EP0025327A1 - Cigaret mouthpiece - Google Patents
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- EP0025327A1 EP0025327A1 EP80303027A EP80303027A EP0025327A1 EP 0025327 A1 EP0025327 A1 EP 0025327A1 EP 80303027 A EP80303027 A EP 80303027A EP 80303027 A EP80303027 A EP 80303027A EP 0025327 A1 EP0025327 A1 EP 0025327A1
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A24—TOBACCO; CIGARS; CIGARETTES; SIMULATED SMOKING DEVICES; SMOKERS' REQUISITES
- A24D—CIGARS; CIGARETTES; TOBACCO SMOKE FILTERS; MOUTHPIECES FOR CIGARS OR CIGARETTES; MANUFACTURE OF TOBACCO SMOKE FILTERS OR MOUTHPIECES
- A24D3/00—Tobacco smoke filters, e.g. filter-tips, filtering inserts; Filters specially adapted for simulated smoking devices; Mouthpieces for cigars or cigarettes
- A24D3/04—Tobacco smoke filters characterised by their shape or structure
- A24D3/045—Tobacco smoke filters characterised by their shape or structure with smoke acceleration means, e.g. impact-filters
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- Examples of a filter mouthpiece which provides for partial localization of exit smoke at the periphery are certain embodiments disclosed by Kiefer et al. in U.S. 3,768,489 and by Labbe in 3,685,523. Miller, U.S. 3,062,219, discloses an offset opening to partially localize the exit smoke at one side of the filter tip.
- the invention is a mouthpiece or exit tip baffle for a filtered cigaret or cigaret holder having a filter, which serves to focus or collimate the exit smoke to a narrow pattern. This is done not merely with a central opening, but with a 3-dimensional funneling mouthpiece. Such a pattern improves the subjective perception of cigarets which have a low "tar" delivery as a result of filtration, usually with air dilution.
- the smoke from cigaret rod 11 passes through a filter 12 and is collimated by plastic mouthpiece 13 to exit through orifice 14, diameter 0.44 cm, in a stream which is shown schematically as 15 based on observations made during smoking by an automated smoking machine by using high speed cinematography.
- Figure 2 shows a similar mouthpiece 16 having a very much smaller orifice 17, 0.16 cm in diameter, which produces a smoke pattern 18 converging to a focus and diverging thereafter.
- Figure 3 illustrates the exit pattern 19 diverging directly from an unmodified filter of a conventional 0.78 cm diameter.
- the pattern 20 is kept nearly constant by hollow mouthpiece 22.
- Figure 5 shows a filter cigaret equipped with an alternative mouthpiece 23 having cone-shaped baffle 24 (supported in its central location by fins or prongs-not shown) and giving an exit smoke pattern 21 which is likewise cone-shaped.
- the present invention employs a different approach: a reinforcement of the impact perceived by the smoker through addition of a mouthpiece baffle having such a configuration that the issuing smoke is confined to a narrow stream. This configuration is not simply an orifice alone, but an orifice as a termination of a funnel-shaped mouthpiece shaped to focus the smoke stream or cause it to converge.
- the convergence of the smoke may be toward a central point or into another defined exit pattern such as a cone.
- the result is enhancement of the subjective effect of the smoke which may have been attenuated by dilution or filtration.
- the effect is particularly noticeable with a centralized delivery ( Figures 1 and 2).
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- Many filters, mouthpieces, or holders for smoking products have provided for a localized exit orifice or orifices for the smoke, either central, peripheral, or in between. These were incidental and a result of the construction for filtering, cooling the smoke, or other purposes.
- Examples of a filter mouthpiece which provides for partial localization of exit smoke at the periphery are certain embodiments disclosed by Kiefer et al. in U.S. 3,768,489 and by Labbe in 3,685,523. Miller, U.S. 3,062,219, discloses an offset opening to partially localize the exit smoke at one side of the filter tip.
- Central orifices in cigaret mouthpieces or holders which are associated with some or substantial filtration are disclosed by Streule et al., 3,840,029, by Doppelt, 3,460,544, by Thomson et al., 3,394,713, and by Lebert, 2,954,784. Norman in 3,860,011 provides a narrow central tube for exit of non-filtered smoke, surrounded by a filter having peripheral ventilation. Ventilation is also found in the holder of Doppelt above.
- The invention is a mouthpiece or exit tip baffle for a filtered cigaret or cigaret holder having a filter, which serves to focus or collimate the exit smoke to a narrow pattern. This is done not merely with a central opening, but with a 3-dimensional funneling mouthpiece. Such a pattern improves the subjective perception of cigarets which have a low "tar" delivery as a result of filtration, usually with air dilution.
- In the accompanying drawings:
- Figure I is a longitudinal cross-sectional view of the mouth end of a filter cigaret provided with a mouthpiece of the invention.
- Figure 2 is a similar section of a cigaret having a alternative embodiment of the mouthpiece.
- Figure 3 is a longitudinal cross-sectional view of the mouth end of a filter cigaret, unmodified.
- Figure 4 is a similar section of a known type of filter cigaret, commonly called a recessed filter.
- Figure 5 is a cross-sectional view of a filter cigaret provided with a different embodiment of the mouthpiece from that of Figures 1 and 2.
- In Figure 1, the smoke from cigaret rod 11 passes through a
filter 12 and is collimated byplastic mouthpiece 13 to exit throughorifice 14, diameter 0.44 cm, in a stream which is shown schematically as 15 based on observations made during smoking by an automated smoking machine by using high speed cinematography. - Figure 2 shows a
similar mouthpiece 16 having a very muchsmaller orifice 17, 0.16 cm in diameter, which produces asmoke pattern 18 converging to a focus and diverging thereafter. - In contrast, Figure 3 illustrates the
exit pattern 19 diverging directly from an unmodified filter of a conventional 0.78 cm diameter. In Figure 4 thepattern 20 is kept nearly constant byhollow mouthpiece 22. - Figure 5 shows a filter cigaret equipped with an
alternative mouthpiece 23 having cone-shaped baffle 24 (supported in its central location by fins or prongs-not shown) and giving anexit smoke pattern 21 which is likewise cone-shaped. g - As the trend toward cigarets of lower delivery (i.e., lower "tar," nicotine, or the like) continues, smokers sometimes complain of too little impact, smoke flavor, or satisfaction. One solution for this is addition of flavor above what is conventional. The present invention employs a different approach: a reinforcement of the impact perceived by the smoker through addition of a mouthpiece baffle having such a configuration that the issuing smoke is confined to a narrow stream. This configuration is not simply an orifice alone, but an orifice as a termination of a funnel-shaped mouthpiece shaped to focus the smoke stream or cause it to converge.
- The convergence of the smoke may be toward a central point or into another defined exit pattern such as a cone. The result is enhancement of the subjective effect of the smoke which may have been attenuated by dilution or filtration. The effect is particularly noticeable with a centralized delivery (Figures 1 and 2).
- Comparative tests with smokers have shown that the smoke pattern from a low-delivery cigaret which results from attaching the mouthpiece of the invention is more acceptable than is the pattern from the same cigaret terminating in a conventional filter. Apparently the concentration of the attenuated smoke in this fashion results in the smoker's perceiving greater impact than would otherwise be the case.
- Subjective ratings of the smoke from filter cigarets of varying delivery levels were made by expert smokers. These samples ranged from 16 to 2 mg of "tar" delivery. Each was smoked unmodified (see Figure 3) and also with the mouthpiece attachment of Figure 1, 8 mm long with a 4 mm constriction length, 0.44 cm diameter orifice, and with the attachment of Figure 5, also 8 mm long. The panel of smokers found that for the lowest delivery samples (2 and 5 mg) they preferred the configuration of Figure 1. The mouthpiece of Figure 5, when attached to filter cigarets and smoked by an expert panel in comparison with comparable cigarets without mouthpieces, were said to have less burnt flavor when the cigarets were "conventional" (of relatively high delivery) and to have less green flavor with 5 mg delivery cigarets.
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US7339479A | 1979-09-07 | 1979-09-07 | |
US73394 | 1979-09-07 |
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Cited By (6)
Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
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DE3303301A1 (en) * | 1982-02-02 | 1983-08-11 | Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corp., 40232 Louisville, Ky. | TOBACCO SMOKING FILTER |
DE3321081A1 (en) * | 1982-06-22 | 1983-12-22 | Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corp., 40232 Louisville, Ky. | CIGARETTE FILTER |
DE3321080A1 (en) * | 1982-06-24 | 1983-12-29 | Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corp., 40232 Louisville, Ky. | CIGARETTE FILTER |
EP0108975A1 (en) * | 1982-11-13 | 1984-05-23 | B.A.T. Cigarettenfabriken GmbH | Filter mouthpiece for a smokable product |
FR2542978A1 (en) * | 1983-03-25 | 1984-09-28 | Brown & Williamson Tobacco | VENTILATED FILTER AND SMOKE DISPERSION END PIECE |
DE3415842A1 (en) * | 1983-05-09 | 1984-11-15 | Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corp., Louisville, Ky. | VENTILATED MOUTHPIECE FOR A SMOKING ITEM |
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US1945207A (en) * | 1933-05-31 | 1934-01-30 | Paul G Thomas | Cigarette |
DE1110070B (en) * | 1958-02-28 | 1961-06-29 | Alfons Geppert | Filtration device for tobacco smoke |
DE1975669U (en) * | 1967-06-10 | 1967-12-21 | Erich W Beyermann | FILTER INSERT FOR CIGARETTES. |
US3789855A (en) * | 1971-06-22 | 1974-02-05 | Liggett & Myers Inc | High flavor impact, low smoke yield cigarette mouthpiece |
US4016887A (en) * | 1973-06-21 | 1977-04-12 | Miroslav Uroshevich | Two-stage tobacco smoke filter |
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US1945207A (en) * | 1933-05-31 | 1934-01-30 | Paul G Thomas | Cigarette |
DE1110070B (en) * | 1958-02-28 | 1961-06-29 | Alfons Geppert | Filtration device for tobacco smoke |
DE1975669U (en) * | 1967-06-10 | 1967-12-21 | Erich W Beyermann | FILTER INSERT FOR CIGARETTES. |
US3789855A (en) * | 1971-06-22 | 1974-02-05 | Liggett & Myers Inc | High flavor impact, low smoke yield cigarette mouthpiece |
US4016887A (en) * | 1973-06-21 | 1977-04-12 | Miroslav Uroshevich | Two-stage tobacco smoke filter |
Cited By (10)
Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
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DE3303301A1 (en) * | 1982-02-02 | 1983-08-11 | Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corp., 40232 Louisville, Ky. | TOBACCO SMOKING FILTER |
DE3321081A1 (en) * | 1982-06-22 | 1983-12-22 | Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corp., 40232 Louisville, Ky. | CIGARETTE FILTER |
FR2528672A1 (en) * | 1982-06-22 | 1983-12-23 | Brown & Williamson Tobacco | CIGARETTE FILTER |
GB2122472A (en) * | 1982-06-22 | 1984-01-18 | Brown & Williamson Tobacco | A filter for cigarettes |
DE3321080A1 (en) * | 1982-06-24 | 1983-12-29 | Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corp., 40232 Louisville, Ky. | CIGARETTE FILTER |
EP0108975A1 (en) * | 1982-11-13 | 1984-05-23 | B.A.T. Cigarettenfabriken GmbH | Filter mouthpiece for a smokable product |
US4621651A (en) * | 1982-11-13 | 1986-11-11 | B.A.T. Cigaretten-Fabriken Gmbh | Filter tip for a smoking product |
FR2542978A1 (en) * | 1983-03-25 | 1984-09-28 | Brown & Williamson Tobacco | VENTILATED FILTER AND SMOKE DISPERSION END PIECE |
GB2137067A (en) * | 1983-03-25 | 1984-10-03 | Brown & Williamson Tobacco | Ventilated filter and smoke dispersing mouthpiece |
DE3415842A1 (en) * | 1983-05-09 | 1984-11-15 | Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corp., Louisville, Ky. | VENTILATED MOUTHPIECE FOR A SMOKING ITEM |
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