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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 16, 1997
Filed:
Dec. 23, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
Charles T Higgins, Richmond, VA (US);
Wynn R Raymond, Chesterfield, VA (US);
Francis M Sprinkel, Glen Allen, VA (US);
Assignee:
Philip Morris Incorporated, New York, NY (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A24F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
131194 ; 131273 ; 12820014 ; 12820221 ; 12820327 ;
Abstract
A smoking article and method is provided in which a liquid tobacco flavor generating system is used to deliver a liquid tobacco flavor medium to a heater to generate a predetermined quantity of tobacco flavor substance for delivery to a smoker. The article includes an electrical heating means, a tobacco flavor medium delivery system, a source of electrical energy and a control means to generate the tobacco flavor substance for delivery to a smoker.
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