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WO2023012275A1 - Consommable destiné à être utilisé avec un dispositif de fourniture d'aérosol - Google Patents

Consommable destiné à être utilisé avec un dispositif de fourniture d'aérosol Download PDF

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WO2023012275A1
WO2023012275A1 PCT/EP2022/071946 EP2022071946W WO2023012275A1 WO 2023012275 A1 WO2023012275 A1 WO 2023012275A1 EP 2022071946 W EP2022071946 W EP 2022071946W WO 2023012275 A1 WO2023012275 A1 WO 2023012275A1
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Andrew Jonathan Bray
Andy SUTTON
Paul Gibson
Scott George BOHAM
Sam WHIFFEN
John Richardson
Daniel LOCHTMAN
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  • This disclosure relates to the field of non-combustible aerosol-provision systems, in particular to consumables for use with an aerosol provision device, a method for manufacturing consumables for use with an aerosol provision device, and an aerosol provision system including a consumable and an aerosol provision device.
  • Smoking articles such as cigarettes, cigars and the like burn tobacco during use to create tobacco smoke.
  • Alternatives to these types of articles release an inhalable aerosol or vapour by releasing compounds from a substrate material by heating without burning. These may be referred to as non-combustible smoking articles, aerosol generating assemblies, or aerosol provision devices.
  • a heating device which release compounds by heating, but not burning, an aerosolisable material which may be referred to as a solid aerosol-generating material.
  • This solid aerosol-generating material may, in some cases, contain a tobacco material.
  • the heating volatilises at least one component of the material, typically forming an inhalable aerosol.
  • These products may be referred to as heat-not-burn devices, tobacco heating devices or tobacco heating products.
  • Various different arrangements for volatilising at least one component of the solid aerosol-generating material are known.
  • hybrid devices there are hybrid devices. These hybrid devices contain a liquid source (which may or may not contain nicotine) which is vaporised by heating to produce an inhalable vapour or aerosol.
  • the device additionally contains a solid aerosol-generating material (which may or may not contain a tobacco material) and components of this material are entrained in the inhalable vapour or aerosol to produce the inhaled medium.
  • a consumable for use with an aerosol provision device in which the consumable comprises a support and aerosol generating material, in which the aerosol generating material comprises two or more or discrete portions of aerosol generating material, the discrete portions are supported on the support, at least one discrete portion has a detectable characteristic, and the detectable characteristic is indicative of at least one product characteristic of the discrete portion.
  • an aerosol provision device for use with a consumable according to any of claims 1 to 21 , in which the device comprises
  • An aerosol generator configured to heat at least one discrete portion of the aerosol generating material supported on the consumable, a detector configured to detect a detectable characteristic of least one discrete portion on the consumable, a memory comprising a table relating detectable characteristics of discrete portions and the product characteristics of discrete portions , and a controller configured to receive the detected detectable characteristics of a discrete portion, lookup the table in the memory, and control the operation of the device on the basis of at least one product characteristic of the discrete portion.
  • an aerosol provision system comprising an aerosol provision device according to the second aspect of the present disclosure and a consumable according to the first aspect of the present disclosure.
  • Figure 1 shows a schematic diagram of an embodiment of an aerosol provision device of the present disclosure
  • Figure 2 shows an embodiment of a consumable of the present disclosure.
  • the consumable of the present description may be alternatively referred to as an article.
  • the consumable comprises aerosol-generating material.
  • the consumable may comprise an aerosol-generating material storage area, an aerosol-generating material transfer component, an aerosol generator, an aerosol generation area, a housing, a wrapper, an aerosol-modifying agent, one or more active constituents, one or more flavours, one or more aerosol-former materials, and/or one or more other functional materials.
  • Non-combustible aerosol provision systems release compounds from an aerosolgenerating material without combusting the aerosol-generating material, such as electronic cigarettes, tobacco heating products, and hybrid systems to generate aerosol using a combination of aerosol-generating materials.
  • a “non-combustible” aerosol provision system is one where a constituent aerosol-generating material of the aerosol provision system (or component thereof) is not combusted or burned in order to facilitate delivery of substance to be delivered to a user.
  • the delivery system is a non-combustible aerosol provision system, such as a powered non-combustible aerosol provision system.
  • the non-combustible aerosol provision system is an electronic cigarette, also known as a vaping device or electronic nicotine delivery system (END), although it is noted that the presence of nicotine in the aerosolgenerating material is not a requirement.
  • END electronic nicotine delivery system
  • the non-combustible aerosol provision system is an aerosolgenerating material heating system, also known as a heat-not-burn system.
  • An example of such a system is a tobacco heating system.
  • the non-combustible aerosol provision system is a hybrid system to generate aerosol using a combination of aerosol-generating materials, one or a plurality of which may be heated.
  • Each of the aerosol-generating materials may be, for example, in the form of a solid, liquid or gel and may or may not contain nicotine.
  • the hybrid system comprises a liquid or gel aerosol-generating material and a solid aerosol-generating material.
  • the solid aerosol-generating material may comprise, for example, tobacco or a non-tobacco product.
  • the non-combustible aerosol provision system may comprise a non- combustible aerosol provision device and a consumable for use with the non- combustible aerosol provision device.
  • the non-combustible aerosol provision system such as a non-combustible aerosol provision device may comprise a power source and a controller.
  • the power source may, for example, be an electric power source or an exothermic power source.
  • the exothermic power source comprises a carbon substrate which may be energised so as to distribute power in the form of heat to an aerosol-generating material or to a heat transfer material in proximity to the exothermic power source.
  • the non-combustible aerosol provision system may comprise an area for receiving the consumable, an aerosol generator, an aerosol generation area, a housing, a mouthpiece, a filter and/or an aerosol-modifying agent.
  • a consumable for use with an aerosol provision device in which the consumable comprises a support and aerosol generating material, in which the aerosol generating material comprises one or more or discrete portions of aerosol generating material, the discrete portions are supported on the support, at least one discrete portion has a detectable characteristic, and the detectable characteristic is indicative of at least one product characteristic of the discrete portion.
  • a detectable characteristic is a characteristic that can be detected by one or both of humans and a detection apparatus.
  • a product characteristic of a discrete portion is a characteristic that relates to a characteristic of the discrete portion or one or more of the constituents of that discrete portion.
  • a product characteristic is a characteristic of the aerosol generated by the aerosol generating material of the discrete portion when that aerosol generating material is heated.
  • a product characteristic is a characteristic of the generation of the aerosol when the aerosol generating material of the discrete portion is heated.
  • At least two of the discrete portions each have a detectable characteristic, and the detectable characteristic for each discrete portion is indicative of at least one product characteristic of that discrete portion.
  • all of the discrete portions of aerosol generating material have a detectable characteristic.
  • the at least one of the discrete portions has a different detectable characteristic to the detectable characteristic of at least one other discrete portion.
  • the characteristics may be related but different, for example the discrete portions may be of different shapes.
  • the detectable characteristic of a discrete portion is indicative of at least one product characteristic of two or more discrete portions.
  • the number of discrete portions of aerosol generating material on a consumable that have a detectable characteristic is less than the number of discrete portions on that consumable for which a product characteristic is known.
  • the discrete portions of aerosol generating material may be considered to be of two types, those with at least one detectable characteristic and those without a detectable characteristic.
  • the discrete portions without a detectable characteristic may be each positioned on the support so that their position relative to one or more of the discrete portions with at least one detectable characteristic indicates one or more of their product characteristics.
  • At least one discrete portion has at least two detectable characteristics, and each detectable characteristic is indicative of at least one product characteristic of the discrete portion.
  • a product characteristic comprises one or both of the composition of the aerosol generating material in the discrete portion, and the volume of the aerosol generating material in the discrete portion.
  • the composition of the aerosol generating material in the discrete portion comprises one or more of an active substance, a flavour or flavourant, and a sensate.
  • a detectable characteristic comprises one of shape, dimension, position relative to a reference, position relative to at least one other discrete portion, colour in the wavelength range of 390 to 700 nm of the electro-magnetic spectrum, absorption spectrum, optical density, translucency, presence of one or more bio-markers, presence of one or more chemical markers, a magnetic characteristic, pH, or mass.
  • the or each detectable characteristic may be indicative of one or more aspects of the manufacturing process for the consumable.
  • a detectable characteristic may be used in quality control during the manufacturing process.
  • At least one discrete portion has a detectable characteristic which comprises a shape, when viewed from a position perpendicular to the surface on which the discrete portion is supported, that is one of substantially circular, a polygon, a star, a longitudinally extending stripe, a stripe including at least one curve or angle, or a shape that will tessellate.
  • At least one discrete portion has a detectable characteristic which comprises a first shape, when viewed from a position perpendicular to the surface on which the discrete portion is supported, that is substantially circular, a polygon, a star, a longitudinally extending stripe, a stripe including at least one curve or angle, or a shape that will tessellate
  • at least one other discrete portion has a detectable characteristic which comprises a second shape which is a different shape to the first shape and which comprises a shape that, when viewed from a position perpendicular to the surface on which the discrete portion is supported, is substantially circular, a polygon, a star, a longitudinally extending stripe, a stripe including at least one curve or angle, or a shape that will tessellate.
  • the detectable characteristic is selected to be visually identifiable by a user.
  • the detectable characteristic is selected to be identifiable by an automated detector. In some embodiments the detector does not make physical contact between the detector and the discrete portion.
  • the aerosol generating material has the form of an aerosol generating film or an aerosol generating gel.
  • Aerosol-generating material is a material that is capable of generating aerosol, for example when heated, irradiated or energized in any other way. Aerosolgenerating material may, for example, be in the form of a solid, liquid or semi-solid (such as a gel) which may or may not contain an active substance and/or flavourants.
  • the aerosol-generating material may comprise one or more active substances and/or flavours, one or more aerosol-former materials, and optionally one or more other functional material.
  • the aerosol-generating material may comprise a binder, such as a gelling agent, and an aerosol former.
  • a substance to be delivered and/or filler may also be present.
  • a solvent such as water, is also present and one or more other components of the aerosol-generating material may or may not be soluble in the solvent.
  • the aerosol-generating material is substantially free from botanical material.
  • the aerosol-generating material is substantially tobacco free.
  • the aerosol-generating material may comprise or be in the form of an aerosolgenerating film.
  • the aerosol-generating film may comprise a binder, such as a gelling agent, and an aerosol former.
  • a substance to be delivered and/or filler may also be present.
  • the aerosol-generating film may be substantially free from botanical material.
  • the aerosolgenerating material is substantially tobacco free.
  • the aerosol-generating film may have a thickness of about 0.015 mm to about 1 mm.
  • the thickness may be in the range of about 0.05 mm, 0.1 mm or 0.15 mm to about 0.5 mm or 0.3 mm.
  • the aerosol-generating film may be formed by combining a binder, such as a gelling agent, with a solvent, such as water, an aerosol-former and one or more other components, such as one or more substances to be delivered, to form a slurry and then heating the slurry to volatilise at least some of the solvent to form the aerosol-generating film.
  • a binder such as a gelling agent
  • a solvent such as water
  • an aerosol-former such as one or more other components, such as one or more substances to be delivered
  • the slurry may be heated to remove at least about 60 wt%, 70 wt%, 80 wt%, 85 wt% or 90 wt% of the solvent.
  • the aerosol-generating material may comprise or be an “amorphous solid”.
  • the aerosol-generating material comprises an aerosolgenerating film that is an amorphous solid.
  • the amorphous solid may be a “monolithic solid”.
  • the amorphous solid may be substantially non-fibrous.
  • the amorphous solid may be a dried gel.
  • the amorphous solid is a solid material that may retain some fluid, such as liquid, within it.
  • the amorphous solid may, for example, comprise from about 50wt%, 60wt% or 70wt% of amorphous solid, to about 90wt%, 95wt% or 100wt% of amorphous solid.
  • the amorphous solid may be substantially free from botanical material.
  • the amorphous solid may be substantially tobacco free.
  • the support has at least two surfaces, and the discrete portions of the aerosol generating material are all supported on one surface of the support.
  • At least three of the discrete portions are supported on a surface of the support in a grid pattern.
  • the support comprises a susceptor.
  • the susceptor is a sheet material.
  • the support is a laminate
  • the susceptor is a layer of that laminate
  • the susceptor is a metallic foil or metallic film.
  • a susceptor is a material that is heatable by penetration with a varying magnetic field, such as an alternating magnetic field.
  • the susceptor may be an electrically- conductive material, so that penetration thereof with a varying magnetic field causes induction heating of the susceptor by resistive heating as a result of electric eddy currents.
  • the susceptor may be magnetic material, so that penetration thereof with a varying magnetic field causes magnetic hysteresis heating of the susceptor.
  • the susceptor may be both electrically-conductive and magnetic, so that the susceptor is heatable by both heating mechanisms.
  • the device that is configured to generate the varying magnetic field is referred to as a magnetic field generator.
  • the susceptor may comprise a metal or metal alloy.
  • the susceptor may comprise a ferromagnetic metal such as iron or an iron alloy such as steel or an iron nickel alloy.
  • Some example ferromagnetic metals are a 400 series stainless steel such as grade 410 stainless steel, or grade 420 stainless steel, or grade 430 stainless steel, or stainless steel of similar grades.
  • the susceptor may comprise a suitable non-magnetic, in particular paramagnetic, conductive material, such as aluminium. In a paramagnetic conductive material inductive heating occurs solely by resistive heating due to eddy currents.
  • the susceptor may comprise a non-conductive ferrimagnetic material, such as a non-conductive ferrimagnetic ceramic.
  • the susceptor may in some embodiments of any of the above embodiments be a metal foil or film, optionally an aluminium foil or film or a ferrous foil or film.
  • the susceptor may in some embodiments of any of the above embodiments be any conductor that could be sprayed or vapour deposited on a material that forms the support.
  • the support comprises a support material
  • the support material comprises one or more of paper, card, paperboard, cardboard, reconstituted material, a plastics material, a ceramic material, a composite material, glass, a metal, or a metal alloy.
  • the support comprises a plastics material which can withstand the temperatures typically encountered in a non-combustible aerosol provision device.
  • the support comprises polyether ether ketone (PEEK).
  • PEEK polyether ether ketone
  • Such embodiments have the advantage that the support may be reused, and that the consumable is less affected by any condensation in the non-combustible aerosol provision device than consumables that comprise a support which includes use of a sorbent material for structural purposes.
  • the substrate is a laminate.
  • the laminate may be formed from a number of sheets of material. In some embodiments at least two sheets of the laminate are different materials.
  • an aerosol provision device for use with a consumable according to the first aspect of the present disclosure, in which the device comprises an aerosol generator configured to heat at least one discrete portion of the aerosol generating material supported on the consumable, a detector configured to detect a detectable characteristic of least one discrete portion on the consumable, a memory comprising a table relating detectable characteristics of discrete portions and the product characteristics of discrete portions , and a controller configured to receive the detected detectable characteristics of a discrete portion, lookup the table in the memory, and control the operation of the device on the basis of at least one product characteristic of the discrete portion.
  • the aerosol generator is configured to independently heat at least two discrete portions which are supported at different positions on the consumable, and the detector is configured to detect the detectable characteristics of two or more discrete portions of the aerosol generating material to be heated.
  • the heater assembly is configured to releasably retain a consumable in a heating position, and the detector detects the detectable characteristics of at least one discrete portion supported on the consumable as the consumable is moved into the heating position.
  • the aerosol provision device is configured operate or function differently in association with discrete portions of aerosol generating material which have different product characteristics.
  • the different functions of operation of the aerosol provision device may include, but not be limited to, operating at one or more of different heating temperatures, heating different discrete portions for different heating times, operating with different temperature profiles for the heater assembly for different discrete portions, and allowing a different number of puffs to be taken from different discrete portions before the aerosol provision device deems the aerosol generating material to be exhausted or spent.
  • An aerosol generating material is exhausted or spent when all or a predetermined proportion of the aerosol generating material have been aerosolised, when a predetermined period of heating fails to produce a desired minimum quantity of aerosol, or after a predetermined period of heating of the discrete portion of aerosol generating material.
  • the aerosol provision device is configured to function most efficiently in terms of power consumption for each discrete portion of the aerosol generating material to be heated. This is possible using the aerosol provision device of the present disclosure because some compositions or volumes or other characteristics of the discrete portion of the aerosol generating material to be heated may require lower temperatures to achieve a satisfactory generation of aerosol than others. Using only the power required to achieve satisfactory generation of aerosol for each discrete portion rather than a level of power that will achieve a satisfactory generation of aerosol from all aerosol generating materials will result in a reduction in power requirements. This may prolong the life of a power source or increase the time between recharging a power source.
  • the aerosol provision device may be configured to allow a user to choose which discrete portion of the aerosol generating material is to be heated to generate an aerosol.
  • the aerosol-generating material comprises an active substance.
  • the active substance as used herein may be a physiologically active material, which is a material intended to achieve or enhance a physiological response.
  • the active substance may for example be selected from nutraceuticals, nootropics, psychoactives.
  • the active substance may be naturally occurring or synthetically obtained.
  • the active substance may comprise for example nicotine, caffeine, taurine, terpenes of non-cannabinoid origin, theine, vitamins such as B6 or B12 or C, melatonin, cannabinoids, or constituents, derivatives, or combinations thereof.
  • the active substance may comprise one or more constituents, derivatives or extracts of tobacco, cannabis or another botanical.
  • the active substance may comprise one or more constituents, derivatives or extracts of cannabis, such as one or more cannabinoids or terpenes.
  • the active substance comprises nicotine. In some embodiments, the active substance comprises caffeine, melatonin or vitamin B12.
  • the active substance may comprise or be derived from one or more botanicals or constituents, derivatives or extracts thereof.
  • botanical includes any material derived from plants including, but not limited to, extracts, leaves, bark, fibres, stems, roots, seeds, flowers, fruits, pollen, husk, shells or the like.
  • the material may comprise an active compound naturally existing in a botanical, obtained synthetically.
  • the material may be in the form of liquid, gas, solid, powder, dust, crushed particles, granules, pellets, shreds, strips, sheets, or the like.
  • Example botanicals are tobacco, eucalyptus, star anise, hemp, cocoa, cannabis, fennel, lemongrass, peppermint, spearmint, rooibos, chamomile, flax, ginger, ginkgo biloba, hazel, hibiscus, laurel, licorice (liquorice), matcha, mate, orange skin, papaya, rose, sage, tea such as green tea or black tea, thyme, clove, cinnamon, coffee, aniseed (anise), basil, bay leaves, cardamom, coriander, cumin, nutmeg, oregano, paprika, rosemary, saffron, lavender, lemon peel, mint, juniper, elderflower, vanilla, Wintergreen, beefsteak plant, curcuma, turmeric, sandalwood, cilantro, bergamot, orange blossom, myrtle, cassis, valerian, pimento, mace, damien, marjoram, olive, lemon
  • the mint may be chosen from the following mint varieties: Mentha Arventis, Mentha c.v., Mentha niliaca, Mentha piperita, Mentha piperita citrata c.v., Mentha piperita c.v, Mentha spicata crispa, Mentha cardifolia, Memtha longifolia, Mentha suaveolens variegata, Mentha pulegium, Mentha spicata c.v. and Mentha suaveolens
  • the active substance comprises or is derived from one or more botanicals or constituents, derivatives or extracts thereof and the botanical is tobacco.
  • the active substance comprises or derived from one or more botanicals or constituents, derivatives or extracts thereof and the botanical is selected from eucalyptus, star anise, cocoa and hemp.
  • the active substance comprises or derived from one or more botanicals or constituents, derivatives or extracts thereof and the botanical is selected from rooibos and fennel.
  • the aerosol-generating material comprises a flavour or flavourant.
  • flavour and “flavourant” refer to materials which, where local regulations permit, may be used to create a desired taste, aroma or other somatosensorial sensation in a product for adult consumers. They may include naturally occurring flavour materials, botanicals, extracts of botanicals, synthetically obtained materials, or combinations thereof (e.g., tobacco, cannabis, licorice (liquorice), hydrangea, eugenol, Japanese white bark magnolia leaf, chamomile, fenugreek, clove, maple, matcha, menthol, Japanese mint, aniseed (anise), cinnamon, turmeric, Indian spices, Asian spices, herb, Wintergreen, cherry, berry, red berry, cranberry, peach, apple, orange, mango, clementine, lemon, lime, tropical fruit, papaya, rhubarb, grape, durian, dragon fruit, cucumber, blueberry, mulberry, citrus fruits, Drambuie, bourbon, scotch,
  • the flavour comprises menthol, spearmint and/or peppermint.
  • the flavour comprises flavour components of cucumber, blueberry, citrus fruits and/or redberry.
  • the flavour comprises eugenol.
  • the flavour comprises flavour components extracted from tobacco.
  • the flavour comprises flavour components extracted from cannabis.
  • the flavour may comprise a sensate, which is intended to achieve a somatosensorial sensation which are usually chemically induced and perceived by the stimulation of the fifth cranial nerve (trigeminal nerve), in addition to or in place of aroma or taste nerves, and these may include agents providing heating, cooling, tingling, numbing effect.
  • a suitable heat effect agent may be, but is not limited to, vanillyl ethyl ether and a suitable cooling agent may be, but not limited to eucolyptol, WS-3.
  • the aerosol-generating material is a material that is capable of generating aerosol, for example when heated, irradiated or energized in any other way. Aerosolgenerating material may, for example, be in the form of a solid, liquid or gel which may or may not contain an active substance and/or flavourants.
  • the aerosol generating material comprises an aerosol former.
  • the aerosol generating agent may comprise one or more constituents capable of forming an aerosol.
  • the aerosol generating agent may comprise one or more of glycerol, propylene glycol, diethylene glycol, triethylene glycol, tetraethylene glycol, 1,3-butylene glycol, erythritol, meso-Erythritol, ethyl vanillate, ethyl laurate, a diethyl suberate, triethyl citrate, triacetin, a diacetin mixture, benzyl benzoate, benzyl phenyl acetate, tributyrin, lauryl acetate, lauric acid, myristic acid, and propylene carbonate.
  • the aerosol generating agent comprises glycerol.
  • the aerosol generating agent comprises one or more polyhydric alcohols, such as propylene glycol, triethylene glycol, 1,3-butanediol and glycerin; esters of polyhydric alcohols, such as glycerol mono-, di- or triacetate; and/or aliphatic esters of mono-, di- or polycarboxylic acids, such as dimethyl dodecanedioate and dimethyl tetradecanedioate.
  • polyhydric alcohols such as propylene glycol, triethylene glycol, 1,3-butanediol and glycerin
  • esters of polyhydric alcohols such as glycerol mono-, di- or triacetate
  • aliphatic esters of mono-, di- or polycarboxylic acids such as dimethyl dodecanedioate and dimethyl tetradecanedioate.
  • the aerosol generating material may comprise from about 0.1wt%, 0.5wt%, 1wt%, 3wt%, 5wt%, 7wt% or 10% to about 50wt%, 45wt%, 40wt%, 35wt%, 30wt% or 25wt% of an aerosol generating agent (all calculated on a dry weight basis).
  • the aerosol generating agent may act as a plasticiser.
  • the aerosol generating material may comprise 0.5-40wt%, 3-35wt% or 10- 25wt% of an aerosol generating agent.
  • the aerosol generating material may comprise from about 5wt%, 10wt%, 20wt%, 25wt%, 27wt% or 30wt% to about 60wt%, 55wt%, 50wt%, 45wt%, 40wt%, or 35wt% of an aerosol generating agent (DWB).
  • the aerosol generating material may comprise 10-60wt%, 20-50wt%, 25-40wt% or 30- 35wt% of an aerosol generating agent.
  • the aerosol generating material may comprise up to about 80wt%, such as about 40 to 80wt%, 40 to 75wt%, 50 to 70wt%, or 55 to 65wt% of an aerosol generating agent (DWB).
  • DWB aerosol generating agent
  • the aerosol generating material may also comprise a gelling agent.
  • the gelling agent comprises a hydrocolloid.
  • the gelling agent comprises one or more compounds selected from the group comprising alginates, pectins, starches (and derivatives), celluloses (and derivatives), gums, silica or silicones compounds, clays, polyvinyl alcohol and combinations thereof.
  • the gelling agent comprises one or more of alginates, pectins, hydroxyethyl cellulose, hydroxypropyl cellulose, carboxymethylcellulose, pullulan, xanthan gum guar gum, carrageenan, agarose, acacia gum, fumed silica, PDMS, sodium silicate, kaolin and polyvinyl alcohol.
  • the gelling agent comprises alginate and/or pectin, and may be combined with a setting agent (such as a calcium source) during formation of the aerosol generating material.
  • the aerosol generating material may comprise a calcium-crosslinked alginate and/or a calcium-crosslinked pectin.
  • the gelling agent comprises one or more compounds selected from cellulosic gelling agents, non-cellulosic gelling agents, guar gum, acacia gum and mixtures thereof.
  • the cellulosic gelling agent is selected from the group consisting of: hydroxymethyl cellulose, hydroxyethyl cellulose, hydroxypropyl cellulose, carboxymethylcellulose (CMC), hydroxypropyl methylcellulose (HPMC), methyl cellulose, ethyl cellulose, cellulose acetate (CA), cellulose acetate butyrate (CAB), cellulose acetate propionate (CAP) and combinations thereof.
  • the gelling agent comprises (or is) one or more of hydroxyethyl cellulose, hydroxypropyl cellulose, hydroxypropyl methylcellulose (HPMC), carboxymethylcellulose, guar gum, or acacia gum.
  • the gelling agent comprises (or is) one or more non- cellulosic gelling agents, including, but not limited to, agar, xanthan gum, gum Arabic, guar gum, locust bean gum, pectin, carrageenan, starch, alginate, and combinations thereof.
  • the non-cellulose based gelling agent is alginate or agar.
  • the gelling agent comprises alginate, and the alginate is present in the aerosol generating material in an amount of from 10-30wt% of the aerosol generating material (calculated on a dry weight basis). In some embodiments, alginate is the only gelling agent present in the aerosol generating material. In other embodiments, the gelling agent comprises alginate and at least one further gelling agent, such as pectin.
  • the aerosol generating material comprises from about 1wt%, 5wt%, 10wt%, 15wt%, 20wt% or 25wt% to about 60wt%, 50wt%, 45wt%, 40wt% or 35wt% of a gelling agent (all calculated on a dry weight basis).
  • the aerosol generating material may comprise 1-50wt%, 5-45wt%, 10-40wt% or 20- 35wt% of a gelling agent.
  • the aerosol generating material comprises from about 20wt% 22wt%, 24wt% or 25wt% to about 30wt%, 32wt% or 35wt% of a gelling agent (all calculated on a dry weight basis).
  • the aerosol generating material may comprise 20-35wt% or 25-30wt% of a gelling agent.
  • the aerosol generating material may comprise from about 1wt%, 5wt%, 10wt%, 15wt% or 20wt% to about 60wt%, 50wt%, 40wt%, 30wt% or 25wt% of a gelling agent (DWB).
  • the aerosol generating material may comprise 10-40wt%, 15-30wt% or 20-25wt% of a gelling agent (DWB).
  • the aerosol generating material comprises gelling agent and filler, taken together, in an amount of from about 10wt%, 20wt%, 25wt%, 30wt%, or 35wt% to about 60wt%, 55wt%, 50wt%, or 45wt% of the aerosol generating material.
  • the aerosol generating material comprises gelling agent and filler, taken together, in an amount of from about 20 to 60wt%, 25 to 55wt%, 30 to 50wt%, or 35 to 45wt% of the aerosol generating material.
  • the aerosol generating material comprises gelling agent (i.e. without taking into account the amount of filler) in an amount of from about 5wt%, 10wt%, 15wt%, 20wt%, 25wt%, 30wt%, or 35wt% to about 60wt%, 55wt%, 50wt%, or 45wt% of the aerosol generating material.
  • the aerosol generating material comprises gelling agent (i.e. without taking into account the amount of filler) in an amount of from about 5 to 60wt%, 20 to 60wt%, 25 to 55wt%, 30 to 50wt%, or 35 to 45wt% of the aerosol generating material.
  • alginate is comprised in the gelling agent in an amount of from about 5 to 40wt% of the aerosol generating material, or 15 to 40wt%. That is, the aerosol generating material comprises alginate in an amount of about 5 to 40wt% by dry weight of the aerosol generating material, or 15 to 40wt%. In some examples, the aerosol generating material comprises alginate in an amount of from about 20 to 40wt%, or about 15wt% to 35wt% of the aerosol generating material.
  • pectin is comprised in the gelling agent in an amount of from about 3 to 15wt% of the aerosol generating material. That is, the aerosol generating material comprises pectin in an amount of from about 3 to 15wt% by dry weight of the aerosol generating material. In some examples, the aerosol generating material comprises pectin in an amount of from about 5 to 10wt% of the aerosol generating material.
  • guar gum is comprised in the gelling agent in an amount of from about 3 to 40wt% of the aerosol generating material. That is, the aerosol generating material comprises guar gum in an amount of from about 3 to 40wt% by dry weight of the aerosol generating material. In some examples, the aerosol generating material comprises guar gum in an amount of from about 5 to 10wt% of the aerosol generating material. In some examples, the aerosol generating material comprises guar gum in an amount of from about 15 to 40wt% of the aerosol generating material, or from about 20 to 40wt%, or from about 15 to 35wt%.
  • the alginate is present in an amount of at least about 50wt% of the gelling agent.
  • the aerosol generating material comprises alginate and pectin, and the ratio of the alginate to the pectin is from 1:1 to 10:1.
  • the ratio of the alginate to the pectin is typically >1 :1, i.e. the alginate is present in an amount greater than the amount of pectin.
  • the ratio of alginate to pectin is from about 2:1 to 8:1 , or about 3:1 to 6:1, or is approximately 4:1.
  • the aerosol generating material may be formed by (a) forming a slurry comprising components of the aerosol generating material or precursors thereof, (b) forming a layer of the slurry, (c) setting the slurry to form a gel, and (d) drying to form an aerosol generating material.
  • the (b) forming a layer of the slurry typically comprises spraying, casting or extruding the slurry.
  • the slurry layer is formed by electrospraying the slurry.
  • the slurry layer is formed by casting the slurry.
  • the slurry is applied to a support.
  • the layer may be formed on a support.
  • the slurry comprises gelling agent, aerosol-former material and active substance.
  • the slurry may comprise these components in any of the proportions given herein in relation to the composition of the aerosol generating material.
  • the slurry may comprise (on a dry weight basis): gelling agent and, optionally, filler, wherein the amount of gelling agent and filler taken together is about 10 to 60wt% of the slurry; aerosol-former material in an amount of about 40 to 80wt% of the slurry; and optionally, active substance in an amount of up to about 20wt% of the slurry.
  • the setting the gel (c) may comprise supplying a setting agent to the slurry.
  • the slurry may comprise sodium, potassium or ammonium alginate as a gel-precursor, and a setting agent comprising a calcium source (such as calcium chloride), may be added to the slurry to form a calcium alginate gel.
  • the setting agent comprises or consists of calcium acetate, calcium formate, calcium carbonate, calcium hydrogencarbonate, calcium chloride, calcium lactate, or a combination thereof.
  • the setting agent comprises or consists of calcium formate and/or calcium lactate.
  • the setting agent comprises or consists of calcium formate. The inventors have identified that, typically, employing calcium formate as a setting agent results in an aerosol generating material having a greater tensile strength and greater resistance to elongation.
  • the total amount of the setting agent such as a calcium source, may be 0.5-5wt% (calculated on a dry weight basis). Suitably, the total amount may be from about 1wt%, 2.5wt% or 4wt% to about 4.8wt% or 4.5wt%.
  • the inventors have found that the addition of too little setting agent may result in an aerosol generating material which does not stabilise the aerosol generating material components and results in these components dropping out of the aerosol generating material.
  • the inventors have found that the addition of too much setting agent results in an aerosol generating material that is very tacky and consequently has poor handleability.
  • the total amount of setting agent may therefore be from 0.5-12wt% such as 5-10wt%, calculated on a dry weight basis.
  • the total amount may be from about 5wt%, 6wt% or 7wt% to about 12wt% or 10wt%.
  • the aerosol generating material will not generally contain any tobacco.
  • supplying the setting agent to the slurry comprises spraying the setting agent on the slurry, such as a top surface of the slurry.
  • Alginate salts are derivatives of alginic acid and are typically high molecular weight polymers (10-600 kDa).
  • Alginic acid is a copolymer of p-D-mannuronic (M) and a- L-guluronic acid (G) units (blocks) linked together with (1 ,4)-glycosidic bonds to form a polysaccharide.
  • M p-D-mannuronic
  • G L-guluronic acid
  • the alginate crosslinks to form a gel On addition of calcium cations, the alginate crosslinks to form a gel. It has been found that alginate salts with a high G monomer content more readily form a gel on addition of the calcium source.
  • the gel-precursor may comprise an alginate salt in which at least about 40%, 45%, 50%, 55%, 60% or 70% of the monomer units in the alginate copolymer are a-L- guluronic acid (G) units.
  • G guluronic acid
  • the drying (d) removes from about 50wt%, 60wt%, 70wt%, 80wt% or 90wt% to about 80wt%, 90wt% or 95wt% (WWB) of water in the slurry.
  • the drying (d) reduces the cast material thickness by at least 80%, suitably 85% or 87%.
  • the slurry is cast at a thickness of 2mm, and the resulting dried aerosol generating material has a thickness of 0.2mm.
  • the slurry solvent consists essentially of or consists of water. In some examples, the slurry comprises from about 50wt%, 60wt%, 70wt%, 80wt% or 90wt% of solvent (WWB).
  • the dry weight content of the slurry may match the dry weight content of the aerosol generating material.
  • the aerosol generating material may comprises a flavour.
  • the aerosol generating material may comprise up to about 80wt%, 70wt%, 60wt%, 55wt%, 50wt% or 45wt% of a flavour.
  • the aerosol generating material may comprise at least about 0.1wt%, 1wt%, 10wt%, 20wt%, 30wt%, 35wt% or 40wt% of a flavour (all calculated on a dry weight basis).
  • the aerosol generating material may comprise 1-80wt%, 10-80wt%, 20-70wt%, 30-60wt%, 35- 55wt% or 30-45wt% of a flavour.
  • the flavour comprises, consists essentially of or consists of menthol.
  • the aerosol generating material may comprises a filler.
  • the aerosol generating material comprises less than 60wt% of a filler, such as from 1wt% to 60wt%, or 5wt% to 50wt%, or 5wt% to 30wt%, or 10wt% to 20wt%.
  • the aerosol generating material comprises less than 20wt%, suitably less than 10wt% or less than 5wt% of a filler. In some cases, the aerosol generating material comprises less than 1wt% of a filler, and in some cases, comprises no filler.
  • the aerosol generating material comprises at least 1 wt% of the filler, for example, at least 5 wt%, at least 10wt%, at least 20wt% at least 30wt%, at least 40wt%, or at least 50wt% of the filler. In some embodiments, the aerosol generating material comprises 5-25wt% of the filler.
  • the filler may comprise one or more inorganic filler materials, such as calcium carbonate, perlite, vermiculite, diatomaceous earth, colloidal silica, magnesium oxide, magnesium sulphate, magnesium carbonate, and suitable inorganic sorbents, such as molecular sieves.
  • the filler may comprise one or more organic filler materials such as wood pulp, cellulose and cellulose derivatives (such as methylcellulose, hydroxypropyl cellulose, and carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC)).
  • the aerosol generating material comprises no calcium carbonate such as chalk.
  • the filler is fibrous.
  • the filler may be a fibrous organic filler material such as wood pulp, hemp fibre, cellulose or cellulose derivatives (such as methylcellulose, hydroxypropyl cellulose, and carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC)).
  • including fibrous filler in an aerosol generating material may increase the tensile strength of the material. This may be particularly advantageous in examples wherein the aerosol generating material is provided as a sheet, such as when an aerosol generating material sheet circumscribes a rod of aerosolisable material.
  • the aerosol generating material does not comprise tobacco fibres. In particular embodiments, the aerosol generating material does not comprise fibrous material.
  • the aerosol-generating material may comprise one or more active substances and/or flavours, one or more aerosol-former materials, and optionally one or more other functional material.
  • the aerosol generating material additionally comprises an active substance.
  • the aerosol generating material additionally comprises a tobacco material and/or nicotine.
  • the aerosol generating material comprises powdered tobacco and/or nicotine and/or a tobacco extract.
  • the aerosol generating material may comprise 5-60wt% (calculated on a dry weight basis) of a tobacco material and/or nicotine. In some cases, the aerosol generating material may comprise from about 1wt%, 5wt%, 10wt%, 15wt%, 20wt% or 25wt% to about 70wt%, 60wt%, 50wt%, 45wt%, 40wt%, 35wt%, or 30wt% (calculated on a dry weight basis) of an active substance.
  • the aerosol generating material may comprise from about 1wt%, 5wt%, 10wt%, 15wt%, 20wt% or 25wt% to about 70wt%, 60wt%, 50wt%, 45wt%, 40wt%, 35wt%, or 30wt% (calculated on a dry weight basis) of a tobacco material.
  • the aerosol generating material may comprise 10-50wt%, 15-40wt% or 20-35wt% of a tobacco material.
  • the aerosol generating material may comprise from about 1wt%, 2wt%, 3wt% or 4wt% to about 20wt%, 18wt%, 15wt% or 12wt% (calculated on a dry weight basis) of nicotine.
  • the aerosol generating material may comprise 1-20wt%, 2-18wt% or 3-12wt% of nicotine.
  • the aerosol generating material comprises an active substance such as tobacco extract.
  • the aerosol generating material may comprise 5-60wt% (calculated on a dry weight basis) of tobacco extract.
  • the aerosol generating material may comprise from about 5wt%, 10wt%, 15wt%, 20wt% or 25wt% to about 60wt%, 50wt%, 45wt%, 40wt%, 35wt%, or 30wt% (calculated on a dry weight basis) tobacco extract.
  • the aerosol generating material may comprise 10-50wt%, 15-40wt% or 20-35wt% of tobacco extract.
  • the tobacco extract may contain nicotine at a concentration such that the aerosol generating material comprises 1wt% 1.5wt%, 2wt% or 2.5wt% to about 6wt%, 5wt%, 4.5wt% or 4wt% (calculated on a dry weight basis) of nicotine. In some cases, there may be no nicotine in the aerosol generating material other than that which results from the tobacco extract.
  • the aerosol generating material comprises no tobacco material but does comprise nicotine.
  • the aerosol generating material may comprise from about 1wt%, 2wt%, 3wt% or 4wt% to about 20wt%, 18wt%, 15wt% or 12wt% (calculated on a dry weight basis) of nicotine.
  • the aerosol generating material may comprise 1-20wt%, 2-18wt% or 3- 12wt% of nicotine.
  • the total content of active substance and/or flavour may be at least about 0.1wt%, 1wt%, 5wt%, 10wt%, 20wt%, 25wt% or 30wt%. In some cases, the total content of active substance and/or flavour may be less than about 90wt%, 80wt%, 70wt%, 60wt%, 50wt% or 40wt% (all calculated on a dry weight basis). In some cases, the total content of tobacco material, nicotine and flavour may be at least about 0.1wt%, 1wt%, 5wt%, 10wt%, 20wt%, 25wt% or 30wt%. In some cases, the total content of active substance and/or flavour may be less than about 90wt%, 80wt%, 70wt%, 60wt%, 50wt% or 40wt% (all calculated on a dry weight basis).
  • the aerosol-generating composition may comprise one or more active substances.
  • the aerosol generating material comprises one or more active substances, e.g. up to about 20wt% of the aerosol generating material.
  • the aerosol generating material comprises active substance in an amount of from about 1wt%, 5wt%, 10wt%, or 15wt% to about 20wt%, 15wt%, 15wt% or 5wt% of the aerosol generating material.
  • the active substance may comprise a physiologically and/or olfactory active substance which is included in the aerosol-generating composition in order to achieve a physiological and/or olfactory response.
  • Tobacco material may be present in the aerosol-generating composition in an amount of from about 50 to 95wt%, or about 60 to 90wt%, or about 70 to 90wt%, or about 75 to 85wt%.
  • the tobacco material may be present in any format, but is typically fine-cut (e.g. cut into narrow shreds). Fine-cut tobacco material may advantageously be blended with the aerosol generating material to provide an aerosol-generating composition which has an even dispersion of tobacco material and aerosol generating material throughout the aerosol-generating composition.
  • the tobacco material comprises one or more of ground tobacco, tobacco fibre, cut tobacco, extruded tobacco, tobacco stem, reconstituted tobacco and/or tobacco extract.
  • Lamina tobacco typically provides superior sensory characteristics.
  • the tobacco material comprises lamina tobacco in an amount of at least about 50wt%, 60wt%, 70wt%, 80wt%, 85wt%, 90wt%, or 95wt% of the tobacco material.
  • the tobacco material comprises cut tobacco in an amount of at least about 50wt%, 60wt%, 70wt%, 80wt%, 85wt%, 90wt%, or 95wt% of the tobacco material.
  • the tobacco used to produce tobacco material may be any suitable tobacco, such as single grades or blends, cut rag or whole leaf, including Virginia and/or Burley and/or Oriental.
  • the one or more other functional materials may comprise one or more of pH regulators, colouring agents, preservatives, binders, fillers, stabilizers, and/or antioxidants.
  • the aerosol generating material may additionally comprise an emulsifying agent, which emulsified molten flavour during manufacture.
  • the aerosol generating material may comprise from about 5wt% to about 15wt% of an emulsifying agent (calculated on a dry weight basis), suitably about 10wt%.
  • the emulsifying agent may comprise acacia gum.
  • the aerosol generating material is a hydrogel and comprises less than about 20 wt% of water calculated on a wet weight basis. In some cases, the hydrogel may comprise less than about 15wt%, 12 wt% or 10 wt% of water calculated on a wet weight basis. In some cases, the hydrogel may comprise at least about 1wt%, 2wt% or at least about 5wt% of water (WWB).
  • the aerosol generating material may have any suitable water content, such as from 1wt % to 15wt%.
  • the water content of the aerosol generating material is from about 5wt%, 7wt% or 9wt% to about 15wt%, 13wt% or 11wt% (WWB), most suitably about 10wt%.
  • the water content of the aerosol generating material may, for example, be determined by Karl-Fischer-titration or Gas Chromatography with Thermal Conductivity Detector (GC-TCD).
  • the aerosol generating material may consist essentially of, or consist of a gelling agent, water, an aerosol generating agent, a flavour, and optionally an active substance.
  • the aerosol generating material may consist essentially of, or consist of a gelling agent, water, an aerosol generating agent, a flavour, and optionally a tobacco material and/or a nicotine source.
  • the aerosol generating material consists essentially of, or consists of a gelling agent, aerosol generating agent, active substance, and water. In examples, the aerosol generating material consists essentially of, or consists of a gelling agent, aerosol generating agent, and water.
  • the aerosol generating material does not comprise a flavourant; in particular examples, the aerosol generating material does not comprise an active substance.
  • the amorphous solid comprises 1-80 wt% of a flavour (dry weight basis).
  • the aerosol generating material comprising:
  • the aerosol generating material comprises:
  • the aerosol generating material comprises:
  • the aerosol generating material comprises 20 - 35 wt % of the gelling agent; 10 - 25 wt % of the aerosol-former material; 5 - 25 wt % of the filler comprising fibres; and 35 - 50 wt % of the flavourant and/or active substance.
  • the aerosol generating material may consist essentially of, or consist of a gelling agent, an aerosol generating agent a tobacco extract, water, and optionally a flavour.
  • the aerosol generating material may consist essentially of, or consist of glycerol, alginates and/or pectins, a tobacco extract and water.
  • the aerosol generating material may have the following composition (DWB): gelling agent (preferably comprising alginate) in an amount of from about 5wt% to about 40wt%, or about 10wt% to 30wt%, or about 15wt% to about 25wt%; tobacco extract in an amount of from about 30wt% to about 60wt%, or from about 40wt% to 55wt%, or from about 45wt% to about 50wt%; aerosol generating agent (preferably comprising glycerol) in an amount of from about 10wt% to about 50wt%, or from about 20wt% to about 40wt%, or from about 25wt% to about 35wt% (DWB).
  • the aerosol generating material comprises about 20wt% alginate gelling agent, about 48wt% Virginia tobacco extract and about 32wt% glycerol (DWB).
  • the “thickness” of the aerosol generating material describes the shortest distance between a first surface and a second surface.
  • the thickness of the aerosol generating material is the shortest distance between a first planar surface of the sheet and a second planar surface of the sheet which opposes the first planar surface of the sheet.
  • the aerosol-forming aerosol generating material layer has a thickness of about 0.015mm to about 1.5mm, suitably about 0.05mm to about 1 ,5mm or 0.05mm to about 1.0mm.
  • the thickness may be in the range of from about 0.1mm or 0.15mm to about 1.0mm, 0.5mm or 0.3mm.
  • the aerosol generating material may have a thickness of about 0.015mm to about 1.0mm.
  • the thickness may be in the range of about 0.05mm, 0.1mm or 0.15mm to about 0.5mm or 0.3mm.
  • a material having a thickness of 0.2mm is particularly suitable.
  • the aerosol generating material may comprise more than one layer, and the thickness described herein refers to the aggregate thickness of those layers.
  • the aerosol-generating material or aerosol generating material is too thick, then heating efficiency is compromised. This adversely affects the power consumption in use. Conversely, if the aerosol-generating material or aerosol generating material is too thin, it is difficult to manufacture and handle; a very thin material is harder to cast and may be fragile, compromising aerosol formation in use.
  • the thickness stipulated herein is a mean thickness for the material. In some cases, the aerosol generating material thickness may vary by no more than 25%, 20%, 15%, 10%, 5% or 1%.
  • the aerosol generating material in sheet form may have a tensile strength of from around 200 N/m to around 900 N/m. In some examples, such as where the aerosol generating material does not comprise a filler, the aerosol generating material may have a tensile strength of from 200 N/m to 400 N/m, or 200 N/m to 300 N/m, or about 250 N/m.
  • Such tensile strengths may be particularly suitable for embodiments wherein the aerosol generating material is formed as a sheet and then shredded and incorporated into an aerosol generating article.
  • the aerosol generating material may have a tensile strength of from 600 N/m to 900 N/m, or from 700 N/m to 900 N/m, or around 800 N/m.
  • Such tensile strengths may be particularly suitable for embodiments wherein the aerosol generating material is included in an aerosol generating article/assembly as a rolled sheet, suitably in the form of a tube.
  • the aerosol generating material in sheet form may have a tensile strength of from around 200 N/m to around 2600 N/m. In some examples, the aerosol generating material may have a tensile strength of from 600 N/m to 2000 N/m, or from 700 N/m to 1500 N/m, or around 1000 N/m. Such tensile strengths may be particularly suitable for embodiments wherein the aerosolgenerating material is formed and incorporated into an aerosol-generating consumable as a sheet.
  • the aerosol generating material may have any suitable area density, such as from 30 g/m 2 to 120 g/m 2 .
  • the sheet may have a mass per unit area of 80-120 g/m 2 , or from about 70 to 110 g/m 2 , or particularly from about 90 to 110 g/m 2 , or suitably about 100 g/m 2 (so that it has a similar density to cut rag tobacco and a mixture of these substances will not readily separate).
  • the sheet may have a mass per unit area of about 30 to 70 g/m 2 , 40 to 60 g/m 2 , or 25- 60 g/m 2 and may be used to wrap an aerosolisable material such as tobacco.
  • weight percentages by weight described herein are calculated on a dry weight basis, unless explicitly stated otherwise. All weight ratios are also calculated on a dry weight basis.
  • a weight quoted on a dry weight basis refers to the whole of the extract or slurry or material, other than the water, and may include components which by themselves are liquid at room temperature and pressure, such as glycerol.
  • a weight percentage quoted on a wet weight basis refers to all components, including water.
  • the aerosol generating material may comprise a colourant.
  • the addition of a colourant may alter the visual appearance of the aerosol generating material.
  • the presence of colourant in the aerosol generating material may enhance the visual appearance of the aerosol-generating material.
  • the aerosol generating material may be colour- matched to other components of the aerosol-generating material or to other components of an article comprising the aerosol generating material.
  • the colour of aerosol generating material may be, for example, white, green, red, purple, blue, brown or black. Other colours are also envisaged. Natural or synthetic colourants, such as natural or synthetic dyes, foodgrade colourants and pharmaceutical-grade colourants may be used.
  • the colourant is caramel, which may confer the aerosol generating material with a brown appearance.
  • the colour of the aerosol generating material may be similar to the colour of other components (such as tobacco material) in an aerosol-generating material.
  • the addition of a colourant to the aerosol generating material renders it visually indistinguishable from other components in the aerosol-generating material.
  • the colourant may be incorporated during the formation of the aerosol generating material (e.g. when forming a slurry comprising the materials that form the aerosol generating material) or it may be applied to the aerosol generating material after its formation (e.g. by spraying it onto the aerosol generating material).
  • talcum powder, calcium carbonate powder or other powder is applied to the exposed surface of at least one discrete portion of aerosol-generating material. This may reduce the level of tackiness or adhesion of the aerosol-generating material.
  • an aerosol provision device 2 comprises a casing 4 within which is located a heater assembly 6.
  • the heater assembly 6 is comprised of a heating chamber 8 and a heater 10.
  • the heater 10 can be an electrical resistance heater or a magnetic field generator for use with a susceptor.
  • the heating chamber 8 defines a mouth 12 at a first end of the heating chamber 8. At the opposite end of the heating chamber 8 is an aperture 14.
  • the aperture 14 is in fluid communication with a mouth piece 16 via a conduit 18.
  • a detector 20 Attached to one of the walls that defines the heating chamber 8 and adjacent to the mouth 12 of the heating chamber 8 is a detector 20.
  • the detector 20 is in data communication with a controller 22 via a suitable data transmission means.
  • the suitable data transmission means is represented by a wire 26 in Figure 1 but may be of an alternative form, for example, but not limited to, a known data interface.
  • the controller 22 is in data communication with a memory 24.
  • the memory 24 comprises a table which relates detectable characteristics of discrete portions of aerosol generating material 42 supported on a consumable 40 and one or more property characteristics of that discrete portion of aerosol generating material indicated by that discrete portion’s detectable characteristics.
  • the controller 22 is powered by a power source 28 via wires 32.
  • the power source 28 may be a battery.
  • the power source 28 may be rechargeable.
  • the controller 22 is also in electronic communication with the heater 10 via a communication line 30.
  • the communication line 30 may be wires for transmission of electricity and transmit data and / or command signals to and from the heater 10.
  • the heater assembly is configured to heat two or more discrete portions of the aerosol generating material which are supported at different positions on the consumable, and the detector is configured to detect the detectable characteristics of the discrete portions of the aerosol generating material on the consumable.
  • the consumable 40 supports a number of discrete portions 44, 46 of aerosol generating material 42.
  • the discrete portions 44, 46 are supported on a support 48.
  • the support 48 is a laminate material comprised of a support layer 50 and a susceptor 52.
  • the support layer 50 is a sheet of card which has a first surface (not visible) and a second surface 60. An edge 58 extends between the first surface and the second surface 60 of the support layer 50.
  • the support layer 50 comprises one or more sheets or substrates of paper, paperboard, cardboard, reconstituted material, a plastics material, a ceramic material, a composite material, glass, a metal, or a metal alloy.
  • the consumable may be circular in shape or of any other shape rather than rectangular as illustrated in Figure 2.
  • the susceptor 52 is a sheet of aluminium foil which has a first surface 54 and a second surface (not visible). An edge 56 extends between the first surface 54 and second surface.
  • the second surface of the susceptor is adhered to the first surface of the support layer 50.
  • the first surface 54 of the susceptor 52 and the second surface 60 of the support layer 50 are respectively the first and second surfaces of the support 48.
  • Reference to first surface 54 herein is reference to the first surface 54 of the susceptor 52, the first surface of the support 48, or both as the context of that reference requires.
  • Reference to second surface 60 herein is reference to the second surface 60 of the support layer 50, the second surface of the support 48, or both as the context of that reference requires.
  • the discrete portions 44, 46 are supported on the first surface 54 and laid out on that surface in a square grid pattern.
  • the discrete portions 44 are square in shape in the plane of the first surface 54, are formed from an aerosol generating material of a first composition, and include a first volume of aerosol generating material.
  • the discrete portions 46 are circular in shape in the plane of the first surface 54, are formed of an aerosol generating material of a second composition, and include a second volume of aerosol generating material.
  • the first and second compositions are different as are the first and second volumes.
  • each of the discreet portions 44 are blue in colour and each of the discreet portions 46 are yellow in colour.
  • he colours of the discrete portions 44, 46 are strongly contrasting colours. These may be readily distinguished by a human or machine viewer of the consumable 40.
  • the discrete portions 44, 46 are squares and circles respectively and again readily distinguished by a human or machine viewer of the consumable 40.
  • each or a number of the discrete portions of aerosol generating material have, in the plane of the surface on which they are supported, alternative shapes to those in the current example such as, but without limitation, a shape that is, a polygon, a star, a longitudinally extending stripe, a stripe including at least one curve or angle, or a shape that will tessellate.
  • Each of the discrete portions 44, 46 of aerosol generating material are, in this illustrated example, in the form of an aerosol generating film. In other non-illustrated examples, each of the discrete portions of aerosol generating material are in the form of an aerosol generating gel.
  • a consumable 40 into the heating chamber 8 via the mouth 12 of the heating chamber 8.
  • the consumable 40 is inserted so that the discrete portions 44, 46 are between the detector 20 and the support 48 when the consumable 40 is passed through the mouth 12.
  • the detector 20 detects the shape and colour of the discrete portions 44, 46 and their location relative to the edge of the consumable first inserted into the mouth 12 as they pass the detector 20 using known techniques.
  • the detector transfers data concerning the detected shapes, colours and relative locations of the discrete portions to the controller 22 via the wire 26.
  • the controller 22 looks up the table stored in the memory 24 and compares the shapes and colours with the entries on that table. This comparison determines how the controller 22 will cause the heater 10 to function or operate for each discrete portion 44, 46 when the user takes a puff from the aerosol provision device 2 and a specific discrete portion is to be heated.
  • the device 2 is so configured (using components not shown) that the user may interact with the device 2 so as to determine which of the discrete portions 44, 46 is to be heated when the next puff or the next number of puffs is I are taken.

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L'invention concerne un consommable (40) destiné à être utilisé avec un dispositif de fourniture d'aérosol (2). Le consommable (40) comprend un support (48) et un matériau de génération d'aérosol (42). Le matériau de génération d'aérosol (42) comprend une ou plusieurs parties distinctes (44, 46) de matériau de génération d'aérosol (42) et les parties distinctes (44, 46) sont supportées sur le support (48). Au moins une partie distincte (44, 46) présente une caractéristique détectable, et la caractéristique détectable indique au moins une caractéristique de produit de la partie distincte (44, 46).
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