Tobacco inventions 01/06

20060016453 - Cigarette substitute device: A spot-heating cigarette substitute device, which, in response to an electric power supplies and suction by a user, evaporates nicotine mixture and delivers them to the user. The device has a porous solid chip; an electric circuit is embedded therein for providing heat necessary for evaporating the nicotinic compound. A...

20060016454 - Tool and a method for making a smoker's pipe from a firm fruit or vegetable: A tool for forming a smoker's pipe from a firm fruit or vegetable such as an apple or a potato has cooperating elements with which a user readily creates a bowl for retaining ignited smoking material, without the need for a screen, and a passage communicating with the bowl to...

20060011205 - Smoking article including a catalytic smoke reformer: A smoking article includes a tobacco rod in axial alignment with a filter section with a catalyst bed disposed between the tobacco rod and the filter section. The catalyst bed may be heated from an external portable heating source or may be heated by the internal evolving gases of combustion...

20060011206 - Smokers filter: A tobacco smoke filter which has a tar retention of at most 50% and comprises a relatively high draw resistance downstream filtering plug (2) of at most 50% tar retention, a relatively low draw resistance upstream filter plug (3) of at most 22% tar retention spaced longitudinally upstream therefrom, and...

20060011207 - Wrapping materials for smoking articles: Smokable rods of cigarettes are manufactured using wrapping materials that incorporate at least one fibrous material (e.g., flax fibers, hardwood pulp fibers and/or softwood pulp fibers) at least one filler material (e.g., calcium carbonate in particulate form). The wrapping materials possess multi-layer coatings. The wrapping materials possess coatings in the...

20060005847 - Wrapping materials for smoking articles: Smokable rods of cigarettes are manufactured using wrapping materials that incorporate at least one fibrous material (e.g., flax fibers, hardwood pulp fibers and/or softwood pulp fibers) at least one filler material (e.g., calcium carbonate in particulate form). The wrapping materials possess multi-layer coatings. The wrapping materials possess coatings in the...

20060000481 - Intermediate wrapper and method of making: A tobacco product is formed by perforated cigar or shell, the shell comprising a sheet of material with an intermediate sheet, the sheet comprising tobacco leaves and/or homogenized tobacco paper. The cigar or shell is packaged for shipment to an end user or consumer. The cigar or shell remains in...