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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6883523 | Cigarette having porous heat transfer tube A smoking article includes a cylinder of smoking material, a filter attached to the cylinder of smoking material, and a tube of preferably porous and/or perforated material adapted to collapse at an open end upon exposure to thermal energy and preferably extending f... | 04/26/2005 |
| 6874508 | Cigarette with smoke constituent attenuator Smoke constituent reduction is achieved by resolving from puff-to-puff analysis at which location along a tobacco rod production of a particular smoke constituent is maximized, and locally applying an attenuator at said resolved location to reduce production of the ... | 04/05/2005 |
| 6868855 | Cigarette with smoke constituent attenuator Smoke constituent reduction is achieved by resolving from puff-to-puff analysis at which location along a tobacco rod production of a particular smoke constituent is maximized, and locally applying an attenuator at said resolved location to reduce production of the ... | 03/22/2005 |
| 6860273 | Cigarette with adsorbent at tip end thereof A zone or plug of porous adsorbent material, primarily activated carbon, is placed in the tobacco rod of a cigarette a short distance from the lighting end thereof. The amount of activated carbon is sufficient for effective removal of volatile smoke constituents whi... | 03/01/2005 |
| 6701936 | Cigarette with smoke constituent attenuator Smoke constituent reduction is achieved by resolving from puff-to-puff analysis at which location along a tobacco rod production of a particular smoke constituent is maximized, and locally applying an attenuator at said resolved location to reduce product... | 03/09/2004 |
| 6637439 | Tobacco smoking mixture for smoking articles such as cigarettes A tobacco smoking mixture is provided that includes tobacco and at least one inorganic particulate material. The at least one inorganic particulate material is effective to reduce the temperature of a burning portion of the tobacco smoking mixture upon co... | 10/28/2003 |
| 5954061 | Cigarette aeration and filtration device A device comprising a filter and a rod which is capable of insertion into a cigarette cord that has a preformed conduit extending concentrically along the longitudinal axis of the cord. The rod having a plurality of perforations along its entire length, a... | 09/21/1999 |
| 5830318 | High opacity tipping paper The present invention is directed to a tipping paper adapted for wrapping a filter of a smoking article. The tipping paper contains a pigment made from calcium carbonate particles having a median size of between about 0.1 microns to about 0.5 microns. The... | 11/03/1998 |
| 5135009 | Smokable article The present invention relates to a smokable article which is intended to permit the smoker to avoid the condensates usually present in the smoke while retaining the taste experience familiar from conventional cigarettes; this is achieved in that a sheet-l... | 08/04/1992 |
| 4984588 | Low delivery cigarette A smoking article (10) is disclosed, in which a tube (12) of combustible, heat fusible material is surrounded by tobacco filler (14) and wrapper (16). Tube (12) extends from approximately 5 mm from the mouth end of the filter to within approximately 10 mm... | 01/15/1991 |
| 4972856 | Cigarette filter suitable for being fitted in a cigarette A filter applicable to a cigarette and fitted therein by a user includes an elongated part fitted in a mouth provided in a cigarette and a flange which seals the cigarette mouth when the elongated part is inserted thereinto.... | 11/27/1990 |
| 4924886 | Smoking article A smoking device includes a tobacco column having a wrapper and either a mouthpiece or filter rod located coaxially at one end of the tobacco column. A rigid tube is concentrically located in the tobacco column. A substrate of porous material is located w... | 05/15/1990 |
| 4637409 | Tobacco smoke filter and method and apparatus for making same An improved tobacco smoke filter is characterized by longitudinally continuous grooves running from end-to-end in the peripheral surface of a smoke-impervious filter plug wrap. Smoke-impervious tipping surrounds the plug wrap to seal the grooves except fo... | 01/20/1987 |
| 4595024 | Segmented cigarette A cigarette, having a tobacco rod consisting of at least two segments. The segment toward the filter end of the tobacco rod has a density at least 20% greater than the fire-end segment. The density differential may be combined with a nicotine differential... | 06/17/1986 |
| 4457319 | Cigarette filter A filter for a cigarette which includes a centrally disposed generally conical baffle at the mouth end thereof with its conically shaped wall diverging in the general direction of the flow of smoke through the filter to divert the smoke exiting from the c... | 07/03/1984 |
| 4434804 | Smoking article Smoking articles, e.g. cigarettes, are disclosed into the fuel rod of which particulate smoke-modifying agent has been introduced in such a manner that the concentration of the agent is greater at one or each end of the fuel rod than that at the middle re... | 03/06/1984 |
| 4424819 | Cigarette filter A filter for a cigarette includes a porous filter rod circumscribed by a non-porous or air impermeable wrapper, and ventilating air grooves embedded in the wrapped filter rod which extend from one end of the filter rod a preselected distance generally lon... | 01/10/1984 |
| 4362172 | Cigarette filter A filter for a cigarette includes a porous filter rod circumscribed by a non-porous wrapper and a tipping material having selected openings therein for allowing ventilating air to pass therethrough. Spacing members are disposed between the non-porous wrap... | 12/07/1982 |
| 4331166 | Cigarette The sensory effect of cigarette smoke is improved by using a disc (24) to shape the flow of smoke (32) leaving smoking article (10) into a divergent pattern, thus increasing the perceived flavor of the cigarette. The effect is most useful with cigarettes ... | 05/25/1982 |
| 4027679 | Tobacco product This invention provides a smoke vector for a cigarette, and the like, for modifying or altering the mainstream smoke at or near the combustion zone or burning zone. The smoke vector comprises a thin walled elongated, impervious tube-like member or vector ... | 06/07/1977 |
