公开(公告)号：US11019842B2

公开(公告)日：2021-06-01

申请号：US13153831

申请日：2011-06-06

申请人： Michael Francis Dube ,  Kenneth Wayne Smith ,  Vernon Brent Barnes

发明人： Michael Francis Dube ,  Kenneth Wayne Smith ,  Vernon Brent Barnes

IPC分类号： A24D3/06 ,  A24D3/14

摘要： A filtered cigarette possesses at least one breakable capsule in its filter element. The filter element can possess a central cavity extending from the cigarette tobacco rod towards the middle of the filter element. The central cavity may be defined by an inner filter portion. The inner filter portion can be surrounded by an outer filter portion comprised of filter tow material that is generally permeable to the smoke generated by the cigarette. At least one breakable capsule is disposed in the central cavity of the filter element. The breakable capsules are spherical in shape, and are composed of a gelatin outer shell that encloses a payload of triglycerides and flavoring agents. The breakable capsules are adapted to rupture in response to pressure applied by the smoker to the outside region of the filter element.

公开(公告)号：US20110023896A1

公开(公告)日：2011-02-03

申请号：US12902516

申请日：2010-10-12

申请人： Michael Francis Dube ,  Kenneth Wayne Smith ,  Vernon Brent Barnes

发明人： Michael Francis Dube ,  Kenneth Wayne Smith ,  Vernon Brent Barnes

IPC分类号： A24B15/30 ,  A24C5/47 ,  A24D3/06 ,  A24D3/08 ,  A24D3/10

CPC分类号： A24D3/061 ,  A24D3/14

摘要： A filtered cigarette possesses at least one breakable capsule in its filter element. The filter element can possess a central cavity extending from the cigarette tobacco rod towards the middle of the filter element. The central cavity may be defined by an inner filter portion. The inner filter portion can be surrounded by an outer filter portion comprised of filter tow material that is generally permeable to the smoke generated by the cigarette. At least one breakable capsule is disposed in the central cavity of the filter element. The breakable capsules are spherical in shape, and are composed of a gelatin outer shell that encloses a payload of triglycerides and flavoring agents. The breakable capsules are adapted to rupture in response to pressure applied by the smoker to the outside region of the filter element.

公开(公告)号：US20100294289A1

公开(公告)日：2010-11-25

申请号：US12849487

申请日：2010-08-03

申请人： Michael Francis Dube ,  Paul Stuart Chapman

发明人： Michael Francis Dube ,  Paul Stuart Chapman

IPC分类号： A24B15/00 ,  A24C1/26

CPC分类号： A24C5/471 ,  A24C5/586 ,  A24D1/00 ,  A24D1/02 ,  A24D3/14

摘要： A filtered cigarette possesses a smokable rod and a filter element. The smokable rod is secured to the filter element using tipping material. The cigarette possesses more than one layer of tipping material. An outer layer of tipping material can overlie at least a portion of an underlying inner layer of tipping material, and during use by the smoker, the outer layer can be removed from the cigarette. Thus, it is possible for a cigarette manufacturer to provide a cigarette that can be used as such by the smoker, or that can be adapted by the smoker to provide a different sensory experience (e.g., the visual, organoleptic, trigeminal, aromatic, and tactile characteristics of the cigarette can be altered by removal of the outer tipping material). Alternatively, the use of the outer layer of tipping material can be used to improve the physical integrity of the cigarette.

摘要翻译： 经过滤的香烟具有可抽吸的杆和过滤元件。 吸烟杆使用接装材料固定在过滤元件上。 香烟拥有多层接装材料。 接装材料的外层可以覆盖接装材料的下层内层的至少一部分，并且在吸烟者使用期间，外层可以从香烟中取出。 因此，卷烟制造商可以提供可以由吸烟者本身使用的香烟，或者可以由吸烟者调整以提供不同的感官体验（例如，视觉，感官，三叉神经，芳香和 香烟的触觉特征可以通过移除外部接装材料来改变）。 或者，可以使用接装材料的外层来改善香烟的物理完整性。

公开(公告)号：US07793665B2

公开(公告)日：2010-09-14

申请号：US11503219

申请日：2006-08-14

申请人： Michael Francis Dube ,  Kenneth Wayne Smith ,  Vernon Brent Barnes

发明人： Michael Francis Dube ,  Kenneth Wayne Smith ,  Vernon Brent Barnes

IPC分类号： A24D3/06 ,  B31C99/00

CPC分类号： A24D3/061 ,  A24D3/14

摘要： A filtered cigarette possesses at least one breakable capsule in its filter element. The filter element can possess a central cavity extending from the cigarette tobacco rod towards the middle of the filter element. The central cavity may be defined by an inner filter portion. The inner filter portion can be surrounded by an outer filter portion comprised of filter tow material that is generally permeable to the smoke generated by the cigarette. At least one breakable capsule is disposed in the central cavity of the filter element. The breakable capsules are spherical in shape, and are composed of a gelatin outer shell that encloses a payload of triglycerides and flavoring agents. The breakable capsules are adapted to rupture in response to pressure applied by the smoker to the outside region of the filter element.

摘要翻译： 过滤的香烟在其过滤元件中具有至少一个可破坏的胶囊。 过滤元件可以具有从香烟烟草棒向过滤元件的中间延伸的中心腔。 中心腔可以由内部过滤器部分限定。 内部过滤器部分可以被包括过滤器丝束材料的外部过滤器部分包围，所述过滤器部分通常对香烟产生的烟雾是可透过的。 至少一个可破坏的胶囊设置在过滤元件的中心腔中。 易碎胶囊的形状为球形，由明胶外壳组成，外壳包含甘油三酯和调味剂的有效载荷。 可破坏的胶囊适于响应于吸烟者施加到过滤元件的外部区域的压力而破裂。

公开(公告)号：US20100116281A1

公开(公告)日：2010-05-13

申请号：US12267061

申请日：2008-11-07

申请人： Jerry Wayne Marshall ,  Susan Marlene Adams ,  Darlene Madeline Lawson ,  Michael Francis Dube

发明人： Jerry Wayne Marshall ,  Susan Marlene Adams ,  Darlene Madeline Lawson ,  Michael Francis Dube

IPC分类号： A24B15/42 ,  A24B15/00

CPC分类号： A24B15/42 ,  A24B3/12 ,  A24B13/00 ,  A24B15/28 ,  A24B15/30 ,  A24B15/302

摘要： A tobacco product incorporates at least one anthocyanin compound or derivative thereof. Anthocyanin compounds can be incorporated into the filter element or other components of a mouth end piece of a cigarette. The tobacco product also can have a smokeless form, and can be a smokeless tobacco product characterized as “snus;” and within that smokeless tobacco composition or formulation is incorporated anthocyanin compounds. Tobacco in green or yellow form can be cured by first placing that tobacco in intimate contact with at least one sugar and/or salt, and subjecting that tobacco to curing conditions.

摘要翻译： 烟草制品含有至少一种花青素化合物或其衍生物。 花青素化合物可以并入到过滤元件或香烟的嘴端部件的其它部件中。 烟草制品也可以具有无烟形式，并且可以是以“鼻烟”为特征的无烟烟草制品，并且在该无烟烟草组合物或制剂中加入花青素化合物。 通过首先将烟草与至少一种糖和/或盐紧密接触并使烟草经受固化条件，可以治愈绿色或黄色的烟草。

公开(公告)号：US5709227A

公开(公告)日：1998-01-20

申请号：US567655

申请日：1995-12-05

申请人： Barbara Walker Arzonico ,  Michael Francis Dube ,  Glenn Edward Creamer ,  Robert Leslie Oglesby ,  Charles Ray Ashcraft ,  Robin Kent Wilson

发明人： Barbara Walker Arzonico ,  Michael Francis Dube ,  Glenn Edward Creamer ,  Robert Leslie Oglesby ,  Charles Ray Ashcraft ,  Robin Kent Wilson

IPC分类号： A24D1/02 ,  A24D1/04 ,  A24D3/00 ,  A24D3/08 ,  A24D3/10 ,  C08L101/16 ,  D21H27/00 ,  A24D3/06

CPC分类号： A24D3/068 ,  A24D3/08 ,  A24D3/10

摘要： A degradable smoking article comprises a tobacco rod and a filter component made of a gathered web of moisture disintegrative sheet material wrapped with a moisture disintegrative plug wrap bonded along a longitudinal seam with a water soluble adhesive. A moisture disintegrative tipping paper coated on one side with a water soluble adhesive secures the tobacco, rod and filter component together. The combination of moisture and other natural elements such as sunlight, mechanical abrasion, etc., dissociates the components of the smoking article over a relatively short period of time. Other embodiments of the filter component include a hollow degradable tube and a monolithic extruded starch filter rod.

摘要翻译： 一种可降解的吸烟制品包括一个烟丝条和一个过滤器部件，该过滤器部件是由水分散性片材的聚集纤维网制成的，包裹着沿着纵向接缝与水溶性粘合剂粘合的湿度分解塞子包裹物。 一侧涂有水溶性粘合剂的水分崩解接头纸将烟草，棒和过滤器部件固定在一起。 水分和其他自然元素如阳光，机械磨损等的组合在相对较短的时间内解吸吸烟制品的组分。 过滤器部件的其它实施例包括中空可降解管和整体式挤出淀粉过滤棒。

公开(公告)号：US09210952B2

公开(公告)日：2015-12-15

申请号：US13149233

申请日：2011-05-31

申请人： Cynthia Stewart Stokes ,  John Larkin Nelson ,  Vernon Brent Barnes ,  Michael Francis Dube

发明人： Cynthia Stewart Stokes ,  John Larkin Nelson ,  Vernon Brent Barnes ,  Michael Francis Dube

IPC分类号： B31C99/00 ,  A24D3/02 ,  A24D3/06

CPC分类号： A24D3/0216 ,  A24D3/0229 ,  A24D3/025 ,  A24D3/061

摘要： Apparatuses are provided for manufacturing a rod member for a cigarette filter element. Each rod member defines a longitudinal axis and includes a generally longitudinally-extending filter material and a plurality of objects disposed therein along the longitudinal axis. Such an apparatus comprises a rod-forming unit configured to form a continuous supply of a filter material into a continuous cylindrical rod member. An object insertion unit is configured to introduce a plurality of objects into engagement with the rod member. A rod-dividing unit is configured to divide the rod member into a plurality of rod portions such that each rod portion includes a plurality of the objects. Associated methods are also provided.

摘要翻译： 提供了用于制造用于香烟过滤嘴元件的杆件的设备。 每个杆构件限定纵向轴线并且包括大致纵向延伸的过滤材料和沿着纵向轴线设置在其中的多个物体。 这种装置包括杆形成单元，其构造成连续地供应过滤材料到连续的圆柱形杆件中。 物体插入单元被构造成将多个物体引入与杆构件接合。 杆分割单元被构造成将杆构件分成多个杆部分，使得每个杆部分包括多个物体。 还提供了相关的方法。

公开(公告)号：US20120279510A1

公开(公告)日：2012-11-08

申请号：US13491319

申请日：2012-06-07

申请人： Jerry Wayne Marshall ,  Susan Marlene Adams ,  Darlene Madeline Lawson ,  Michael Francis Dube

发明人： Jerry Wayne Marshall ,  Susan Marlene Adams ,  Darlene Madeline Lawson ,  Michael Francis Dube

IPC分类号： A24B15/42 ,  A24B15/30

CPC分类号： A24B15/42 ,  A24B3/12 ,  A24B13/00 ,  A24B15/28 ,  A24B15/30 ,  A24B15/302

摘要： A curing process for providing cured tobacco. Tobacco in green or yellow form can be cured by first placing that tobacco in intimate contact with at least one sugar and/or salt, and subjecting that tobacco to curing conditions. The resulting cured tobacco so provided can be used for the production of tobacco products, and in particular, smokeless tobacco products.

摘要翻译： 用于提供固化烟草的固化方法。 通过首先将烟草与至少一种糖和/或盐紧密接触并使烟草经受固化条件，可以治愈绿色或黄色的烟草。 如此提供的所得固化烟草可用于生产烟草制品，特别是无烟烟草制品。

公开(公告)号：US07984719B2

公开(公告)日：2011-07-26

申请号：US12902516

申请日：2010-10-12

申请人： Michael Francis Dube ,  Kenneth Wayne Smith ,  Vernon Brent Barnes

发明人： Michael Francis Dube ,  Kenneth Wayne Smith ,  Vernon Brent Barnes

IPC分类号： A24D3/06 ,  A24D3/04

CPC分类号： A24D3/061 ,  A24D3/14

摘要： A filtered cigarette possesses at least one breakable capsule in its filter element. The filter element can possess a central cavity extending from the cigarette tobacco rod towards the middle of the filter element. The central cavity may be defined by an inner filter portion. The inner filter portion can be surrounded by an outer filter portion comprised of filter tow material that is generally permeable to the smoke generated by the cigarette. At least one breakable capsule is disposed in the central cavity of the filter element. The breakable capsules are spherical in shape, and are composed of a gelatin outer shell that encloses a payload of triglycerides and flavoring agents. The breakable capsules are adapted to rupture in response to pressure applied by the smoker to the outside region of the filter element.

摘要翻译： 过滤的香烟在其过滤元件中具有至少一个可破坏的胶囊。 过滤元件可以具有从香烟烟草棒向过滤元件的中间延伸的中心腔。 中心腔可以由内部过滤器部分限定。 内部过滤器部分可以被包括过滤器丝束材料的外部过滤器部分包围，所述过滤器部分通常对香烟产生的烟雾是可透过的。 至少一个可破坏的胶囊设置在过滤元件的中心腔中。 易碎胶囊的形状为球形，由明胶外壳组成，外壳包含甘油三酯和调味剂的有效载荷。 可破坏的胶囊适于响应于吸烟者施加到过滤元件的外部区域的压力而破裂。

公开(公告)号：US20090288667A1

公开(公告)日：2009-11-26

申请号：US12124891

申请日：2008-05-21

申请人： Norman Philip Andresen ,  Michael Francis Dube ,  Barbara Walker Arzonico

发明人： Norman Philip Andresen ,  Michael Francis Dube ,  Barbara Walker Arzonico

IPC分类号： A24C5/47

CPC分类号： A24D3/0225 ,  A24D3/0216 ,  A24D3/048 ,  A24D3/061 ,  A24D3/08 ,  A24D3/16

摘要： An apparatus and associated method for forming a filter rod member of a smoking article, such as a cigarette, is provided. The apparatus comprises a rod-forming unit configured to form a continuous supply of a filter material into a continuous cylindrical rod member. An insertion unit is configured to insert an adsorbent material carried by a carrier material into the rod member. The method comprises forming a continuous supply of a filter material into a continuous cylindrical rod member, and inserting an adsorbent material carried by a carrier material into the rod member such that the adsorbent material is disposed within the rod member.

摘要翻译： 提供了一种用于形成诸如香烟的吸烟制品的过滤杆构件的装置和相关方法。 该装置包括杆形成单元，其构造成连续地将过滤材料供应到连续的圆柱形杆件中。 插入单元构造成将由载体材料承载的吸附材料插入到杆构件中。 该方法包括将过滤材料连续地供应到连续的圆柱形杆件中，并将由载体材料承载的吸附剂材料插入到杆件中，使得吸附材料设置在杆件内。