Consumable for use with apparatus for heating aerosolisable material

Abstract

Described herein is a consumable for use with apparatus for heating aerosolizable material to volatilize at least one component of the aerosolizable material, the consumable comprising a hollow tube comprising a wound structure comprising aerosolizable material.

1 . A consumable for use with apparatus for heating aerosolizable material to volatilise at least one component of the aerosolizable material, the consumable comprising a hollow tube comprising a wound structure comprising aerosolizable material. 
     
     
         2 . The consumable of  claim 1 , wherein the wound structure is a helically wound structure. 
     
     
         3 . The consumable of  claim 1 , wherein the wound structure defines at least part of a surface of the consumable. 
     
     
         4 . The consumable of  claim 3 , wherein the surface is an innermost surface of the consumable. 
     
     
         5 . The consumable of  claim 1 , wherein the wound structure comprises corrugations, embossing or debossing. 
     
     
         6 . The consumable of  claim 1 , wherein the wound structure forms a layer of the hollow tube, and the hollow tube comprises one or more further layers. 
     
     
         7 . The consumable of  claim 5 , wherein the wound structure forms a layer of the hollow tube, wherein the hollow tube comprises one or more further layers, and wherein the hollow tube comprises one or more aerosol flow paths defined by and between the corrugations, embossing or debossing of the structure comprising aerosolizable material and at least one of the one or more further layers. 
     
     
         8 . The consumable of  claim 1 , wherein the hollow tube comprises a barrier layer that defines at least part of a surface of the consumable. 
     
     
         9 . The consumable of  claim 1 , further comprising a heating material that is heatable by penetration with a varying magnetic field. 
     
     
         10 . The consumable of  claim 9 , wherein the hollow tube comprises a layer comprising the heating material. 
     
     
         11 . The consumable of  claim 9  or  claim 10 , when dependent directly or indirectly on  claim 8 , wherein the layer comprising the heating material is located between the barrier layer and the wound structure comprising aerosolizable material. 
     
     
         12 . The consumable of  claim 6 , wherein at least one of the one or more further layers comprises aerosolizable material. 
     
     
         13 . The consumable of  claim 12 , wherein the hollow tube comprises a layer comprising a heating material, wherein the layer comprising the heating material is located between the wound structure comprising aerosolizable material and the at least one further layer comprising aerosolizable material. 
     
     
         14 . The consumable of  claim 6 , wherein at least one of the one or more further layers comprises a flavorant or a sensate. 
     
     
         15 . The consumable of  claim 1 , wherein the aerosolizable material of the wound structure comprises an amorphous solid. 
     
     
         16 . A system for heating aerosolizable material to volatilize at least one component of the aerosolizable material, the system comprising:
 a consumable comprising a hollow tube comprising a wound structure comprising aerosolizable material; and   an apparatus for heating the aerosolizable material of the consumable to volatilize at least one component of the aerosolizable material, the apparatus comprising a heating zone for receiving the consumable, and a device for causing heating of the aerosolizable material when the consumable is in the heating zone.   
     
     
         17 . The system of  claim 16 , wherein the device comprises a magnetic field generator for generating a varying magnetic field for penetrating the heating zone when the consumable is in the heating zone. 
     
     
         18 . A method of manufacturing a hollow tube for use in or as a consumable for use with an apparatus for heating aerosolizable material to volatilize at least one component of the aerosolizable material, the method comprising:
 winding a structure comprising aerosolizable material.   
     
     
         19 . The method of  claim 18 , wherein the winding comprises helically winding the structure comprising aerosolizable material. 
     
     
         20 . The method of  claim 18 , wherein the winding comprises winding the structure comprising aerosolizable material around a mandrel. 
     
     
         21 . The method of  claim 20 , further comprising applying the aerosolizable material to a material using the mandrel to form the structure. 
     
     
         22 . The method of  claim 18 , comprising winding a material while drawing the material from a supply, and applying the aerosolizable material to the material downstream of the supply. 
     
     
         23 . The method of  claim 18 , wherein the wound structure forms a layer of the hollow tube, and the method comprises winding one or more further layers. 
     
     
         24 . The method of  claim 23 , wherein at least one of the one or more further layers comprises a heating material that is heatable by penetration with a varying magnetic field. 
     
     
         25 . The method of  claim 18 , wherein winding the structure comprising aerosolizable material comprises winding the structure comprising aerosolizable material to form an innermost surface of the hollow tube. 
     
     
         26 . The method of  claim 18 , wherein the structure comprising aerosolizable material consists of the aerosolizable material, or comprises a carrier with the aerosolizable material on a surface of the carrier or impregnated in the carrier. 
     
     
         27 . The method of  claim 18 , wherein the aerosolizable material of the structure comprises an amorphous solid.