Patent ID: 11864588
Assignee: NICOVENTURES TRADING LIMITED
Field: Other consumer goods (Other fields)
Classification: CPC A  H | IPC A  H

Claim 16:
17. A vapor provision means comprising:
a reusable device part; and
a removable cartridge part, wherein the removable cartridge part is coupled to the reusable device part for use,
wherein:
the reusable device part comprises heating means, and
the removable cartridge part comprises reservoir means for storing a source liquid and a vaporization surface arranged to be in fluid communication with the reservoir for the source liquid, and
the vaporization surface is brought into thermal communication with the heating means when the removable cartridge part is coupled to the reusable device part for use such that the vaporization surface is heated when the heating means is activated to cause vaporization of at least a portion of the source liquid in fluid communication with the vaporization surface,

wherein at least one of:
the vaporization surface is movable with respect to a body of the cartridge part in a direction along a longitudinal axis of the cartridge part,
the heater is arranged such that, when the device part and the cartridge part are coupled for use, the heater causes the vaporization surface to move into the body of the cartridge part, or
the vaporization surface is deformed when the device part and the cartridge part are coupled for use.