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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 22, 1990
Filed:
May. 19, 1988
George E Brackett, Bonita Springs, FL (US);
Other;
Abstract
Apparatus for concurrently puncturing the sidewalls of and moistening elongate, generally cylindrical tobacco products is disclosed. The apparatus includes a body member, and a container for liquid cooperative with the body member and provided with liquid discharge means for delivering liquid therefrom. The apparatus also includes a push button member movable relative to the body member between an actuated and a deactuated position and cooperative with the liquid discharge means, when actuated, for delivering liquid from the liquid discharge means. One or the other of the body member and the push button member includes a means for supporting a tobacco product thereon, and means are provided for conducting liquid delivered from the liquid discharge means to the tobacco product. The apparatus further includes a means carried by one or the other of the body member and the push button member which is responsive to movement of the push button member to its actuated position for puncturing the side wall of the tobacco product, whereby the tobacco product is concurrently punctured and moistened when the push button member is actuated.