A Smoking Article With Liquid-filled Capsule
AssigneeJT International SA
InventorHiroyoshi Ono
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Abstract
A smoking article includes a rod element including smokeable material and a filter element having a first end for connection to an end of the rod element and an opposite, second end for insertion into a mouth of a user. A liquid-filled capsule is arranged between the first and second ends of the filter element and the liquid-filled capsule is configured to break upon application of an external force to release the liquid. A tipping wrapper connects the filter element and rod element. The tipping wrapper has a wet tensile strength of at least about 0.15 kN/m. The smoking article is resistant to breakage even after the liquid is released.
Claims15
A smoking article, comprising:
- a rod element comprising smokeable material;
- a filter element having a first end for connection to an end of the rod element and an opposite, second end for insertion into a mouth of a user;
- a liquid-filled capsule arranged between the first and second ends of the filter element, the liquid-filled capsule configured to break upon application of an external force to release liquid contained therein;
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- a tipping wrapper which connects the filter element and the rod element;
- wherein the tipping wrapper has a wet tensile strength of at least 0.15 kN/m.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.