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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7735494 | Tabacco smoking apparatus The invention provides a tobacco smoking apparatus that enables a person to smoke, namely inhale and exhale smoke and other combustion products from burning tobacco, while isolating and protecting others from a substantial portion of the combustion products, includi... | 06/15/2010 |
| 7219672 | Method of preparing paper for self-extinguishing cigarettes A method is described for the manufacture of a paper for self-extinguishing cigarettes, by reducing its permeability to air, obtained by applying continuously or onto well defined areas, a composition based on gum Arabic or acacia gum, with or without a fire retarda... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7216652 | Smoking article wrapper with improved filler The invention relates to a tobacco smoking article wrapper which selectively reduces the content of gaseous components in the smoke delivered during the use of the smoking article. The gaseous components can be low molecular weight aldehydes in the smoke produced du... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7195694 | Reinforcing and/or process fibres based on vegetable fibres and production thereof The present invention relates to reinforcing and/or process fibres based on vegetable fibres whose elementary fibres are fibrillated and to a process for their production. The reinforcing and/or process fibres are characterized in that the elementary fibres have a f... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7017586 | Cigarette A cigarette comprises a tobacco section including a columnar tobacco filler material and at least one cellulose-based wrapping paper sheet for wrapping the outer circumferential surface of the columnar tobacco filler material. The outermost wrapping paper sheet amon... | 03/28/2006 |
| 6997190 | 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... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6976493 | 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... | 12/20/2005 |
| 6939609 | Filler and pigment The present invention relates to the use of calcium oxalate as a filler or pigment. In particular described herein is a method of reducing the combustion residue of coated paper or cardboard products by replacing at least a part of the conventional pigments and fill... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6935346 | Smoking article comprising a wrapper containing a ceramic material The invention describes a smoking article (1) comprising a wrapper (3) enwrapping a tobacco smoking material (2), the wrapper comprising a ceramic material and being capable of mechanically trapping mainly aqueous particulate phase materials in ... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6929013 | 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... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6883524 | Wrapper paper for smoking articles Wrapper paper for a smoking article carries 1 g/m2 to 15 g/m2 of a burn adjusting agent and 1 g/m2 to 30 g/m2 of a calcium phosphate-based compound in the wrapper paper. ... | 04/26/2005 |
| 6860274 | Low fire-spreading cigarette A low fire-spreading cigarette has a tobacco section including a columnar tobacco filler material, an inside wrapper paper sheer wrapping the outer circumferential surface of the columnar tobacco filler material and an outside wrapper paper sheet wrapping the outer ... | 03/01/2005 |
| 6837248 | 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 trea... | 01/04/2005 |
| 6827087 | Cigarette with burn rate modification A cigarette with burn rate modification is described. The cigarette has a partial double wrap design and incorporates an inner wrap material which extends partially around the interior portion of the outer wrapper of a cigarette. The inner wrap can be a single eleme... | 12/07/2004 |
| 6823873 | Cigarette having reduced sidestream smoke A cigarette includes an ignition element in contact with tobacco, surrounded by a composite outer wrapper. The outer wrapper is impervious to oxygen causing the tobacco to extinguish between puffs. The ignition element, however, has a longer static burn time than th... | 11/30/2004 |
| 6799578 | Low sidestream smoke cigarette with combustible paper A low sidestream smoke cigarette comprises a conventional tobacco rod, and a combustible treatment paper having a sidestream smoke treatment composition. The treatment composition comprises in combination, an oxygen storage and donor metal oxide oxidation catalyst a... | 10/05/2004 |
| 6779530 | Smoking articles with reduced ignition proclivity characteristics A process for reducing the permeability of a paper wrapper used in the construction of a smoking article is disclosed. The paper wrapper is treated with a film-forming composition that forms treated discrete areas on the wrapper. The treated discrete areas have a pe... | 08/24/2004 |
| 6725867 | Process for producing smoking articles with reduced ignition proclivity characteristics and products made according to same A process for reducing the permeability of a paper wrapper used in the construction of a smoking article is disclosed. The paper wrapper is treated with a film-forming composition that forms treated discrete areas on the wrapper. The treated discrete areas have a pe... | 04/27/2004 |
| 6722373 | Cigarette sidestream smoke treatment material A cigarette sidestream smoke treatment material made from a sheet of non-combustible active components provides a porous structure capable of treating sidestream smoke. The treatment material, as used in combination with a cigarette, provides a low sidestream smoke ... | 04/20/2004 |
| 6367481 | Cigarette having reduced sidestream smoke A cigarette includes an ignition element in contact with tobacco, surrounded by a composite outer wrapper. The outer wrapper is impervious to oxygen causing the tobacco to extinguish between puffs. The ignition element, however, has a longer static burn t... | 04/09/2002 |
| 6311694 | Smoking article having reduced sidestream smoke A smoking article comprises a smoking accessory and a cigarette. The smoking accessory includes a holder and a substantially air-impermeable sleeve which is coupled to a distal portion of the holder and is coaxial therewith. The cigarette is received in t... | 11/06/2001 |
| 6257243 | Smoking articles The invention relates to a coaxial smoking article, particularly a coaxial cigarette, comprising a coaxial rod of smokable material, which rod has an inner segment (1) of smokable material surrounded by a covering (2), around which covering is an outer se... | 07/10/2001 |
| 6202651 | Smoking articles This invention provides a smoking article (1) having reduced sidestream smoke in the inter-puff period. A smoking article (1) according to the invention may comprise segments of a high level of tobacco-containing material (5) interconnected by segments of... | 03/20/2001 |
| 5983901 | Smoking articles This invention provides a smoking article having reduced sidestream smoke in the inter-puff period. A smoking article according to the invention may comprise a lengthwise, axially extending, tobacco-containing or non-tobacco fuse portion which sustains sm... | 11/16/1999 |
| 5878753 | Smoking article wrapper for controlling ignition proclivity of a smoking article without affecting smoking characteristics A smoking article wrapper has discrete areas of reduced permeability for improving ignition proclivity characteristics of a smoking article. The reduced permeability areas define a gradually decreasing permeability profile in a burning direction of the sm... | 03/09/1999 |
| 5878754 | Smoking article wrapper for controlling ignition proclivity of a smoking article A smoking article wrapper having improved ignition proclivity characteristics includes discrete areas of an outer circumferential surface of the wrapper treated with a non-aqueous solution of a solvent soluble cellulosic polymer dissolved in a non-aqueous... | 03/09/1999 |
| 5778898 | Self-extinguishing cigarette, cigar, and the like A self-extinguishing cigarette includes a cigarette body, a deformed sleeve made of vinyl plastics for slidably moving around the cigarette body, and an annular stopper attached on one end of a cigarette filter, whereby, upon moving the sleeve to a flame ... | 07/14/1998 |
| 5722432 | Smoking articles This invention provides a smoking article having reduced sidestream smoke in the inter-puff period. A smoking article according to the invention may comprise segments of a high level of tobacco-containing material interconnected by segments of low level o... | 03/03/1998 |
| 5595195 | Cigarette with installed fire extinguisher A cigarette which includes a cylindrical collapsible water reservoir axially embedded in the filter-tip to hold water, an inflammable nozzle tube axially embedded in the tobacco within the outer paper tube of the cigarette and longitudinally connected to ... | 01/21/1997 |
| 5450863 | Smoking article wrapper and method for making same A smoking article wrapper comprising a base web material having a first burn rate and one or more regions having a second burn rate is provided. The regions having a second burn rate are comprised of a composite layer structure of: said base web material,... | 09/19/1995 |
| 5417228 | Smoking article wrapper for controlling burn rate and method for making same This invention relates to the control of the burn rate of a cigarette. The burn rate is controlled by the use of a paper wrapper to which regions of cellulosic material is applied and bonded. The cellulosic material is applied during a manufacturing step ... | 05/23/1995 |
| 5404891 | Automatically extinguishable cigarette An automatically extinguishable cigarette includes: a tobacco section in which tobacco is rolled up; a filter section; and an extinguishing member consisting of a cylindrical member provided between the tobacco section and the filter section and formed of... | 04/11/1995 |
| 5394894 | Method and apparatus for elimination of smoking A smoking inhibitor ring for placement on a cigarette to limit the length of available cigarette to smoke has concentric aluminum cylindrical, uniformly spaced apart inner and outer walls joined at each end by closures, the insulation space between the in... | 03/07/1995 |
| 5327915 | Smoking article A smoking article includes a fuel rod coaxially aligned with and circumscribing two insulating tubes of different heat transfer coefficients wherein the inner most insulating tube is filled with an aerosol generating composition including flavor vaporizin... | 07/12/1994 |
| 5263999 | Smoking article wrapper for controlling burn rate and method for making same This invention relates to the control of the burn rate of a cigarette. The burn rate is controlled by the use of a paper wrapper to which regions of cellulosic material is applied and bonded. The cellulosic material is applied during a manufacturing step ... | 11/23/1993 |
| 5174309 | Cigarette with installed fire extinguisher A cigarette includes a cigarette portion, a filter portion and a fire extinguishing portion installed therebetween. The fire extinguishing portion has a doughnut shape cross-section and includes a thinner outer peripheral wall and a thicker inner peripher... | 12/29/1992 |
| 5105835 | Smoking articles There is provided a smoking article having a mouthpiece 9 and a rod of smoking material 12 wrapped in a wrapper 14. A rod 15 constructed of for example activated carbon is provided within the smoking material 12. Between puffs the smoking material extingu... | 04/21/1992 |
| 4979522 | Automatic cigarette extinguishing apparatus An automatic cigarette extinguishing apparatus includes a tank portion located at an arbitrary position inside tobacco and made of a material having a melting point lower than a combustion temperature of the tobacco, and an extinguishing agent stored in t... | 12/25/1990 |
| 4945932 | Cigarette which goes out rapidly or is self-extinguishing There is disclosed a cigarette which extinguishes rapidly wherein the tobacco in the cigarette is surrounded by a casing of cigarette paper having areas with lesser and greater air permeability in the form of patterned annular zones.... | 08/07/1990 |
| 4915117 | Cigarette A cigarette comprising a thin sheet for holding tobacco. The thin sheet is formed of a ceramic sheet by thermal decomposition of a woven or nonwoven fabric of ceramic fiber at a high temperature which produces no harmful organic substance with heat occurr... | 04/10/1990 |
