Patent ID: 11956879
Assignee: NICOVENTURES TRADING LIMITED
Field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  A | IPC A  H

Claim 21:
22. An apparatus for heating smokable material to volatilize at least one component of the smokable material, the apparatus comprising:
a heating zone for receiving at least a portion of an article comprising smokable material;
a heating element comprising heating material that is heatable by penetration with a varying magnetic field to heat the heating zone;
a thermal insulator comprising:
an outer wall,
an inner wall between the heating element and the outer wall, and
an insulation region bound by the inner wall and the outer wall, wherein the insulation region is evacuated to a lower pressure than an exterior of the insulating region, and wherein one or each of the inner wall and the outer wall is at least one of magnetically impermeable or electrically non-conductive; and

a magnetic field generator for generating a varying magnetic field that penetrates the heating element in use.