Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
131335000 | By adding constituent to smoke stream | 58 |
20080314401 | Smoking Article - A smoking article comprises a distal end which, in use, contains a smoke producing substance. A proximal end has smoke drawn from it during smoking. At least one channel is provided which runs from the proximal end to at least part way towards the distal end. At least one vent hole is arranged such that an airflow path is defined through the vent hole, via the channel and to the proximal end of the smoking article. A smoke supplement composition is housed along the airflow path, such that, when the smoking article is smoked, air is drawn along the airflow path and over the composition so that the composition becomes air born and is delivered to the smoker. | 12-25-2008 |
20120055496 | Multi-Filter for a Smoking Product - Filter for a smoking product ( | 03-08-2012 |
20120260928 | Fluid Release Mechanism - A fluid release mechanism for a smoking article comprises two longitudinally arranged parts ( | 10-18-2012 |
20120272977 | Flow Control Device For A Smoking Article - A smoking article such as a filter cigarette includes a rotary flow control device ( | 11-01-2012 |
20130032161 | Flow Control Device for a Smoking Article - A flow control device | 02-07-2013 |
20130220353 | METHOD OF PRODUCING FLAVOR-RELEASING GRANULES, FLAVOR-RELEASING GRANULES, AND CIGARETTE FILTER CONTAINING FLAVOR-RELEASING GRANULES - A method of producing flavor-releasing granules, includes adding ethanol, together with a plurality of flavorant compounds, to an aqueous solution containing a plurality of cyclodextrin compounds and conducting stirring to include the flavorant compounds within the cyclodextrin compounds, intermittently spraying the obtained aqueous solution onto hygroscopic core particles in a state of planetary motion to adhere the flavorant inclusion cyclodextrin compounds to the respective surfaces of the core particles. | 08-29-2013 |
20130312778 | FILTER FOR CIGARETTE AND FILTER-TIPPED CIGARETTE - A filter for a cigarette including a filter body and an flavor-releasing member which includes a flavorant carrier constituted of one or more discrete yarns and a plurality of flavor-releasing components carried by the flavorant carrier, wherein the flavor-releasing member is incorporated in the filter body, extending along a central axis of the filter body, one flavor-releasing component releases flavor different from other one or more flavor-releasing components, flavor-releasing behavior of one flavor-releasing component is different from that of other one or more flavor-releasing components, and the flavor-releasing component is a pure flavorant, a pure flavorant combined with cyclodextrin, or a pure flavorant combined with dextrin. | 11-28-2013 |
20140123991 | FLAVORANT-CARRYING ADSORBENT PARTICLE, CIGARETTE FILTER, FILTER-TIPPED CIGARETTE, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING FLAVORANT-CARRYING ADSORBENT PARTICLE - A flavorant-carrying adsorbent particle comprising an adsorbent core particle having a BET specific surface area of 700 m | 05-08-2014 |
20140166031 | Filter for a Smoking Article | 06-19-2014 |
20140209111 | AN ADDITIVE RELEASE ASSEMBLY, A FILTER FOR A SMOKING ARTICLE, A SMOKING ARTICLE AND A METHOD OF MANUFACTURING - An additive release assembly, a filter for a smoking article, a smoking article and a method of manufacturing An additive release assembly ( | 07-31-2014 |
20140209112 | SMOKING ARTICLE FILTER - A smoking article filter ( | 07-31-2014 |
20140251357 | DEVICE FOR TREATING A SMOKING ARTICLE | 09-11-2014 |
20150059789 | TOBACCO SMOKE FILTER - A tobacco smoke filter or filter element including a nonwoven fabric, wherein the nonwoven fabric comprises: a sheet of staple fibres; and a water soluble binder; wherein the water soluble binder is uniformly coated on at least one face of the sheet of staple fibres. The filter has superior biodegradability. | 03-05-2015 |
20150296878 | FILTER FOR A SMOKING ARTICLE - A filter for a smoking article has a first filter section comprising a filter material and a smoke modifying additive disposed in an axial region thereof and a second filter section connected to the first filter section and having at least one channel located in an axial region thereof for directing smoke, in use, through the axial region of the first filter section. The smoke modifying additive can comprise a flavourant such as menthol and the second filter section can comprise a tubular section of fibrous filter material. An adsorbent filter section can also be provided. | 10-22-2015 |
20150313278 | Insertable Filter Unit - An insertable filter unit for insertion into a smoking article filter having a recess, wherein the insertable filter unit comprises an outer casing defining a cavity for storing a smoke modifying agent, and wherein the insertable filter unit is arranged to be inserted into the recess of the smoking article filter by a user. | 11-05-2015 |
20160120216 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING AN AIRFLOW DIRECTING SEGMENT FOR A SMOKING ARTICLE - There is provided a method and apparatus for manufacturing an airflow directing segment for a smoking article. The method includes feeding a continuous web of material having a first longitudinal edge and a second longitudinal edge; applying adhesive to the web material; forming the web into a channel; forming the channel into a closed tube of web material, the first longitudinal edge overlapping with the second longitudinal edge; compressing the tube of web material; feeding at least one continuous porous material about the formed tube of web material to form a substantially continuous airflow directing segment; and cutting the substantially continuous airflow directing segment to form discrete airflow directing segments. There is also provided a smoking article including the airflow directing segment. | 05-05-2016 |
20160249675 | Additive releasing materials | 09-01-2016 |
131336000 | Air | 20 |
20080202540 | Cigarette Customization Apparatus and Associated Method - An apparatus for customizing an as-formed cigarette is provided, wherein the as-formed cigarette has a cylindrical rod configuration defining a longitudinal axis, and includes a filter rod portion and a contiguous tobacco rod portion. Such an apparatus comprises a feeder unit configured to feed an as-formed cigarette, from a plurality of as-formed cigarettes, to a register position. An imprinting unit is configured to interact with the as-formed cigarette in the register position so as to imprint at least one of an alphanumeric character and a graphical character thereon. An associated method is also provided. | 08-28-2008 |
20090293894 | SMOKING ARTICLE WITH TRANSPARENT SECTION - A smoking article includes a tobacco rod, a filter located at the mouth end of the smoking article, at least one tipping material, to attach the filter to the tobacco rod, wherein the at least one tipping material includes at least one transparent section, wherein the smoking article further includes a ventilation zone upstream of the at least one transparent section. A tipping material for such a smoking article is also disclosed. | 12-03-2009 |
20110155155 | Filter for a Smoking Article - A multi-section filter ( | 06-30-2011 |
20120060855 | Smoking article filter - A filter for a smoking article comprises elongate body | 03-15-2012 |
20140060558 | Ventilating Sheath for Smoking Article - A sheath for a smoking article, such as a filter cigarette, including an exterior sheath ( | 03-06-2014 |
20140238425 | SMOKING ARTICLE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A SMOKING ARTICLE - Smoking article and method of manufacturing a smoking article A smoking article ( | 08-28-2014 |
20140238426 | SMOKING ARTICLES AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A smoking article including: a first part defining a first end surface, and a second part defining a second end surface. The first part is rotatable relative to the second part. The first and second end surfaces are configured to engage to limit rotation between the first and second parts. | 08-28-2014 |
20140238427 | SMOKING ARTICLE HAVING A MOUTH END CAVITY WITH INDICIA - According to the invention there is provided a smoking article ( | 08-28-2014 |
20140299144 | SMOKING ARTICLE - A smoking article has a tobacco rod wrapped within a wrapping material and having first and second ends, a filter rod and ventilation, wherein the filter rod is connected to the first end of the tobacco rod by a tipping material partially overlapping the tobacco rod and at least partially overlapping the filter rod, and wherein the wrapping material is provided with a first region having a first permeability and/or porosity, the first region extending longitudinally along the tobacco rod from an intermediate position along the portion of the tobacco rod which is not overlapped by the tipping material towards the tipping material and with a second region having a second porosity and/or permeability higher than the first porosity and/or permeability, the second region extending longitudinally along the tobacco rod from the intermediate position towards the second end of the tobacco rod. | 10-09-2014 |
20140318562 | SMOKING ARTICLE WITH A VENTILATED MOUTHPIECE COMPRISING FIRST AND SECOND AIRFLOW PATHWAYS - A smoking article ( | 10-30-2014 |
20140326261 | MOUTHPIECE LINING PAPER FOR A SMOKING ARTICLE - A mouthpiece lining paper for a smoking article, which mouthpiece lining paper forms the outermost layer of the casing of the filter. The mouthpiece lining paper is provided with locally limited raised areas that are formed by hardened lacquer. Between the raised areas, surface regions of the mouthpiece lining paper are provided, above which the raised areas protrude by at least 5 μm in the direction perpendicular to the plane of the mouthpiece lining paper. | 11-06-2014 |
20150027476 | VENTILATED SMOKING ARTICLE INCLUDING SORBENT MATERIAL - A smoking article ( | 01-29-2015 |
20150096578 | TOBACCO SMOKE FILTER AND METHOD OF PRODUCTION - A product rod comprising a plurality of individual tobacco smoke filters or filter elements abutted end to end; and a wrapper engaged around the plurality of filters or filter elements, the wrapper including perforations. | 04-09-2015 |
20150144149 | SMOKING ARTICLE WITH CONCENTRIC FILTER - A smoking article (10) incorporates a tobacco rob ( | 05-28-2015 |
20150296877 | IMPERMEABLE BEAD IN HOLLOW CIGARETTE FILTER TUBE - There is provided a filter for a smoking article, the filter including a hollow tube of filter material having an outer diameter and an inner diameter. The filter further includes a flow restrictor disposed in the hollow tube. At least one cross sectional dimension of the flow restrictor is larger than the inner diameter of the hollow tube, such that the flow restrictor engages with the hollow tube to retain the flow restrictor in the hollow tube. There is also provided a smoking article including such a filter. | 10-22-2015 |
20150335066 | SMOKING ARTICLE - A smoking article comprises a first part ( | 11-26-2015 |
20150342248 | SMOKING ARTICLE - A smoking article comprises a first part ( | 12-03-2015 |
20160135495 | SMOKING ARTICLE COMPRISING A COMBUSTIBLE HEAT SOURCE WITH AT LEAST ONE AIRFLOW CHANNEL - A smoking article is provided, including a combustible heat source having opposed front and rear faces; one or more airflow channels extending from the front face to the rear face; an aerosol-forming substrate downstream of the rear face; a mouthpiece downstream of the aerosol-forming substrate; and one or more air inlets located downstream of the rear face and upstream of the mouthpiece. The one or more air inlets are located between the rear face and a downstream end of the aerosol-forming substrate. Air drawn through the aerosol-forming substrate enters the smoking article through the one or more airflow channels and the one or more air inlets, and at least some of the air drawn through the aerosol-forming substrate comes into direct contact with a combustible portion of the combustible heat source. | 05-19-2016 |
20160192699 | SMOKING ARTICLE FILTER FOR EASY EXTINGUISHING | 07-07-2016 |
20160374387 | Compositions and Methods for Producing Tobacco Plants and Products Having Altered Alkaloid Levels - The present disclosure provides the identification of tobacco Nic1 locus. Also provided are tobacco plants with altered total alkaloid and nicotine levels and commercially acceptable leaf grade, their development via breeding or transgenic approaches, and production of tobacco products from these tobacco plants. Also provided are compositions and methods for producing tobacco plants having novel Nic1 mutations or alleles to reduce nicotine levels. Further provided are sequence polymorphisms and molecular markers for breeding tobacco with reduced nicotine or nicotine free while maintaining tobacco leaf grade and tobacco product quality. | 12-29-2016 |
131337000 | Having destructible, fusible, soluble, or deformable container for treatment material | 21 |
20110100387 | CIGARETTES AND FILTER SUBASSEMBLIES WITH SQUEEZABLE FLAVOR CAPSULE AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURE - Improved delivery of additive materials to cigarettes is provided through the use of one or more capsules containing additive materials, such as flavor components, in the filter section of a cigarette. The capsule or capsules are provided between first and second absorbent members and the capsules are subjected to an external force, such as squeezing, by a smoker prior to or during smoking of the cigarette in order to release at least a portion of the additive material and expose the additive material to mainstream smoke passing through the filter. The capsules provide a barrier between the additive materials and other cigarettes components, such as sorbents or filter materials, in order to reduce additive material migration into the other cigarette components prior to desired use. An outer cover which is impermeable to the fluid within the capsules is provided about the capsule or capsules and the first and second absorbent members. | 05-05-2011 |
20110259352 | Smoking Article - A smoking article can comprise a rod of smokeable material and a first sheet material comprising at least one diluent. The diluent is present in an amount effective to dilute emissions from the rod of smokeable material during combustion. | 10-27-2011 |
20120017926 | CIGARETTES AND FILTER SUBASSEMBLIES WITH SQUEEZABLE OVAL FLAVOR CAPSULE AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURE - Improved delivery of additive materials to cigarettes is provided through the use of one or more oval capsules containing releasable additive materials, such as flavor components, in the filter section of a cigarette. The oval capsule or capsules are provided between first and second absorbent members and have the long axis thereof arranged parallel to the longitudinal axis of the cigarette. When the capsules are subjected to an external force, such as squeezing, by a smoker prior to or during smoking of the cigarette in order to release at least a portion of the additive material and expose the additive material to mainstream smoke passing through the filter. The capsules provide a barrier between the additive materials and other cigarettes components, such as sorbents or filter materials, in order to reduce additive material migration into the other cigarette components prior to desired use. An outer cover which is impermeable to the releasable material within the capsules is provided about the capsule or capsules and the first and second absorbent members. | 01-26-2012 |
20120017927 | SMOKING ARTICLE WITH FLAVOR DELIVERY SYSTEM - A flavor delivery release system for a cigarette or cigarette package. The system includes a cigarette, at least one capsule containing a flavorant, the capsule positioned on an external surface of the cigarette; and wherein the flavorant is released upon rupturing the capsule. | 01-26-2012 |
20120152264 | Aerosol Generating Material for a Smoking Article - The invention provides an aerosol generating material ( | 06-21-2012 |
20120325232 | CIGARETTE FILTER AND CAPSULE FILTER CIGARETTE USING SAME - There are provided with a plurality of filter materials ( | 12-27-2012 |
20130081644 | CIGARETTE FILTER AND CIGARETTE - A cigarette filter includes filter plugs separated from each other and arranged through a cavity, a flavor capsule encapsulating a content liquid including a flavor in a shell and provided in the cavity between the filter plugs, and a liquid-impermeable tipping paper and/or filter wrapper wrapped around the filter plugs and the flavor capsule, wherein the content liquid comprises the flavor and a thickener and has a viscosity of 30 mPa·s or more. | 04-04-2013 |
20130239984 | TOBACCO SMOKE FILTER - A tobacco smoke filter or filter element comprising: a rod ( | 09-19-2013 |
20140069447 | Filter for a Smoking Article | 03-13-2014 |
20140137880 | Oil-resistant filter wrapper paper - A filter wrapper paper for a smoking article is shown, the paper having a content of long-fiber pulp of at least 30 wt %, preferably at least 40 wt %, relative to the pure fiber mass of the paper. The freeness of the long-fiber pulp as per ISO 5267, Schopper-Riegler method, is between 80° SR and 100° SR, preferably between 85° SR and 95° SR. The filter wrapper paper has a filler content of less than 10 wt %, preferably less than 8 wt %, and especially preferably less than 6 wt % relative to the total mass of the paper and is impregnated with a material that is suitable for forming an aqueous composition, more particularly an aqueous solution or an aqueous suspension. The oil-resistance of the filter wrapper paper has a KIT level of at least 4, preferably at least 5, according to TAPPI T559 cm-02. | 05-22-2014 |
20140182614 | ADDITIVE RELEASE COMPONENT - An additive release component ( | 07-03-2014 |
20140202479 | SUPPORT STRUCTURE - A support structure ( | 07-24-2014 |
20140290678 | SMOKING ARTICLE WITH COLOUR CHANGE SEGMENT - The present invention relates to a smoking article ( | 10-02-2014 |
20140311508 | SMOKING ARTICLE WITH VISIBILE CONTENTS - The present invention relates to a smoking article ( | 10-23-2014 |
20140366901 | PAPER TUBE AND FLAVOR INHALER - Provided is a paper tube that can be used in a flavor-suctioning tool. A paper tube ( | 12-18-2014 |
20150027477 | FILTER CONTAINING BUILT-IN CAPSULE, CIGARETTE PROVIDED WITH FILTER AND CIGARETTE SUBSTITUTE PROVIDED WITH FILTER - [Problems] The present invention provides a filter containing built-in capsule in which a tobacco flavor enhancing liquid that can enhance flavor aspects such as taste, aroma, and richness is encapsulated, along with a cigarette and cigarette substitute comprising this filter. | 01-29-2015 |
20150296874 | PRODUCTS INCLUDING CAPSULES, USES AND PREPARATION THEREOF - A tobacco product is provided comprising a core-shell capsule with a capsule shell comprising cellulose acetate and/or a derivative thereof. A method of producing a core-shell capsule with a capsule shell comprising cellulose acetate and/or a derivative thereof by diffusion is also provided. | 10-22-2015 |
20160021927 | DISINTEGRABLE CAPSULE, MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR SAME, AND SMOKING EQUIPMENT CONTAINING SAID DISINTEGRABLE CAPSULE - The purpose of the present invention is to provide a breakable capsule, which is characterized by having no adhesion between capsules each other, having no over time change of the capsule contents, having excellent heat resistance and moisture resistance, being easily ruptured under the pressure imposed by the fingers, having good cracking feeling, and releasing the content and the present invention relates to a breakable capsule, which comprises a capsule having a content and a capsule shell, wherein the capsule is characterized by
| 01-28-2016 |
20160037823 | Medical therapy using cigarettes - The invention is a medical treatment mechanism. Using an organic material which is ignited and inhaled by a patient, such as tobacco or cannabis, a breakable capsule containing the medicine is contained and selectively released so that heat from the ignited organic material activates the medicine. The medicine is released, ideally by the patient breaking the capsule, the medicine is inhaled by the patient for treatment of a medical condition. | 02-11-2016 |
20160037824 | SMOKING ARTICLE INCLUDING A FLAVOUR DELIVERY MEMBER - There is provided a filter ( | 02-11-2016 |
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