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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 02, 1997
Filed:
Jun. 07, 1995
John M Adams, Mehanicsville, VA (US);
Mary Ellen Counts, Richmond, VA (US);
Grier S Fleischhauer, Midlothian, VA (US);
Kenneth S Houghton, Richmond, VA (US);
Willie G Houck, Jr, Richmond, VA (US);
Billy J Keen, Jr, Chesterfield, VA (US);
Wesley G Sanderson, Richmond, VA (US);
Susan E Wrenn, Chesterfield, VA (US);
Philip Morris Incorporated, New York, NY (US);
Abstract
A novel cigarette of an electrical cigarette system and method of making same, the cigarette comprising a tubular tobacco web and a plug disposed within said tubular tobacco web which provides a structural connection that remains intact after a smoking of the cigarette. The disclosure includes a double-belled plug extending between a free end and a tipped end of a tobacco rod, or in the alternative, a column of tobacco with higher and lower density segments. The disclosure includes a method comprising the steps of producing a continuous plug, passing same through a die, overwrapping the rod with tobacco mat and overwrap, and severing the rod.