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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 21, 2023
Filed:
Dec. 28, 2012
Applicant:
Philip Morris Products S.a., Neuchatel, CH;
Inventors:
Assignee:
PHILIP MORRIS PRODUCTS S.A., Neuchatel, CH;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A24D 3/17 (2020.01); A24D 1/20 (2020.01); A24D 3/00 (2020.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A24D 3/17 (2020.01); A24D 1/20 (2020.01); A24D 3/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
There is provided a smoking article that includes a plurality of elements, including a front-plug and an aerosol-forming substrate, assembled in contact with a cigarette paper to form a rod. The front-plug is located upstream from the aerosol-forming substrate. In use, a heating element is inserted into the smoking article and the aerosol-forming substrate is heated to generate an aerosol. When the heating element is subsequently withdrawn from the smoking article, the front-plug acts to retain the aerosol-forming substrate within the rod.