating the smokable material;

wherein the heater comprises heating material that is heatable by penetration with a varying magnetic field, the heating material comprising a plurality of discontinuities or holes; and

wherein the heating material comprises a first portion of the heating material that has a first Curie point temperature and a second portion of the heating material that has a second Curie point temperature that is different from the first Curie point temperature.

2. The article of claim 1 , wherein the heating material is in contact with the smokable material.

3. The article of claim 1 , wherein at least one of the first or second Curie point temperatures is less than a combustion temperature of the smokable material.

4. The article of claim 1 , wherein at least one of the first or second Curie point temperatures are no more than 350 degrees Celsius.

5. The article of claim 1 , wherein the heating material comprises one or more materials selected from the group consisting of:

iron;

an alloy comprising iron; an alloy comprising iron and nickel;

an alloy comprising iron and nickel and chromium;

an alloy comprising iron and nickel and chromium and manganese;

an alloy comprising iron and nickel and chromium and manganese and silicon; and

stainless steel.

6. The article of claim 1 , wherein the smokable material comprises tobacco and/or one or more humectants.

7. The article of claim 1 , wherein the heater consists entirely, or substantially entirely, of the heating material.

8. The article of claim 1 , wherein the heater comprises a thermally-conductive coating.

9. The article of claim 1 , comprising

a sensor for detecting a Curie-related change in magnetism of the heater, and

a controller configured to control the heater to cause generation of the varying magnetic field to be halted or changed based on a signal received from the sensor.

10. An article for use with an apparatus for heating smokable material to volatilize the smokable material, the article comprising:

the smokable material; and

a heater for heating the smokable material, wherein the heater comprises heating material that is heatable by penetration with a varying magnetic field the heating material comprising a plurality of discontinuities or holes;

wherein the heater comprises a thermally-conductive coating.

11. The article of claim 10 , wherein the heater material has a Curie point temperature that is less than a combustion temperature of the smokable material.

12. The article of claim 10 , wherein the heater material has a Curie point temperature of no more than 350 degrees Celsius.

13. An apparatus for heating smokable material to volatilize the smokable material, the apparatus comprising:

a heating zone for receiving an article comprising the smokable material;

a heater for heating the heating zone, wherein the heater comprises heating material that is heatable by penetration with a varying magnetic field, the heating material comprising a plurality of discontinuities or holes; and

a magnetic field generator for generating a varying magnetic field that penetrates the heating material;

wherein the heating material comprises a first portion of the heating material that has a first Curie point temperature and a second portion of the heating material that has a second Curie point temperature that is different to the first Curie point temperature.

14. The apparatus of claim 13 , wherein the heating material comprises one or more materials selected from the group consisting of:

iron;

an alloy comprising iron;

an alloy comprising iron and nickel;

an alloy comprising iron and nickel and chromium;

an alloy comprising iron and nickel and chromium and manganese;

an alloy comprising iron and nickel and chromium and manganese and silicon; and

stainless steel.

15. The apparatus of claim 13 , wherein the heater consists entirely, or substantially entirely, of the heating material.

16. The apparatus of claim 13 , wherein the heater comprises a thermally-conductive coating.

17. An apparatus for heating smokable material to volatilize the smokable material, the apparatus comprising:

a heating zone for receiving an article comprising the smokable material;

a heater for heating the heating zone, wherein the heater comprises heating material that is heatable by penetration with a varying magnetic field, the heating material comprising a plurality of discontinuities or holes; and

a magnetic field generator for generating a varying magnetic field that penetrates the heating material;

wherein the heater comprises a thermally-conductive coating.

18. An apparatus according to claim 13 further comprising the article comprising the smokable material; and

wherein article is disposed in the heating zone.

19. A method of manufacturing a product comprising a heater for use in heating smokable material to volatilize at least one component of the smokable material, the method comprising:

determining a maximum temperature to which the heater is to be heated in use; and

providing a heater comprising heating material, wherein the heating material is heatable by penetration with a varying magnetic field, the heating material comprising a plurality of discontinuities or holes,

wherein the heating material has a Curie point temperature selected based on the determined maximum temperature, and

wherein the heating material comprises a first portion of the heating material that has a first Curie point temperature and a second portion of the heating material that has a second Curie point temperature that is different from the first Curie point temperature.

20. A method of manufacturing a product comprising a heater for use in heating smokable material to volatilize at least one component of the smokable material, the method comprising:

determining a maximum temperature to which the heater is to be heated in use; and

providing a heater comprising heating material,

wherein the heating material is heatable by penetration with a varying magnetic field, the heating materiel comprising a plurality of discontinuities or holes,

wherein the heating material has a Curie point temperature selected based on the determined maximum temperature, and

wherein the heater comprises a thermally-conductive coating.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 13, 2024
From: BLANDINO, THOMAS P.; WILKE, ANDREW P.; FRATER, JAMES J.; PAPROCKI, BENJAMIN J.
To: BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO (INVESTMENTS) LIMITED
Reel/Frame 067389/0039 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 13, 2024
From: BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO (INVESTMENTS) LIMITED
To: NICOVENTURES TRADING LIMITED
Reel/Frame 067396/0320 →
Continuity (4)
Continuation 17187077 · Feb 26, 2021
Continuation 15772386
Continuation 14927532 · Oct 30, 2015
Related Publication 20240041095A1 · Feb 8, 2024
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