Cigarette for electrical smoking system

US5692526A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Philip Morris Inc. · US

Inventors

• John M. Adams · Mechanicsville, US
• Mary Ellen Counts · Richmond, US
• Grier S. Fleischhauer · Midlothian, US
• Kenneth S. Houghton · Midlothian, US
• Willie G. Houck, Jr. · Richmond, US
• Billy J. Keen, Jr. · Midlothian, US
• Wesley G. Sanderson · Richmond, US
• Susan E. Wrenn · Midlothian, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 7, 1995
• Grant date: Dec 2, 1997
• Expiry date: Jun 7, 2015

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A24F40/46
• WIPO field: Other consumer goods
• WIPO sector: Other fields

Abstract

A novel cigarette of an electrical cigarette system and method of making same, the cigarette comprising a tubular tobacco web and a plug disposed within said tubular tobacco web which provides a structural connection that remains intact after a smoking of the cigarette. The disclosure includes a double-belled plug extending between a free end and a tipped end of a tobacco rod, or in the alternative, a column of tobacco with higher and lower density segments. The disclosure includes a method comprising the steps of producing a continuous plug, passing same through a die, overwrapping the rod with tobacco mat and overwrap, and severing the rod.