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Method of packaging tobacco molasses and a relative system

Patent Number: 8443813
Publication Date: 2013-05-21
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A system (1) for portioning and packaging a tobamel smoking mixture (2) comprises a unit (3) internally of which the mixture (2) is prepared by blending tobacco en masse with agglutinants such as honey or molasses, and an extruder unit (17) by which the mixture (2) is shaped into a continuous rod ...

Smoking articles having reduced carbon monoxide delivery

Patent Number: 8443812
Publication Date: 2013-05-21
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The present invention is directed to smoking articles having reduced carbon monoxide delivery are described. A carbon monoxide reducing agent is incorporated into the smoking article in order to reduce carbon monoxide levels in mainstream smoke. The carbon monoxide reducing agent may be, for instance, in metal oxide or in metal carbonate. The carbon monoxide reducing agent may be incorporated into a wrapper and/or into a column of smokable filler that are used to construct the smoking ...

Flavored packaging insert for smokeless tobacco

Patent Number: 8440023
Publication Date: 2013-05-14
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A package of smokeless tobacco includes a flavor patch located in the package to provide flavor to smokeless tobacco. Also disclosed is a method of packaging smokeless tobacco by combining a package with a flavor patch disposed inside the package, the flavor patch comprising a flavor and an adsorbent, so that the flavor patch resides in an interior of the package; and adding smokeless tobacco to the package with the flavor ...

Composite mesoporous/microporous materials and their use in smoking articles for removing certain gas phase constituents from tobacco smoke

Patent Number: 8439047
Publication Date: 2013-05-14
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Cut filler compositions, cigarettes, methods for making cigarettes and methods for smoking cigarettes are provided, which involve the use of a composite mesoporous/microporous material. The composite material is capable of removing at least one constituent from tobacco smoke, preferably selectively. The composite material may also be used for removing at least one constituent from tobacco smoke through sorption and/or catalysis. The composite material comprises channels interconnecting at ...

Filter cigarette

Patent Number: 8439046
Publication Date: 2013-05-14
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In a filter cigarette having a tobacco strand, a wrapping and a filter, the filter possesses at least one gas phase-active filter part which contains at least one gas phase-reducing substance. The gas phase-reducing substances are embedded in a filter material matrix. They are introduced in a quantity of at least 75 mg per filter and at least 5 mg/mm of the length of the gas phase-active filter part. The filter cigarette exhibits a filter ventilation of at most 30% (or of from 30% to 70%). ...

Filter design for improving sensory profile of carbon filter-tipped smoking articles

Patent Number: 8434499
Publication Date: 2013-05-07
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A filter for a smoking article, which includes an upstream segment having a carbon filter and a downstream segment of filtering material. The upstream segment includes a carbon filter with a hollow tubular member concentrically positioned within the carbon filter, and one or more holes around an outer circumference of the hollow tubular member to allow mainstream smoke to bypass the carbon filter during the first puff. During use, the hollow tubular member has a lower resistance to draw ...

Degradable filter element

Patent Number: 8434498
Publication Date: 2013-05-07
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A filter material adapted for use as a filter element of a smoking article is provided, the filter material including at least one segment of fibrous tow having a plurality of degradable particles dispersed therein, the degradable particles comprising a starch material. Exemplary starch materials include naturally-occurring starch, hydroxyalkylated starch, starch esters, ionically modified starch, oxidized starch, hydrolyzed starch, plasticized starch, gelatinized starch, grafted starch, ...

Package for cigarettes of different sizes and/or brands

Patent Number: 8434497
Publication Date: 2013-05-07
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A cigarette pack capable of carrying different-sized and different-branded cigarettes is disclosed. The cigarette pack may consist of a first portion, a second portion hingedly coupled to the first portion, and a top portion hingedly coupled to a sliding portion slidably disposed within the second portion. The cigarette pack may also include sleeves disposed within the first portion and second portion and configured to support cigarettes within the sleeve. The cigarette pack may also ...

Thermal treatment process for tobacco materials

Patent Number: 8434496
Publication Date: 2013-05-07
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A method of thermally processing a tobacco material is provided, the method including the steps of (i) mixing a tobacco material, water, and an additive selected from the group consisting of lysine, glycine, histidine, alanine, methionine, glutamic acid, aspartic acid, proline, phenylalanine, valine, arginine, di- and trivalent cations, asparaginase, saccharides, phenolic compounds, reducing agents, compounds having a free thiol group, oxidizing agents, oxidation catalysts, plant extracts, ...

Tobacco cut filler including metal oxide supported particles

Patent Number: 8434495
Publication Date: 2013-05-07
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A smoking article composition and a method of making a smoking article composition and an additive, wherein the additive comprises particles anchored to the cut filler by a metal oxide support. The additive can be formed by combining particles and a metal oxide precursor solution with the smoking article composition. The smoking article composition can comprise tobacco cut filler, cigarette paper and/or cigarette filter ...

Gravity pipe for smokers

Patent Number: 8434494
Publication Date: 2013-05-07
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A gravity type water pipe providing enhanced cooling of smoke generated thereby. The water pipe comprises a water reservoir and a movable assembly which in operation is raised and lowered in water contained in the water reservoir. The movable assembly may comprise a vertical conduit, a bowl for containing ignited substances, and an enlarged chamber below the vertical conduit. A supplementary cooling chamber for containing ice is contained in the smoke flow path of the movable assembly. The ...

Volatilization device

Patent Number: 8430106
Publication Date: 2013-04-30
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A device for delivering volatilized material to a user comprises a heat delivery component (11), which includes a heat sink (14) in heat transfer relationship with a heat transfer device such a s a heat pipe (36), and a volatilization component (20), which includes a source (22) of volatilizable material, such as tobacco, a flavour material or a therapeutic substance. The volatilization component (20) is detachably mounted on the heat delivery ...