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Segmented smoking article with foamed insulation material

US9486013B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateApr 25, 2013
Grant dateNov 8, 2016
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Expiry dateDec 25, 2034

Classification

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

Abstract

A cigarette includes lighting and mouth ends. It may include a smokable segment disposed at the lighting end. It also includes a mouth-end segment; an aerosol-generation system disposed between the lighting and mouth ends, which includes (i) a heat-generation segment adjacent the smokable segment, including a heat source configured to be activated by combustion of a smokable material and an insulation layer of a non-glass material that is woven, knit, or both, and (ii) an aerosol-generating segment with aerosol-forming material disposed between, but physically separate from, each of the heat generation segment and the mouth end; a piece of outer wrapping material that provides an overwrap around at least a portion of the aerosol-generating segment, the heat-generation segment, and at least a portion of the smokable segment; those segments being connected together by the overwrap to provide a cigarette rod; that is connected to the cigarette rod using tipping material.

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