US3217719A - Cigarette filters containing selective adsorbents - Google Patents

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US3217719A
US3217719A US188281A US18828162A US3217719A US 3217719 A US3217719 A US 3217719A US 188281 A US188281 A US 188281A US 18828162 A US18828162 A US 18828162A US 3217719 A US3217719 A US 3217719A
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Alexander W Spears
William E Routh
Jimmy H Bell
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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
    • A24D3/06—Use of materials for tobacco smoke filters
    • A24D3/14—Use of materials for tobacco smoke filters of organic materials as additive
    • 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
    • A24D3/06—Use of materials for tobacco smoke filters
    • A24D3/08—Use of materials for tobacco smoke filters of organic materials as carrier or major constituent
    • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C08—ORGANIC MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS; THEIR PREPARATION OR CHEMICAL WORKING-UP; COMPOSITIONS BASED THEREON
    • C08L—COMPOSITIONS OF MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS
    • C08L39/00—Compositions of homopolymers or copolymers of compounds having one or more unsaturated aliphatic radicals, each having only one carbon-to-carbon double bond, and at least one being terminated by a single or double bond to nitrogen or by a heterocyclic ring containing nitrogen; Compositions of derivatives of such polymers
    • C08L39/04—Homopolymers or copolymers of monomers containing heterocyclic rings having nitrogen as ring member

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  • This invention relates to a new tobacco smoke filter which selectively removes certain products of combustion in tobacco smoke, and particularly to cigarette filters having a chemical complexing agent to selectively remove phenol and phenolic compounds in tobacco smoke.
  • a tobacco smoke filter containing a polymeric compound having the property of forming a complex with the phenol and phenolic compounds has a greatly improved efficiency for removing phenols and phenolic compounds from tobacco smoke.
  • Hs Polymers or copolymers containing from 25 to 100% of the N-vinyl-5-methyl-2-oxazolidinoue unit have useful complexing activity.
  • Monomers suitable for copolymerization with N-vinyl-S-methyl-Z-oxazolidinone include, but are not limited to, vinyl acetate.
  • Other useful monomers would be those which contain the vinyl group (styrene, vinyl acetate, etc.).
  • the molecular weight of the complex-forming compounds is dependent on the specific material used. In selecting a suitable molecular weight, the vapor pressure of the complex-forming compound should be sufficiently low that it will remain in the filter during storage, and will not volatilize during the smoking of the cigarette.
  • the vapor pressure of such complex-forming compounds should be from 0 mm. up to 40 mm. Hg at 25 0., however, the preferred range is between 0 mm. and 1 mm. Hg at 25 C.
  • the complex-forming compounds are incorporated in a conventional tobacco smoke filter, usually made of cellulose or substituted cellulose fibers.
  • the filter may be composed of natural fibers, mineral fibers and other synthetic fibers such as nylon, polypropylene and polyethylene. Mixtures of synthetic, mineral and natural fibers are also suitable.
  • the fibers are formed into a compact plug having a plurality of tortu- 3,217,719 Patented Nov. 16, 1965 ice ticulate matter present in the tobacco smoke.
  • the filter fiber provides support for the complex-forming compounds of the present invention, and accordingly no particular form or type of fiber material is required for the successful practice of this invention.
  • FIG. 1 This comprises a plug of shredded tobacco 1 and, superimposed thereon, a tip comprising a plug of compact, fibrous base material 3.
  • the filter tip and tobacco are joined in a unitary structure by a suitable wrapping paper 2.
  • the fibrous base material 3 is impregnated with polymers or copolymers of N-vinyl- S-methyl-Z-oxazolidinone as described above.
  • the selective adsorbents may form a thin film over the individual strands of fibrous material, or may be absorbed into the fibrous material, or as illustrated it may be in the form of a powder 4 supported by the fibrous base material 3.
  • the complex-forming compounds according to the present invention may be applied to the filter fibers before formation of the plug, and the amount of complex-forming compound may range from 0.01% to 100% by weight of the filter depending upon the manner in which the complex-forming compound is used.
  • Some complexforming compounds may be incorporated into the filter as a solid powder. In that case, complex-forming compound is preferably present in an amount between 5% and 25% by weight of fiber. In other cases the complexforming compounds are more conveniently incorporated into the filter with the aid of a solvent, a compatible nontoxic plasticizer or both. Where the solvent technique is used, the complex-forming compound may be present in an amount between 0.01% and 25 by weight of fiber, the optimum range being between 0.3 and 2% by weight of fiber.
  • Suitable plasticizers are glyceryl triacetate, triethyl citrate, acetyl triethyl citrate and alkyl phthalates.
  • the plasticizers should be present in amounts up to 20% by Weight.
  • the complex-forming compounds may be formed into a filter by fusion, sintering or other direct fabrication method.
  • the entire filter plug is composed of the complex-forming compound.
  • Cigarette filters are illustrated by the following examples.
  • two types of filters using chemically inert mate rials are used as standards, namely a typical commercial filter of cellulose acetate and a filter comprised of cellulose acetate into which has been incorporated a powder which is inert with respect to phenol.
  • the cigarettes were machine smoked and the products passing through the filter were collected and analyzed.
  • the physical and filtration properties of these filters are given in Table 1.
  • the selectivity of the cellulose acetate filter is probably due to an association complex between phenol and the oxygen atoms of the acetyl group.
  • filter etficiency and phenol filter efficiency used in the following table and examples refer to the percentages of particulate matter and of phenol and ous passages to trap small diameter solid and liquid parphenolic compounds removed from the tobacco smoke.
  • polyethylene fibers said element containing a polymeric compound selected from the group consisting of polymers and copolymers containing the N-vinyl-5-methyl-2- oxazolidinone unit, said polymeric compound having a vapor pressure of mm. to 40 mm. Hg at 25 C.
  • Fiber Percent Percent 40 mesh poly [N-vinyl-- methyl-Z-oxazolidinone] 1 22 3. 2 55, 000 17 0. 43 49 84 Commercially available from the Dow Chemical Corporation under the trade name Devlex 130, and described in the Dow Chemical Corporation Technical Bulletin Devlex 130 issued August 1960. The polymer used has a molecular weight of about 150,000.
  • Example II A second method of incorporating the complex-forming compound into a cigarette filter is by use of a solvent technique.
  • An exemplary solution consists of a copolymer of N-vinyl-S-methyl-2-oxazolidinone and vinyl acetate (in which the monomeric units are present in approximately equal mol ratios), ethanol and glycerol triacetate in the weight ratio 1:2:7, respectively.
  • the solution of polymer, plasticizer and solvent was mixed with the cellulose acetatefibers at a concentration of 6% by weight.
  • the filter fiber used had a denier of 3.2. Filter plugs were formed of the fibers.
  • the filter plugs had a total denier of 55,000, a length of 17 mm., and a plug draw of 0.49. The total filter efficiency was 49% while the phenol filter efiiciency was 85.5%.
  • the copolymer used in this example is commercially available from the Dow Chemical Company under the trade name Devlex A515, and is described in Dow Chemical Corporation Bulletin, Devlex A515 issued August 1960.
  • a filter element for filter tip cigarettes consisting essentially of a plug of a base material having a plurality of passages for trapping particulate matter in tobacco smoke and selected from the group consisting of cellulose, substituted cellulose, nylon, polypropylene and polyethylene fibers, said element containing a polymeric compound selected from the group consisting of polymers and copolymers containing the N-vinyl-S-methyl-Z- oxazolidinone unit. 7
  • a filter element for filter tip cigarettes consisting essentially of a plug of a base material having a plurality of passages for trapping particulate matter in tobacco smoke and selected from the group consisting of cellulose, substituted cellulose, nylon, polypropylene and polyethylene fibers, said element containing a polymeric compound selected from the group consisting of polymers and copolymers containing the N-vinyl-5-methyl-2- oxazolidinone unit, said polymeric compounds having a vapor pressure of 0 mm. to 40 mm. Hg at 25 C. and being present in an amount from 0.01% to by weight of said filter.
  • a filter element for filter tip cigarettes according to claim 4 wherein said polymeric compound is poly[N- vinyl-5-methyl-2 oxazolidinone] 6.
  • a filter element for filter tip cigarettes according to claim 4 wherein said polymeric compound is a copolymer containing from 25% to 100% of the N-vinyl-5-methyl-2- oxazolidinone unit.

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NL291582D NL291582A (US07879113-20110201-C00004.png) 1962-04-16
BE631043D BE631043A (US07879113-20110201-C00004.png) 1962-04-16
US188281A US3217719A (en) 1962-04-16 1962-04-16 Cigarette filters containing selective adsorbents
DK171763AA DK116850B (da) 1962-04-16 1963-04-10 Cigaretfilter samt fremgangsmåde til fremstilling.
SE04084/63A SE328232B (US07879113-20110201-C00004.png) 1962-04-16 1963-04-11
FR931407A FR1363231A (fr) 1962-04-16 1963-04-12 Nouveau filtre de cigarette et procédé pour le préparer
CH475563A CH413694A (fr) 1962-04-16 1963-04-16 Filtre de cigarette et procédé pour sa fabrication
GB14885/63A GB970602A (en) 1962-04-16 1963-04-16 Selective cigarette filters
LU43567D LU43567A1 (US07879113-20110201-C00004.png) 1962-04-16 1963-04-16
DEL44642A DE1209474B (de) 1962-04-16 1963-04-16 Zigarettenfilter
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US3428055A (en) * 1965-04-09 1969-02-18 Eastman Kodak Co Filter elements and additive therefor
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US3802441A (en) * 1972-01-26 1974-04-09 Brown & Williamson Tobacco Tobacco smoke filter additive
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