Filter component
AssigneePhilip Morris Products S.A.
InventorAlessandro Gnan
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a filter component comprising a plug of filter material comprising a body of a first filtering material and at least one element of a second filtering material, wherein the at least one element of the second filtering material is inserted in the body of a first filtering material, and wherein a volume ratio between a volume of the at least one element of a second filtering material and a volume of the plug is comprised between about 0.3 and about 0.8.
Claims19
A filter component comprising a plug of filter material comprising a body of a first filtering material and at least one element of a second filtering material including cotton fibers, wherein the first filtering material is different from the second filtering material, the at least one element of the second filtering material is inserted in the body of the first filtering material, and wherein a volume ratio between a volume of the at least one element of the second filtering material and a volume of the plug is comprised between 0.45 and 0.65, wherein further the filter component has a hardness comprised between 75 percent and 82 percent, the body of the first filtering material has a hardness comprised between 40 percent and 60 percent, and the at least one element of the second filtering material has a hardness comprised between 40 percent and 60 percent.
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