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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 17, 2016
Filed:
Oct. 21, 2013
V. Mane Fils, Bar sur Loup, FR;
Didier Hartmann, Cannes la Bocca, FR;
Jean-Michel Hannetel, Grasse, FR;
Nathalie Coursieres, St Cezaire sur Siagne, FR;
Jean Mane, Grasse, FR;
V. MANE FILS, Bar sur Loup, FR;
Abstract
A smoking device includes a recipient or able to receive burning products, preferably tobacco, and a filter element connected to the recipient, wherein the filter includes at least one breakable capsule, the capsule having a initial crush strength from 0.5 to 2.5 kp, and keeping a crush strength from 0.5 to 2.5 kp and a deformation of less than two third of its diameter prior to rupture after having been submitted to a smoking test. The invention is also relating to the capsule suitable for being incorporated in a smoking device, and to the process of manufacture of the capsule.