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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 19, 2013
Filed:
Jan. 15, 2010
Applicant:
Raymond M. Robertson, Blacksburg, VA (US);
Inventor:
Raymond M. Robertson, Blacksburg, VA (US);
Assignee:
Celanese Acetate LLC, Dallas, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A24B 15/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A degradable cigarette filter includes a filter element of a bloomed cellulose acetate tow and a plug wrap surrounding the filter element, and a pill dispersed in the tow. The pill includes a material adapted to catalyze hydrolysis of the cellulose acetate tow that is encapsulated with an inner layer of a water soluble or water permeable material and an outer layer of a cellulose acetate having a D.S. in the range of 2.0-2.6.