| Patent Number |
Title Of Patent |
Date Issued |
| 4386618 |
Cigarette filter |
June 7, 1983 |
| A filter assembly for use with a cigarette includes a porous filter element with a longitudinally extending hollow tube extending from each end thereof, the filter element being circumscribed by a non-porous wrapping material. The filter assembly further includes a chamber axially aligne |
| 4365641 |
Cigarette filter |
December 28, 1982 |
| A cigarette filter includes a porous filter element attached to a cigarette, the element circumscribed by ventilating air ducts with an impermeable barrier therebetween so that smoke travels down the filter element and ventilating air travels down the ducts during use. The size of th |
| 4362172 |
Cigarette filter |
December 7, 1982 |
| A filter for a cigarette includes a porous filter rod circumscribed by a non-porous wrapper and a tipping material having selected openings therein for allowing ventilating air to pass therethrough. Spacing members are disposed between the non-porous wrapper and tipping material to form |
| 4362171 |
Cigarette filter |
December 7, 1982 |
| A filter for a cigarette includes a porous filter rod circumscribed by a smoke impervious wrapper wherein the filter rod with the non-porous wrapper therearound is provided with at least one groove therein extending a preselected distance longitudinally therealong. The groove is closed a |
| 4354894 |
Apparatus for depositing a coupon on a package |
October 19, 1982 |
| An apparatus for placing a coupon, or the like, on a package as the package moves through the apparatus. The apparatus includes a supply source of coupons in the form of a web of coupons, a coupon web advance drum for pulling the coupon web from the supply source, a scissors device for |
| 4354591 |
Carton collating and transfer apparatus |
October 19, 1982 |
| An apparatus for collating cartons received from a plurality of sources in a tightly packed together relationship or randomly spaced apart relationship, and transferring these cartons in a substantially uniformly spaced apart relationship into a single stream of cartons for transport to |
| 4351792 |
Apparatus for making grooves in tobacco smoke filters |
September 28, 1982 |
| Cigarette filters having grooves therein are prepared by subjecting cigarette filters to a groove-making device which includes heated groove-making elements therein, the grooves being formed by the use of heat and pressure as the cigarette filters come in contact with the groove-maki |
| 4343319 |
Cigarette filter |
August 10, 1982 |
| A filter for a cigarette includes a porous filter rod with at least one opening in each end thereof with at least one longitudinal groove embedded into the outer periphery of the rod intermediate the openings and in flow communication therewith. The filter rod is wrapped with non-porous |
| 4342322 |
Cigarette filter |
August 3, 1982 |
| A filter for a cigarette includes a porous filter rod having a hollow tube therein extending from one end a preselected distance, the filter rod being circumscribed by a non-porous wrapper wherein the filter rod with the non-porous wrapper therearound is provided with at least one groove |
| 4340074 |
Cigarette material having non-lipsticking properties |
July 20, 1982 |
| A cigarette tipping material having non-lipsticking properties includes preselected areas of the tipping material provided with non-lipsticking coatings with other preselected uncoated areas having perforations therein. |
| 4338956 |
Cigarette filter |
July 13, 1982 |
| A filter for a cigarette includes a porous filter rod circumscribed by a smoke impervious wrapper wherein the filter rod with the smoke impervious wrapper therearound is provided with grooves embedded therein and extending from one end thereof a preselected distance longitudinally th |
| 4328816 |
Process for improving the fill power of reconstituted tobacco |
May 11, 1982 |
| A process for improving the fill power of reconstituted tobacco including the steps of wrinkling the tobacco and then shattering the wrinkled tobacco material. The wrinkling is accomplished by simultaneously steaming and tumbling the tobacco, and the shattering is accomplished by a s |
| 4324540 |
Apparatus for making grooves in tobacco smoke filters |
April 13, 1982 |
| Cigarette filters having grooves therein are prepared by subjecting cigarette filters to a groove-making device which includes heated groove-making elements therein, the grooves being formed by the use of heat and pressure as the cigarette filters come in contact with the groove-maki |
| 4323084 |
Method and apparatus for tobacco leaf destemming |
April 6, 1982 |
| The disclosure is of a method and apparatus for stripping leaf lamina from tobacco leaf stems. The apparatus comprises two pairs of opposed rollers in tandem relationship. The first set of rollers is driven at a fixed speed and serves to engage and feed tobacco leaf to the second set of |
| 4323083 |
Method for separating veins from lamina of tobacco leaf |
April 6, 1982 |
| A method and apparatus for removing veins from the lamina in a bulk strip of tobacco wherein the stems have been removed. The veins are removed by running the bulk strip through a hammermill and then through a separating screen for separating the veins from the lamina. |
| 4315515 |
Tobacco drying apparatus |
February 16, 1982 |
| An apparatus for drying tobacco under relatively high absolute humidity drying conditions to increase the filling power of tobacco. |
| 4301819 |
Apparatus for prevention of material build-up such as tobacco in a conduit |
November 24, 1981 |
| An apparatus and method for preventing the build-up of undesirable materials such as tobacco in a bend in a conduit containing a gas stream having water vapor therein. |
| 4280903 |
Apparatus for separating sand from botanical fines |
July 28, 1981 |
| A mixture of botanical fines and sand is separated by a porous separating medium horizontally disposed within an enclosed chamber in which an upflowing stream of gas carries out the separation. The porous separating medium is comprised of a pair of opposed rotatively movable juxtaposed |
| 4273600 |
Bonding fibrillated polypropylene smoke filter with ethylene-vinylacetate emulsion |
June 16, 1981 |
| The invention relates to the treatment of fibre, particularly for making rods of bonded, fibrillated polyolefin fibre which can be used for example as or in tobacco smoke filters. The fibres may be crimped or straight and are bonded with a polymeric or copolymeric bonding agent which is |
| 4273139 |
Firmness improvement in cigarette rod |
June 16, 1981 |
| An apparatus and method for improving the firmness of cigarettes utilizing high energy gas waves for reorienting tobacco in a cigarette rod during manufacture. The apparatus includes a housing having means therein directing a cigarette rod therethrough and an opening therein in flow |
| 4270552 |
Process and apparatus for producing paper reconstituted tobacco |
June 2, 1981 |
| A process and apparatus for producing reconstituted tobacco by a papermaking process. Tobacco material is mixed with aqueous tobacco extract or water to wet the tobacco, the resulting slurry is fed to a deflaker in which the bundles of tobacco fibers are reduced to small fiber bundle |
| 4266561 |
Tobacco smoke filtering compositions |
May 12, 1981 |
| The disclosure is of compositions useful for chemisorption of undesirable chemical compounds found in tobacco smoke. The compositions comprise a base of alumina (aluminum oxide) impregnated with various proportions of zinc acetate, acetic acid and polyethyleneimine. The compositions are |
| 4258728 |
Process for improving the fill power of reconstituted tobacco |
March 31, 1981 |
| A process for improving the fill power of reconstituted tobacco including the steps of wrinkling the tobacco and then shattering the wrinkled tobacco material. The wrinkling is accomplished by simultaneously steaming and tumbling the tobacco, and the shattering is accomplished by a s |
| 4256122 |
Cigarette filter |
March 17, 1981 |
| A filter for a cigarette includes a porour filter rod circumscribed by a non-porous or smoke impervious wrapper wherein the filter rod with the non-porous wrapper therearound is provided with grooves extending from one end thereof a preselected distance longitudinally therealong. Tipping |
| 4228393 |
Moisture meter |
October 14, 1980 |
| A meter for measuring the dielectric constant of a predetermined amount of tobacco to determine the moisture content. The meter includes a sample holder with a capacitor to retain a predetermined amount of tobacco between the plates of the capacitor. A stable reference frequency, a phase |
| 4216080 |
Method and apparatus for separating sand from botanical fines |
August 5, 1980 |
| A mixture of botanical fines and sand is separated by a porous separating medium horizontally disposed within an enclosed chamber in which an upflowing stream of gas carries out the separation. The porous separating medium is comprised of a plurality of particles constrained in a clo |
| 4210157 |
Smokable tobacco products |
July 1, 1980 |
| Disclosed is a smokable tobacco product comprised of a tobacco portion consisting essentially of tobacco particles having a mean ratio of area to perimeter squared of at least about 0.049 and a short dimension not in excess of 0.5 inch wherein the particles are of a substantially normal |
| 4191199 |
Apparatus and process for reclaiming tobacco |
March 4, 1980 |
| Apparatus and a process for reclaiming tobacco from rejected cigarettes is described in which cigarettes are first treated with hot water to saturate the paper wrapper and soften the glue holding together the edges of the cigarette wrapper. Saturation of the paper wrapper is followed by |
| 4177576 |
Method and apparatus for conditioning material utilizing airflow control means |
December 11, 1979 |
| A method and preferred apparatus for conditioning materials such as tobacco using an airflow distributor means. A conveyor transports the material along a path, and means to control the conditioning of the material are located at selected locations. A source of gas produces a gas stream, |
| 4167191 |
Tobacco drying process |
September 11, 1979 |
| 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 the range of from about 250.d |
| 4151848 |
Tobacco with reduced nicotine content due to microbial treatment |
May 1, 1979 |
| 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, inter alia, 3-succinoylpyridine i |
| 4140136 |
Process for reduction of nicotine content of tobacco by microbial treatment |
February 20, 1979 |
| A tobacco product having a reduced nicotine content. Tobacco is subjected, under controlled conditions, to the action of a microorganism effective to degrade nicotine through a biochemical reaction in which, inter alia, 3-succinoylpyridine is formed. Tobacco treated in accordance with th |
| 4136610 |
Portable bale press |
January 30, 1979 |
| A portable bale press for tobacco and the like. The press includes a wheeled support and a compression chamber on a pivotable frame on the support. A press head attached to the rod of a hydraulic cylinder is also on the frame and is movable into the compression chamber to form a comp |
| 4121599 |
Filter |
October 24, 1978 |
| A filter for treating fluids, particularly tobacco smoke, is described having a filter media prepared from a wide variety of fungal mycelia or yeasts. |
| 4119196 |
Collapsible package |
October 10, 1978 |
| A partially collapsible package including a pair of opposing rigid front and rear panels. A bottom panel and a pair of side panels are hinged to the front and rear panels to form a package closed at the bottom and open at the top to receive and remove articles therethrough. Each side pan |
| 4119104 |
Tobacco substitute having improved ash characteristics |
October 10, 1978 |
| Tobacco substitutes which eliminate excessive blooming of cigarette ash are disclosed. The tobacco substitutes comprise an organic binder; an inorganic filler; a boric oxide, boron oxyacid, or boron oxyacid salt; ash stabilizer; and, as a bloom control agent, from about 10% to about 40% |
| 4109664 |
Smoking materials |
August 29, 1978 |
| A smoking material comprises a binder consisting wholly or in part of a thermo-gelling substituted cellulose having a degree of substitution of at least 1.5 methoxyl groups per anhydroglucose unit, and an inert water-insoluble inorganic diluent such as chalk, which material has a den |
| 4104431 |
Porous wraps for smoking articles |
August 1, 1978 |
| The disclosure relates to a method and apparatus for treating porous wrapping material for a smoking article, for example a cigarette filter. According to the invention, the porous material is provided, by coating with a film-forming substance, with an impervious region or regions po |
| 4102349 |
Method and apparatus for moisturizing tobacco stems |
July 25, 1978 |
| Whole tobacco stems are uniformly moisturized by opening the cellular structure of the stems and inducing moisture to permeate the opened cellular structure. By an initial and simultaneous application of water and steam, the cellular structure of the stems is opened, and moisture per |
| 4091824 |
Method and apparatus for conditioning material utilizing airflow control means |
May 30, 1978 |
| A method and preferred apparatus for conditioning materials such as tobacco using an airflow distributor means. A conveyor transports the material along a path, and means to control the conditioning of the material are located at selected locations. A source of gas produces a gas stream, |
| 4077414 |
Smoking articles |
March 7, 1978 |
| A smoking article has a paper wrapper provided with alternate bands, encircling the article, of low and higher porosity, the low porosity being within the range of from 0 to 100 and the higher porosity in the range of from 150 to 2000, while the average porosity is, suitably, in the rang |
| 4074722 |
Smokable tobacco products and manufacturing methods therefor |
February 21, 1978 |
| Disclosed is a process for manufacturing smokable tobacco products through selective handling of strip tobacco based on particle size and shape. In the process, small strip tobacco is removed from bulk tobacco. The bulk tobacco is then cut to reduce its size. The removed small strip toba |
| 4072789 |
Sheet material |
February 7, 1978 |
| A predetermined pattern of impervious material is deposited on a sheet of coarse, self-cohesive filter material. The impervious material is fusible and adapted to be bonded to the filter material. The pattern of impervious material is such that when the sheet material is coiled into a fi |
| 4062368 |
Tobacco-smoke filters |
December 13, 1977 |
| According to the invention, a material for the filtration of tobacco smoke by reduction of vapor-phase constituents without adverse effect on the taste of the smoke comprises carbon particles of a size substantially within the range of 300 to 1700 micron, coated over their surfaces, |
| 4056047 |
Method and apparatus for assembling a package |
November 1, 1977 |
| The present invention is a method and apparatus for assembling a package comprising an open-topped receptacle and a slide actuated closure member. The closure member is comprised of a slide portion connected to a closure portion by a hinge portion. The open-top of the receptacle is place |
| 4049117 |
Package having a slide actuated closure member |
September 20, 1977 |
| A package for cigarettes or other articles comprised of a receptacle for housing the cigarettes or other articles and defining an open top for removal of said articles and an integral slide actuated lid structure including a closure member operatively connected to the receptacle and a |
| 4038993 |
Process for reduction of nicotine content of tobacco by microbial treatment |
August 2, 1977 |
| 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, inter alia, 3-succinoylpyridine i |
| 4037609 |
Process for reduction of nicotine content of tobacco by microbial treatment |
July 26, 1977 |
| 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, inter alia, 3-succinoylpyridine i |
| 4036114 |
Apparatus for cigarette filter manufacture |
July 19, 1977 |
| The invention relates to an apparatus for treating porous wrapping material for a smoking article, for example a cigarette filter. According to the invention, the porous material is provided, by coating with a film-forming substance, with an impervious region or regions positioned to coi |
| 4035220 |
Method for making porous filter tip |
July 12, 1977 |
| A ventilated filter for a smoking product, particularly a smoking tobacco product, is provided by adhering inherently porous tipping wrap to inherently porous plug wrap by a multiplicity of randomly positioned, nonporous discrete areas of adhesive, thus leaving open areas for the air |
