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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 31, 1999
Filed:
Dec. 30, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Christopher J Cook, Macon, GA (US);
Adriano Polo, Colonial Heights, VA (US);
Matthew H Zoller, Richmond, VA (US);
Beth E Waltermire, Wilmington, DE (US);
Sandra F Smith, Richmond, VA (US);
Assignee:
Brown & Williamson Tobacco Company, Louisville, KY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A24B / ; A24B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
131334 ; 131194 ; 131331 ; 131339 ; 131341 ; 131361 ;
Abstract
A smoking article and its method of construction and operation to provide products of combustion which are used to form flavorable aerosol gases delivered to the smoker's mouth while controlling the composition of such gases of combustion. Hot gases generated in a catalytic section in which fuel and air combust aided by a honeycomb catalytically coated surface including alumina and a cerium compound.