Patent · US Expired

Cigarette filter

US7228861B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJan 30, 2004
Grant dateJun 12, 2007
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Expiry dateMay 4, 2025

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA24D3/163
  • WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

A cigarette filter has filter sections including filter materials individually wrapped with plug wrap paper, forming paper for wrapping the filter sections integrally, and tipping paper covering the forming paper so as to connect the filter sections to a cigarette section to form a cigarette, wherein activated charcoal and an inorganic mineral-based porous material carrying ferrous sulfate/L-ascorbic acid are contained as adsorbents in at least one of the filter materials and a space between the filter materials.

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