221 |
Use of physiological cooling active ingredients, and agents containing such active ingredients |
US14533345 |
2014-11-05 |
US09718839B2 |
2017-08-01 |
Thomas Subkowski; Michael Backes; Heiko Oertling; Arnold Machinek; Hubert Loges; Ulrike Simchen; Horst Surburg; Claus Bollschweiler; Jens Wittenberg; Wolfgang Siegel |
The invention relates to a TRPM8 modulator for achieving a cooling effect on the skin or a mucous membrane. |
222 |
TOBACCO RELATED PRODUCT CONTAINING DISTINGUISHABLE TOBACCO RELATED ELEMENTS AND METHODS |
US15321086 |
2015-07-01 |
US20170172202A1 |
2017-06-22 |
Björn URBAN |
The invention relates to a tobacco related product comprising standard tobacco related fibers, elements and/or particles and further additional tobacco related elements configured to detectably distinguish from standard tobacco related fibers, elements and/or particles and methods of manufacturing and authenticating such a tobacco related product. |
223 |
SYNTHESIS AND INCORPORATION OF HIGH-TEMPERATURE AMMONIA-RELEASE AGENT IN LIT-END CIGARETTES |
US15427437 |
2017-02-08 |
US20170143030A1 |
2017-05-25 |
Jay A Fournier; John B. Paine; Douglas A. Fernandez |
A tobacco smoking mixture and/or a cigarette wrapper with high-temperature ammonia-release agents therein are provided, wherein the high-temperature ammonia-release agents are present in an amount effective to reduce the cytotoxicity of gas phase or particulate matter formed during smoking of the cigarette. The high-temperature ammonia-release agents can be formed by heating an aqueous mixture of an iron precursor compound, an ammonia source compound and an acid. |
224 |
Method for preparing flavor-containing sheet for smoking article, flavor-containing sheet for smoking article prepared by the method, and smoking article comprising the same |
US13963499 |
2013-08-09 |
US09622508B2 |
2017-04-18 |
Yasuo Tanaka |
A method for preparing a flavor-containing sheet for a smoking article, characterized by includes a step of extending a raw material slurry on a substrate, wherein the slurry contains polysaccharide and a flavor, has a moisture content of 70 to 95 wt %, and has a temperature of 60 to 90° C. in a sol state, a step of cooling the extended raw material slurry to a sample temperature of 0 to 40° C. to form a gel, and a heat-drying step includes heating the gelled raw material and drying it at a sample temperature of 70 to 100° C. |
225 |
MENTHOL CIGARETTE |
US15349250 |
2016-11-11 |
US20170055569A1 |
2017-03-02 |
Ulrike Becker; Tony Howell; Lixin Xue; Georgios D. Karles; Jay A Fournier |
Cigarettes are provided which contain a filtering system and flavorants encapsulated with polyvinyl acetate, wherein deactivation of a sorbent by the flavorant is reduced through the encapsulation of the flavorant within the polyvinyl acetate. A preferred flavorant is menthol. The encapsulated flavorants are prepared by mixing at least one flavorant with polyvinyl acetate and a solvent, such as ethanol, and forming the encapsulated flavorants. Methods of making cigarettes and smoking the articles are also provided. |
226 |
TOBACCO CONTAINING SMOKING ARTICLE |
US15286087 |
2016-10-05 |
US20170020200A1 |
2017-01-26 |
John Howard Robinson; David William Griffith, JR.; Billy Tyrone Conner; Evon Llewellyn Crooks; Dempsey Bailey Brewer, JR. |
A smoking article may include a cigarette incorporated within an electrically powered aerosol generating device that acts as a holder for that cigarette. The smoking article possesses at least one form of tobacco. The smoking article also possesses a mouth-end piece that is used by the smoker to inhale components of tobacco that are generated by the action of heat upon components of the cigarette. A representative smoking article possesses an outer housing incorporating a source of electrical power (e.g., a battery), a sensing mechanism for powering the device at least during periods of draw, and a heating device (e.g., at least one electrical resistance heating element) for forming a thermally generated aerosol that incorporates components of tobacco. During use, the cigarette is positioned within the device, and after use, the used cigarette is removed from the device and replaced with another cigarette. |
227 |
CARBON HEAT SOURCE AND FLAVOR INHALER |
US15242180 |
2016-08-19 |
US20160353797A1 |
2016-12-08 |
Takeshi AKIYAMA; Tomohiro KOBAYASHI; Manabu YAMADA |
A carbon heat source (10) is equipped with: a cylindrical section (11) provided with a cavity (11A) through which there is ventilation communication in the longitudinal axis direction (L) of the carbon heat source (10); and an ignition end (12) which is provided further to the ignition side of the carbon heat source (10) than the cylindrical section (11). Therein, a groove (12A) which connects with the cavity (11A) is formed on the end surface (E) of the ignition side of the ignition end (12). |
228 |
Paper tube and flavor inhaler |
US14367334 |
2012-12-20 |
US09491970B2 |
2016-11-15 |
Yasuhiro Shinozaki; Yosuke Azegami; Takeshi Akiyama; Manabu Yamada; Takashi Hasegawa; Masafumi Tarora |
A paper tube that can be used in a flavor-suctioning tool. The paper tube (1) of a single layer of a thick paper is formed into a hollow cylinder shape by rolling a rectangular thick paper (2) into a cylindrical shape thereby forming an overlapped part (2wr) where two edges overlap, and by adhering the two edges to one another at the overlapped part (2wr). The thick paper (2) has a basis weight of 100 to 300 g/m2, a thickness of 150 to 500 μm, and a density of 0.5 g/cm3 or greater. The diameter of the cylinder is 5 mm to 8 mm. A plurality of grooves (3) that are parallel to an axis (CL) of the cylinder are disposed in the outer circumferential surface or the inner circumferential surface of the cylinder. |
229 |
Smoking Article |
US14915488 |
2014-08-29 |
US20160205996A1 |
2016-07-21 |
Edward Dennis JOHN; David John DITTRICH; Steven COBURN; Chuan LIU; Kevin Gerard MCADAM |
A method of producing a smoking article is disclosed. The smoking article comprises a smoke constituent reducing technology which is capable of reducing the concentration of a smoke constituent generated by a smoking article in use. The method comprises in a first step, determining one or more first lateral regions at which, when the smoking article is in use, the smoke constituent is present at a first concentration, and one or more second lateral regions at which, when the smoking article is in use, the smoke constituent is present at a second concentration which is lower than the first concentration. In a second step, the method comprises producing a smoking article in which the smoke constituent reducing technology is targeted to reduce the concentration of the smoke constituent present at the one or more first lateral regions. |
230 |
SMOKING ARTICLE COMPRISING A COMBUSTIBLE HEAT SOURCE WITH AT LEAST ONE AIRFLOW CHANNEL |
US14896862 |
2014-08-12 |
US20160135495A1 |
2016-05-19 |
Laurent Edouard POGET; Oleg MIRONOV; Stephane ROUDIER |
A smoking article is provided, including a combustible heat source having opposed front and rear faces; one or more airflow channels extending from the front face to the rear face; an aerosol-forming substrate downstream of the rear face; a mouthpiece downstream of the aerosol-forming substrate; and one or more air inlets located downstream of the rear face and upstream of the mouthpiece. The one or more air inlets are located between the rear face and a downstream end of the aerosol-forming substrate. Air drawn through the aerosol-forming substrate enters the smoking article through the one or more airflow channels and the one or more air inlets, and at least some of the air drawn through the aerosol-forming substrate comes into direct contact with a combustible portion of the combustible heat source. |
231 |
In situ formation of catalytic cigarette paper |
US11729951 |
2007-03-30 |
US09255361B2 |
2016-02-09 |
Shalva Gedevanishvili; Shahryar Rabiei |
Methods for the in situ formation of catalyst particles in cigarette paper are provided. A catalyst precursor, which can be incorporated into the cigarette papermaking process or can be combined with cigarette paper after formation of the paper, can be decomposed to form catalyst particles that are incorporated within the cigarette paper. Cigarette paper comprising the catalyst particles can be used to form a cigarette. During the smoking of a cigarette comprising the catalyst particles the amount of carbon monoxide in the mainstream smoke of the cigarette can be reduced. |
232 |
METHOD OF MAKING A TOBACCO PRODUCT |
US14701074 |
2015-04-30 |
US20150305400A1 |
2015-10-29 |
Daniel S. Sinclair, JR. |
A tobacco product is formed by rolling a sheet of material supplied by a roll or rolls (e.g. moistened tobacco leaves) and/or homogenized sheet tobacco about a slit mandrel to form a shaped tube. The shaped tube is then packaged for shipment to an end user or consumer. The shaped tube remains in the rolled, shaped tube form inside the package. After the shaped tube is removed from the package, a consumer can fill the tube with crushed tobacco leaves or other tobacco filler material of a favorite blend, thereby eliminating some steps in the making of a “roll-your-own” tobacco product. A liquid can be added to the sheet or to the finished tube to moisturize same. The liquid can include flavoring. The tubes are unfilled when packaged and sent to a consumer/end user in tube form so that they have a “memory” that helps hold a tubular cigar shape after they are filled with selected tobacco fill material. |
233 |
Substitute Cigarette for Non-Combustion Use |
US14674031 |
2015-03-31 |
US20150296881A1 |
2015-10-22 |
Joseph Raymond Leger |
A non-combusting cigarette substitute device has an elongated tubular casing occupied by a filter portion of a first porous material in proximity to a first end and a substitute portion of a second porous material spanning between the filter portion and an opposing second end. The second porous material has a density which is greater than a density of the first porous material. Overall, the densities of the first and second porous materials are suitable to readily permit air to be drawn through the tubular casing in response to suction supplied by a user to imitate the draw of a conventional cigarette. A flavouring agent is applied in an effective amount to the device such that vapors released from the flavouring agent impart a taste to the air drawn through the tubular casing. |
234 |
Cigarette wrapper with printed catalyst |
US10560396 |
2004-06-14 |
US09119421B2 |
2015-09-01 |
Ping Li; Shalva Gedevanishvili; Firooz Rasouli; Weijun Zhang; Rajesh K. Garg; Hector Alonso |
A wrapper for a smoking article includes a web; and a patterned deposit on at least a portion of one surface of the wrapper, wherein the patterned deposit comprises catalyst particles. The patterned deposit can include a nanoparticle catalyst that is capable of catalyzing the conversion of a constituent gas component in the mainstream and/or sidestream smoke of the smoking article. The constituent gas component can be carbon monoxide and/or nitric oxide and the catalyst particles can be iron oxide. Also provided is a smoking article comprising a tobacco rod having a wrapper formed around the tobacco rod, the wrapper including a patterned deposit on at least a portion of one surface of the wrapper. A method of making the wrapper and a method of making a smoking article utilizing the wrapper are also provided. |
235 |
CIGARETTE PAPER ADDITIVE HAVING HARM REDUCTION FUNCTION AND APPLICATION THEREOF |
US14412523 |
2013-03-11 |
US20150201671A1 |
2015-07-23 |
Ya Dai; Deqing Zhao; Kefu Chen; Kunyan Chen; Lijun Zhu; Yufeng Sun; Lanlan Tan |
A cigarette paper additive having harm reduction function and application thereof are provided. The additive contains alkali metal salts of butane tetracarboxylic acid or cyclobutane tetracarboxylic acid which are prepared by reacting the butane tetracarboxylic acid or cyclobutane tetracarboxylic acid with alkali. The application thereof is evenly adding the aqueous additive solution at different concentrations to cigarette paper by a metering rod-type film transfer sizing machine in a sizing section of the cigarette paper production, and the produced cigarette paper is used for cigarette production that can effectively reduce release of CO, phenol and tar in the mainstream smoke, and has better effects of harm reduction and tar reduction. The method of the invention is easy, does not need to alter the existing cigarette paper production process, and has low cost and higher industrial application value. |
236 |
SYNTHESIS AND INCORPORATION OF HIGH-TEMPERATURE AMMONIA-RELEASE AGENT IN LIT-END CIGARETTES |
US14592375 |
2015-01-08 |
US20150122280A1 |
2015-05-07 |
Jay A. Fournier; John B. Paine; Douglas A. Fernandez |
A tobacco smoking mixture and/or a cigarette wrapper with high-temperature ammonia-release agents therein are provided, wherein the high-temperature ammonia-release agents are present in an amount effective to reduce the cytotoxicity of gas phase or particulate matter formed during smoking of the cigarette. The high-temperature ammonia-release agents are capable of reducing the cytotoxicity of gas phase or particulate matter by evolving ammonia at temperatures greater than about 200° C., wherein the ammonia can interact with the particulate matter. Additionally, the high-temperature ammonia-release agents can be formed by heating an aqueous mixture of an iron precursor compound, an ammonia source compound and an acid. |
237 |
Method for forming a smoking article capable of delivering flavorant to mainstream smoke when ignited during smoking |
US13619422 |
2012-09-14 |
US09011603B2 |
2015-04-21 |
Munmaya K. Mishra; Jay A Fournier; Marc R. Krauss; Douglas A. Fernandez; Peter J. Lipowicz |
Delivery of additives in a smoking article is provided through thermally degradable, robust immobilized additive inserts. Additives can be immobilized in an elongated device or an insert, wherein the elongated device or the insert is sufficiently robust to allow the elongated device or the insert to be manually or machine inserted into a smoking article while maintaining the structure of the elongated device or the insert. By providing additives in the form of thermally degradable immobilized additive inserts, migration and/or loss of the additives in a smoking article prior to smoking can be reduced. |
238 |
Tobacco-Containing Smoking Article |
US14527287 |
2014-10-29 |
US20150047656A1 |
2015-02-19 |
John Howard Robinson; David William Griffith, JR.; Billy Tyrone Conner; Evon Llewellyn Crooks; Dempsey Bailey Brewer, JR. |
A smoking article may include a cigarette incorporated within an electrically powered aerosol generating device that acts as a holder for that cigarette. The smoking article possesses at least one form of tobacco. The smoking article also possesses a mouth-end piece that is used by the smoker to inhale components of tobacco that are generated by the action of heat upon components of the cigarette. A representative smoking article possesses an outer housing incorporating a source of electrical power (e.g., a battery), a sensing mechanism for powering the device at least during periods of draw, and a heating device (e.g., at least one electrical resistance heating element) for forming a thermally generated aerosol that incorporates components of tobacco. During use, the cigarette is positioned within the device, and after use, the used cigarette is removed from the device and replaced with another cigarette. |
239 |
CARBON HEAT SOURCE AND FLAVOR INHALER |
US14499862 |
2014-09-29 |
US20150013703A1 |
2015-01-15 |
Takeshi AKIYAMA; Tomohiro KOBAYASHI; Manabu YAMADA |
A carbon heat source (10) is equipped with: a cylindrical section (11) provided with a cavity (11A) through which there is ventilation communication in the longitudinal axis direction (L) of the carbon heat source (10); and an ignition end (12) which is provided further to the ignition side of the carbon heat source (10) than the cylindrical section (11). Therein, a groove (12A) which connects with the cavity (11A) is formed on the end surface (E) of the ignition side of the ignition end (12). |
240 |
PAPER TUBE AND FLAVOR INHALER |
US14367334 |
2012-12-20 |
US20140366901A1 |
2014-12-18 |
Yasuhiro Shinozaki; Yosuke Azegami; Takeshi Akiyama; Manabu Yamada; Takashi Hasegawa; Masafumi Tarora |
Provided is a paper tube that can be used in a flavor-suctioning tool. A paper tube (1) of a single layer of a thick paper is formed into a hollow cylinder shape by rolling a rectangular thick paper (2) into a cylindrical shape thereby forming an overlapped part (2wr) where two edges overlap, and by adhering the two edges to one another at the overlapped part (2wr). The thick paper (2) has a basis weight of 100 to 300 g/m2, a thickness of 150 to 500 μm, and a density of 0.5 g/cm3 or greater. The diameter of the cylinder is 5 mm to 8 mm. A plurality of grooves (3) that are parallel to an axis (CL) of the cylinder are disposed in the outer circumferential surface or the inner circumferential surface of the cylinder. |