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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 15, 2014
Filed:
Sep. 14, 2007
Applicants:
Masafumi Tarora, Tokyo, JP;
Michihiro Inagaki, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Masafumi Tarora, Tokyo, JP;
Michihiro Inagaki, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Japan Tobacco Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A24F 7/04 (2006.01); A24F 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A filter holder used for smoking has a tubular body (), which includes a socket portion () for receiving a cigarette (C) at one end thereof, a dilution chamber () located adjacently to the socket portion () in the inside, a chamber () for containing a charcoal filter (), a chamber () for containing a flavor generation element (), an annular groove () formed in the outer circumferential surface of the body (), and a plurality of vent holes () formed in the bottom of the annular groove () and introduces outside air into the dilution chamber ().