US3854488A - Cigarette holder with tar collecting means - Google Patents

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US3854488A
US3854488A US00332155A US33215573A US3854488A US 3854488 A US3854488 A US 3854488A US 00332155 A US00332155 A US 00332155A US 33215573 A US33215573 A US 33215573A US 3854488 A US3854488 A US 3854488A
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A24—TOBACCO; CIGARS; CIGARETTES; SIMULATED SMOKING DEVICES; SMOKERS' REQUISITES
    • A24F—SMOKERS' REQUISITES; MATCH BOXES; SIMULATED SMOKING DEVICES
    • A24F13/00—Appliances for smoking cigars or cigarettes
    • A24F13/02—Cigar or cigarette holders
    • A24F13/04—Cigar or cigarette holders with arrangements for cleaning or cooling the smoke
    • A24F13/06—Cigar or cigarette holders with arrangements for cleaning or cooling the smoke with smoke filters
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A24—TOBACCO; CIGARS; CIGARETTES; SIMULATED SMOKING DEVICES; SMOKERS' REQUISITES
    • A24F—SMOKERS' REQUISITES; MATCH BOXES; SIMULATED SMOKING DEVICES
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    • A24F13/02—Cigar or cigarette holders
    • A24F13/04—Cigar or cigarette holders with arrangements for cleaning or cooling the smoke

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  • ABSTRACT A cigarette holder comprising tar collecting means formed as a cartridge, said cartridge comprising a substantially cylindrical vessel opened at one end thereof and substantially closed at the other end thereof except a relatively small opening, and first and second disk members mounted at the open end of said vessel to close said open end, said first disk member having at least one small opening, said second disk member being provided with a central downstream struck-out portion providing a rectangular opening through the second disk, thereby providing a transverse band flanked by a pair of openings such that smoke enters the cartridge through the small central opening in the first disk and is accellerated thereby, strikes the transverse band in the second disk, divides and makes either of two possible 90 turns through either of the pair of openings toward the inside wall of the cartridge The smoke is drawn through and out of the cartridge through the small opening in the substantially closed end thereof.
  • FIG. 1 A first figure.
  • This invention relates to a cigarette holder with tar collecting means for collecting the tar contained in the tobacco smoke.
  • tar contained in the tobacco smoke is harmful for the human body, and in this connection there have heretofore been proposed many pipes and cigarette holders equipped with various kinds of tar collecting means.
  • the conventionally known tar collecting methods may be classified into several types such as to removed the tar component by leading the smoke through a layer of fibers and/or powders and having the tar particles attached to the fibers and/or powders, to remove the tar cornponent by making a smoke stream iminge against a solid surface at a high velocity, thus having the tar particles attached on and caught by the solid surface, and to remove the tar component by any means available.
  • a tar collecting means formed as a vessel shaped cartrige adapted to collect tar therein, which, after having collected a substantial amount of tar, is to be replaced by a new one.
  • a tar collecting means of this known type which was proposed by the same applicant as the present applicant, comprises a cylindrical vessel closed at one end thereof leaving a small opening through which the tobacco smoke is introduced into the vessel as a stream at high velocity, said stream being adapted to impinge against an end surface ofa column member provided along the central axis of the vessel so that the tar particles contained in the smoke are attached on and caught by the end surface.
  • the tar collecting means of this structure shows a very high tar collecting performance and can hold the collected tar within the vessel.
  • the column member of a relatively large diameter is provided within the vessel, the inside space of the vessel is so much reduced that there is a drawback that the tar collecting capacity of one cartridge is relatively reduced.
  • a cigarette holder comprising a cigarette holding member, a mouthpiece member, both members being removably engaged with each other, and a tar collecting cartridge provided in the way of a smoke passage formed in and extended through said cigarette holding and mouthpiece members, characterized in that said cartridge comprises a substantially cylindrical vessel opened at one end thereof and substantially closed at the other end thereof except a relatively small opening, and first and second disk members mounted at the open end of said vessel to close said open end, said first disk member having at least one small opening, said second disk member being adapted to provide a surface region confronting said small opening and at least one opening formed adjacent said surface region.
  • the tobacco smoke passes through said small opening of the first disk member generating a smoke stream at a high velocity, which, in an instant, impinges against said surface region of the second disk member, whereby the smoke stream is abruptly deflected sideward and flows through said opening provided adjacent said surface region and flows through the cylindrical vessel.
  • Said surface region confronting the smoke stream generating opening with a proper spacing therefrom for allowing the deflected flow of the smoke stream and a little accumlation of the collected tar upon the surface region is preferably formed by making a cut at a portion of the second disk member and displacing a portion adjacent the cut relative to the remaining portion of the disk surrounding the displaced portion, wherein after the displacement the cut portion is opened to form the opening adjacent the surface for leading the deflected smoke stream into the inside of the vessel.
  • the cut may be formed as two cuts arranged substantially in parallel so that the portion residing between the two cuts is displaced with respect to the remaining portion of the disk, wherein the opening provided adjacent said surface region for leading the deflected smoke stream into the vessel is formed one at each opposite side of the surface region provided by the displaced portion.
  • the first disk member having the smoke stream generating opening and the second disk member providing the surface region for the impingement of the smoke stream may be closely piled one over the other at the peripheral portions of the disks, whereby the spacing of the surface region from the smoke stream generating opening is automatically determined by the degree of displacement of the displaced portion formed adjacent the cut.
  • cross-sectional area of the stream generating opening is about 0.2 mm and not much smaller or larger than that.
  • the stream constriction opening may be provided in singularity or in plurality, particularly two, if the total cross-sectional area of such openings is of the order as mentioned above.
  • FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a cigarette holder as an embodiment of this invention
  • FIG. 2 is a longitudinal section of the cigarette holder shown in FIG. 1 along line II-ll;
  • FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the cartridge used in the cigarette holder shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, wherein some elements are disassembled while another is partly broken for the purpose of illustration.
  • reference numerals 1 and 2 designate a cigarette holding member and a mouthpiece member, respectively, both members being removably engaged with each other at the screw engaging portions 3.
  • the cigarette holding member 1 is formed with a cigarette mounting bore 4, a smoke stream constricting portion 5 and a cartridge mounting bore 6 in which a cartridge 7 is removably mounted.
  • 8 is a packing ring provided-at an end of the cartridge mounting bore 6. The'cartridge 7 mounted in the cartridge mounting bore 6 is held between the packing ring 8 and an end face 9 of the mouthpiece member 2.
  • the cartridge 7 is composed of a cylindrical vessel 10 made of a synthetic resin and first and second disk members 11 and 12 preferably made of a metal.
  • the disk member 11 is formed with one small opening 13 at a central portion thereof, the small opening 13 having cross-sectional area of about 0.2 mm
  • the disk member 12 is formed with a band region 14 defined by a pair of cuts 15, said band region being displaced with respect to the remaining portion surrounding the same by press forming.
  • An open end of the cylindrical vessel 10 is formed with a counterbore 16 having a diameter smaller than the outer diameter of the disk members l1, 12 by a proper amount for stably mounting these disks by interference fitting and a depth equal to the total of the thicknesses of the disk members 11 and 12.
  • the disk member 12 In assembling the cartridge 7, the disk member 12 is first mounted into the counterbore l6, and thereafter, the disk member 11 is mounted into the counterbore so as to be piled in close contact with the disk member 12. In this mounted condition the spacing of the stream impingement surface presented by the band region 14 from the outlet of the small opening 13 is automatically selected.
  • the diameter of the disk member 12 is made a little smaller than that of the disk member 11, whereby the disk member 12 is first mounted relatively loosely into the counterbore l6, and thereafter, the disk member 11 is mounted relatively tightly into the counterbore 16 so that the two disk members are altogether held stably by the tight mounting of the disk member 11.
  • a smoke outlet port 19 rimmed by an annular projection 18.
  • the tobacco smoke removed of the tar component in the cartridge 7 flows out of the cartridge through the smoke outlet port 19 and is sucked through the mouthpiece member 2.
  • a tubular projection 20 is provided for the convenience of bolding the cartridge by the tips of fingers when the cartridge is loaded into or removed from the cigarette holder.
  • the tobacco smoke is formed into a thin stream at a high velocity by being constricted at the small opening 13 and impinges substantially perpendicularly against the smoke impinging surface presented by the band region 14.
  • the smoke stream is abruptly deflected by about 90 and flows into the inside space of the cylindrical vessel 10 through the openings 17.
  • the tar particles suspended in the smoke stream stick onto the smoke impinging surface when the smoke stream impinges the surface, and are caught there.
  • the tar accumlates gradually to form a mass, which is relatively fluidal, it is urged by the subsequent flow of the smoke stream and first reaches the band region 14 and gradually flows over that surface portion of the disk member 12 until it reaches inside wall of the cylindrical vessel 10 to be accumlated there to gradually fill the inside space of the vessel.
  • the mouthpiece member 2 is removed from the cigarette holding member 1 by disengaging the screw engaging portions 3, and then the cartridge is taken out by holding it at the tubular projection 20 to be replaced by a new cartridge.
  • a cigarette holder comprising a cigarette holding member and a mouth piece member, both of said members being removably engaged with respect to each other and defining a smoke passage extending therethrough, and a tar collecting cartridge provided within said smoke passage, said tar collecting cartridge being composed of a substantially cylindrical vessel open at one end and having a substantially restricted opening at the other end thereof and first and second disc members mounted in the open end portion of said vessel to substantially close said open end, said first disc member having at least one small opening adapted to introduce a smoke stream into said cartridge at a high speed by constricting the same, said second disc member being mounted in close proximity to said first disc member and having a portion thereof displaced with respect to the remaining portion toward said other end of the cartridge so as to form two lateral outlet ports at the opposite sides thereof, said displaced portion providing a smoke impinging surface against which the smoke stream constricted by the opening of said first disc member impinges, said outlet ports providing openings through which the smoke stream passes after it has impinged against said displaced portion.

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FR2496414A1 (fr) * 1980-12-24 1982-06-25 Masahiro Terasaki Cartouche de filtrage de fumee pour porte-cigarette
EP0101840A1 (en) * 1982-07-29 1984-03-07 Masahiro Terasaki Cigarette holder with tar collecting means

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US3196881A (en) * 1964-05-11 1965-07-27 Harry E Walters Cigarette holder
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US3254655A (en) * 1964-04-09 1966-06-07 Exitar Corp Cigarette holder with disposable container
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US3269394A (en) * 1963-11-26 1966-08-30 Jr Joseph A Curtis Smoking accessory
US3254655A (en) * 1964-04-09 1966-06-07 Exitar Corp Cigarette holder with disposable container
US3196881A (en) * 1964-05-11 1965-07-27 Harry E Walters Cigarette holder
US3234949A (en) * 1964-09-18 1966-02-15 Oswald C Svehaug Cigarette construction
US3508558A (en) * 1969-03-19 1970-04-28 Bernard M Seyburn Cigarette filter
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FR2496414A1 (fr) * 1980-12-24 1982-06-25 Masahiro Terasaki Cartouche de filtrage de fumee pour porte-cigarette
EP0054613A1 (en) * 1980-12-24 1982-06-30 Masahiro Terasaki A tar removing cartridge for a cigarette holder with two stage smoke purification action
EP0101840A1 (en) * 1982-07-29 1984-03-07 Masahiro Terasaki Cigarette holder with tar collecting means

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JPS5015803Y2 (el) 1975-05-16
DE2308567B2 (de) 1977-05-18
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