Patent application number | Description | Published |
20110247640 | Smokeless Tobacco Composition Comprising Tobacco-Derived Material and Non-Tobacco Plant Material - A smokeless tobacco product is configured for insertion into the mouth of a user and incorporates materials from | 10-13-2011 |
20120000480 | BIODEGRADABLE CIGARETTE FILTER - A biodegradable fiber (including fiber tow) and/or biodegradable paper substrate may be coated with cellulose acetate and/or plasticized cellulose acetate for use in a filter material configured for application in a filter of a smoking article. A filter made in accordance with this design may also include non-biodegradable material. | 01-05-2012 |
20120017925 | DEGRADABLE CIGARETTE FILTER - A biodegradable fiber (including fiber tow) and/or biodegradable paper substrate may be coated with cellulose acetate, plasticized cellulose acetate and/or ethylene vinyl acetate for use in a filter material configured for application in a filter of a smoking article. A filter made in accordance with this design may also include non-biodegradable material. | 01-26-2012 |
20120234334 | CURED TOBACCO AND METHOD THEREFOR - A method is provided for curing tobacco. The method includes steps of wilting, bruising, aerating, and drying tobacco, where each of the steps is measured in hours or days rather than months. In some aspects, aeration may take two to twelve hours or less. In some aspects, the entire curing method may be completed in 24 hours or less. | 09-20-2012 |
20130074853 | MIXED FIBER PRODUCT FOR USE IN THE MANUFACTURE OF CIGARETTE FILTER ELEMENTS AND RELATED METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND APPARATUSES - A system configured to produce smokable products including filter elements formed from multiple fibers is provided. The system includes a texturing apparatus configured to combine the fibers such that the fibers are at least partially entangled with each other and form a mixed fiber product. The entangled fibers may be sufficiently separated from one another such that plasticizer may be applied to the mixed fiber product without necessarily performing tow opening, crimp removal, or blooming operations. The fibers combined to form the mixed fiber product may define characteristics that differ or which are the same. Accordingly, filter elements may be produced that include different fibers that have respective desirable properties associated therewith. Related methods, apparatuses and mixed fiber products are also provided by the disclosure. | 03-28-2013 |
20130206153 | WHITENED TOBACCO COMPOSITION - A method of preparing a whitened tobacco material is provided, the method including the steps of (i) extracting a tobacco material with an aqueous solution to give a tobacco pulp and a tobacco extract; (ii) treating the tobacco pulp with at least one of a caustic reagent and an oxidizing agent for a time and at a temperature sufficient to lighten the color of the tobacco pulp to give a whitened tobacco pulp; (iii) clarifying the tobacco extract to remove higher molecular weight components; and (iv) combining the whitened tobacco pulp with a clarified tobacco extract to form a whitened tobacco material. The whitened tobacco material can be isolated and incorporated into a smokeless tobacco product. The invention also provides a smokeless tobacco product incorporating a whitened tobacco material. The smokeless tobacco product may be a snus-type formulation contained within a sealed pouch. | 08-15-2013 |
20150189909 | SMOKELESS TOBACCO COMPOSITION COMPRISING TOBACCO-DERIVED MATERIAL AND NON-TOBACCO PLANT MATERIAL - A smokeless tobacco product is configured for insertion into the mouth of a user and incorporates materials from | 07-09-2015 |
20150272208 | BIODEGRADABLE CIGARETTE FILTER - A biodegradable bi-component fiber may include a polyhydroxyalkanoate and/or polylactic acid with cellulose acetate and/or plasticized cellulose acetate for use in a filter material configured for use in a filter of a smoking article. The bi-component fiber may have a sheath-core construction where one component of the bi-component forms the core, and the other component forms the sheath of each fiber. A filter made in accordance with this design may also include non-biodegradable material. | 10-01-2015 |