Tobacco inventions 04/06

20060086365 - Apparatus with electric heating device for water-pipe smoking: An apparatus for water-pipe smoking includes a water-pipe and an electric heating device. The water-pipe has a bowl body for holding combustible smoking material therein. The electric heating device includes a shroud that confines a heating space, a handle that is connected to the shroud and that is disposed outwardly...

20060086364 - Apparatus with electric heating unit for water-pipe smoking: In an apparatus for water-pipe smoking, a liquid container and a bowl unit are disposed in a hollow base. The liquid container includes a container body to be partially filled with a liquid body, a smoke guide duct having first and second duct portions that respectively extend out of and...

20060086366 - Surface modified adsorbents and use thereof: A surface-modified adsorbent comprises a reagent on a porous carrier. Preferred porous carriers are adsorbent carbons such as activated carbon, silica gels, aluminas, polyester resins, zeolites or zeolite-like materials, and mixtures thereof. An exemplary porous carrier is activated carbon comprising at least about 80% micropores and having an average particle...

20060086367 - Additives for tobacco cut filler: Tobacco smoking mixtures capable of producing tobacco smoke are provided which reduce the cytotoxicity and/or mutagenicity of the tobacco smoke. The tobacco smoking mixtures include tobacco cut filler and glycerin in an amount effective to reduce cytotoxicity and/or mutagenicity of smoke produced by the tobacco smoking mixture. The tobacco smoking...

20060081266 - Method and apparatus for measuring the diameter of a rod-shaped article: An apparatus and a method for measuring the diameter of at least one rod-shaped article. A beam splitter is arranged to split a beam coming from the radiation source into several component beams and to conduct the beams from different directions onto the rod-shaped article. A detection device includes a...

20060076026 - Cigarette making machine and method: A cigarette making machine includes a web roll (8) from which a web W having bands previously formed is drawn, and a suction brake (14) arranged between the web roll (8) and a garniture tape (2) of a wrapping section (6). When a band (B) for a cigarette (C) is...

20060070632 - Segregating foreign objects from a stream of tobacoo: A method and apparatus for segregating foreign objects out of a tobacco stream. The tobacco stream is fed into a conveyor and conveyed past a foreign-object detecting device which detects a foreign object in the tobacco stream. A diverter is arranged in the conveyor to divert the tobacco stream downstream...

20060070633 - Flow distributor of an electrically heated cigarette smoking system: A heater fixture for use in an electrically heated cigarette smoking system having a source of electrical energy for heating a cigarette includes an inner wall or barrel having at least one opening through the inner wall extending from an outer peripheral surface to an inner surface of the inner...

20060070634 - Smoking article holder: A smoking article holder for cigars or cigarettes and the like includes an elongate curved tray member for placement of the smoking article therein, and a snap fastener socket member to enable the holder to be snapped to a corresponding snap fastener stud, such as on a golf bag or...