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A vest or belt is integrally formed with tubular, pet receiving passageways which extend around the wearer's body and terminate in pocket-like chambers for feeding and retrieval.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7896011 | Method of forming a filter component A method of forming a filter for a smoking article which includes exposing cellulose acetate fibers to an electron beam process, wherein electron beam process deacetylates the cellulose acetate fibers to render the cellulose acetate fibers water-permeable; and formi... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7231923 | Smoking article including a catalytic smoke reformer A smoking article includes a tobacco rod in axial alignment with a filter section with a catalyst bed disposed between the tobacco rod and the filter section. The catalyst bed may be heated from an external portable heating source or may be heated by the internal ev... | 06/19/2007 |
| 6691493 | Method of and apparatus for encoding and recording identifying indicia for arrays of rod-shaped commodities Packs of rod-shaped smokers' products comprise containers of a material which permits monitoring of their contents by a suitable detector serving to generate signals which indicate the presence of characteristic indicia on one or more packed smokers' prod... | 02/17/2004 |
| 6530377 | Cigarette filter containing dry water and a porphyrin A tobacco smoke filter comprising a porous substrate comprising dry water and a porphyrin dispersed therein. The porous substrate can further comprise microcapsules. The microcapsules can comprise one or more substances selected from the group consisting ... | 03/11/2003 |
| 6471754 | Purification system for tobacco-generated secondhand smoke A purification system for preventing secondhand tobacco smoke from reaching an ambient environment thereabout. Two components of the system include a smoke entrapment intake hood for aggregating the secondhand smoke and an electrostatic suction filter ass... | 10/29/2002 |
| 5779769 | Integrated multi-function lamp for providing light and purification of indoor air An integrated lamp air purification and cleansing system is disclosed which includes a lamp body which supports a lamp and contains an air purification system. The lamp body includes an air inlet for drawing in air and an air outlet for blowing out the ai... | 07/14/1998 |
| 5392793 | Smoking article with means to raise temperature of smoke A smoking article comprising tubular support means to carry a supply of smoking material therein and to provide first and second ends thereof, said first end being located for ignition and said second end being directed towards filter means attached to sa... | 02/28/1995 |
| 5191905 | Filter cigarette having filter containing absorptive synthetic graft polymer fibers produced from irradiated polyethylene reacted with vapor phase styrene or absorptive synthetic magnetic fibers A filter cigarette is provided which has a cigarette section formed by wrapping shredded tobacco in a cigarette paper sheet and a filter section having a filter chip integrally joined to the cigarette section. The filter chip is formed by combining in a b... | 03/09/1993 |
| 5050621 | Smoking articles There is provided a smoking article comprising a heating unit, aerosol generation section in flow communication at a first end thereof with said heating unit, nicotine source in flow communication at a first end thereof with the heating unit, a mixing spa... | 09/24/1991 |
| 4729389 | Filter for tobacco smoke A filter comprising kaolin fibers useful for removing deleterious materials from tobacco smoke and reducing the temperature thereof.... | 03/08/1988 |
| 4396026 | Cigarette and filter for tobacco smoke A filter for tobacco smoke comprises a porous substrate which has a deposit thereon of particles which are crystalline, positively charged at the pH of tobacco smoke, water-insoluble, hydrophobic, and oleophilic to provide a coalescing agent which acts to... | 08/02/1983 |
| 4260523 | Magnetized active carbon composition Magnetized active carbon composition consisting of active carbon and a magnetized ferromagnetic material mixed therewith has enhanced properties of active carbon, and may be used in order to remove carbon monoxide, hydrogen and nicotine from tobacco smoke... | 04/07/1981 |
| 4258730 | Electrostatic and magnetic tobacco smoke filtering arrangement A ring-type smoker's set for removing carbon monoxide and nicotine from tobacco smoke comprising a member capable of applying a magnetic field and a member capable of applying an electrostatic field.... | 03/31/1981 |
| 4215708 | Cigarettepipe with purifier Pipe for cigarettes, cigars and other tobacco articles, provided with a holder with a receiving hollow at one end for the cigarette, that is connected through a smoke channel with a mouthpiece at the other end of the holder, an apparatus being fixed in th... | 08/05/1980 |
| 4131119 | Ultrasonic cigarette-holder or pipe stem This cigarette-holder or pipe stem comprises a duct connecting the combustion area to the mouthpiece, and means for generating ultrasonic vibration directed across said duct, said means consisting essentially of a battery-operated integrated circuit opera... | 12/26/1978 |
| 4126141 | Filter and cigarette including a filter A filter for tobacco smoke comprises a porous substrate (other than tobacco) having a deposit thereon of particles of a water-insoluble hydrophobic moisture-laden substance, the major ingredient of the substance being water, which is activated by the smok... | 11/21/1978 |
| 4077784 | Electric filter An electric filter for separating impurities from air including a housing which contains separator plates disposed in spaced relationship and formed of conductive material and alternate ones of said plates are connected to opposite poles of a source of vo... | 03/07/1978 |
| 4059119 | Cigarette and filter A filter for tobacco smoke employs synthetic, inorganic, water-insoluble, anhydrous fibers having a positive zeta potential at the pH of tobacco smoke. To increase the effectiveness of the filter, the tobacco associated with the filter has mixed therewith... | 11/22/1977 |
| 4037607 | Cigarette and filter for tobacco smoke A filter for tobacco smoke comprises a porous substrate which has a deposit thereon of particles of a positively charged, water-insoluble, hydrophobic, oleophilic coalescing agent which acts to attract and neutralize the negatively charged particles which... | 07/26/1977 |
| 4035164 | Methods for removing charged and non-charged particles from a fluid by employing a pyrollectric filter Processes for attracting charged and non-charged particles from a fluid by means of a pyroelectric filtering medium.... | 07/12/1977 |
| 3998232 | Filtering tobacco smoke A tobacco smoke filter cartridge comprises essentially a wrapper of an electrically insulating material, a bed of particles of an electrically conductive or semi-conductive material packed into the filter chamber defined by the wrapper, and two spaced ele... | 12/21/1976 |
