Coaxial cigarette

US5388596A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• B.A.T. Cigarettenfabriken GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Werner Schneider · Erbach, DE
• Erhard Rittershaus · Hamburg, DE
• Erwin Kausch · Bayreuth, DE
• Horst Borowski · Hamburg, DE
• Bernd-Henrik Muller · Hamburg, DE
• Gert Rudolph · Hamburg, DE
• Adolf Schluter · Artern, DE
• Wolfgang Trinkies · Wedel, DE
• Wolfgang Wiethaup · Hamburg, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 4, 1992
• Grant date: Feb 14, 1995
• Expiry date: Mar 4, 2012

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A24D1/00
• WIPO field: Other consumer goods
• WIPO sector: Other fields

Abstract

The invention relates to a coaxial cigarette comprising a coaxial tobacco rod of a core and a rod periphery which contain different mixtures, the sheaths of the rod core and the rod periphery consisting of combustible material and a filter mouthpiece being provided at one end of the coaxial tobacco rod; according to the invention, the ratio of the draw resistance of the core per unit length to the packing density thereof lies in the range from about 0.13 to about 0.27 mm WC cm.sup.2 /mg whilst the ratio of the draw resistance per unit length of the rod periphery to the packing density thereof lies in the range of about 0.07 to about 0.11 mm WC cm.sup.2 /mg; the filter mouthpiece is a conventional preferably ventilated filter.