Tobacco inventions 03/08

20080072917 - Smoking tool: A smoking tool includes a pipe body, a holder and a control valve. The pipe body has a top opening, a bottom wall, and a smoke storage chamber for containing a filtering agent. The holder, which is detachably supported at the pipe body, includes a cup for holding a predetermined... Agent: Raymond Y. Chan Suite 128

20080060663 - Pre-sealed foil pouch containing such as flavored tobacco for use with a hookah pipe and head attachment assembly: A prepackaged pouch assembly for use in a hookah pipe and which includes a volume of a tobacco encapsulated within a dual layer foil including an upper layer and a lower layer, between which is defined an interior volume for containing the volume of tobacco. The foil further includes a... Agent: Gifford, Krass, Sprinkle,anderson & Citkowski, P.c

20080060664 - Device for filtering second-hand smoke: A device for filtering second-hand smoke from a burning tobacco product includes a first chamber for receiving the lit end of the tobacco product. Users of the device can inhale smoke from the tobacco product through a first aperture in the first chamber, while a filter communicating with the first... Agent: Wood, Herron & Evans, LLP

20080053465 - Filter holder used for smoking, a smoking pipe, and a smoking pipe unit: A filter holder used for smoking has a tubular body (12), which includes a socket portion (14) for receiving a cigarette (C) at one end thereof, a dilution chamber (18) located adjacently to the socket portion (14) in the inside, a chamber (22) for containing a charcoal filter (26), a... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080053466 - Smokers pipe: A disposable pipe comprising an elongated body having a draw end and a pack end, said body being comprised of one of paper or cardboard, including a non-flammable coating or impregnate.... Agent: Fay Sharpe LLP

20080053467 - Cigarette filter material and cigarette filter: The present invention provides a cigarette filter material useful for selectively and efficiently reducing formaldehyde while maintaining a palatable component such as nicotine or tar. The cigarette filter material is obtained by coating-treating a substrate (such as a cellulose acetate fiber) with a solution (particularly, an aqueous solution) containing a... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080053468 - Cigarette making apparatus: A cigarette making apparatus includes a cooling-water passage which allows a coolant to circulate along a flavoring-material supply path which connects an application nozzle for applying a flavoring material to a wrapping-paper web and a pump for supplying the flavoring material to the application nozzle, to thereby cool the flavoring... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080053469 - Cigarette filter with beaded carbon: A smoking article such as a cigarette comprises a tobacco rod and a filter component having a cavity filled with spherical beaded carbon. As mainstream tobacco smoke is drawn through the filter component, targeted gas phase smoke constituents are removed as the smoke passes through the carbon. During the filter... Agent: Connolly Bove Lodge & Hutz, LLP

20080053470 - Environmentally friendly cigarette replacement: The invention is related to an environmentally friendly cigarette replacement, which is mainly made of the skin or mixture of skin and flesh from natural fruits, such as oranges—tangerines—Sunkist—lemons. After the dehydration, the material is added to cigarette manufacturing process to replace nicotine as the main ingredient in the cigarette... Agent: Troxell Law Office PLLC Suite 1404