Patent ID: 11910823
Assignee: nan
Field: Other consumer goods (Other fields)
Classification: CPC A  H | IPC A  H

Claim 11:
12. A method of smoking, comprising:
causing air to flow through a channel inside a shell,
said shell having:
an outer surface, and
a shell cavity inside said shell; and
said channel located in said cavity in said shell, said channel having:
a peripheral wall, said peripheral wall made of a ceramic material,
a first end,
a second end,
a channel cavity inside said peripheral wall, first end, and second end of said channel, wherein
said first end and said second end of the channel are substantially open;
heating said air flowing through said channel by passing an electrical current through an electrically conductive winding implemented around a compound member in said cavity in said channel, wherein:
said compound member is capable of generating heat in the presence of an electromagnetic field,
said first end of the channel meets said outer surface of said shell, and
said shell has an opening in its outer surface corresponding to said first end of the channel.