IP Library Granted Patent US 12,167,745
Granted Patent B2
US 12,167,745 · App. 17/050,987 · Granted Dec 17, 2024

Cigarette

Inventors: Jung Seop Hwang (Daejeon, KR); John Tae Lee (Daejeon, KR); Bong Su Cheong (Daejeon, KR); Sung Jong Ki (Daejeon, KR); Yong Sook Jin (Daejeon, KR)
Assignee: KT&G CORPORATION
A24D1/042A24D1/18A24D1/02A24D3/063
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 12,167,745
App. No.
17/050,987
Granted
Dec 17, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

Disclosed is a cigarette including a tobacco rod, a supporting segment positioned at a downstream end of the tobacco rod, a cooling segment positioned at a downstream end of the supporting segment, and a mouthpiece positioned at a downstream end of the cooling segment. The cigarette according to the present embodiment may include a plurality of air channels formed along a longitudinal direction of the cigarette and the cooling segment having porosity of 50% or less.

Claims (16)

1. A cigarette comprising:

a tobacco rod;

a supporting segment positioned at a downstream end of the tobacco rod;

a cooling segment positioned at a downstream end of the supporting segment; and

a mouthpiece positioned at a downstream end of the cooling segment,

wherein the cooling segment includes a plurality of air channels formed along a longitudinal direction of the cigarette, and porosity of the cooling segment is less than 50%,

wherein the cooling segment includes a bundle of fibers arranged along the longitudinal direction of the cigarette, thereby forming the plurality of air channels, and

wherein the bundle of fibers comprises at least one sub-bundle of fibers which include straight fibers of a polymer material arranged along the longitudinal direction of the cigarette; or

the bundle of fibers comprises at least one sub-bundle of fibers which include crimped fibers of a polymer material arranged along the longitudinal direction of the cigarette; or

the bundle of fibers is comprised of fibers made of a polymer material and includes at least one sub-bundle of straight fibers arranged along the longitudinal direction and at least one sub-bundle of crimped fibers arranged along the longitudinal direction.

2. The cigarette of claim 1 , wherein the cooling segment is wrapped by a wrapper having a basis weight of 60 g/m 2 or more.

3. The cigarette of claim 1 , wherein the cooling segment is made through a extrusion method or a textile weaving method.

4. The cigarette of claim 1 , wherein the cooling segment is coated with a flavoring liquid.

5. The cigarette of claim 1 , wherein the crimped fibers are crimped at a constant interval or at an irregular interval.

6. The cigarette of claim 1 , wherein a length of the cooling segment is 5 mm to 30 mm.

7. The cigarette of claim 1 , wherein the tobacco rod is made of sheet, strands or tobacco fragments obtained by finely cutting a tobacco sheet.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 27, 2020
From: HWANG, JUNG SEOP; LEE, JOHN TAE; CHEONG, BONG SU; KI, SUNG JONG; JIN, YONG SOOK
To: KT&G CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 054183/0279 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2018-0078299 · Jul 5, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
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