Flavor generating article

US5865185A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Philip Morris Inc. · US

Inventors

• Alfred L. Collins · Powhatan, US
• Mary Ellen Counts · Richmond, US
• Amitabh Das · Hillsboro, US
• Seetharama C. Deevi · Midlothian, US
• Grier S. Fleischhauer · Midlothian, US
• Charles T. Higgins · Richmond, US
• Willie G. Houck, Jr. · Richmond, US
• Billy J. Keen, Jr. · Midlothian, US
• Robert E. Lee · Richmond, US
• A. Clifton Lilly, Jr. · Midlothian, US
• D. Bruce Losee, Jr. · Richmond, US
• Hugh J. McCafferty · Midlothian, US
• Constance H. Nichols · Midlothian, US
• Wynn R. Raymond · Oviedo, US
• Robert L. Ripley · Stratford, US
• Renzer R. Ritt, Sr. · Richmond, US
• G. Robert Scott · Midlothian, US
• F. Murphy Sprinkel, Jr. · Glen Allen, US
• Michael L. Watkins · Richmond, US
• Susan E. Wrenn · Midlothian, US
• Francis V. Utsch · Chester, US

Key dates

• Filing date: May 24, 1995
• Grant date: Feb 2, 1999
• Expiry date: May 24, 2015

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10T29/49083
• WIPO field: Other consumer goods
• WIPO sector: Other fields

Abstract

A smoking article is provided in which a replaceable tobacco flavor unit containing tobacco flavor material is electrically heated by a set of permanent reusable heaters to evolve flavors or other components in vapor or aerosol form for delivery to a smoker. Each heater heats only a portion of the available tobacco flavor material so that a plurality of individual puffs of tobacco flavor substance can be delivered sequentially to the smoker. The replaceable tobacco flavor unit can also include a filter to reduce the effect of residual aerosol which settles or condenses on the permanent portions of the article and which can result in undesirable flavor generation when reheated. A method and apparatus for manufacturing the replaceable tobacco flavor unit is also provided.