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US 7,789,089 B2Granted
Filtered cigarette possessing tipping material
AssigneeR. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
InventorsMichael Francis Dube, Paul Stuart Chapman
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AssigneeR. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
InventorsMichael Francis Dube, Paul Stuart Chapman
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A filtered cigarette possesses a smokable rod and a filter element. The smokable rod is secured to the filter element using tipping material. The cigarette possesses more than one layer of tipping material. An outer layer of tipping material can overlie at least a portion of an underlying inner layer of tipping material, and during use by the smoker, the outer layer can be removed from the cigarette. Thus, it is possible for a cigarette manufacturer to provide a cigarette that can be used as such by the smoker, or that can be adapted by the smoker to provide a different sensory experience (e.g., the visual, organoleptic, trigeminal, aromatic, and tactile characteristics of the cigarette can be altered by removal of the outer tipping material). Alternatively, the use of the outer layer of tipping material can be used to improve the physical integrity of the cigarette.
A filtered cigarette comprising a smokable rod and a filter element having a mouth end terminus, the smokable rod and filter element being secured to one another by a first tipping material that circumscribes the filter element along its longitudinal periphery and the smokable rod along a portion of its longitudinal periphery in a region thereof adjacent to the filter element, the cigarette further comprising a second tipping material overlying at least a portion of first tipping material, wherein at least a portion of the second tipping material is removable from the cigarette and the second tipping material comprises a perforated region adapted to facilitate removal of at least a portion of the second tipping material.
A filtered cigarette comprising a smokable rod and a filter element having a mouth end terminus, the smokable rod and filter element being secured to one another by a first tipping material that circumscribes the filter element along its longitudinal periphery and the smokable rod along a portion of its longitudinal periphery in a region thereof adjacent to the filter element, the cigarette further comprising a second tipping material overlying at least a portion of first tipping material, wherein the second tipping material comprises a first region proximal to the smokable rod, a second region remote from the smokable rod, and a perforated region therebetween, wherein one of the first and second regions is securely affixed to the first tipping material and the other of the first and second regions is configured to slidably engage the filter element upon perforation of the perforated region.
A filtered cigarette comprising a smokable rod and a filter element having a mouth end terminus, the smokable rod and filter element being secured to one another by a first tipping material that circumscribes the filter element along its longitudinal periphery and the smokable rod along a portion of its longitudinal periphery in a region thereof adjacent to the filter element, the cigarette further comprising a second tipping material overlying at least a portion of first tipping material, wherein the second tipping material includes a perforated region and a tab region adapted for grasping such that at least a portion of the second tipping material extending from the tab region to the perforated region is removable from the cigarette.
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