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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 22, 1987
Filed:
Oct. 23, 1985
Chandra K Banerjee, Pfafftown, NC (US);
Ernest G Farrier, Winston-Salem, NC (US);
John H Reynolds, IV, Winston-Salem, NC (US);
Henry T Ridings, Lewisville, NC (US);
Andrew J Sensabaugh, Jr, Winston-Salem, NC (US);
Michael D Shannon, Winston-Salem, NC (US);
Gary R Shelar, Greensboro, NC (US);
R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, Winston-Salem, NC (US);
Abstract
The present invention relates to a smoking article, preferably in cigarette form, which produces an aerosol that resembles tobacco smoke. The article preferably comprises a short combustible fuel element having a density greater than 0.5 g/cc, a separate substrate bearing an aerosol forming material, a heat conducting member recessed from the lighting end of the fuel element, which preferably encloses the substrate, a resilient insulating jacket encircling at least a portion of the fuel element, and an optional tobacco jacket encircling at least a portion of the aerosol forming material.