Anti-smoking device
OwnerGerard Hayes, Alan Haymesinventors
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Abstract
A device for delivering a distributed zone of fluid for forming a wet impact barrier in a filter of a smoking product includes a container for holding the fluid, and a delivery mechanism for delivering the fluid from the container to the filter. The delivery mechanism can be a tube or needle of significantly lesser diameter than the diameter of the smoking product for placing a defined quantity of the fluid at a predetermined location within the smoking product, such as by injection through a side wall of the filter in the vicinity of the filter/tobacco boundary.
Claims5
A method of using a device for providing a tar and nicotine barrier in a filter of a smoking article, the method comprising:
- providing a container of the device with a supply of viscous fluid which when placed in the filter of a smoking article forms a barrier therein which traps tar and nicotine within the filter;
- placing a delivery feature of the device at a predetermined location within the filter that is sufficiently remote from a free end face of the smoking article to be put in the mouth so as to prevent the user from tasting the viscous fluid;
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- transferring the viscous fluid from the container to the filter through an outlet of the delivery feature that is in fluid communication with the container;
- wherein the delivery feature comprises at least in part a single tube of significantly lesser diameter than a diameter of the smoking article;
- wherein the transferring of the viscous fluid is performed via lateral injection through a side wall of the filter and wherein the delivery feature is readily replaceable after a one-time use.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.