Article for Use with Apparatus for Heating Smokable Material

Abstract

Disclosed is an article for use with apparatus for heating smokable material to volatilize at least one component of the smokable material. The article comprises a sheet comprising smokable material, and heating material that is heatable by penetration with a varying magnetic field to heat the smokable material. The sheet may be a planar sheet or a rolled sheet. Also disclosed is a system, comprising the article and apparatus for heating smokable material to volatilize at least one component of the smokable material. The apparatus comprises a heating zone for receiving at least a portion of the article, and a magnetic field generator for generating a varying magnetic field to be used in heating the smokable material when the portion of the article is in the heating zone.

1 . An article for use with apparatus for heating smokable material to volatilize at least one component of the smokable material, the article comprising:
 a sheet comprising smokable material; and   heating material that is heatable by penetration with a varying magnetic field to heat the smokable material.   
     
     
         2 . The article of  claim 1 , wherein the heating material is in contact with the sheet. 
     
     
         3 . The article of  claim 1 , wherein the sheet is planar or substantially planar. 
     
     
         4 . The article of  claim 1 , wherein the sheet is a rolled sheet. 
     
     
         5 . The article of  claim 4 , wherein an axial length of the rolled sheet is greater than a diameter of the rolled sheet. 
     
     
         6 . The article of  claim 4 , comprising at least one connector comprising heating material that is heatable by penetration with a varying magnetic field,
 wherein the rolled sheet is elongate in an axial direction, and   wherein the, or each, connector is located at a longitudinal end of the rolled sheet so that the heating material of the, or each, connector contacts the heating material that is heatable by penetration with a varying magnetic field to heat the smokable material.   
     
     
         7 . The article of  claim 4 , comprising a mass of smokable material discrete from, and encircled by, the rolled sheet. 
     
     
         8 . The article of  claim 1 , wherein all or substantially all of a surface of the sheet is covered by the heating material. 
     
     
         9 . The article of  claim 1 , comprising a plurality of discrete bodies on a surface of the sheet, wherein each of the discrete bodies comprises the heating material. 
     
     
         10 . The article of  claim 9 , wherein each of the discrete bodies comprises a tube comprising the heating material or a strip comprising the heating material. 
     
     
         11 . The article of  claim 1 , wherein the heating material is in the form of at least one spiral or closed circuit. 
     
     
         12 . The article of  claim 1 , comprising ink on the sheet, wherein the ink comprises the heating material. 
     
     
         13 . The article of  claim 1 , wherein the heating material comprises one or more materials selected from the group consisting of: an electrically-conductive material, a magnetic material, and a magnetic electrically-conductive material. 
     
     
         14 . The article of  claim 1 , wherein the heating material comprises a metal or a metal alloy. 
     
     
         15 . The article of  claim 1 , wherein the heating material comprises one or more materials selected from the group consisting of: aluminum, gold, iron, nickel, cobalt, conductive carbon, graphite, plain-carbon steel, stainless steel, ferritic stainless steel, copper, and bronze. 
     
     
         16 . The article of  claim 1 , wherein the smokable material comprises tobacco and/or one or more humectants. 
     
     
         17 . An article for use with apparatus for heating smokable material to volatilize at least one component of the smokable material, the article comprising:
 a sheet comprising smokable material; and   an adhesive surface for adhering the sheet to a carrier.   
     
     
         18 . The article of  claim 17 , wherein the adhesive surface comprises adhesive on a surface of the sheet. 
     
     
         19 . The article of  claim 17 , wherein the sheet is a rolled sheet. 
     
     
         20 . The article of  claim 17 , comprising a backing sheet, wherein the adhesive surface is in contact with the backing sheet, and wherein the backing sheet is removable from the adhesive surface to expose the adhesive surface. 
     
     
         21 . A system, comprising:
 apparatus for heating smokable material to volatilize at least one component of the smokable material; and   an article for use with the apparatus, the article comprising a sheet comprising smokable material, and heating material that is heatable by penetration with a varying magnetic field to heat the smokable material;   
       wherein the apparatus comprises a heating zone for receiving at least a portion of the article, and a magnetic field generator for generating a varying magnetic field to be used in heating the smokable material when the portion of the article is in the heating zone.