Smoking articles and smokable filler materials therefor
US7708020B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Aug 21, 2002 |
| Grant date | May 4, 2010 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 9, 2024 |
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- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA24B15/16
- WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
This invention relates to a smoking article having a controllable static burn rate by virtue of the particle size of a component of the smoking material thereof. The smoking material comprises a non-combustible inorganic filler, a binder, aerosol generating means, the non-combustible filler comprising a proportion of material having a mean particle size in the range of 500 μm to 20 μm.
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