Granted Patent B2

US 12,256,770 · App. 17/780,365 · Granted Mar 25, 2025

Inventor: Walid Abi Aoun (London, GB)

Assignee: NICOVENTURES TRADING LIMITED

A24C5/01A24B3/14A24B15/167A24D1/20A24F40/20

Abstract

Claims (27)

1. A method of manufacturing an amorphous solid, the method comprising:

a) forming a slurry comprising a particulate botanical material, a gelling agent and an aerosol-former material;

b) forming a layer of the slurry; and

c) drying the slurry to provide the amorphous solid,

wherein the forming the layer of the slurry comprises forming the layer of the slurry on a support comprising a susceptor material.

2. The method according to claim 1 , comprising casting the slurry formed on a support movable along a transport direction.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the amorphous solid is in the form of a sheet.

4. The method according to claim 3 , further comprising:

d) slitting the sheet along the transport direction while the sheet is moved along the transport direction so as to form portioned sheets of the amorphous solid.

5. The method according to claim 3 , comprising winding the sheet onto a bobbin.

6. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the slurry comprises a filler wherein the filler comprises one or more of wood pulp, cellulose, or derivatives thereof.

7. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the susceptor material comprises aluminium foil.

8. The method according to claim 1 , comprising crimping the amorphous solid.

9. The method according to claim 1 , comprising:

d) gathering the amorphous solid into a rod and circumscribing the rod with a wrapper to form a consumable for use within a non-combustible aerosol provision system.

10. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the drying the slurry comprises drying the slurry to provide a sheet of the amorphous solid; and wherein the method comprises;

d) crimping the sheet to form a crimped sheet; and

e) gathering the crimped sheet.

11. An amorphous solid obtainable or obtained by a method according to claim 1 .

12. A consumable for use within a non-combustible aerosol provision system, the consumable comprising an aerosol-generating material comprising an amorphous solid, the amorphous solid comprising:

30-60 wt % of an active substance comprising particulate botanical material,

1-50 wt % of a gelling agent, and

0.1-50 wt % of an aerosol-former;

wherein these wt % are calculated on a dry weight basis.

13. The consumable of claim 12 , wherein the amorphous solid is in the form of a sheet.

14. A non-combustible aerosol provision system comprising a consumable according to claim 12 and a non-combustible aerosol provision device, the non-combustible aerosol provision device comprising an aerosol-generation device to generate aerosol from the consumable when the consumable is used with the non-combustible aerosol provision device.

15. A method of use of a consumable as described in claim 12 in a non-combustible aerosol provision device, the non-combustible aerosol provision device comprising an aerosol-generation device to generate aerosol from the consumable when the consumable is used with the non-combustible aerosol provision device.

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