EP2481306A1 - Method and device for flavouring a cigarette - Google Patents
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- EP2481306A1 EP2481306A1 EP11194529A EP11194529A EP2481306A1 EP 2481306 A1 EP2481306 A1 EP 2481306A1 EP 11194529 A EP11194529 A EP 11194529A EP 11194529 A EP11194529 A EP 11194529A EP 2481306 A1 EP2481306 A1 EP 2481306A1
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A24—TOBACCO; CIGARS; CIGARETTES; SIMULATED SMOKING DEVICES; SMOKERS' REQUISITES
- A24B—MANUFACTURE OR PREPARATION OF TOBACCO FOR SMOKING OR CHEWING; TOBACCO; SNUFF
- A24B15/00—Chemical features or treatment of tobacco; Tobacco substitutes, e.g. in liquid form
- A24B15/18—Treatment of tobacco products or tobacco substitutes
- A24B15/28—Treatment of tobacco products or tobacco substitutes by chemical substances
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A24—TOBACCO; CIGARS; CIGARETTES; SIMULATED SMOKING DEVICES; SMOKERS' REQUISITES
- A24C—MACHINES FOR MAKING CIGARS OR CIGARETTES
- A24C5/00—Making cigarettes; Making tipping materials for, or attaching filters or mouthpieces to, cigars or cigarettes
- A24C5/60—Final treatment of cigarettes, e.g. marking, printing, branding, decorating
- A24C5/608—Treating cigarettes with a liquid or viscous solution
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A24—TOBACCO; CIGARS; CIGARETTES; SIMULATED SMOKING DEVICES; SMOKERS' REQUISITES
- A24F—SMOKERS' REQUISITES; MATCH BOXES; SIMULATED SMOKING DEVICES
- A24F25/00—Devices used by the smoker for controlling the moisture content of, or for scenting, cigars, cigarettes or tobacco
Definitions
- Cigarette flavour and smell may be influenced by many factors such as tobacco type, filter type, wrapping paper type, chemical additives, fragile flavour-adding capsules pre-arranged inside the filter during manufacture, etc.
- cigarettes are produced to provide specific and known taste or flavour chosen by manufacturer.
- the user has no flexibility to change or improve the cigarette taste by adding his preferred flavour type and flavour intensity to fit his preferences.
- the invention relates to the influencing of "flavour & smell" of a cigarette while smoking, by injecting liquid additives to the cigarette, at the filter side or the tobacco side, using injecting device specially designed for this purpose.
- the user may control the cigarette taste, intensity of taste, and the smell by choosing the type material and quantity to be injected to the cigarette before or while smoking.
- the invention is intended to improve the experience of smoking of any desired cigarette.
- Various insertion devices may fit for injecting the materials into the cigarette, two optional designs are illustrated.
- the devices of the present invention are designed to fit the standard cigarette with or without filter, either as standalone unit or attached to a cigarette box.
- a standard cigarette containing a tobacco rod and filter may be inserted through the open hall or cup into the standalone injection device.
- a concentric spring leads the cigarette to ensure that an injection nozzle located at the end of the hall penetrates gently right to the center of the cigarette.
- An injecting button is located on the opposite side of the device, i.e. opposite to the side which is adapted to receive the cigarette. Pushing the button will lead to injecting controlled flavour material into the cigarette.
- the cigarette is inserted through the open hall in the injection device attached to the cigarette package.
- the filter side is inserted first.
- Pressing the container located on the rear side of the device will operate the injecting mechanism, and a limited portion of flavour liquid material is injected into the cigarette filter.
- the invention relates to unique device 20a, 20 specially designed to release controlled amount of flavour material into a cigarette 11.
- the additive material affects the cigarette flavour or smell, or both flavour and smell, of the cigarette 11.
- the special device 20a, 20 design allows the injection of material at a controlled quantity to the cigarette 11.
- the smoker may choose different type of additives liquid material, such as mint, cherry or coffee flavour or any other taste to be injected to the cigarette 11 using the device 20a, 20.
- liquid material such as mint, cherry or coffee flavour or any other taste
- the smoker can achieve the taste required, at any time during smoking the cigarette, and at any intensity required, by injecting the material at the time desired and controlling the amount injected.
- the device design may fit one of the options illustrated such as a standalone device 20a, a device 20 which is attached to a cigarette pack, or any other option such as device which is attached to a cigarette lighter device (not shown) or is attached to mouth freshener or any other configuration.
- the injecting device 20 which is adapted to be mounted on a pack of cigarettes comprises attachment flanges or lips which protrude from the device 20 for engaging at least two outer edges of the cigarette pack.
- the embodiment of figure 2 comprises four such attachment flanges or lips, which engage the cigarette pack.
- the mechanism used to insert the additive liquid through the nozzle 7 to the cigarette may be similar to the options described hereby or any other alternative mechanism which may be used for the same purpose.
- the container 23 located in the device 20 is filled with the additive may be either used as disposable reservoir or as re-used unit to be filled whenever the content of the container is fully used. It might be designed as integral part of the device or as replaceable unit to be ejected from the device from time to time when it is fully used and shall be replaced by a filled container.
- the additive flavour liquid material is the additive flavour liquid material
- the flavour liquid material may fit any desired taste and be delivered in either filled cartridges or in container for refill use.
- a first aspect relates to a method of adopting cigarette flavour and to the smoker preference before or while smoking the cigarette, by using special device to insert additives material to the cigarette.
- a second aspect relates to a device specially designed to insert material to the cigarette, for adopting it's taste to specific desired taste.
- a third aspect relates to the device of the second aspect attached to the cigarette package.
- a fourth aspect relates to the device of the second aspect together with lighter in one unit.
- a fifth aspect relates to the device of the fourth aspect attached to the cigarette package.
- a sixth aspect relates to an additive material with coffee flavour to imitate coffee taste flavour with cigarette smoking.
Abstract
The invention relates to the influencing of "flavour / smell" of cigarette (11) while smoking, by injecting additives to the cigarette, at the filter side or the tobacco side, using a device (20) specially designed for this purpose.
The user controls the cigarette taste, intensity of taste, and the smell by choosing the liquid material and quantity to be injected into the cigarette (11) before or while smoking.
The invention is intended to improve the experience of smoking of any desired cigarette.
Description
- Cigarette flavour and smell may be influenced by many factors such as tobacco type, filter type, wrapping paper type, chemical additives, fragile flavour-adding capsules pre-arranged inside the filter during manufacture, etc.
- Usually cigarettes are produced to provide specific and known taste or flavour chosen by manufacturer. The user has no flexibility to change or improve the cigarette taste by adding his preferred flavour type and flavour intensity to fit his preferences.
- The invention relates to the influencing of "flavour & smell" of a cigarette while smoking, by injecting liquid additives to the cigarette, at the filter side or the tobacco side, using injecting device specially designed for this purpose.
- The user may control the cigarette taste, intensity of taste, and the smell by choosing the type material and quantity to be injected to the cigarette before or while smoking.
- The invention is intended to improve the experience of smoking of any desired cigarette.
- Various insertion devices may fit for injecting the materials into the cigarette, two optional designs are illustrated.
- The devices of the present invention are designed to fit the standard cigarette with or without filter, either as standalone unit or attached to a cigarette box.
- However the invention is not limited to any specific injecting mechanism design or any specific configuration and may include other injecting mechanism design or configuration options.
- In the first embodiment (
Fig 1 ) a standard cigarette containing a tobacco rod and filter may be inserted through the open hall or cup into the standalone injection device. - While inserting the cigarette into the device, a concentric spring leads the cigarette to ensure that an injection nozzle located at the end of the hall penetrates gently right to the center of the cigarette.
- An injecting button is located on the opposite side of the device, i.e. opposite to the side which is adapted to receive the cigarette. Pushing the button will lead to injecting controlled flavour material into the cigarette.
- Repeating pushing the button will lead to repeated injection of additional flavour material, if stronger flavour or smell is desired.
- In the second embodiment (
Fig 2 &3) the cigarette is inserted through the open hall in the injection device attached to the cigarette package. The filter side is inserted first. - While pushing the cigarette into the device an injection nozzle of the device gently penetrates the cigarette filter.
- Pressing the container located on the rear side of the device will operate the injecting mechanism, and a limited portion of flavour liquid material is injected into the cigarette filter.
- Repeating pressing the container will lead to repeated injection of additional measured flavour material, if stronger flavour taste or smell is desired.
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Fig 1 shows astandalone injecting device 20a, which comprises aninjection button 1 attached to aflexible membrane 5 or apiston 5 by arigid shaft 4. Theshaft 4 andmembrane 5 are normally held in upper position by acompression spring 3. Themembrane 5 is located inside a flavour liquid container. Anozzle 7 is located on the bottom side of the unit which covered by acup 9, thecup 9 is sealed with two sets of O-rings 8. -
Fig 2 shows an isometric view of an injectingdevice 20 mounted on a pack ofcigarettes 21. Acigarette 11 is inserted into the device through the open end. A slidingejecting button 22 is provided for ejecting the flavourliquid material container 23. -
Fig 3 shows detailed view cut of the device ofFig 2 . The device is attached to acigarette package 21. Acigarette 11 is inserted from the open side. A device housing 30 together with anupper cover 35, hold together internal parts including:nozzle 7 which penetrate the cigarette filter and injectingliquid mechanism 38. Disclosed are also the flavourliquid material container 23, for holding flavour material, and thecontainer ejecting button 22. - The invention relates to
unique device cigarette 11. The additive material affects the cigarette flavour or smell, or both flavour and smell, of thecigarette 11. - To provide the smoker the freedom of controlling the cigarette taste, the
special device cigarette 11. - The smoker may choose different type of additives liquid material, such as mint, cherry or coffee flavour or any other taste to be injected to the
cigarette 11 using thedevice - The smoker can achieve the taste required, at any time during smoking the cigarette, and at any intensity required, by injecting the material at the time desired and controlling the amount injected.
- The device design may fit one of the options illustrated such as a
standalone device 20a, adevice 20 which is attached to a cigarette pack, or any other option such as device which is attached to a cigarette lighter device (not shown) or is attached to mouth freshener or any other configuration. - As has been described, different embodiments are conceivable, where the injection is effected by pressing a
button 1 or by pressing aflavour material container 23. Both may be applied on thestandalone injecting device 20a and the injectingdevice 20 which is adapted to be mounted on a pack of cigarettes, respectively. The injectingdevice 20 which is adapted to be mounted on a pack of cigarettes comprises attachment flanges or lips which protrude from thedevice 20 for engaging at least two outer edges of the cigarette pack. The embodiment offigure 2 comprises four such attachment flanges or lips, which engage the cigarette pack. - The mechanism used to insert the additive liquid through the
nozzle 7 to the cigarette may be similar to the options described hereby or any other alternative mechanism which may be used for the same purpose. - The
container 23 located in thedevice 20 is filled with the additive may be either used as disposable reservoir or as re-used unit to be filled whenever the content of the container is fully used. It might be designed as integral part of the device or as replaceable unit to be ejected from the device from time to time when it is fully used and shall be replaced by a filled container. - The flavour liquid material may fit any desired taste and be delivered in either filled cartridges or in container for refill use.
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Fig 1 - 1. Push button
- 2. Button housing
- 3. Helical compression spring
- 4. Diaphragm shaft
- 5. Flexible diaphragm or membrane
- 6. Housing for standalone device
- 7. Penetrating nozzle
- 8. O-Rings
- 9. Cup for receiving and guiding a cigarette end
- 20a. Device for flavouring a cigarette
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Fig 2 &3- 7. Penetrating nozzle
- 11. Cigarette
- 20. Device for flavouring a cigarette
- 21. Cigarette package
- 22. Ejecting container sliding button
- 23. Flavour material container
- 25. Container ejecting (button) spring
- 30. Device body
- 35. Upper device cover
- 38. Injecting mechanism
- A first aspect relates to a method of adopting cigarette flavour and to the smoker preference before or while smoking the cigarette, by using special device to insert additives material to the cigarette.
- A second aspect relates to a device specially designed to insert material to the cigarette, for adopting it's taste to specific desired taste.
- A third aspect relates to the device of the second aspect attached to the cigarette package.
- A fourth aspect relates to the device of the second aspect together with lighter in one unit.
- A fifth aspect relates to the device of the fourth aspect attached to the cigarette package.
- A sixth aspect relates to an additive material with coffee flavour to imitate coffee taste flavour with cigarette smoking.
Claims (15)
- A method of adapting cigarette (11) flavour and taste to the smoker preference before or while smoking the cigarette, by using special device (20a, 20) to insert additives material to the cigarette.
- The method of claim 1, comprising the step of injecting additives to the cigarette (11) at the filter side.
- The method of claim 1, comprising the step of injecting additives to the cigarette (11) at the tobacco side.
- The method of any preceding claim, wherein the additives material is inserted by penetrating the cigarette (11) by means of a nozzle (7) and injecting the additives material into the cigarette (11), where after the additives material can be inhaled by the smoker together with the tobacco smoke.
- A device (20a, 20) specially designed to insert material into a cigarette (11), for adapting the taste of said cigarette to a specific desired taste.
- The device of claim 5, which device (20) is adapted to be attached to a cigarette package (21).
- The device of claim 5, formed together with a lighter in one unit.
- The device of claim 7, adapted to be attached to a cigarette package (21).
- The device (20a, 20) of any one of claims 5-8, comprising a flavour material container (23) and a penetrating nozzle (7), which penetrating nozzle (7) is adapted to be inserted into the cigarette (11) and inject flavour material of the flavour material container (23) into the cigarette (11).
- The device (20a, 20) of claim 9, adapted such that the flavour material injection is activated by pressing the flavour material container (23).
- The device (20a, 20) of claim 9 comprising a button (1), wherein the device is adapted such that the flavour material injection is activated by pushing the button (1).
- The device (20a, 20) of claim 11, wherein the button (1) is located on the back side of the device (20a), i.e. the side of the device which faces away from the cigarette (11) to be flavoured.
- The device (20a, 20) of claim 11 or 12, wherein the button (1) is connected to a flexible diaphragm (5) or a piston (5) which is adapted to pressurize flavour liquid within the flavour material container (23), when the button(1) is pushed.
- The device (20a, 20) of claim 13, wherein the flexible diaphragm (5) or piston (5) is located within the flavour material container (23).
- The device (20a, 20) of any one of claims 5-14, comprising an open cup (9) which is adapted to receive a cigarette (11) end and guide the cigarette so that a penetrating nozzle (6) may be brought to enter the cigarette (11) centrally.
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US13/361,138 US20120192881A1 (en) | 2011-01-30 | 2012-01-30 | Method and device for flavouring a cigarette |
US13/939,164 US20140069445A1 (en) | 2011-01-30 | 2013-07-10 | Method and Device for Flavoring a Cigarette |
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