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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 30, 2023
Filed:
Dec. 12, 2018
Philip Morris Products S.a., Neuchatel, CH;
Yves Jordil, Neuchatel, CH;
Alen Kadiric, Neuchatel, CH;
Philip Morris Products S.A., Neuchatel, CH;
Abstract
A smoking article () includes a tobacco rod ('rod') () and a mouthpiece () secured to a downstream end of the rod (). The mouthpiece contains: a tubular element () defining a longitudinal channel, a downstream segment of filter material (), and an extinguisher element (). The tubular element () is provided adjacent the downstream end of the rod (). The downstream segment of filter material () is downstream of the tubular element () and spaced apart from the tubular element () to define a cavity () between the tubular element () and the downstream segment of filter material (). The extinguisher element () includes: a compressible reservoir () provided in the cavity () and containing liquid, a neck portion () extending upstream from the reservoir () and having an open end, and a seal () provided over the open end of the neck portion (). The neck portion () is received in the longitudinal channel of the tubular element () such that the open end is proximate the downstream end of the rod ().