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Smoking article

Patent 5345951 Issued on September 13, 1994. Estimated Expiration Date: Icon_subject August 12, 2012. 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.

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Inventors

Application

No. 927734 filed on 08/12/1992

US Classes:

131/194, Heat exchanging and/or insulating131/196, Spaced inner bowl131/354, Material coated with tobacco dust or particle131/365Wrapper or binder

Examiners

Primary: Bahr, Jennifer

Attorney, Agent or Firm

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International Class

A24D 001/00

Abstract

A smoking article in which a flavored aerosol is generated by heat transfer to a flavor bed from the combustion of a heat source is provided. The article generates substantially no sidestream smoke. The transfer of heat from the heat source to the flavor bed is accomplished by convective and radiative heat transfer.

Other References

  • Yagi, S. "Studies on Effective Thermal Conductivities in Packed Beds," AIChE Journal, vol. 3, No. 3, Sep. 1957, pp. 373-381
  • Dunhill, A., The Pipe Book (London, 1924), pp. 37-3
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