Philip Morris USA Inc.

Philip Morris Products S.a.

Constance Morgan

Georgios D Karles

Martin T Garthaffner

Jay A Fournier

Richard Jupe

Jose Nepomuceno

John Layman

Ila Skinner

Diane Kellogg

John Mathew Adams

Douglas A Burton

Patrick H Hayes

David E Sharpe

Jimmy Crowe

Diane Kellog

Improved delivery of additive materials to cigarettes is provided through the use of one or more capsules containing additive materials, such as flavor components, in the filter section of a cigarette. The sealed capsule or capsules are subjected to an external force, such as squeezing, by a smoker prior to or during smoking of the cigarette in order to release at least a portion of the additive material from the one or more capsules and expose the additive material to mainstream smoke passing through the filter. The sealed capsules provide a barrier between the additive materials and other cigarettes components, such as sorbents or filter materials, in order to reduce additive material migration into the other cigarette components prior to desired use.

Flavor capsule for enhanced flavor delivery in cigarettes

Inductive heating elements are provided with a specific configuration that results in a thermal wave that moves along a smoking device during a cleaning process, and control circuitry that maintains resonant conditions for maximum efficiency and power transfer during the thermal cleaning of the smoking device. A secondary can is positioned around electrical heater blades that contact the cigarette, and is configured to by preferentially heated by the induction of current within the can for the removal of condensates formed within the smoking device through extended periods of use.

Inductive cleaning system for removing condensates from electronic smoking systems

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Richmond, VA, United States of America

Constance Morgan