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Smoking articles having a reduced free burn time
Assignee: Loews Theatres Inc
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Filing: 1981-07-10
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Granted: 1984-06-05
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Expires: 2001-07-10
Abstract
Abstract This invention relates to smoking articles having reduced free burn time, including cigarettes, cigars and little cigars. The smoking article comprises tobacco wrapped in a paper having at least one circumferential band printed between the ends of the smoking article; preferably at about the center of the smoking article. The band contains a substance which will cause the smoking article to extinguish in about 2-5 minutes under free burn conditions after the cone reaches the banded area if it is not puffed. The band is typically about 2-10 mm wide containing a substance which is a liquid in the temperature range of about 100° C. to 200° C. and which as the burning cone comes in contact with it provides a fluid film on the paper, without substantially penetrating through the surface of the paper, which film is substantially impervious to air and decomposes and/or distills endothermically from about 140° C. to 300° C. to yield gaseous decomposition products normally present in the smoke of smoking articles without the band. The amount of the substance used in the band should be sufficient to extinguish the smoking articles under free burn conditions within 2- 5 minutes.
Inventors
- 👤 Vello Norman
- 👤 Arthur M. Ihrig
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-03 16:44
CPC Classifications
A; A24; A24D; A24D1/00; A24D1/10
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 15
Claim 1
Independent Claim
184 words
In a smoking article having a reduced free burn time comprising tobacco wrapped in paper having at least one circumferential band printed between the ends of the smoking article, the band containing a substance which will cause the smoking article to extinguish if it is not puffed, the improvement which comprises an air permeable band about 2-10 mm wide which will not interfere with smoking if the article is puffed normally, said band containing a substance which is a liquid in the temperature range of about 100° C. to 200° C. and which, as the burning cone comes in contact with it, provides a fluid film on the paper, without substantially penetrating into the paper, which film once formed substantially restricts the flow of air to the burning cone and distills and/or decomposes endothermically from about 140° C. to 300° C. to yield gaseous decomposition products normally present in the smoke of smoking articles not having the band, the amount of said substance being effective to extinguish the smoking article within 2-5 minutes, under free burn conditions, after the cone reaches the banded area.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
184 words
In a smoking article having a reduced free burn time comprising tobacco wrapped in paper having at least one circumferential band printed between the ends of the smoking article, the band containing a substance which will cause the smoking article to extinguish if it is not puffed, the improvement which comprises an air permeable band about 2-10 mm wide which will not interfere with smoking if the article is puffed normally, said band containing a substance which is a liquid in the temperature range of about 100° C. to 200° C. and which, as the burning cone comes in contact with it, provides a fluid film on the paper, without substantially penetrating into the paper, which film once formed substantially restricts the flow of air to the burning cone and distills and/or decomposes endothermically from about 140° C. to 300° C. to yield gaseous decomposition products normally present in the smoke of smoking articles not having the band, the amount of said substance being effective to extinguish the smoking article within 2-5 minutes, under free burn conditions, after the cone reaches the banded area.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
144 words
The improvement described in claim 1 wherein the substance in the band is selected from the group consisting of lactic acid; galacturonic acid; ammonium salts of galacturonic acid; polybasic organic acid having about 3-6 carbon atoms; the partial alkali metal, ammonium and alkaline earth metal salts of polybasic organic acids having about 3-6 carbon atoms; polybasic hydroxy organic acids having about 3-6 carbon atoms; the partial alkali metal, ammonium and alkaline earth metal salts of polybasic hydroxy organic acid having about 3-6 carbon atoms; acrylic acid polymers; polyvinylacetate, cellulose acetate; silicone polymers having the general formula: ##STR3## wherein X can be hydrogen, or an alkyl group having 1-6 carbon atoms or a substituted aromatic group and copolymers of maleic anhydride and vinyl radicals having the formula ##STR4## wherein R is hydrogen, alkyl groups having 1-6 carbon atoms, or an aromatic or substituted aromatic group.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
26 words
The improvement as described in claim 2 wherein a mixture of two or more of the substances described in claim 2 are applied to the paper.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
13 words
The improvement described in claim 1 wherein the band is about 3-7 mm.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
15 words
The improvement described in claim 1 wherein a plurality of evenly spaced bands are used.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
19 words
The improvement described in claim 1 wherein about 0.8 to 5 mg of the substance is in the band.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
19 words
The improvement described in claim 1 wherein at least one band is applied to the inside of the paper.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
19 words
The improvement described in claim 1 wherein at least one band is applied to the outside of the paper.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
77 words
The improvement as described in claim 1 wherein about 0.85 mg to 2.5 mg of a substance selected from the group consisting of NaH 2 citrate, Na 2 H citrate, malic acid, citric acid, polyacrylic acid polymer, and a silicone polymer having the general formula: ##STR5## wherein X can be hydrogen, or an alkyl group having 1-6 carbon atoms or a substituted aromatic group is applied to the paper as a band about 7 mm in width.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
51 words
The improvement as described in claim 1 wherein about 0.9 mg to 4.0 mg of a substance selected from the group consisting of a copolymer of maleic anhydride and methyl vinyl ester, polyacrylic acid polymer and galacturonic acid is applied to the paper as a band about 5 mm in width.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
26 words
The improvement described in claim 1 wherein about 1.4 mg of malic acid is applied to the paper as a band about 3 mm in width.
Claim 13
Independent Claim
187 words
A method of treating the paper of cigarettes and other smoking articles in order to reduce the free burn time comprising (a) mixing a substance which is a liquid in the temperature range of about 100° C. to 200° C. and which when a burning cigarette cone comes in contact with it forms a fluid film on the paper without substantially penetrating into the paper, which film one formed substantially restricts the flow of air to the burning cone and distills and/or decomposes endothermically from about 140° C. to 300° C. to yield gaseous decomposition products normally present in the smoke of untreated cigarettes; and (b) applying the solution from step (a) to a cigarette paper at about the center of the cigarette in the form of air permeable band about 2-10 mm wide which will not interfere with smoking if the article is puffed normally in an amount sufficient to extinguish the cigarette within 2-5 minutes, under free burn conditions, after the cone reaches the banded area but which will not extinguish the cigarette if it is puffed on when the burning cone meets the band.
Claim 14
Independent Claim
187 words
A method of treating the paper of cigarettes and other smoking articles in order to reduce the free burn time comprising (a) mixing a substance which is a liquid in the temperature range of about 100° C. to 200° C. and which when a burning cigarette cone comes in contact with it forms a fluid film on the paper without substantially penetrating into the paper, which film one formed substantially restricts the flow of air to the burning cone and distills and/or decomposes endothermically from about 140° C. to 300° C. to yield gaseous decomposition products normally present in the smoke of untreated cigarettes; and (b) applying the solution from step (a) to a cigarette paper at about the center of the cigarette in the form of air permeable band about 2-10 mm wide which will not interfere with smoking if the article is puffed normally in an amount sufficient to extinguish the cigarette within 2-5 minutes, under free burn conditions, after the cone reaches the banded area but which will not extinguish the cigarette if it is puffed on when the burning cone meets the band.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
132 words
A method as described in claim 12 wherein the band is about 2-7 mm wide and wherein the substance used in step a is selected from the group consisting of lactic acid; galacturonic acid; ammonium salts of galacturonic acid; polybasic organic acid having about 3-6 carbon atoms; the partial alkali metal, ammonium and alkaline earth metal salts of polybasic organic acids having about 3-6 carbon atoms; polybasic hydroxy organic acids having about 3-6 carbon atoms; the partial alkaline metal, ammonium and alkaline earth metal salts of polybasic hydroxy organic acid having 3-6 carbon atoms; polyvinylacetate; cellulose acetate; silicone polymers; acrylic acid polymers and copolymers of maleic anhydride and vinyl radicals having the formula ##STR6## wherein R is hydrogen, an alkyl group having 1-6 carbon atoms, or an aromatic or substituted aromatic group.
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