Patent · US Expired

Lightweight cigarette filter and cigarettes incorporating such filters

US5415189A · kind A · utility

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12Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateOct 22, 1992
Grant dateMay 16, 1995
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Expiry dateOct 22, 2012

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA24D3/16
  • WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

A lightweight cigarette filter including a filter element containing filter material having a total Denier of less than 35,000 or a bulk density of less than 0.12 gcm.sup.-3 in which part of the volume of the filter is occupied by a space filler impervious to smoke flow therethrough and the bulk density of which is less than the bulk density of the equivalent amount of filter material which it replaces.

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