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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5727571 | Components for smoking articles and process for making same Disclosed are new fuel components for smoking articles such as cigarettes, new methods of making such fuel components, and cigarettes or other smoking articles incorporating the new fuel components. Fuel components for smoking articles are formed by conti... | 03/17/1998 |
| 5474092 | Machine and method for sorting, filling and closing hollow containers The invention provides machines and methods for continuously filling and closing containers supplied in random orientation. In one embodiment, apparatus in accord with the invention comprises a machine frame 10 that supports devices for continuously orien... | 12/12/1995 |
| 5469871 | Cigarette and method of making same Cigarettes and methods of making them, in which an insulated fuel element is combined with a substrate assembly comprising a substrate within a tube, combining a roll of tobacco with a plug of tobacco paper, combining the fuel element/substrate assembly w... | 11/28/1995 |
| 5415186 | Substrates material for smoking articles Disclosed is a stabilized substrate composition for smoking articles, particularly cigarettes. In general, the stabilized substrate composition comprises an admixture of a binder and an aerosol forming material which plasticizes the binder, together with ... | 05/16/1995 |
| 5396911 | Substrate material for smoking articles Disclosed is a stabilized substrate composition for smoking articles, particularly cigarettes. In general, the stabilized substrate composition comprises an admixture of a binder and an aerosol forming material which plasticizes the binder, together with ... | 03/14/1995 |
| 5348027 | Cigarette with improved substrate A new substrate for cigarettes includes an overwrapped rod of gathered cellulose-based paper having an outer diameter of from about 4 mm to about 8 mm; wherein the paper has a basis weight in the range of about 10 g/m2 to about 90 g/m2 | 09/20/1994 |
| 5345955 | Composite fuel element for smoking articles The present invention is directed to improvements in carbonaceous fuel elements wherein (a) the fuel elements are provided with a composite support member which assists in retaining the fuel element within the cigarette structure during smoking, and (b) t... | 09/13/1994 |
| 5303720 | Smoking article with improved insulating material The present invention relates to an improved insulating sheet material and to cigarettes and other smoking articles which employ the insulating sheet material as one or more components thereof. The improved insulating material is particularly useful in sm... | 04/19/1994 |
| 5247947 | Cigarette A cigarette including a longitudinally segmented combustible fuel element, and a substrate carrying tobacco extract and glycerin positioned physically separate from the fuel element is disclosed. The substrate is a gathered paper-type material, and is pos... | 09/28/1993 |
| 5211684 | Catalyst containing smoking articles for reducing carbon monoxide The present invention is directed to cigarettes and other smoking articles which contain a catalytic composition, preferably as part of the fuel element, that substantially decreases the amount of carbon monoxide contained in the mainstream smoke during s... | 05/18/1993 |
| 5203355 | Cigarette with cellulosic substrate The present invention provides improved cigarettes and other smoking articles in which the substrate is a cellulosic material, preferably paper or a paper-like material, e.g., tobacco paper. The substrate of the present invention is used to retain flavora... | 04/20/1993 |
| 5178167 | Carbonaceous composition for fuel elements of smoking articles and method of modifying the burning characteristics thereof It has been found that the addition of specific levels of sodium, advantageously in the form of sodium carbonate, to low sodium level binder, e.g., ammonium alginate, containing carbonaceous fuel compositions results in dramatic changes in the performance... | 01/12/1993 |
| 5137034 | Smoking article with improved means for delivering flavorants The present invention generally relates to a smoking article having a fuel element, a physically separate aerosol generating means, a mouthend piece, and improved means for delivering one or more flavorants to the user which comprises a carbon filled shee... | 08/11/1992 |
| 5133368 | Impact modifying agent for use with smoking articles The present invention preferably relates to the use of an impact modifying agent and in particular the use of levulinic acid, a carbohydrate ester acetate or a carbohydrate ester levulinate in one or more of the component parts of a smoking article compri... | 07/28/1992 |
| 5129409 | Extruded cigarette Cigarettes which heat but do not burn tobacco are described, preferably having a carbonaceous fuel element extruded around a physically separate aerosol generating means, comprising an aerosol forming material. These cigarettes are capable of producing su... | 07/14/1992 |
| 5119834 | Smoking article with improved substrate The present invention is directed to a smoking article which produces an aerosol that resembles tobacco smoke but which preferably contains no more than a minimal amount of incomplete combustion or pyrolysis products. The preferred smoking article of the ... | 06/09/1992 |
| 5105837 | Smoking article with improved wrapper A wrapper for use in smoking articles such as cigarettes, and in particular, to a wrapper for smoking articles having a heat source, a physically separate aerosol generating means, and a mouthend piece. More specifically the invention relates to smoking a... | 04/21/1992 |
| 5105831 | Smoking article with conductive aerosol chamber The present invention is directed to a smoking article which is capable of producing substantial quantities of aerosol, both initially and over the useful life of the product, without significant thermal degradation of the aerosol former and without the p... | 04/21/1992 |
| 5088507 | Apparatus for assembling components of a smoking article Apparatus is described for inserting a component comprising an elongate cartridge containing an aerosol forming material, at one end of which there is a fuel element, within a jacket component comprising a rod, a sleeve of insulating material, or a combin... | 02/18/1992 |
| 5076297 | Method for preparing carbon fuel for smoking articles and product produced thereby The present invention is directed to methods for producing carbon containing fuel elements especially suited for use in cigarette--like smoking articles. One method of the present invention makes use of two separate pyrolysis steps to ensure that the carb... | 12/31/1991 |
| 5076292 | Smoking article The present invention relates to a smoking article which produces an aerosol that resembles tobacco smoke, but contains no more than a minimal amount of incomplete combustion or pyrolysis products. The smoking article of the present invention provides an aeros... | 12/31/1991 |
| 5067499 | Smoking article The present invention relates to fuel elements useful in smoking articles which produce an aerosol that resembles tobacco smoke, but contains no more than a minimal amount of incomplete combustion or pyrolysis products. Preferred embodiments of the present inv... | 11/26/1991 |
| 5065776 | Cigarette with tobacco/glass fuel wrapper Disclosed are smoking articles, such as cigarettes, which include a short, i.e., about 9 mm long carbonaceous fuel element positioned in a heat exchange relationship with a physically separate aerosol generating means. Surrounding the fuel element is a to... | 11/19/1991 |
| 5060666 | Smoking article with tobacco jacket The present invention preferably relates to a smoking article which is capable of producing substantial quantities of aerosol, both initially and over the useful life of the product, without significant thermal degradation of the aerosol former and withou... | 10/29/1991 |
| 5052413 | Method for making a smoking article and components for use therein A method for making a smoking article is described wherein an aerosol generating cartridge is inserted into a sleeve, preferably having a tobacco insulating material. Also described are articles of manufacture having an elongate jacket module with a rod s... | 10/01/1991 |
| 5042509 | Method for making aerosol generating cartridge Making an aerosol generating cartridge useful for a smoking article is described. The method comprises filling a non-combustible elongated capsule, open at one end, with a substrate bearing an aersol forming material, and applying a fuel element to the op... | 08/27/1991 |
| 5038802 | Flavor substances for smoking articles The flavor substances of the present invention are prepared by toasting (heating) natural tobacco in an inert atmosphere at a temperature of at least about 225° C., fractionating the volatiles and collecting at least a portion of the fractionated materia... | 08/13/1991 |
| 5033483 | Smoking article with tobacco jacket The present invention preferably relates to a smoking article which is capable of producing substantial quantities of aerosol, both initially and over the useful life of the product, without significant thermal degradation of the aerosol former and withou... | 07/23/1991 |
| 5027836 | Insulated smoking article The present invention preferably relates to an insulated smoking article which is capable of producing substantial quantities of smoke, both initially and over the useful life of the product, without significant thermal degradation of the aerosol former a... | 07/02/1991 |
| 5020548 | Smoking article with improved fuel element The present invention preferably relates to a smoking article which is capable of producing substantial quantities of aerosol, both initially and over the useful life of the product, without significant thermal degradation of the aerosol former and withou... | 06/04/1991 |
| 5019122 | Smoking article with an enclosed heat conductive capsule containing an aerosol forming substance A heat conductive capsule which carries or contains an aerosol forming material for use in smoking articles which upon heating ruptures or otherwise undergoes a change in structure to release at least a portion of the aerosol forming material, which aeros... | 05/28/1991 |
| 4989619 | Smoking article with improved fuel element The present invention preferably relates to a smoking article which is capable of producing substantial quantities of aerosol, both initially and over the useful life of the product, without significant thermal degradation of the aerosol former and withou... | 02/05/1991 |
| 4967774 | Smoking article with improved means for retaining the fuel element A smoking article including a short, combustible, carbonaceous fuel element in a heat exchange relationship with a physically separate aerosol generating means, and a mouthend piece. Smoking articles of the present invention include means for retaining th... | 11/06/1990 |
| 4938238 | Smoking article with improved wrapper The present invention relates to an improved wrapper for a smoking article haviing a combustible fuel element encircled by an insulating layer and a physically separate aerosol generating means as well as to smoking articles employing such wrappers. The w... | 07/03/1990 |
| 4928714 | Smoking article with embedded substrate The smoking article of the present invention has a short, combustible, preferably carbonaceous, fuel element, generally less than about 30 mm long, which is substantially free of volatile organic material. A physically separate aerosol generating means, p... | 05/29/1990 |
| 4917128 | Cigarette Embodiments of the present cigarette comprise a roll or rod of tobacco wrapped by a paper wrapper, a short conbustible carbonaceous fuel element encircled by a resilient insulating member, a physically separate smoke generator including smoke forming subs... | 04/17/1990 |
| 4903714 | Smoking article with improved mouthend piece The present invention relates to smoking articles having an improved mouthend piece. More specifically, it relates to cigarette-type smoking articles comprising a fuel element, a physically separate aerosol generating means including an aerosol forming ma... | 02/27/1990 |
| 4893639 | Densified particulate materials for smoking products and process for preparing the same The present invention is directed to densified particulate materials and to a process of preparing such materials. The present invention is also related to cigarette-type smoking articles utilizing the densified particulate materials of the present invention a... | 01/16/1990 |
| 4893637 | Apparatus and methods for making components of a smoking article Apparatus and methods are described for forming a composite member for use in making a smoking article. The apparatus comprises a forming device that comprises (a) an elongate structure having a curved inner surface that tapers from a larger proximal end ... | 01/16/1990 |
| 4881556 | Low CO smoking article The present invention is directed to cigarettes and other smoking articles, as well as disposable cartridges for such smoking articles, which utilize compact carbonaceous fuel elements, and which provide low levels, i.e., less than about 10 mg, of carbon ... | 11/21/1989 |
