Opposed seam electrically heated cigarette smoking system
AssigneePhilip Morris USA Inc.
InventorRobert H. Moffitt
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Abstract
An electrically heated cigarette smoking system includes a cigarette that is formed with a tobacco rod portion, a filter tube portion, a tobacco mat layer wrapped around the tobacco rod portion and the filter tube portion with opposite ends of the tobacco mat layer abutting along a seam parallel to the central axis of the cigarette and cigarette paper wrapped around the tobacco mat layer and bonded to itself along an overlapped seam that is offset from the seam of the tobacco mat layer. The method of manufacturing the cigarette includes wrapping the tobacco mat layer and the cigarette paper around the tobacco rod portion and the filter tube portion on a single, high-speed machine.
Claims12
An electrically heated cigarette for an electrically heated cigarette smoking system, comprising:
- a tobacco plug portion;
- a filter tube portion;
- a tobacco mat layer wrapped around said tobacco plug portion and said filter tube portion, with opposite ends of said tobacco mat layer abutting along a seam parallel to the central axis of the cigarette;
- and
- cigarette paper wrapped around said tobacco mat layer and bonded to itself along an overlapped seam that is circumferentially offset from the seam of the tobacco mat layer, and wherein the overlapped seam of the cigarette paper is antipodal to the abutting seam of the tobacco mat layer.
An electrically heated cigarette for an electrically heated cigarette smoking system, comprising:
- a tobacco plug portion;
- a filter tube portion;
- a tobacco mat layer wrapped around said tobacco plug portion and said filter tube portion, with opposite ends of said tobacco mat layer abutting one another;
- and
- cigarette paper wrapped around said tobacco mat layer and bonded to itself along an overlapped seam with a single layer of said cigarette paper overlying said abutment of the opposite ends of said tobacco mat layer, and wherein the overlapped seam of the cigarette paper is antipodal to said abutment of the opposite ends of said tobacco mat layer.
An electrically heated cigarette for an electrically heated cigarette smoking system, comprising:
- a tobacco plug portion;
- a filter tube portion;
- a tobacco mat layer wrapped around said tobacco plug portion and said filter tube portion, with opposite ends of said tobacco mat layer abutting one another;
- and
- cigarette paper wrapped around said tobacco mat layer and bonded to itself along an overlapped seam that is circumferentially offset from the abutment of the opposite ends of said tobacco mat layer, and wherein the overlapped seam of the cigarette paper is antipodal to the abutment of the opposite ends of said tobacco mat layer.
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