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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120024303 | CIGARETTE AND METHOD FOR TREATING CIGARETTE MATERIAL A cigarette includes a shredded tobacco rod and a cigarette paper that wraps the outer peripheral surface of the shredded tobacco rod. The shredded tobacco and/or the cigarette paper contains a transition metal salt of an organic acid.... | 02/02/2012 |
| 20110290436 | Paper for smoking article having low ignition propensity properties The invention concerns a paper for smoking article, in particular for a cigarette, comprising areas treated with a coating formulation adapted to reduce the ignition propensity of said treated areas which comprises nanoparticles of cellulose having a median dimension (d... | 12/01/2011 |
| 20110180088 | Plug Wrap or Tipping Paper for Smoking Articles The present invention relates to plug wrap or tipping paper (5) for smoking articles (1). More particularly, the present invention relates to plug wrap or tipping paper for smoking articles, wherein the plug wrap and tipping paper comprises a sheet having ... | 07/28/2011 |
| 20110155156 | Wrapper for Smoking Material Rods The present invention related to wrappers (4) for smoking material rods. More particularly, the present invention relates to wrappers for smoking material rods, wherein the wrappers comprise a single sheet having two or more plies (10, 11) and one of the p... | 06/30/2011 |
| 20110000497 | Smoking Articles Having Reduced Analyte Levels and Process For Making Same Smoking articles having reduced Hoffmann analytes contained in the mainstream smoke is disclosed. In one embodiment, an alginate composition is applied to a wrapper that is incorporated into a smoking article. The alginate composition causes a significant reduction in a... | 01/06/2011 |
| 20090277466 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MAKING SLIT-BANDED WRAPPER USING MOVING ORIFICES A method and apparatus of manufacturing a web which is striped with add-on material, comprising: a first slurry supply which forms a sheet of base web and moves the sheet along a first path; a second slurry supply; and a moving orifice applicator operative so as to repe... | 11/12/2009 |
| 20090065161 | Processes of making monohydrate form of magnesium ammonium phosphate and processes of making paper using same Processes for producing the monohydrate form of magnesium ammonium phosphate in slurry from use of environmentally friendly reactants are described. Slurry containing the monohydrate form of magnesium ammonium phosphate can be fed directly to, and mixed with, paper maki... | 03/12/2009 |
| 20080216852 | Banded cigarette paper with reduced ignition propensity A cigarette made from cigarette paper comprising a base web and at least one banded region comprising iron oxide nanoparticles. The at least one banded region has a porosity less than a porosity of the base web such that the at least one banded region exhibits a slower ... | 09/11/2008 |
| 20080053470 | Environmentally friendly cigarette replacement The invention is related to an environmentally friendly cigarette replacement, which is mainly made of the skin or mixture of skin and flesh from natural fruits, such as oranges—tangerines—Sunkist—lemons. After the dehydration, the material is added to cigarette m... | 03/06/2008 |
| 20080011312 | Low flame-spreading cigarette paper A cigarette paper exhibiting a low flame-spreading property, includes, on one surface of a base cigarette paper containing a filler in an amount of 2 to 6 g/m2 and having a basis weight of 16 to 22 g/m2, burn-suppressing regions coated with a burn-... | 01/17/2008 |
| 20070251658 | In situ formation of catalytic cigarette paper Methods for the in situ formation of catalyst particles in cigarette paper are provided. A catalyst precursor, which can be incorporated into the cigarette papermaking process or can be combined with cigarette paper after formation of the paper, can be decomposed to for... | 11/01/2007 |
| 20070246055 | Smoking articles and wrapping materials therefor A smoking article includes a smokable rod manufactured using a paper wrapping material having an additive material applied thereto as a pattern. The additive material is applied as coating formulation (e.g., an aqueous coating formulation) incorporating (i) inulin and g... | 10/25/2007 |
| 20070157940 | Smoking articles comprising inner wrapping strips The present invention is directed to a cigarette comprising a tobacco rod having a smokable filler material contained within a circumscribing outer wrapping material, and one or more inner wrapping strips positioned between the tobacco rod and the outer wrapping materia... | 07/12/2007 |
| 20070137668 | Smoking articles and wrapping materials therefor A smoking article possesses a smokable rod manufactured using a paper wrapping material having an additive material applied thereto as a pattern. The additive material is applied as aqueous coating formulation incorporating pullulan as a film-forming component. ... | 06/21/2007 |
| 20070102017 | Gravure-printed, branded cigarette paper A cigarette and cigarette paper have a plurality of multilayer bands formed by printing a highly viscous aqueous film-forming composition. After heating the composition to lower its viscosity, the bands are applied to the cigarette paper by gravure printing the composit... | 05/10/2007 |
| 20070095358 | Cigarette wrapper with printed catalyst A wrapper for a smoking article includes a web; and a patterned deposit on at least a portion of one surface of the wrapper, wherein the patterned deposit comprises catalyst particles. The patterned deposit can include a nanoparticle catalyst that is capable of catalyzi... | 05/03/2007 |
| 20070084475 | Smoking articles and wrapping materials therefor A smoking article including a smokable rod manufactured using a paper wrapping material having an additive material applied thereto as a pattern. The additive material is applied as aqueous coating formulation incorporating an alginate and a sugar. ... | 04/19/2007 |
| 20070029060 | Method and apparatus for applying a material to a wide high-speed web A high-speed apparatus for applying material to cigarette paper during manufacture uses at least two independently operable, moving orifice devices, each positioned to deposit horizontal bands of material on a paper web at the dry end of a Fourdrinier wire. The resultin... | 02/08/2007 |
| 20060231114 | Smoking articles and wrapping materials therefor A smoking article including a smokable rod manufactured using a paper wrapping material having an additive material applied thereto as a pattern. The additive material is applied as aqueous coating formulation incorporating both an alginate and hydroxypropylcellulose. ... | 10/19/2006 |
| 20060005847 | Wrapping materials for smoking articles Smokable rods of cigarettes are manufactured using wrapping materials that incorporate at least one fibrous material (e.g., flax fibers, hardwood pulp fibers and/or softwood pulp fibers) at least one filler material (e.g., calcium carbonate in particulate form). The wra... | 01/12/2006 |
| 20050279475 | Processes of making monohydrate form of magnesium ammonium phosphate and processes of making cigarette paper using same Processes for producing the monohydrate form of magnesium ammonium phosphate in slurry from use of environmentally friendly reactants are described. Slurry containing the monohydrate form of magnesium ammonium phosphate can be fed directly to, and mixed with, paper maki... | 12/22/2005 |
| 20050211259 | Cigarette wrapper with nanoparticle spinel ferrite catalyst and methods of making same A wrapper for a smoking article includes nanoparticle spinel ferrite catalyst and a web including cellulosic fibers and an optional web-filler. The web-filler can be a modified web-filler which incorporates the spinel ferrite catalyst. The nanoparticle spinel ferrite ca... | 09/29/2005 |
| 20050087203 | Cigarette with the amount of sidestream smoke reduced A cigarette is provided with a tobacco section including a tobacco filler rod wrapped with an inner wrapper paper sheet containing less than 4% by weight of calcium carbonate and an outer wrapper paper containing calcium carbonate in an amount of 30 g/m2 and ... | 04/28/2005 |
| 20050077021 | Method for producing paper imprinted with a pattern The invention relates to a method for producing paper imprinted with a pattern, especially cigarette paper that is impregnated stripwise with fire-retardant materials. According to said method, a self-supporting web of paper is imprinted with an aqueous printing solutio... | 04/14/2005 |
| 20050076929 | Materials, equipment and methods for manufacturing cigarettes Cigarettes are manufactured using modified automated cigarette making apparatus. Those cigarettes possess smokable rods having paper wrapping materials having additive materials applied thereto as patterns. The additive materials, which can have the forms of liquid or p... | 04/14/2005 |
| 20050056293 | Reduced ignition propensity smoking article A smoking article having reduced ignition propensity is disclosed. The smoking article includes a tobacco column, a wrapper surrounding the tobacco column and a filter element. The wrapper has a base permeability, an untreated area and a least one discrete area treated ... | 03/17/2005 |
| 20050051185 | Cigarette wrapper with catalytic filler and methods of making same A wrapper for a smoking article includes a web including cellulosic fibers and a catalyst modified web-filler incorporated into the web. The catalyst modified web-filler includes a web-filler supporting a nanoparticle carbon monoxide catalyst. The nanoparticle carbon mo... | 03/10/2005 |
| 20050045297 | Method and apparatus for preparing a slurry of add-on material to be applied to a web A method of producing a slurry of material effective for application to designated regions on cigarette paper to affect the burn rate in the designated regions, includes the steps of cooking a fibrous cellulosic material, bleaching the material, pressing the cooked and ... | 03/03/2005 |
| 20050022833 | Shredded paper with catalytic filler in tobacco cut filler and methods of making same A filler composition of a tobacco rod for a smoking article includes a tobacco cut filler and a catalytic paper containing a nanoparticle carbon monoxide catalyst. The nanoparticle carbon monoxide catalyst is incorporated into a web-filler material utilized in productio... | 02/03/2005 |
