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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 03, 1992
Filed:
Jul. 22, 1988
Applicant:
Inventors:
Charles R Hayward, Midlothian, VA (US);
Harry V Lanzillotti, Midlothian, VA (US);
David E Merrill, Richmond, VA (US);
Edward B Sanders, Richmond, VA (US);
D Bruce Losee, Jr, Richmond, VA (US);
John R Hearn, Richmond, VA (US);
Assignee:
Philip Morris Incorporated, New York, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A24D / ; A24D / ; A24D / ; A24D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
131194 ; 131195 ; 131196 ; 131359 ; 131360 ; 131361 ; 131335 ; 131365 ;
Abstract
A smoking article in which a flavored aerosol is generated by heat transfer to a flavor bed from the combustion of a carbon heat source is provided wherein the carbon heat source and the flavor bed are contained within a non-combustible substantially cylindrical hollow ceramic sleeve. The article generates substantially no sidestream smoke. The transfer of heat from the heat source is accomplished by convective and radiative heat transfer.
Published as:
DK362289D0; NO893001D0; DK362289A; FI893522A7; FI893522L; NO893001L; EP0352106A2; AU3881789A; PT91240A; BR8903630A; CN1040496A; JPH0284166A; ZA895568B; KR910002385A; EP0352106A3; NZ230007A; AU624399B2; CN1018234B; US5159940A; IL91019A;