Philip Morris Products S.a.

Ahmet Dincer

Bodo-Werner Lutzig

Antonio Alvarez De La Cadena

Alen Kadiric

Leonardo Nappi

Jerome Uthurry

Sergey Ledermann

Chrystele Houphouet-Boigny

Willem Paul Beeker

Natasa Milosevic

A smoking article (10) includes an aerosol-generating substrate (12) and a mouthpiece (14) that (i) includes a first hollow tubular segment (24) of elastically deformable material and (ii) is secured to a downstream end of the aerosol-generating substrate; and a second hollow tubular segment (30) adjacent to and upstream of the first hollow tubular segment. The second hollow tubular segment (30) defines a chamber (32) for receiving an insert unit (50). The first hollow tubular segment defines an opening through which an insert unit can pass from the exterior of the mouthpiece into the chamber (32) of the second hollow tubular segment. At least a portion of the first hollow tubular segment inwardly projects into the opening to define at least one elastically deformable projection (26).

Smoking article mouthpiece for receiving an insert unit

A dispenser for dispensing a filter component is provided. The dispenser comprises a housing () defining an exit orifice () and a rod () at least partially disposed within the housing. The rod has a first end face (), and the rod is movable between a retracted position in which the first end face of the rod is fully disposed within the housing, and an extended position in which the first end face of the rod is disposed outside the housing. When the rod is moved between the retracted position and the extended position, the first end face () of the rod passes through the exit orifice ().

Dispenser device

A container includes an inner package () disposed within a housing (). The inner package includes a wrapper having a line of weakness () that defines a flap () in the wrapper. The flap is attached to an inner surface () of a lid of the container such that upon opening the lid the flap is separated from the wrapper along the line of weakness () and hinged to the remainder of the wrapper along a flap hinge line to form an access opening () through which the consumer goods can be removed.

Container with inner package

There is provided an aerosol-generating article () comprising an aerosol-generating substrate () and a mouthpiece () secured to the aerosol-generating substrate (). The mouthpiece () comprises at least one filter segment () and a substantially transparent tubular segment () defining an empty cavity extending substantially longitudinally through the substantially transparent tubular segment (), wherein aerosol passing through the empty cavity during use of the aerosol-generating article () is visible from the exterior of the aerosol-generating article () through the substantially transparent tubular segment ().

Aerosol-generating article comprising a transparent tube

The present invention relates to a smoking article having a movable vapour release portion to allow the vapour release portion to be isolated from, or exposed to, a smoke pathway. The invention also relates to a method of manufacturing such smoking articles. In particular, there is provided a smoking article comprising a first segment, a second segment, and an aerosol generating substrate coupled to the first and second segments. At least one of the first and second segments comprises a vapour release portion, whereby the first and second segments are movable relative to each other from a first configuration to a second configuration, whereby in the first configuration the vapour release portion is substantially isolated from an airflow pathway and in the second configuration the vapour release portion is exposed to the airflow pathway.

Smoking article with movable vapour release component

A container () for consumer goods comprises a first panel () having a pattern () applied to an area () of the external surface thereof; and a second panel () comprising a transparent optical element. The first panel () and the second panel () are moveable relative to each other between a first position, in which the transparent optical element in the second panel () does not overlie the pattern () on the first panel (), and a second position, in which the transparent optical element in the second panel () at least partially overlies the pattern () on the first panel (), whereby an altered image of the pattern is visible through the transparent optical element.

Growing community of inventors

Le Mont-sur-Lausanne, Switzerland

Ahmet Dincer