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Date of Patent:
Oct. 31, 2023

Filed:

Jan. 30, 2018
Applicant:

Nicoventures Trading Limited, London, GB;

Inventor:

Howard Rothwell, London, GB;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05B 3/00 (2006.01); H05B 3/12 (2006.01); G01N 21/59 (2006.01); H05B 3/22 (2006.01); A24F 40/46 (2020.01); A24F 40/10 (2020.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H05B 3/12 (2013.01); A24F 40/46 (2020.01); G01N 21/59 (2013.01); H05B 3/22 (2013.01); A24F 40/10 (2020.01); H05B 2203/017 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method for obtaining a heating element for an electronic vapor provision system, the method including providing a sheet of electrically conductive porous material, directing light onto at least a portion of the sheet, detecting an amount of the light transmitted through the portion of the sheet, comparing the amount of light detected to a range of light transmission values known to correspond to a predetermined range of electrical resistance values required for the portion, and selecting the portion of the sheet for use as a heating element if the amount of detected light lies within the range of light transmission values, and otherwise rejecting the portion of the sheet.


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