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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5927288 | Hydromagnesite/magnesium hydroxide fillers for smoking article wrappers and methods for making same Hydromagnesite-magnesium hydroxide compositions are prepared which, when used as fillers in smoking article wrappers, significantly reduce the amount of sidestream smoke produced by the burning smoking article while providing the smoking article with good... | 07/27/1999 |
| 5878752 | Method and apparatus for using, cleaning, and maintaining electrical heat sources and lighters useful in smoking systems and other apparatuses Methods and apparatuses for cleaning an electrical lighter are provided. A sleeve, e.g., ceramic or metal, surrounds the heater fixture, and a resistive heating element is in thermal proximity with the sleeve. The resistive heating element is either a ded... | 03/09/1999 |
| 5827166 | Device for joining strips of a flexible material A device is provided to join the lower end of a strip of paper coming from a nearly-empty reel to the upper end of another strip of paper coming from a full reel. The joining device comprises a rotating striking arm equipped with a hammer on one of its en... | 10/27/1998 |
| 5794417 | Versatile case packing device The present invention relates to an easily adjusted device for packing cartons or uniformly sized packages into a larger container for shipment. The device includes a telescoping stacking chamber with a telescoping base plate member having sensors for det... | 08/18/1998 |
| 5746230 | Concentric smoking filter having discrete tow and web filter media A concentric smoking filter in which one of the filter media is a fibrous tow, such as fibrous cellulose acetate tow, and one of the filter media is a web material, such as paper, is provided. The filter improves the taste, particularly, of "ultra-light" ... | 05/05/1998 |
| 5726421 | Protective and cigarette ejection system for an electrical smoking system An ejection system is provided which has a mechanism such as a plunger which is positioned to eject at least a portion of a cigarette from the lighter cavity upon actuation by a smoker. The plunger is also positionable to occlude the lighter opening to pr... | 03/10/1998 |
| 5716313 | Apparatus and method for folding blanks The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for folding by approximately 180° a first surface portion of a blank on a rotating drum about a score line onto a second surface portion of the blank. A shaping rail comprises a first surface for ac... | 02/10/1998 |
| 5699811 | Use of eitelite to reduce sidestream smoke Mineral phase eitelite Na2 Mg(CO3)2 !, either alone or in combination with other filters, significantly reduces the amount of sidestream smoke produced by the burning smoking article while providing the smoking article w... | 12/23/1997 |
| 5665262 | Tubular heater for use in an electrical smoking article A cylindrical tube is provided of a mechanically strong and flexible electrical conductor such as a metal and has a plurality of separated regions. An electrically insulating layer such as a ceramic is applied on the outer surface except for one exposed p... | 09/09/1997 |
| 5630432 | Droplet jet application of adhesive to cigarette ends A method and apparatus are provided for applying an adhesive solution to the coal end of a cigarette by means of a precisely controlled liquid jet spray to bond shreds of tobacco in the cigarette end and to thereby reduce the amount of tobacco which falls... | 05/20/1997 |
| 5628452 | Package and blank for packaging cigarettes A pack of cigarettes or of products of the tobacco industry is effectively protected against light, as well as against the loss or the penetration of humidity and the loss of aroma or off flavor of the products it contains, even though it is wrapped in a ... | 05/13/1997 |
| 5622190 | Concentric smoking filter having cellulose acetate tow periphery and carbon-particle-loaded web filter core A concentric smoking filter in which the peripheral filter medium is a fibrous tow, such as fibrous cellulose acetate tow, and the core filter medium is a web material, such as paper, loaded with carbon particles, is provided. The filter improves the tast... | 04/22/1997 |
| 5613505 | Inductive heating systems for smoking articles An induction heating source is provided for use with an electrical smoking article. The induction heating source provides an alternating electromagnetic field which inductively heats a susceptor in thermal proximity with tobacco flavor medium to generate ... | 03/25/1997 |
| 5595577 | Method for making a carbonaceous heat source containing metal oxide A carbonaceous heat source comprising metal oxides and methods for making such heat source are provided. The heat source has an ignition temperature substantially lower than conventional carbonaceous heat sources, while at the same time produces virtually... | 01/21/1997 |
| 5591368 | Heater for use in an electrical smoking system A provided heater comprises a supporting hub and a plurality of electrically resistive heater blades defining a receptacle to receive an inserted cigarette. Each blade comprises a first heater blade leg having a first end and a second end and extending at... | 01/07/1997 |
| 5586565 | Method for varying tobacco rod density and tobacco rods with varying density produced thereby A cam is provided having one or more end blades, each having a respective support surface to compress a corresponding end region of a tobacco rod, and one or more interposed blades, each having a respective support surface to comprise a corresponding inte... | 12/24/1996 |
| 5573692 | Platinum heater for electrical smoking article having ohmic contact A thin film layer of primarily platinum is deposited onto a ceramic substrate and electrical connections are applied to the platinum layer to form a heater. In a preferred embodiment, the electrical connections comprise two electrically conductive posts f... | 11/12/1996 |
| 5570779 | Step-shaped innerframe for use with short cigarettes and hinged lid box Step-shaped innerframes and blanks for forming such innerframes are provided to permit shorter than conventional cigarettes to be packaged in a conventionally sized hinged lid box. A front panel is foldably connected to a substantially perpendicular step ... | 11/05/1996 |
| 5558103 | Alignment of filter and cigarette components A filter tipped cigarette making machine and method in which spaced apart generally cylindrical components are supplied to flutes in processing drums. Gaps between the components are partially closed in a motion limiting spreader drum.... | 09/24/1996 |
| 5533610 | Apparatus and method for forming combined filter tipped cigarettes A filter tipped cigarette making machine and method in which spaced apart generally cylindrical components are supplied to flutes in processing drums. Gaps between the components are partially closed in a motion limiting spreader drum.... | 07/09/1996 |
| 5501233 | Apparatus for varying tobacco rod density A cam is provided having one or more end blades, each having a respective support surface to compress a corresponding end region of a tobacco rod, and one or more interposed blades, each having a respective support surface to comprise a corresponding inte... | 03/26/1996 |
