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Assignee: Liggett & Myers Incorporated


Location: Durham, NC
No. of patents: 8

NumberTitleIssue Date
4088065Method and apparatus for making tobacco smoke filter
This invention relates to a cigarette filter composed of two concentric cylindrical layers of fibrous filter materials, in which the inner cylindrical layer has a lower draw resistance than the outer cylindrical layer, and a method and apparatus for the m...
05/09/1978
4055191Tobacco composition
The amount of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in tobacco smoke is reduced and a substantially diminished biological activity of the tobacco smoke condensate when evaluated on experimental animals following conventional protocol is achieved by adding to t...
10/25/1977
4052993Cinnamic derivatives as tobacco additives
Cinnamic derivatives, especially the methyl or ethyl ethers of cinnamyl alcohol, para-methoxycinnamyl alcohol, and para-ethoxycinnamyl alcohol, are added to tobacco to improve the flavor and aroma of the tobacco and tobacco smoke....
10/11/1977
4034765Tobacco smoke filter
This invention relates to a cigarette filter composed of two concentric cylindrical layers of fibrous filter materials, in which the inner cylindrical layer has a lower draw resistance than the outer cylindrical layer....
07/12/1977
4024012Method and apparatus for making a hollow filter and a filter rod
The apparatus is constructed to produce a hollow filter rod. The apparatus includes a mandrel through which a supplied length of tubing is passed, a nozzle surrounding the mandrel for shaping a stream of fibrous filter material about the mandrel and a for...
05/17/1977
4023576Cigarette mouthpiece for controlling flow
The cigarette mouthpiece is made of one-piece construction in which two semi-cylindrical shells are hinged together along one edge and are releaseably secured together at the free edges. The mouthpiece has an internal cylindrical smoke chamber which is se...
05/17/1977
3949107Method of polishing floors
A method of forming a bright-drying floor finish on a resilient flooring comprising applying a polish containing an aqueous dispersion of fine particles of a resin with a Tg of 30° to 80°C to a flooring, preferably a resilient flooring, with at least on...
04/06/1976
3943943Cinnamic derivatives as tobacco additives
Cinnamic derivatives, especially the methyl or ethyl ethers of cinnamyl alcohol, para-methoxycinnamyl alcohol, and para-ethoxycinnamyl alcohol, are added to tobacco to improve the flavor and aroma of the tobacco and tobacco smoke....
03/16/1976
 
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