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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:
Aug. 20, 1996
Filed:
Jun. 22, 1994
Applicant:
Inventor:
Jackie L White, Pfafftown, NC (US);
Assignee:
R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, Winston-Salem, NC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A24F / ; A24D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
131194 ;
Abstract
The present invention provides improved cigarettes and other smoking articles employing short fuel elements and physically separate aerosol generating means wherein the fuel element is provided with an improved insulating means comprising extremely fine gauge (e.g., about 0.002 inch diameter) wire, woven into a cloth-like material of about 200 mesh.