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United States Patent | 4,714,082 |
Banerjee , et al. | December 22, 1987 |
The present invention relates to a smoking article, preferably in cigarette form, which produces an aerosol that resembles tobacco smoke. The article preferably comprises a short combustible fuel element having a density greater than 0.5 g/cc, a separate substrate bearing an aerosol forming material, a heat conducting member recessed from the lighting end of the fuel element, which preferably encloses the substrate, a resilient insulating jacket encircling at least a portion of the fuel element, and an optional tobacco jacket encircling at least a portion of the aerosol forming material.
Inventors: | Banerjee; Chandra K. (Pfafftown, NC), Farrier; Ernest G. (Winston-Salem, NC), Reynolds, IV; John H. (Winston-Salem, NC), Ridings; Henry T. (Lewisville, NC), Sensabaugh, Jr.; Andrew J. (Winston-Salem, NC), Shannon; Michael D. (Winston-Salem, NC), Shelar; Gary R. (Greensboro, NC) |
Assignee: |
R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
(Winston-Salem,
NC)
|
Appl. No.: | 06/790,484 |
Filed: | October 23, 1985 |
Application Number | Filing Date | Patent Number | Issue Date | ||
650604 | Sep., 1984 | ||||
684537 | Dec., 1984 | ||||
769532 | Aug., 1985 | ||||
Current U.S. Class: | 131/359 ; 131/335; 131/364; 131/365 |
Current International Class: | A24B 15/16 (20060101); A24B 15/00 (20060101); A24D 1/00 (20060101); A24D 1/18 (20060101); A24F 47/00 (20060101); A24B 015/28 (); A24D 001/18 () |
Field of Search: | 131/359-365,369,335,273 |
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