Igniter apparatus for a smoking article, and associated method

US10094562B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• R.J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO COMPANY · US

Inventors

• August Joseph Borschke · Winston-Salem, US
• Michael Francis Dube · Winston-Salem, US
• Cynthia Stewart Stokes · Lexington, US
• Jason Kobisky · Winston-Salem, US
• Bruce Alan Bengtsson · Winston-Salem, US
• Dennis Lee Potter · Kernersville, US
• Jeffrey S. Taggart · McLean, US
• Geoffrey W. Kennard · Chardon, US
• Robert F. Soreo · Cleveland Heights, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Feb 11, 2014
• Grant date: Oct 9, 2018
• Expiry date: Nov 29, 2036

Classification

• Technology area (CPC F): Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
• CPC primary: F23Q2/345
• WIPO field: Thermal processes and apparatus
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

An igniter apparatus is provided, comprising a heat precursor source having a heat precursor; a heating arrangement configured to, on demand, receive the heat precursor from the heat precursor source and to emit heat associated with the heat precursor and capable of igniting an ignitable article; and a sensory precursor source having a sensory precursor substance, wherein the sensory precursor substance is configured to provide a perceptible sensory effect, and wherein the sensory precursor source is in communication with the heating arrangement and is configured to release the sensory precursor substance in association with the heat emitted by the heating arrangement. An associated method is also provided.