Patent ID: 11969017
Assignee: NICOVENTURES TRADING LIMITED
Field: Other consumer goods (Other fields)
Classification: CPC A  F  G  H | IPC A  F  G  H

Claim 18:
19. A method of manufacturing an aerosol provision apparatus for heating smokable material to volatilize at least one component of the smokable material, the method comprising:
providing a heater arrangement for heating smokable material contained in use within the apparatus, the heater arrangement comprising at least a first heating zone and a second heating zone for heating different portions of the smokable material;
providing a temperature sensor for each of the first and second heating zones; and
positioning each temperature sensor in its associated heating zone at a respective position selected so that the temperature sensor for the first heating zone is positioned to measure the temperature at a part of the first heating zone with which that temperature sensor is associated, the part of the first heating zone being halfway between a first end of the heater arrangement and a center of the heater arrangement or is closer to the first end of the heater arrangement than it is to the center of the heating arrangement, and the temperature sensor for the second heating zone is positioned to measure the temperature at a part of the second heating zone, the part of the second heating zone being halfway between a second end of the heater arrangement and a center of the heater arrangement or is closer to the second end of the heater arrangement than it is to the center of the heating arrangement.