Cigarette and smokable filler material therefor

US5105836A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• R.J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO COMPANY · US

Inventors

• Jeffery S. Gentry · Lewisville, US
• Gary R. Shelar · Greensboro, US
• Richard L. Lehman · Princeton, US
• James L. Resce
• Olivia D. Furin · Winston-Salem, US
• Stephen W. Jakob · Winston-Salem, US
• William C. Squires · Winston-Salem, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 15, 1990
• Grant date: Apr 21, 1992
• Expiry date: Aug 15, 2010

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A24D1/18
• WIPO field: Other consumer goods
• WIPO sector: Other fields

Abstract

A combustible smokable filler material includes an agglomerated matrix filler having an inorganic component (e.g., particles of calcium carbonate) and a carbonaceous component (e.g., calcined molasses). The smokable filler material includes a binding agent and an aerosol forming material. Tobacco extracts and/or pieces of tobacco laminae can be incorporated into the smokable filler material, and/or the smokable filler material can be blended with tobacco cut filler. Cigarettes are provided by wrapping the smokable filler material in a paper wrapping material. A typical paper wrapping material has a porosity of less than about 5 CORESTA units.