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US4413641A
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Cigarette mouthpiece
Assignee: Philip Morris USA Inc
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Filing: 1981-07-22
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Granted: 1983-11-08
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Expires: 2001-07-22
Abstract
Abstract A mouthpiece for a filter-tipped smoking product or a filtered cigarette holder which has an inlet end adjacent the mouth end of the filter and an outlet end opposite the inlet end through which smoke may leave the cigarette or cigarette holder for passage into the mouth of the smoker. The outlet end has at least one orifice therein and the orifice is of smaller area in transverse section than the filter. The inlet end is of substantially the same transverse area as the filter and is connected to the orifice by a continuous channel which continuously decreases in transverse sectional area from the inlet end to a point between the inlet end and the outlet end and from which point to the orifice is either the same or continuously increasing until it is the same transverse sectional area as the orifice. Smoke exiting the filter passes into the channel at the inlet end of the mouthpiece, passes exclusively through the channel and exits through the orifice in a narrow pattern.
Inventors
- 👤 R. William Dwyer, Jr.
- 👤 Mable L. Fleming
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
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2026-10-31 11:20
CPC Classifications
A; A24; A24D; A24D3/00; A24D3/04; A24D3/045
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 10
Claim 1
Independent Claim
162 words
A filter-tipped cigarette having a cylindrical mouthpiece, said mouthpiece comprising an inlet end attached to the exit end of the filter, an outlet end opposite said inlet end from which smoke may leave the cigarette by way of at least one orifice therein, said orifice being an annular opening of smaller area in transverse section than the filter and being centered on the longitudinal axis of the filter, and at least one channel connecting said inlet end of the mouthpiece to said orifice, said channel being non-occluded, being of the same area at the inlet end as the filter, and being of the same area at the outlet end as the orifice, said channel continuously decreasing in transverse sectional area from the inlet end to a point between the inlet end and the outlet end and being from said point to the outlet end a substantially cone-shaped passage defined by a cone-shaped baffle with apex at said point, said filter being cylindrical.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
162 words
A filter-tipped cigarette having a cylindrical mouthpiece, said mouthpiece comprising an inlet end attached to the exit end of the filter, an outlet end opposite said inlet end from which smoke may leave the cigarette by way of at least one orifice therein, said orifice being an annular opening of smaller area in transverse section than the filter and being centered on the longitudinal axis of the filter, and at least one channel connecting said inlet end of the mouthpiece to said orifice, said channel being non-occluded, being of the same area at the inlet end as the filter, and being of the same area at the outlet end as the orifice, said channel continuously decreasing in transverse sectional area from the inlet end to a point between the inlet end and the outlet end and being from said point to the outlet end a substantially cone-shaped passage defined by a cone-shaped baffle with apex at said point, said filter being cylindrical.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
44 words
The filter-tipped cigarette of claim 1 wherein the channel from the inlet end to said point is a cone having its apex at said point and the channel from said point to the orifice is a cylinder having the same diameter as the orifice.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
20 words
The filter-tipped cigarette of claim 2 wherein said point and said orifice are on the longitudinal axis of said mouthpiece.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
135 words
A filter-tipped cigarette having a cylindrical mouthpiece, said mouthpiece comprising an inlet end abutting the mouth end of the filter, an outlet end opposite said inlet end and having at least one orifice therein, said orifice being of smaller area in transverse section than the filter, and a non-occluded continuous channel connecting said inlet end to said orifice, said channel being of the same area in transverse section at the inlet end as the filter and being of the same area in transverse section at the outlet end as the orifice, said channel continuously decreasing in transverse sectional area from said inlet end to a point between said inlet end and said orifice and, from said point to the orifice, continuously increasing to the same transverse sectional area as the orifice, said filter being cylindrical.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
135 words
A filter-tipped cigarette having a cylindrical mouthpiece, said mouthpiece comprising an inlet end abutting the mouth end of the filter, an outlet end opposite said inlet end and having at least one orifice therein, said orifice being of smaller area in transverse section than the filter, and a non-occluded continuous channel connecting said inlet end to said orifice, said channel being of the same area in transverse section at the inlet end as the filter and being of the same area in transverse section at the outlet end as the orifice, said channel continuously decreasing in transverse sectional area from said inlet end to a point between said inlet end and said orifice and, from said point to the orifice, continuously increasing to the same transverse sectional area as the orifice, said filter being cylindrical.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
18 words
The filter-tipped cigarette of claim 1 wherein the orifice is located on the longitudinal axis of the mouthpiece.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
14 words
The filter-tipped cigarette of claim 5 wherein said point is proximate the inlet end.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
18 words
The filter-tipped cigarette of claim 5 wherein said point is approximately midway between the outlet and inlet ends.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
18 words
The filter-tipped cigarette of claim 1 including a plurality of perforations in said filter open to the atmosphere.
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