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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 11, 1988
Filed:
Jun. 24, 1986
Applicant:
Inventors:
William W Stevenson, Lake Elmo, MN (US);
Joseph Graham, New Hope, MN (US);
Assignee:
Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company, St. Paul, MN (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A24D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
131352 ; 131349 ; 131365 ;
Abstract
Smoking articles, such as cigarettes and little cigars, having self-extinguishing properties when laid on a flat surface yet will not extinguish when held in the hand or placed in an ashtray, are disclosed. The tobacco filler composition of the smoking articles is modified by the addition thereto of a moisture stable alkali metal silicate, the preferred moisture stable alkali metal silicate being borate stabilized sodium silicate.