Tobacco inventions 01/07

20070017536 - Method for producing a smokable article: Method for operating a rod maker of the tobacco-processing industry. In order to place additives, e.g., flavoring agents, in a cigarette in a location-dependent manner, a tobacco cake or tobacco web is formed from deposited tobacco. Furthermore, an extrudate is formed. The extrudate is applied to the deposited tobacco. The... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20070012326 - Ash tray movable between a sealed retracted position and an accessible extended postion: A cylindrical housing encloses a receptacle for receiving cigarette ashes. An actuator within the housing supports a mounting rim which may be moved between an extended position free of the housing, and a retracted position within the housing. The receptacle provides a peripheral flange configured and shaped for engagement with... Agent: Patent Law & Venture Group

20070012327 - Cigarettes and filter subassemblies with squeezable flavor capsule and methods of manufacture: Improved delivery of additive materials to cigarettes is provided through the use of one or more capsules containing additive materials, such as flavor components, in the filter section of a cigarette. The capsule or capsules are provided between first and second absorbent members and the capsules are subjected to an... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20070012328 - Tobacco pouch product: A pouched tobacco product includes a lined pouch material of a web and a water-soluble liner adjacent the web and a tobacco component contained within the lined pouch material. The water-soluble liner is interposed between the web and the tobacco component. The liner preferably reduces staining of the web by... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20070006888 - Apparatus and methods for manufacturing cigarettes: Small quantities of cigarettes may be manufactured in a substantially simultaneous fashion while maintaining consistent quality between the cigarettes using the disclosed apparatus and methods. The apparatus and method include features for simultaneously inserting charges of tobacco into pre-formed tubular cigarette wrappers. In another aspect, a system enables making cigarettes... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20070006889 - Virtual reality smoking system: A virtual or augmented reality smoking system is provided herein. A smoker using the system can experience a virtual reality of smoking by puffing on a cigarette shaped article and experiencing the taste or aroma from the article while simultaneously viewing a generated image of a burning cigarette and exhaled... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20070000502 - Multifunction container device: A multipurpose of multifunction container device is provided that has a body defining at least one storage compartment to contain one or more items therein and a housing section that is designed to contain one or both of: a cutter device useful to cut the tip of items contained in... Agent: Ip Guidance

20070000503 - Apparatus and method for detection and segregation of faulty cigarettes: Apparatus and method for detection and segregation of faulty cigarettes in a production/packaging installation for cigarettes having an apparatus by means of which faulty cigarettes are segregated from the conveyed sequence of cigarettes, wherein the apparatus and method use a generator and evaluation circuits for radio-frequency electromagnetic fields and use... Agent: Alix Yale & Ristas LLP

20070000504 - Unit for feeding filters to a filter tip attachment machine: Filter plugs for cigarettes are supplied to a filter tip attachment machine by a feed unit comprising a hopper into which filter plugs of at least one type are directed in succession from a filter maker. The hopper is positioned above a row of rotating drums, each furnished peripherally with... Agent: Harbin King & Klima

20070000505 - Smoking article with tobacco beads: A component of a smoking article having tobacco beads. The tobacco beads can be located in a filter and/or a tobacco rod. The filter can be a multi-component filter, wherein an sorbent (preferably upstream) removes at least one constituent from mainstream tobacco smoke passing through the filter and downstream tobacco... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20070000506 - Tobacco-like products with substitute materials and manufacturing methods: A tobacco-like product includes a coffee, tea, cocoa or soy base material. A flavor ingredient is added to the base material and the final product is formulated to a suitable form, such as lozenges, tablets, cakes, shredded, powdered and capsules. In the practice of the method of the present invention,... Agent: Mark Brown

20070000507 - Templated carbon fibers and their application: Disclosed is a carbon fiber with a template derived shape and method for making the same by (a) mixing a precursor with a fibrous template, (b) forming the mixture into a pre-determined shape, (c) curing the mixture to form a precursor composite, (d) carbonizing the precursor composite, and (e) decomposing... Agent: Connolly Bove Lodge & Hutz, LLP

20070000508 - Templated carbon monolithic tubes with shaped micro-channels and method for making the same: Disclosed is a method for forming an article with template shaped channels by (a) mixing a precursor with a fibrous template, (b) forming the mixture into a pre-determined shape, (c) curing the mixture to form a precursor composite, (d) carbonizing the precursor composite, and (e) decomposing the fibrous template to... Agent: Connolly Bove Lodge & Hutz, LLP