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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4195646 | Process for shredding tobacco stems A process for shredding tobacco stems into fibrillar stem fragments by striking stem shards protreptically against the inertia thereof while in dynamic suspension.... | 04/01/1980 |
| 4182743 | Filter material for selective removal of aldehydes for cigarette smoke A gas-permeable substrate, particularly adapted for the selective removal of aldehydes from gases, comprising a granular carrier containing concentrated hydrogen peroxide, water and a hydrophilic stabilizer for said hydrogen peroxide.... | 01/08/1980 |
| 4178945 | Cigarettes having an individual lighting means, and method of making thereof A cigarette, small cigar or the like includes an individual lighting device which is applied to the fore end of the tube or tubular cover of the cigarette. The lighting device includes an essentially annular outer component which is adjacent to the fore e... | 12/18/1979 |
| 4177822 | Tobacco composition A smoking composition comprising tobacco and a catalytic agent for causing a decrease in the yield of polycyclic aromatic compounds arising from pyrolytic reactions of the composition, the agent being selected from the group consisting of finely divided u... | 12/11/1979 |
| 4175570 | Apparatus for building a continuous tobacco stream Apparatus for building a continuous tobacco stream at the underside of the lower reach of an endless foraminous conveyor belt has an upright duct with an inlet at or close to the lower end and a narrow channel-like outlet below the lower reach of the belt... | 11/27/1979 |
| 4172460 | Hand operated smoking device A smoking device is provided which is hand operated and does not require suction or mouth contact.... | 10/30/1979 |
| 4171703 | Multiple bowl arrangement for water pipe or bong A multiple bowl arrangement for a water pipe, bong or other smoking device in the form of a mounting base in place of the conventional bowl and a turret or magazine with multiple bowls rotatably mounted on the base so that each bowl is brought into succes... | 10/23/1979 |
| 4171705 | Cigarette filter This invention relates to a cigarette filter of cellulosic material composed at least partially of modified cellulose modified with at least one fatty acid group containing at least 14 carbon atoms in the molecule selected from the group consisting of a c... | 10/23/1979 |
| 4171000 | Smoking device A smoking device for aspirating gas-containing mixtures is described which comprises a mouthpiece with at least one suction duct connected to an intermediate chamber, a pressure vessel filled with a mixture disposed next to the intermediate chamber and in... | 10/16/1979 |
| 4170236 | Isobutyl substituted heterocyclic compounds and uses for augmenting or enhancing the organoleptic properties of smoking compositions Process and product for use in augmenting or enhancing the aroma and taste of smoking compositions comprising the addition of 2,4,6-triisobutyl-1,3,5-trioxane.... | 10/09/1979 |
| 4167947 | Substituted bicyclooctenemethanols, process for producing same and uses of same for augmenting or enhancing the organoleptic properties of smoking compositions The use of unsaturated bicyclooctenemethanols to augment or enhance the organoleptic properties of smoking composition, together with compositions containing such bicyclooctenemethanols and processes for preparing them, said bicyclooctenemethanols having ... | 09/18/1979 |
| 4167191 | Tobacco drying process The disclosure is of a process for reducing the moisture content of expanded tobacco while minimizing yield losses and reducing particle lamination while maintaining filling power. The process comprises drying the expanded tobacco at a temperature within ... | 09/11/1979 |
| 4165752 | Tobacco substitute made from coffee cherries and a process for making such A tobacco substitute made from whole coffee cherries.... | 08/28/1979 |
| 4164948 | Method for making artificial tobacco and apparatus for performing said method Method for making artificial tobacco. Comprises preparing a homogenous composition from finely divided plant material and additives, this composition having a moisture content of from about 20 to 50 percent by weight, forming said composition into strand ... | 08/21/1979 |
| 4164229 | Portable cigarette making machine A portable cigarette making machine which has a horizontal conveyor belt adapted to support a continuous strip of cigarette paper, paper forming means which engage the conveyor belt and cause it to fold the cigarette paper into a concave trough, a conveyo... | 08/14/1979 |
| 4163453 | 7-Alkoxy-1,2-benzopyrones as tobacco flavorants A process for improving, enhancing or modifying the organoleptic properties of tobacco products which comprises adding thereto a compound possessing the following formula: ##STR1## wherein R represents a straight or branched-chain alkyl, alkenyl or c... | 08/07/1979 |
| 4161953 | Method of puffing tobacco tissue Tobacco tissue is puffed by admixing with it hot water, preferably in the form of droplets, in amounts which are substantially completely absorbed by the tobacco in five minutes or less and thus cause puffing of the tobacco cell walls, and freeze drying t... | 07/24/1979 |
| 4161181 | Smoke filtering ashtrays An ashtray open at the top for supporting burning cigarettes and collecting cigarette butts is mounted over a small battery driven DC motor which drives a closed face centrifical fan which, when activated, draws air and smoke through a replaceable cartrid... | 07/17/1979 |
| 4156431 | Smoke processing An unsulfonated cross-linked polystyrene, silicic acid and a binder comprise a tobacco smoke filter for removing essentially all nitrosamines and secondary amines from the tobacco smoke passing through the tobacco filter attached to the normally unlighted... | 05/29/1979 |
| 4155367 | Apparatus for producing a continuous tobacco stream A distributor for use in cigarette makers wherein an upright duct receives loose tobacco shreds and discharges the thus formed tobacco column into a compacting device therebelow. The compacting device has two endless belts whose inner reaches are located ... | 05/22/1979 |
| 4155368 | Smoking pipe seasoner A mount is provided including a support for supporting a pipe therefrom with the bowl portion of the pipe opening upwardly and vacuum generator structure is supported from the mount and includes an inlet and an outlet. Passage defining structure is provid... | 05/22/1979 |
| 4153055 | Plastic composition manufacture thereof, and pad formed therewith A plastic composition adapted for use in contact with the skin, especially in the form of a pad applied to the skin, is manufactured by reacting a mixture of acrylamide-beta methacryloxyethyltrimethylammonium methyl sulfate copolymer, up to about 10 parts... | 05/08/1979 |
| 4153063 | Process for the extraction of nicotine from tobacco Process for extracting nicotine is disclosed in which tobacco is exposed to an extracting solvent in either liquid or gaseous state at temperatures below about 100° C. and at high pressures. The aroma generating substances can be removed by conducting th... | 05/08/1979 |
| 4153064 | Cigarette filters Cigarette filters are prepared by blooming a tow of cellulose acetate fibers, adding or spraying onto the bloomed tow from 1 to 20% by weight (based on the weight of the cellulose acetate fibers) of a plasticizer composed solely of, or comprising as one i... | 05/08/1979 |
| 4151848 | Tobacco with reduced nicotine content due to microbial treatment A process for the reduction of the nicotine content of tobacco by microbial treatment is disclosed. Tobacco is subjected, under controlled conditions, to the action of a microorganism effective to degrade nicotine through a biochemical reaction in which, ... | 05/01/1979 |
| 4150677 | Treatment of tobacco A process is provided for the treatment of tobacco which comprises the steps of: (1) contacting tobacco which contains relatively high quantities of desirable flavorants, and which may also contain relatively high quantities of materials which may produce... | 04/24/1979 |
| 4149548 | Therapeutic cigarette-substitute In a preferred embodiment, there is provided an elongated article having a simulated-appearance of a cigarette but being a chemically-resistant chewable plastic having each of opposite ends thereof coated with an edible material preferably inclusive of a ... | 04/17/1979 |
| 4149545 | Cigarette making and packing system Two cigarette making machines are interconnected to a single cigarette packing machine via a transfer system which uses individual conveyors to convey the cigarettes from each making machine to a single chute leading to the packing machine. The flow of ci... | 04/17/1979 |
| 4149549 | 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... | 04/17/1979 |
| 4149546 | Production of tobacco-smoke filters For shaping a component of a smoke filter, a rod of the material to be shaped and a heated former are relatively moved in contact with each other, in an arcuate path, in a direction transverse to the longitudinal axis of the rod, whereby an impression, fo... | 04/17/1979 |
| 4148328 | Safety smoker A base member has a recess in its top surface, and the bottom wall of the recess has a vertical socket arranged to hold a cigarette upright. A flexible tube is connected into the base member for communication with the socket and has a smoking tip whereby ... | 04/10/1979 |
| 4148326 | Automatic loading bong A smoking device such as a bong, or water pipe, for smoking rare and expensive tobacco whereby the smoke is filtered by a liquid substance such as water before it is inhaled by the user. The bong includes a smoking bowl for holding the tobacco and allowin... | 04/10/1979 |
| 4148325 | Treatment of tobacco The invention concerns a method and apparatus for conditioning and/or drying or otherwise treating tobacco, in which cut tobacco is treated with a liquid and/or vapour medium in a chamber in which a columnar bed of the tobacco is maintained in a fluidized... | 04/10/1979 |
| 4147172 | Smoking mixtures A smoking material in film form comprising a film-forming binder, inorganic filler and a smectite, particularly a bentonite, which smectite is finely dispersed throughout the material. Fine dispersion is achieved by high energy input during mixing with wa... | 04/03/1979 |
| 4147173 | Apparatus for monitoring rod-shaped commodities in cigarette making machines or the like A cigarette making machine wherein discrete cigarettes travelling from the cutoff to a transfer conveyor slide along the upper side of a light transmitting guide. A photoelectric detector is mounted below and is shielded by the guide from tobacco dust whi... | 04/03/1979 |
| 4146041 | Brown cigarette wrappers The present invention relates to brown cigarette paper having reduced gas phase constituents during pyrolysis wherein the paper which has been stained with humic acid or salts thereof is further treated by washing with water in an amount effective to redu... | 03/27/1979 |
| 4146040 | Cigarettes A fire resistant cigarette has a wrapper having a coating applied as a dual treatment comprising the separate steps of coating the wrapper with a solution of an alkali metal silicate and coating the wrapper with a pH lowering material wherein the pH lower... | 03/27/1979 |
| 4146043 | Device for extinguishing lit objects A device for extinguishing lit objects comprising a water raising pipe which raises a level of water to a wall where lit objects are extinguished.... | 03/27/1979 |
| 4144896 | Method and apparatus for joining strips cut from tobacco leaves together to form a ribbon Method and apparatus for joining together substantially rectangular random length strips cut from tobacco leaves to form a continuous band on an endless tape.... | 03/20/1979 |
| 4145464 | Absorbent articles A nonwoven absorbent structure usable by itself, as a wiper for example, or usable in combination with other elements, such as an internal absorbent member of a disposable diaper. The absorbent structure includes a dry-formed fibrous section in which the ... | 03/20/1979 |
