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Granted Patent B2
US 12,593,865 · App. 17/543,969 · Granted Apr 7, 2026

Member for flavor inhalation article, flavor inhalation article, phenol scavenger for flavor inhalation article, and method for producing flavor inhalation article

Inventors: Ryota Matsuba (Tokyo, JP); Hiroyuki Kubota (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: JAPAN TOBACCO INC.
A24D3/0212A24D3/0275
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Patent No.
US 12,593,865
App. No.
17/543,969
Granted
Apr 7, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided is a member for a flavor inhalation article that has sufficient selective filtering performance with respect to phenols and has exceptional storage stability. The member for a flavor inhalation article includes: a base member; and a phenol scavenger carried by the base member and comprising a substance satisfying formulae (1) to (3) below: H ⁢ S ⁢ P ⁡ ( phenol ) ≤ 8 , ( 1 ) V ⁢ p ≤ 0.2 Pa , ( 2 ) D ⁢ P ≥ 50 ⁢ ° ⁢ C . ( 3 ) where the HSP (phenol) is a distance between a Hansen solubility parameter of the substance and a Hansen solubility parameter of phenol, the Vp is a vapor pressure of the substance, and the DP is a dropping point of the substance.

Claims (104)

1 . A flavor inhalation article, comprising:

a tobacco rod;

a filter positioned at one end of the tobacco rod, the filter connecting the tobacco rod by a wrapper and comprising a filter material; and

a phenol scavenger directly carried by the filter material of the filter and comprising a substance satisfying formulae (1) to (3) below, the substance being at least one selected from the group consisting of glyceryl monooleate, benzoic acid, and zingerone, and wherein:

H

⁢

S

⁢

P

⁢

(

Hansen

⁢

Solubility

⁢

Parameter

)

⁢

(

phenol

)

≤

8

(

1

)

V

⁢

p

≤

0.2

Pa

(

2

)

D

⁢

P

≥

50

⁢

°

⁢

C

.

(

3

)

where the HSP (phenol) is a value between a Hansen solubility parameter of the substance and a Hansen solubility parameter of phenol, the Vp is a vapor pressure of the substance, and the DP is a dropping point of the substance.

2 . The flavor inhalation article according to claim 1 , wherein the substance is semisolid at room temperature.

3 . The flavor inhalation article according to claim 1 , wherein the substance has a partition coefficient Log P of 4.5 or more.

4 . The flavor inhalation article according to claim 1 , wherein the filter material comprises a sheet material, and the phenol scavenger is carried by the sheet material.

5 . The flavor inhalation article according to claim 4 , wherein the sheet material is paper.

6 . The flavor inhalation article according to claim 1 , wherein an amount of the substance is in a range from 5 parts by mass to 35 parts by mass with respect to 100 parts by mass of the base member.

7 . The flavor inhalation article according to claim 1 , further comprising an antioxidant.

8 . A flavor inhalation article, comprising:

a tobacco rod;

a filter positioned at one end of the tobacco rod, the filter connecting the tobacco rod by a wrapper and comprising a filter material; and

a phenol scavenger directly carried by the filter material of the filter and comprising a substance satisfying formulae (1) to (3) below, the substance being semisolid at room temperature, and wherein:

H

⁢

S

⁢

P

⁢

(

Hansen

⁢

Solubility

⁢

Parameter

)

⁢

(

phenol

)

≤

8

(

1

)

V

⁢

p

≤

0.2

Pa

(

2

)

D

⁢

P

≥

50

⁢

°

⁢

C

.

(

3

)

where the HSP (phenol) is a value between a Hansen solubility parameter of the substance and a Hansen solubility parameter of phenol, the Vp is a vapor pressure of the substance, and the DP is a dropping point of the substance.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 7, 2021
From: MATSUBA, RYOTA; KUBOTA, HIROYUKI
To: JAPAN TOBACCO INC.
Reel/Frame 058327/0038 →
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTJP2019026458 · Jul 3, 2019
Related Publication 20220087312A1 · Mar 24, 2022
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