Smokable article

US5135009A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• B.A.T. Cigarettenfabriken GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Bernd-Henrik Muller · Hamburg, DE
• Wolfgang Wiethaup · Hamburg, DE
• Guillermo Gerding · Hamburg, DE
• Bernhard Hauser · Schenefeld, DE
• Knut Moller · Hamburg, DE
• Gert Rudolph · Hamburg, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 9, 1990
• Grant date: Aug 4, 1992
• Expiry date: Mar 9, 2010

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A24D1/22
• WIPO field: Other consumer goods
• WIPO sector: Other fields

Abstract

The present invention relates to a smokable article which is intended to permit the smoker to avoid the condensates usually present in the smoke while retaining the taste experience familiar from conventional cigarettes; this is achieved in that a sheet-like carrier element coated with an aroma-carrying material and having a low thermal capacity is brought into direct thermal contact with a heat source comprising a hollow cylindrical combustion element having at least one passage therethrough wherein said passage is separate and distinct from the hollow portion; in the pauses between draws a cavity serves as collecting container or reservoir for the aromatic substances developed which can be inhaled in the next draw by the smoker.