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EP3818843B1
EP3818843B1 EP19846796.1A EP19846796A EP3818843B1 EP 3818843 B1 EP3818843 B1 EP 3818843B1 EP 19846796 A EP19846796 A EP 19846796A EP 3818843 B1 EP3818843 B1 EP 3818843B1
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Eun Mi Jeoung
Dong Kyun Ko
Sang Won Choi
Sun Hwan Jeong
In Su Park
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    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A24TOBACCO; CIGARS; CIGARETTES; SIMULATED SMOKING DEVICES; SMOKERS' REQUISITES
    • A24DCIGARS; CIGARETTES; TOBACCO SMOKE FILTERS; MOUTHPIECES FOR CIGARS OR CIGARETTES; MANUFACTURE OF TOBACCO SMOKE FILTERS OR MOUTHPIECES
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    • A24D1/20Cigarettes specially adapted for simulated smoking devices
    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A24TOBACCO; CIGARS; CIGARETTES; SIMULATED SMOKING DEVICES; SMOKERS' REQUISITES
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    • A24D3/04Tobacco smoke filters characterised by their shape or structure
    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A24TOBACCO; CIGARS; CIGARETTES; SIMULATED SMOKING DEVICES; SMOKERS' REQUISITES
    • A24CMACHINES FOR MAKING CIGARS OR CIGARETTES
    • A24C5/00Making cigarettes; Making tipping materials for, or attaching filters or mouthpieces to, cigars or cigarettes
    • A24C5/14Machines of the continuous-rod type
    • A24C5/18Forming the rod
    • A24C5/1885Forming the rod for cigarettes with an axial air duct
    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A24TOBACCO; CIGARS; CIGARETTES; SIMULATED SMOKING DEVICES; SMOKERS' REQUISITES
    • A24CMACHINES FOR MAKING CIGARS OR CIGARETTES
    • A24C5/00Making cigarettes; Making tipping materials for, or attaching filters or mouthpieces to, cigars or cigarettes
    • A24C5/47Attaching filters or mouthpieces to cigars or cigarettes, e.g. inserting filters into cigarettes or their mouthpieces
    • A24C5/475Attaching filters or mouthpieces to cigars or cigarettes, e.g. inserting filters into cigarettes or their mouthpieces adapted for composite filters
    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A24TOBACCO; CIGARS; CIGARETTES; SIMULATED SMOKING DEVICES; SMOKERS' REQUISITES
    • A24DCIGARS; CIGARETTES; TOBACCO SMOKE FILTERS; MOUTHPIECES FOR CIGARS OR CIGARETTES; MANUFACTURE OF TOBACCO SMOKE FILTERS OR MOUTHPIECES
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    • A24D1/04Cigars; Cigarettes with mouthpieces or filter-tips
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    • A24TOBACCO; CIGARS; CIGARETTES; SIMULATED SMOKING DEVICES; SMOKERS' REQUISITES
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    • A24D1/04Cigars; Cigarettes with mouthpieces or filter-tips
    • A24D1/045Cigars; Cigarettes with mouthpieces or filter-tips with smoke filter means
    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A24TOBACCO; CIGARS; CIGARETTES; SIMULATED SMOKING DEVICES; SMOKERS' REQUISITES
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    • A24D3/0275Manufacture of tobacco smoke filters for filters with special features
    • A24D3/0279Manufacture of tobacco smoke filters for filters with special features with tubes
    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A24TOBACCO; CIGARS; CIGARETTES; SIMULATED SMOKING DEVICES; SMOKERS' REQUISITES
    • A24DCIGARS; CIGARETTES; TOBACCO SMOKE FILTERS; MOUTHPIECES FOR CIGARS OR CIGARETTES; MANUFACTURE OF TOBACCO SMOKE FILTERS OR MOUTHPIECES
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    • A24D3/0283Manufacture of tobacco smoke filters for filters with special features with means for a non-axial smoke flow
    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A24TOBACCO; CIGARS; CIGARETTES; SIMULATED SMOKING DEVICES; SMOKERS' REQUISITES
    • A24DCIGARS; CIGARETTES; TOBACCO SMOKE FILTERS; MOUTHPIECES FOR CIGARS OR CIGARETTES; MANUFACTURE OF TOBACCO SMOKE FILTERS OR MOUTHPIECES
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    • A24DCIGARS; CIGARETTES; TOBACCO SMOKE FILTERS; MOUTHPIECES FOR CIGARS OR CIGARETTES; MANUFACTURE OF TOBACCO SMOKE FILTERS OR MOUTHPIECES
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    • A24D3/061Use of materials for tobacco smoke filters containing additives entrapped within capsules, sponge-like material or the like, for further release upon smoking
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    • A24TOBACCO; CIGARS; CIGARETTES; SIMULATED SMOKING DEVICES; SMOKERS' REQUISITES
    • A24DCIGARS; CIGARETTES; TOBACCO SMOKE FILTERS; MOUTHPIECES FOR CIGARS OR CIGARETTES; MANUFACTURE OF TOBACCO SMOKE FILTERS OR MOUTHPIECES
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    • A24D3/08Use of materials for tobacco smoke filters of organic materials as carrier or major constituent
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    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A24TOBACCO; CIGARS; CIGARETTES; SIMULATED SMOKING DEVICES; SMOKERS' REQUISITES
    • A24DCIGARS; CIGARETTES; TOBACCO SMOKE FILTERS; MOUTHPIECES FOR CIGARS OR CIGARETTES; MANUFACTURE OF TOBACCO SMOKE FILTERS OR MOUTHPIECES
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Claims (8)

  1. Cigarette (5, 970, 20000) comportant :
    un bâtonnet de tabac (510, 21000) ; et
    un bâtonnet-filtre (520, 22000) relié à une partie d'extrémité aval du bâtonnet de tabac (510, 21000) ;
    dans laquelle une partie du bâtonnet-filtre (520, 22000) comporte une partie de refroidissement (521, 600, 700), et la partie de refroidissement (521, 600, 700) comporte du saccharose en tant que matière de refroidissement (630, 710),
    dans laquelle la matière de refroidissement (630, 710) a une forme de bille ou une forme de feuille.
  2. Cigarette selon la revendication 1, dans laquelle la partie de refroidissement (521, 600, 700) comporte
    un premier élément de filtre (610) sur une partie d'extrémité latérale de la partie de refroidissement (521, 600, 700) et un second élément de filtre (620) sur l'autre partie d'extrémité latérale de la partie de refroidissement (521, 600, 700),
    et le premier élément de filtre (610) et le second élément de filtre (620) sont espacés d'une certaine distance pour former une cavité entre le premier élément de filtre (610) et le second élément de filtre (620), et la matière de refroidissement (630, 710) est dans la cavité.
  3. Cigarette selon la revendication 1, dans laquelle la matière de refroidissement a une forme de bille et une surface de la matière de refroidissement en forme de bille est revêtue.
  4. Cigarette selon la revendication 3, dans laquelle de fines saillies sont formées sur au moins une partie de la surface de la matière de refroidissement (630).
  5. Cigarette selon la revendication 1, dans laquelle la matière de refroidissement a une forme de feuille, et dans laquelle la matière de refroidissement en forme de feuille (710) est située dans la partie de refroidissement (700) et enroulée de telle sorte qu'un écoulement d'air passe à travers dans une direction longitudinale de la partie de refroidissement (700).
  6. Cigarette selon la revendication 1, dans laquelle la matière de refroidissement a une forme de feuille, et dans laquelle la matière de refroidissement en forme de feuille (710) comporte un matériau quelconque parmi un papier poreux ou un film comestible.
  7. Cigarette selon la revendication 1, dans laquelle
    le bâtonnet-filtre (520, 22000) comporte une partie de tube (522), la partie de refroidissement (521) et une partie d'acétate (523),
    la partie de tube (522) est reliée à une partie d'extrémité aval du bâtonnet de tabac (510),
    la partie de refroidissement (521) est reliée à une partie d'extrémité aval de la partie de tube (522), et
    la partie d'acétate (523) est reliée à une partie d'extrémité aval de la partie de refroidissement (521).
  8. Cigarette selon la revendication 1, dans laquelle
    le bâtonnet-filtre (520, 22000) comporte la partie de refroidissement (521), une partie de tube (522) et une partie d'acétate (523),
    la partie de refroidissement (521) est reliée à une partie d'extrémité aval du bâtonnet de tabac (510),
    la partie de tube (522) est reliée à une partie d'extrémité aval de la partie de refroidissement (521), et
    la partie d'acétate (523) est reliée à une partie d'extrémité aval de la partie de tube (522).
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