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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 27, 1990
Filed:
Aug. 25, 1987
Russell D Barnes, Belews Creek, NC (US);
Gary R Shelar, Greensboro, NC (US);
Edward P Bullwinkel, Roswell, GA (US);
William F Cartwright, Roswell, GA (US);
Leon E Chambers, Jr, Roswell, GA (US);
Donald F Durocher, Roswell, GA (US);
Robert G Geer, Woodstock, GA (US);
Loyd G Kasbo, Norcross, GA (US);
Fred R Radwanski, Norcross, GA (US);
R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, Winston-Salem, NC (US);
Abstract
The present invention relates to smoking articles having an improved mouthend piece. More specifically, it relates to cigarette-type smoking articles comprising a fuel element, a physically separate aerosol generating means including an aerosol forming material, and means for delivering the aerosol produced by the aerosol generating means to the user in the form of a mouthend piece, the mouthend piece including a nonwoven web segment formed from meltblown thermoplastic fibers or filaments, and a spacer member located between the aerosol generating means and the non woven web segment.