Tobacco filter material and a method for producing the same
US5856006A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 22, 1995 |
| Grant date | Jan 5, 1999 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 22, 2015 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T428/2965
- WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
A tobacco filter material containing fibers which have a core and a surface layer which surrounds the core, wherein the core comprises a non-esterified cellulose and the surface layer comprises a cellulose ester. The fiber may be (A) a cellulose fiber coated with a cellulose ester or (B) a fibrous cellulose derivative with its surface layer esterified by an organic acid and having an average degree of substitution of not more than 1.5. Wood pulp can be used as the cellulose fiber and the amount of the cellulose ester in the coated cellulose (A) is 0.1% by weight or more. The cellulose derivative (B) has its surface layer esterified with an organic acid and retains a non-esterified core portion. This cellulose derivative may be obtained, for example, by the non-catalytic liquid phase treatment of a cellulose fiber with an organic acid and an organic acid anhydride or halide.
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