Tobacco inventions 08/07

20070199570 - Method for the continuous manufacture of smoking articles: A method for the continuous manufacture of cigarillos and other smoking articles comprising a rod of smokable material and a wrapper of tobacco leaf material circumscribing the rod comprises: conveying an elongate web of tobacco leaf material along a pre-determined path; repeatedly severing the elongate web to form a succession... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20070193591 - Unknown: The invention relates to a device for filling cigarette tubes with tobacco, wherein the device comprises at least one suitable separating means by means of which the tobacco can be detached from a tobacco block, and also at least one suitable filling means with which the cigarette tube can be... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20070193592 - Method and devices for obtaining the continuity of the uniformity of the structure and density of a stream of transported loose material, particularly organic plant material, and particularly tobacco material: The invention relates to a method and a device for obtaining the continuity of the uniformity of the structure and density of a stream of transported loose material, particularly organic plant material, and particularly tobacco material. According to the inventive method, a previously loosened material is compacted during transportation between... Agent: Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP

20070193593 - Manufacturing machine for manufacturing heat-source rod and method of manufacturing same: A manufacturing machine manufactures a heat-source rod having a rod-like extrusion-molded article made from a combustible material with axial grooves in the cylindrical surface thereof and a heat-insulating web enveloping the article, and is provided with a apparatus 10 for spouting water to the web W in the process of... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070193594 - Tobacco compaction device: Systems and methods for compacting rolled tobacco are provided. In a specific embodiment, a compacting tool having a tapered hole slightly smaller that the diameter of cigarette can be utilized to compact a cigarette. The tapered hole allows the cigarette to be easily inserted into the hole and as the... Agent: Galasso & Associates, Lp

20070193595 - Method of extracting a component from material and a device used for the method: A method of extracting a component from material includes the steps of alternately arranging the material (10) and absorbent (12) in layers along an inner channel (8c) of a container (8), supplying a high-pressure solvent into the inner channel (8c) of the container (8), extracting a predetermined component from the... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070193596 - Tobacco material, flavoring agent, and regenerated tobacco material, reduced in stimulus and pungency in the smoking stage, method of preparing tobacco material and method of preparing flavoring agent: Tobacco material is reduced in stimulus and pungency in its smoking stage by decreasing a content of a colored acidic water-soluble polymer substance.... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070186940 - Molecularly imprinted polymers selective for nitrosamines and methods of using the same: A class of molecularly imprinted polymers that specifically recognizes and binds to nitrosamines members of which class are useful, for example, in analysis and separation of nitrosamines from biological fluids. Such molecularly imprinted polymers are also useful in methods of treating and manufacturing tobacco products and materials.... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20070186941 - Smokeless tobacco composition: A smokeless tobacco product includes a powdered or granular smokeless tobacco formulation that is contained within a moisture-permeable packet or pouch. The smokeless tobacco formulation may include finely ground particles of tobacco in powder-like form and other ingredients such as sweeteners, binders, colorants, pH adjusters, fillers, flavoring ingredients, disintegration aids,... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20070186942 - Tobacco articles and methods: Some embodiments of a tobacco article may include tobacco disposed in a porous matrix. The tobacco article may provide tobacco, tobacco constituents, or both tobacco and tobacco constituents to the consumer's mouth in the form of particles, liquid, or vapor so as to provide tobacco satisfaction to the consumer. In... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20070186943 - Tobacco articles and methods: Some embodiments of a tobacco article may include tobacco disposed in a porous matrix. The tobacco article may provide tobacco, tobacco constituents, or both tobacco and tobacco constituents to the consumer's mouth in the form of particles, liquid, or vapor so as to provide tobacco satisfaction to the consumer. In... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20070186944 - Tobacco articles and methods: Some embodiments of a tobacco article may include tobacco disposed in a porous matrix. The tobacco article may provide tobacco, tobacco constituents, or both tobacco and tobacco constituents to the consumer's mouth in the form of particles, liquid, or vapor so as to provide tobacco satisfaction to the consumer. In... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20070186945 - Smoking article with improved delivery profile: A smoking article, which provides lower amounts of total particulate matter in a latter portion of its puff count, includes a cylinder of smoking material, a combustible hollow tube within the cylinder of smoking material, and a heat sink at a downstream end of the hollow tube. The smoking article... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20070181140 - Smoking article having flavorant materials retained in hollow heat conductive tubes: A smoking article includes a cylinder of smoking material having at least one hollow tube having a heat conductive wall within the cylinder of smoking material and a filter system attached to the cylinder of smoking material. The filter system includes an adsorbent material therein. The at least one hollow... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20070181141 - Smoking articles with activated carbon and sodium bicarbonate-treated fibers and method of treating mainstream smoke: Filters and smoking articles include sodium bicarbonate-treated fibers and activated carbon capable of selectively removing one or more selected constituents from mainstream smoke. Methods for making cigarette filters and cigarettes using the sodium bicarbonate-treated fibers and activated carbon, and methods for treating mainstream smoke comprising the sodium bicarbonate-treated fibers and... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC