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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7836897 | Cigarette having configured lighting end The lighting end or tip of the smoking article is configured in such a manner that the entire front or upstream face thereof does not lie in a plane that is generally perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the smoking article. For example, at least a portion of t... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7398783 | Smoking article The invention relates to a reconstituted smoking material which comprises a non-polyol aerosol generator, tobacco (optional), binder (optional) and inorganic filler. A further polyol aerosol generator may also be contained in the smoking material. There is also prov... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7287531 | Method of making a smoking product A method of making a smoking product of a cigarette type which can be quickly and personally made in one minute and can be filled with any amount and type of tobacco according to the smoker's will. ... | 10/30/2007 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 6848450 | Cigarette filter using intermetallic compounds A filter such as a cigarette filter having a metal reagent which selectively binds with a gaseous component of a gas stream such as tobacco smoke. The metal reagent comprises nanometer or micrometer size clusters of a transition metal or alloy containing a transitio... | 02/01/2005 |
| 6832613 | Filter cigarette A cigarette filter is surrounded by a wrapping paper, and the wrapping paper includes metal only on portion of a surface thereof, such that air can penetrate through the wrapping paper into the filter. ... | 12/21/2004 |
| 6823872 | Smoking article with reduced carbon monoxide delivery The present invention is generally directed to smoking articles having reduced carbon monoxide delivery. In order to reduce carbon monoxide delivery, the wrapping papers used to construct the smoking article has a fiber basis weight of less than about 18 gsm. Smokin... | 11/30/2004 |
| 6718987 | Smokers′ article The present invention pertains to the tobacco industry and may be used in the production of smokers' articles that include a mouthpiece and consist of a new product that conjugates the functional properties and qualities of cigarettes with a cardboard mouthpiece and... | 04/13/2004 |
| 6708695 | Cigarette rod product with different densities An asymmetrical trimmer disk/paddle wheel apparatus for trimming tobacco from a stream or braid of cut tobacco in a cigarette maker comprises a pair of counter rotating disks with a plurality of pockets arranged to coact with one another to trim off excess tobacco a... | 03/23/2004 |
| 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 |
| 6688313 | Electrical smoking system and method An electrical smoking system comprising a cigarette and an electric lighter, wherein the cigarette comprises a tubular tobacco mat partially filled with material tobacco so as to define a filled tobacco rod portion and an unfilled tobacco rod portion. The... | 02/10/2004 |
| 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 |
| 6615840 | Electrical smoking system and method An electrical smoking system comprising a cigarette and an electric lighter, wherein the cigarette comprises a wrapper surrounding a tubular tobacco mat partially filled with material tobacco so as to define a filled tobacco rod portion and an unfilled to... | 09/09/2003 |
| 6598607 | Non-combustible smoking device and fuel element A non-combustible smoking article is provided in which a flavor generating medium, such as a commercially available cigarette, is heated with a fuel element including a liquid fuel therein to generate flavors or other components in vapor or aerosol form. ... | 07/29/2003 |
| 6584979 | High efficiency cigarette filters having shaped microcavity fibers impregnated with adsorbent or absorbent materials This invention is a highly efficient filter containing fibers that contain small particle size adsorbents/absorbents such as carbon and/or silica to selectively reduce targeted components in mainstream cigarette smoke. The invention relates to a novel cla... | 07/01/2003 |
| 6568402 | Multi-ply cigarette filter wrapper The cigarette filter wrapper paper has a paper layer which has a first surface and a second surface. The filter wrapper paper exhibits a first overlap air permeability, measured when a perforated tip paper is overlapped on the first surface, and a second ... | 05/27/2003 |
| 6550483 | Smoking article with water-disintegratable paper filtration material having water-susceptible adhesives A cigarette is provided with a filter comprising a filter element of water-disintegratable paper. The paper is water swellable and/or the filter element comprises a water swellable agent. Tipping which interattaches the filter to the tobacco rod of the ci... | 04/22/2003 |
| 6532965 | Smoking article using steam as an aerosol-generating source A non-burning cigarette holder is comprised of an upstream cylindrical section of a low heat conducting material and a downstream cylindrical section of a relatively high heat conducting material. The upstream cylindrical section has a first upstream cham... | 03/18/2003 |
| 6502582 | Thin cigarettes having filter elements with distinct relative retentions The invention relates to a filter cigarette with a tobacco strand enclosed by a cigarette paper, which has a diameter of 5-7 mm, with a smoke yield of at most 1 mg condensate, with a tobacco-side filter element having a relative retention of >90%, with a ... | 01/07/2003 |
| 6481442 | Smoking article including a filter for selectively removing carbonyls A smoking article including a wrapper surrounding a tobacco column and a selective filter element is disclosed. The selective filter element includes at least one carrier having a developed structure and a plurality of moieties capable of the nucleophilic... | 11/19/2002 |
| 6457475 | Cigarette having projections of an embossed plug wrap attached to a tipping paper A filter-tipped cigarette comprises a tobacco rod including a tobacco filler and a tobacco wrapper paper wrapped around the tobacco filler, a filter including a filter member and a filter wrapper paper integrally wrapped around the filter member, and a ti... | 10/01/2002 |
| 6302114 | Tobacco smoke filter The present invention provides a tobacco smoke filter or filter element having a longitudinally extending core (2) and a wrapper (4) engaged around the core (2), the wrapper (4) having particulate additive (6) adhered to one or more portion(s) of the radi... | 10/16/2001 |
| 6206008 | Make your own cigarettes A non-smokable tobacco product comprises a rod-shaped element of cigarette tobacco with a filter element at one end and both enclosed by a tubular wrapper. The product is rendered unsmokable by a perforation extending through the wrapper of the tobacco or... | 03/27/2001 |
| 6178969 | Aerosol delivery smoking article The present invention relate to a smoking device where heated air forms an aerosol which is conveyed to a user without significant burning or combustion of the aerosol supported substrate.... | 01/30/2001 |
| 6067995 | Coaxial cigarette having cross stream barrier The invention relates to a coaxial cigarette including a rod comprising a rod core, a rod core wrapping, a rod jacket and a rod jacket wrapping; and a filter comprising a filter core, a filter core wrapping, a filter jacket and a filter jacket wrapping, a... | 05/30/2000 |
| 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 |
| 5944025 | Smokeless method and article utilizing catalytic heat source for controlling products of combustion A smoking article and its method of construction and operation to provide products of combustion which are used to form flavorable aerosol gases delivered to the smoker's mouth while controlling the composition of such gases of combustion. Hot gases gener... | 08/31/1999 |
| 5845648 | Multi-compartment expandable filter for a smoking product A filter which will be attached to the end of a smoking product such as a cigarette. It would have a normal filter connected to the tube of tobacco, with a dual chamber which holds fine tobacco dust particles in one chamber. The other chamber would contai... | 12/08/1998 |
| 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 |
| 5816263 | Cigarette for electrical smoking system A novel cigarette adapted for use in an electrical cigarette system comprising a tobacco rod having filled and unfilled tobacco rod portions and being arranged so that electrical heater elements may overlap the filled and unfilled tobacco rod portions. Th... | 10/06/1998 |
| 5730160 | Segmented filter cigarette The invention relates to a segmented filter cigarette comprising a tobacco rod including at least two segments of differing tobacco fillings, a wrapping for said tobacco rod, and a filter, said at least two segments of said tobacco rod having a coaxial st... | 03/24/1998 |
| 5722433 | Water-dispersible sheet for cigarettes and cigarette using the same A water-dispersible sheet for cigarettes and a cigarette using the sheet are described. The sheet comprises a water-resolvable base paper and a water-dispersible coating layer containing water-soluble polymer formed on the surface of the base paper, where... | 03/03/1998 |
| 5690127 | Hollow cigarette A cigarette comprises a hollow rod for directing smoke and air from the lit end of the cigarette to a filter located at the mouth end of the cigarette. The rod is formed of tobacco material and/or other carbonaceous material, together with a binder and pr... | 11/25/1997 |
| 5623952 | Method and apparatus for making filter cigarettes The web of tipping paper which is being advanced in a filter tipping machine from a source to the station where the web is subdivided into uniting bands ready for draping around groups of coaxial plain cigarettes and filter rod sections is provided with p... | 04/29/1997 |
| 5568819 | Cigarette filter A cigarette includes a filter element including a carbon-containing paper or a paper containing molecular sieves. The paper contacts the filter material, such as cellulose acetate tow, within the filter element, either by circumscribing the filter materia... | 10/29/1996 |
| 5453144 | Method of making biodegradable cigarette filters using water sensitive hot melt adhesives In a process for manufacturing degradable cigarette filters wherein adhesive is applied to at least one longitudinal edge of the plug wrap paper, a bond is made while the adhesive is molten and the resultant bond is held in compression for sufficient time... | 09/26/1995 |
