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AssigneeBrown & Williamson Tobacco Corporation
InventorsRobin Arthur Crellin, Christopher Robert Jenkins, James William Percy Phelpstead
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According to the invention, a material for the filtration of tobacco smoke by reduction of vapor-phase constituents without adverse effect on the taste of the smoke comprises carbon particles of a size substantially within the range of 300 to 1700 micron, coated over their surfaces, individually and without being bonded together, with a barrier layer which has a thickness within the range of 5 .times. 10.sup.-4 to 0.5 micron and which is discontinuous in that it has a porosity within the range of 7,000 to 200,000 cm.sup.3 /min/10 cm.sup.2 per 10 cm water gauge and a permeability for organic vapors contained in tobacco smoke such that it permits the passage of molecules within the size range 5 .times. 10.sup.-4 to 2 micron, the said layer being composed substantially of an organic non-nitrogen-containing polymeric material which is non-volatile, substantially non-water-soluble and non-toxic. The invention is further concerned with tobacco smoke filters comprising such coated carbon particles.
A tobacco-smoke filter which reduces vapor-phase constituents in tobacco smoke without adversely affecting taste, said filter containing from 10 to 200 mg of a particulate material comprised of carbon particles having a size substantially within the range of 300 to 1700 micron, said particles being coated over their external and internal surfaces, individually and without being bonded together, with a discontinuous barrier layer consisting of an organic, nitrogen- free, non-volatile, non-toxic polymer which is substantially water insoluble under conditions of use, said barrier layer having:
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