Tobacco inventions 06/08

20080149118 - Device for vaporising vaporisable matter: A device (1) for producing an aerosol from vaporisable constituents of tobacco comprises a vaporising chamber (24) within which the tobacco is placed. A main housing (9) which forms a portion of the vaporising chamber also forms a combustion chamber (18) within which a gas catalytic combustion element (19) is... Agent: Sughrue Mion, Pllc

20080149119 - Smoking articles enhanced to deliver additives incorporated within electrospun microfibers and nonofibers, and related methods: A large variety of electrospun fibers can be produced to encapsulate a large variety of additives within the subcompartments or substructures of the manufactured electrospun fiber. Furthermore, the manufactured electrospun fibers can be electrostatically arranged within a filter component of a smoking article during the manufacturing process. By modifying the... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney Pc

20080149120 - Cigarette filter incorporating nanofibers: A cigarette is equipped with a filter incorporating nanofibers. The nanofibers can be used either alone or in conjunction with other filtering media such as larger fibers, paper, activated charcoal, etc. With a nanofiber filter, the filter need not be as dense as the molecules of the smoke become attracted... Agent: The Hecker Law Group

20080149121 - Dissolvable tobacco film strips and method of making the same: A consumable tobacco film strip adapted to dissolve in the oral cavity includes a tobacco component, a binder, a humectant, and optionally a flavorant. The tobacco component can include ground or powdered tobacco and/or a tobacco extract. Tobacco flavoring can be incorporated in the film strip by casting or extruding... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney Pc

20080142025 - Method and apparatus for preparing a finished tobacco product including special form casings and sheet configurations: A finished tobacco product is formed by a set of pre-rolled sheets. In one embodiment a form casing is used which includes at least two portions—a non-smokable portion along with a container portion which includes tobacco filler material.... Agent: Garvey Smith Nehrbass & North, Llc

20080142026 - Lighter holder with retractable pipe poker: An apparatus for attaching a retractable poker to a cigarette lighter holder for unclogging tobacco pipes. An apparatus in accordance with the present invention comprises an inner geometric profile conforming to an outer shape of a cigarette lighter, a hollow chamber within the cigarette lighter holder for holding a retractable... Agent: Hee Sung Yoon

20080142027 - Defibration of tobacco material: The invention relates to a method of producing cut tobacco material, whereby a tobacco initial material is heated and placed under pressure and once heated and placed under pressure, the material is fed through a shearing gap and expanded and defibrated. It further relates to a device for producing cut... Agent: Middleton & Reutlinger

20080142028 - Filtered cigarette: A filtered cigarette possesses a smokable rod and a filter element. The filter element possesses a segment incorporating filter material (e.g., cellulose acetate tow) having carbonaceous material (e.g., activated charcoal particles) or other adsorbent dispersed throughout the filter material, and encapsulated flavoring agent (e.g., flavor-containing microcapsules) dispersed throughout the filter... Agent: Alston & Bird LLP

20080142029 - Device for the creating of a homogeneous cut tobacco flow: In order to treat cut tobacco so as to loosen and homogenize the same, a tobacco stream (12, 16) passes through a plurality of processing stations (18, 19, 20), in the region of which the tobacco is loosened, during transportation, with the aid of different processing arrangements. The tobacco stream... Agent: Sughrue Mion, Pllc

20080135057 - System for producing expanded tobacco: A system for producing expanded tobacco, comprises a tobacco expansion apparatus, in which the tobacco is expanded, at least a first tobacco supply unit for providing tobacco containing at least one suitable chemical solvent other than water to prepare the tobacco for expansion, at least a second tobacco supply unit... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney Pc

20080135058 - Tobacco smoke filter and method for removal of aldehydes from tobacco smoke: Disclosed are filter materials which are effective for the selective removal of gaseous aldehydes from a cigarette smoke stream. The filter materials comprise a tobacco smoke filter comprising a filter support material and an alkyl acetoacetate that is capable of reacting with and removing aldehydes present in tobacco smoke. Also... Agent: Michael K. Carrier

20080135059 - Tobacco smoke filter material and process for the preparation thereof: Disclosed are materials and compositions effective for the selective removal of gaseous aldehydes from tobacco smoke. The materials and compositions comprise tobacco smoke filters comprising a fibrous material or fibers of a polymeric material containing covalently-bonded acetoacetoxy residues. The fibrous material or fibers are capable of reacting with and removing... Agent: Michael K. Carrier

20080135060 - Aldehyde removal: Disclosed are filter elements constructed of a filter support material coated with an acetoacetate-functional polymeric composition that reacts with and removes aldehydes, especially formaldehyde, present in gases such as air. Also disclosed are methods for the removal of aldehydes utilizing the coated filter support materials.... Agent: Michael K. Carrier

20080127987 - Ignition system: An ignition system for a smoking machine is disclosed. The ignition system comprises an ignition head (12) for igniting one end of a smoking article which is held by a smoking machine, a sensor (18, 20) for detecting a distance between the end of the smoking article and the ignition... Agent: Woodard, Emhardt, Moriarty, Mcnett & Henry LLP

20080127988 - Rapidly degradable filters via electron ionization: A method of forming a filter for a smoking article which includes exposing cellulose acetate fibers to an electron beam process, wherein electron beam process deacetylates the cellulose acetate fibers to render the cellulose acetate fibers water-permeable; and forming a cellulose acetate rod from a tow of the cellulose acetate... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney Pc