Foamed, extruded, coherent multistrand smoking articles
Patent 4632131 Issued on December 30, 1986. Estimated Expiration Date: 
June 3, 2005. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.
June 3, 2005. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.Patent ReferencesInventors
ApplicationNo. 06/740325 filed on 06/03/1985US Classes:131/355, Tobacco particles bonded by nontobacco adhesive131/369, METHOD OR APPARATUS FOR MAKING TOBACCO SUBSTITUTE131/375, Extrusion131/77, Molding or forming131/78, Combined131/79, With tobacco treatment131/80With plural molding or formingExaminersPrimary: Millin, V.Attorney, Agent or FirmInternational ClassesA24B 3/14 (20060101)A24B 15/14 (20060101) A24B 15/00 (20060101) A24B 3/00 (20060101) AbstractAn extruded, coherent, multistrand, tobacco-containing, generally cylindrical smoking article and a process for making it are disclosed. The smoking article contains a plurality of strands that are adhered to one another so as to form passageways between the strands, the passageways extending generally along the longitude of the smoking article. The configuration of the strands and passageways provides sufficient heat transfer area and/or residence time for the smoke drawn by a smoker to cool to an acceptable level. | |
