Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 4
Claim 1
Independent Claim
158 words
In a cigarette holder of the kind that has an exit opening at one end, and that has a cigarette recess at its opposite end in which the end of a cigarette may be inserted, and whose interior walls define a passageway for smoke from the cigarette recess to the exit opening, the improvement in which said passageway comprises, in series from said cigarette recess to said exit opening, means defining a smoke storage cavity, means defining a transverse channel, means defining an annular smoke storage cavity having an inner wall, and means defining an opening in said inner wall of said annular cavity means which communicates with said exit opening, said channel means extending from one point of said smoke storage chamber transversely to and into said annular cavity means; said holder further comprising means providing an air inlet extending through said holder from its exterior to said flowpath at a point upstream from said channel means.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
158 words
In a cigarette holder of the kind that has an exit opening at one end, and that has a cigarette recess at its opposite end in which the end of a cigarette may be inserted, and whose interior walls define a passageway for smoke from the cigarette recess to the exit opening, the improvement in which said passageway comprises, in series from said cigarette recess to said exit opening, means defining a smoke storage cavity, means defining a transverse channel, means defining an annular smoke storage cavity having an inner wall, and means defining an opening in said inner wall of said annular cavity means which communicates with said exit opening, said channel means extending from one point of said smoke storage chamber transversely to and into said annular cavity means; said holder further comprising means providing an air inlet extending through said holder from its exterior to said flowpath at a point upstream from said channel means.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
179 words
The invention defined in claim 1 in which said holder comprises at least two separable subassemblies, a first one of said subassemblies being substantially cylindrical and having said cigarette recess formed axially in one end and having means providing a second recess formed axially in its opposite end, and having an axial opening extending between them and communicating with them; a second one of said separable sections comprising a shank having an outlet opening at one end and a plug at the other, the plug being positioned in said recess means of the first subassembly with its end in abutment with an end wall of said recess means and covering said axial opening, said channel means being formed in said end of said plug whereby smoke flowing through the holder is confined to flow through said channel means; the portion of said first one of said subassemblies in which said recess means is formed being made of a transparent material sufficiently transparent to make visible, from the exterior of said holder, tars collected on the surface of said plug.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
47 words
The invention defined in claim 2 in which said plug has, over a first portion of its length from said one end, a diameter less than the diameter over an adjacent portion of its length, whereby a shoulder is formed on the exterior surface of the plug.