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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 01, 1991
Filed:
Oct. 02, 1987
Max N Baker, Rural Hall, NC (US);
Vernon B Barnes, Clemmons, NC (US);
Douglas C Clark, Winston-Salem, NC (US);
Jack F Clearman, Blakely, GA (US);
Gerhard Hensgen, Hamburg, DE;
Michael D Shannon, Lewisville, NC (US);
Gary R Shelar, Greensboro, NC (US);
Alfred Schubert, Wentorf, DE;
R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, Winston-Salem, NC (US);
Abstract
A method for making a smoking article is described wherein an aerosol generating cartridge is inserted into a sleeve, preferably having a tobacco insulating material. Also described are articles of manufacture having an elongate jacket module with a rod segment and an annular segment. The rod segment has a length of rod of fibrous material. Disposed logitudinally on either side of the rod segment is an annular segment of insulating material. Additionally, articles of manufacture useful for making smoking articles are described having an elongate structure with two or more repeating sections wherein each section preferably has a tobacco-containing spacer segment and mouthend segment.