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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 09, 2018
Filed:
Feb. 11, 2014
R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, Winston-Salem, NC (US);
August Joseph Borschke, Winston-Salem, NC (US);
Michael Francis Dube, Winston-Salem, NC (US);
Cynthia Stewart Stokes, Lexington, NC (US);
Jason Eugene Kobisky, Winston-Salem, NC (US);
Bruce Alan Bengtsson, Winston-Salem, NC (US);
Dennis L. Potter, Kernersville, NC (US);
Jeffrey S. Taggart, Cleveland Heights, OH (US);
Geoffrey W. Kennard, Chardon, OH (US);
Robert F. Soreo, Cleveland Heights, OH (US);
R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, Winston-Salem, NC (US);
Abstract
An igniter apparatus is provided, comprising a heat precursor source having a heat precursor; a heating arrangement configured to, on demand, receive the heat precursor from the heat precursor source and to emit heat associated with the heat precursor and capable of igniting an ignitable article; and a sensory precursor source having a sensory precursor substance, wherein the sensory precursor substance is configured to provide a perceptible sensory effect, and wherein the sensory precursor source is in communication with the heating arrangement and is configured to release the sensory precursor substance in association with the heat emitted by the heating arrangement. An associated method is also provided.