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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 22, 1989
Filed:
Nov. 16, 1987
Alan B Norman, Clemmons, NC (US);
David W Griffith, Jr, Winston-Salem, NC (US);
Dewey L Holt, Winston-Salem, NC (US);
John H Reynolds, IV, Winston-Salem, NC (US);
Stephen B Sears, Winston-Salem, NC (US);
R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, Winston-Salem, NC (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for automated smoking to replicate a predetermined draw profile of a smoking article is disclosed. In preferred embodiments, the smoking apparatus is digitally controlled and includes simulated flexible lips which are closed during puff phases of a recorded draw profile and which are open during smolder phases of a recorded draw profile. The apparatus can also include an automatically acting lighter and an improved control system for a human mimic smoking machine.