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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 01, 2022
Filed:
Dec. 18, 2017
Philip Morris Products S.a., Neuchatel, CH;
Antonio Alvarez De La Cadena, Tigre Buenos Aires, AR;
Emeric Grandjean, Lausanne, CH;
Philip Morris Products S.A., Neuchatel, CH;
Abstract
There is provided a smoking article () comprising: a tobacco rod () comprising a charge () of tobacco material circumscribed by a wrapper (); a filter () arranged downstream of the tobacco rod (); and a hollow tube () defining an inner cavity () and attaching the filter () to the tobacco rod (). An affixing portion () of the tobacco rod () is received within the inner cavity () and secured to the hollow tube () by means of a thermally deactivatable adhesive () provided on an outer surface of the wrapper () or on an inner surface of the hollow tube () or on both. Thus, upon deactivation of the adhesive, at least a portion of the tobacco rod () becomes slidable within the hollow tube () in relation to the filter ().