Tobacco inventions 07/07

20070169783 - Belt buckle solar cigarette lighter: A belt buckle is provided with a solar cigarette lighter for lighting tobacco products such as cigarettes and cigars. The belt buckle comprises a convex-shaped buckle body with a reflective surface that is configured to reflect the rays of the sun to a focal point above the reflective surface. A... Agent: Richard A. Ryan Attorney At Law

20070169784 - Piston load of vehicle height adjusting shock absorber and method of machining the same: A piston rod installed to a vehicle height adjusting shock absorber includes a body portion having a hollow portion with first and second ends that are open. A step portion extends inwardly into the hollow portion a predetermined length from the first end of the hollow portion, the step portion... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20070169785 - Smoking article with bypass channel: A smoking article having a tobacco rod of a smokable material and a filter system attached to the tobacco rod of smokable material. The filter system includes a first filter portion and a second filter portion, the second filter portion concentrically positioned with respect to the first filter portion and... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20070169786 - Corrugated catalytic cigarette paper and cigarettes comprising the same: A catalyst-modified corrugated cigarette paper wrapper comprises a fibrous web, an optional web-filler material supported by the web, and catalyst particles supported by the web and/or the web-filler material. In cigarettes comprising the catalyst-modified corrugated cigarette paper, the corrugations define axially-extending channels that can run the length of a tobacco... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20070163605 - Tobacco slab: The invention relates to a continuous tobacco slab (10) made of shredded tobacco which slab has a substantially uniform composition and a substantially uniform distribution of the shredded tobacco. The invention further relates to a multi-layer structure comprising the tobacco slab and in addition at least one layer, preferably one... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20070163606 - Device for transporting and compacting comminuted materials: A device for transporting and compacting comminuted materials, particularly organic plant materials, comprises belt conveyors, located convergently to each other. Transporting and compacting carriers are made from a material accepted for contact with food products, particularly with tobacco material. According to the invention, both belt conveyors, situated at an angle... Agent: Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP

20070163607 - Side applied ashtray and glass holder accessory for slot and electronic games machines: A side applied ashtray and glass holder accessory for slot and electronic game machines, comprised by a framework attached to a side of the machine, that upholds by a bored horizontal plane a glass holder and ashtray. The glass holder is a dismountable container of variable depth and diameter, which... Agent: Jacobson Holman PLLC

20070163609 - Filtering nozzle for cigarette: A filtering nozzle for cigarette is disclosed. The filtering nozzle comprises a suction type which is an appropriate length of tubular structure having one end being an inlet and the other end being an outlet; a connection tube which is an appropriate length of tubular structure having one end being... Agent: Leong C Lei

20070163608 - Portable airtight water resistant odor impermeable container: A two piece pocket container made of smooth, low-friction, high impact plastic comprises a container body having a tapered collar with a circumferential protrusion that snap-fits together with a tapered lid having a circumferential recess, providing an air-tight, water resistant, and odor impermeable seal. The container may be constructed in... Agent: Donald W. Meeker Patent Agent

20070163610 - Formulation and use and manufacture thereof: This invention relates to a liquid pharmaceutical formulation for delivering nicotine to a subject. This invention also relates to a method and a system for delivering nicotine as well as manufacturing and use of said liquid pharmaceutical formulation.... Agent: Woodcock Washburn LLP

20070163611 - Metal-containing nanowires prepared using mesoporous molecular sieves as templates, and their use in smoking articles for removing certain gas phase constituents from tobacco smoke: Cut filler compositions, smoking articles such as cigarettes, methods for making cigarettes and methods for treating cigarette smoke are provided, which involve the use of metal-containing nanowires. The metal-containing nanowires are capable of removing at least one constituent from tobacco smoke, preferably in a selective manner. The metal-containing nanowires may... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20070163612 - Supported catalysts: Supported catalyst particles, which can be incorporated in the tobacco cut filler, cigarette wrapper and/or cigarette filter of a cigarette, are useful for low-temperature and near-ambient temperature catalysis of carbon monoxide and/or nitric oxide. The supported catalyst comprises catalyst particles that are supported on particles of an electrically conductive support... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20070157938 - Device for processing filter tow material, and device for the production of filters: A device for processing filter tow material used for producing filters for rod-shaped smoking articles such as cigarettes. The device includes a filter tow supply to provide at least two filter tow strips to at least two filter tow guideways. Each of the at least two filter tow strips is... Agent: Venable LLP

20070157939 - Gas sensor: A gas sensor is disclosed as having a gas sensor element, supported with a cylindrical housing, which is covered with an atmosphere-side cover fixedly secured to the cylindrical housing. The atmosphere-side cover fixedly supports a seal member having a ventilation bore and a plurality of lead wire inserting bores formed... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070157940 - Smoking articles comprising inner wrapping strips: The present invention is directed to a cigarette comprising a tobacco rod having a smokable filler material contained within a circumscribing outer wrapping material, and one or more inner wrapping strips positioned between the tobacco rod and the outer wrapping material and extending longitudinally along the tobacco rod. The inner... Agent: Alston & Bird LLP