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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:
Mar. 02, 1993
Filed:
Mar. 21, 1990
Applicant:
Inventors:
Guillermo Gerding, Hamburg, DE;
Bernhard Hauser, Schenefeld, DE;
Knut Moller, Hamburg, DE;
Bernd-Henrik Muller, Hamburg, DE;
Gert Rudolph, Hamburg, DE;
Wolfgang Wiethaup, Hamburg, DE;
Assignee:
B.A.T. Cigarettenfabriken GmbH, Hamburg, DE;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A24D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
131194 ; 131359 ; 131369 ;
Abstract
A smokable article having an aerosol generating zone connected to a mouthpiece via a tubular intermediate zone, wherein the aerosol generating zone includes an annular combustion element and a cylindrical carrier for an aerosol precursor coaxially disposed therewithin with a space therebetween forming air flow passages. Heat from the combustion element conducted to the aerosol carrier generates aerosols that may be drawn by air passing through the air flow passages to the mouthpiece by a smoker.