Alline Roger Wayte

43478557, Sep 7, 1982

Sep 18, 1981

6/303519

Harry V. Lanzillotti - Midlothian VA
George H. Burnett - Richmond VA
Alline R. Wayte - Richmond VA
Thomas S. Osdene - Richmond VA
Warren E. Claflin - Bon Air VA
A. Clifton Lilly - Richmond VA
John F. Nienow - Midlothian VA

Philip Morris Incorporated - New York NY

A24B 314

131 78

A method of making smoking articles wherein a combustible tobacco material is mixed with one or more other ingredients including a liquid, the mixture being subjected to further processing to produce a shaped coherent mass having a through passage. Shaping is effected by application of pressure to the mixture to form the coherent mass, and is followed by drying of same, the mixture composition being selected and the shaping pressure and drying being controlled to impart to the shaped mass a porosity and density such as to substantially occlude gas flow therethrough and a porosity sufficient to support combustion of the shaped mass when ignited.

43912850, Jul 5, 1983

May 9, 1980

6/148124

George H. Burnett - Richmond VA
Warren E. Claflin - Bon Air VA
Harry V. Lanzillotti - Midlothian VA
A. Clifton Lilly - Richmond VA
John F. Nienow - Midlothian VA
Thomas S. Osdene - Richmond VA
Alline R. Wayte - Richmond VA

Philip Morris, Incorporated - New York NY

A24B 314
A24F 100
A24F 500

131364

Smoking articles comprising a high density, relatively low porosity coherent mass of combustible tobacco-containing material having at least one passage extending therethrough are disclosed. In a preferred embodiment the smoking article is a cylinder having at least one passage axially therethrough. The smoking article may further comprise a plug of ignitable material in passage blocking position at one end of the passage, said plug being such as to permit puff induced air flow therethrough. At least one additional plug may be similarly disposed at the opposite end of the passage or at an intermediate point in the passage. By adjusting the density, the surface area and/or the porosity of the mass available for combustion, the per puff delivery of tar by the smoking article upon combustion may be controlled.

46321314, Dec 30, 1986

Jun 3, 1985

6/740325

George H. Burnett - Richmond VA
Gus D. Keritsis - Richmond VA
Richard A. Thesing - Glen Allen VA
Alline R. Wayte - Richmond VA
Jose G. Nepomuceno - Richmond VA
Alex S. Gergely - Powhatan VA

Philip Morris Incorporated - New York NY

A24B 314

131355

An extruded, coherent, multistrand, tobacco-containing, generally cylindrical smoking article and a process for making it are disclosed. The smoking article contains a plurality of strands that are adhered to one another so as to form passageways between the strands, the passageways extending generally along the longitude of the smoking article. The configuration of the strands and passageways provides sufficient heat transfer area and/or residence time for the smoke drawn by a smoker to cool to an acceptable level.