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Smoking article

US8678013B2 · kind B2 · utility

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198References

6Claims

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Assignee

R.J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO COMPANY · US

Inventors

Evon Llewellyn Crooks · Mocksville, US
Billy Tyrone Conner · Clemmons, US
Dempsey Bailey Brewer, Jr. · East Bend, US
Louis John Read, Jr. · Winston-Salem, US

Key dates

Filing date	Jan 15, 2010
Grant date	Mar 25, 2014
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jan 22, 2031

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA24D1/22
WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

A smoking article, such as a cigarette, comprises a lighting end and a mouth end. The smoking article possesses an aerosol-generation system that includes (i) a heat generation segment, and (ii) an aerosol-generating region or segment. A mouth end piece segment can be located at the mouth end of the smoking article. A segment of tobacco cut filler, gathered tobacco paper, or other type of flavor source material, can be positioned between the mouth end piece segment and the aerosol-generation segment. Optionally, segment composed of tobacco cut filler can be positioned so as to provide a lighting end segment.

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