Smokeless method and article utilizing catalytic heat source for controlling products of combustion
US5944025A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Dec 30, 1996 |
| Grant date | Aug 31, 1999 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 30, 2016 |
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- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA24D1/22
- WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
A smoking article and its method of construction and operation to provide products of combustion which are used to form flavorable aerosol gases delivered to the smoker's mouth while controlling the composition of such gases of combustion. Hot gases generated in a catalytic section in which fuel and air combust aided by a honeycomb catalytically coated surface including alumina and a cerium compound.
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