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US 2003/0145868 A1Published application
Linear puffer
OwnerRobert S. Halderinventor
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Abstract
The linear puffer includes (a) at least one smoking cylinder having an inlet and outlet side and a flow-through passage between said sides; (b) holder means operatively connected to the inlet side of the smoking cylinder for holding a suction end of a smoking article; (c) a piston located within the flow-through passage of the smoking cylinder; (d) a push bar connected to the outlet side; (e) a linear actuator connected to the push bar; and (f) activating means operatively connected to said linear actuator.
Claims9
A device for smoking at least one smoking article to be analyzed comprising:
- (a) a smoking cylinder having an inlet and outlet side and a flow-through passage in-between said sides;
- (b) holder means operatively connected to the inlet side of the smoking cylinder for holding a suction end of said smoking article;
- (c) a piston located within the flow-through passage of the smoking cylinder;
- (d) a push bar connected to the outlet side of said smoking cylinder;
- (e) a linear actuator connected to the push bar;
- (f) activating means operatively connected to said linear actuator.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.