[KERITSIS GUS D, MULLINS ROBERT S, NEPOMUCENO JOSE G, HAWS LEWIS A, JONES HARRY A, MANUEL VERONICA Y, SANDERSON WESLEY G, SHERWOOD JOHN F, WINTERSON WARREN D] US

[YANG, Zuyin, NEPOMUCENO, Jose, G., TAYLOR, Barbara, G.] Quai Jeanrenaud 3 CH-2000 Neuchâtel;219 Michaux Run Court Midlothian, VA 23113;16052 Daybreak Lane Beaverdam, VA 23015;14302 Spring Gate Road Midlothian, VA 23112 Flavored carbon useful as a filtering material of a smoking article, such as a cigarette (2), is made by applying liquid flavorant (228) to activated carbon particles (212) in a fluidized bed. The flavored carbon can be used to impart desired taste to mainstream smoke while removing one or more components from mainstream smoke.

[Keritsis, Gus D., Mullins, Robert S., Nepomuceno, Jose G., Haws, Lewis A., Jones, Harry A., Manuel, Veronica Y., Sanderson, Wesley G., Sherwood, John F., Winterson, Warren D.] 3601 Commerce Road, Richmond Virginia 23234, US A binder is applied to tobacco filler which is then treated e.g. by drying, to make the binder substantially non-tacky. The filler shreds are formed into a rod in which they adhere to one another as a result of activation of the binder. The rod is then treated as necessary to bond the shreds together.This method allows the formation of a tobacco rod which has a high percentage of voids but maintains the requisite firmness, as shown by curves 20 and 22 contrasted with curve 14 for a typical commercial cigarette. ＜img id="iaf01" file="imgaf001.tif" wi="95" he="72" img-content="drawing" img-format="tif" /＞

[KERITSIS GUS D, MULLINS ROBERT S, NEPOMUCENO JOSE G, HAWS LEWIS A, JONES HARRY A, MANUEL VERONICA Y, SANDERSON WESLEY G, SHERWOOD JOHN F, WINTERSON WARREN D] US A binder is applied to tobacco filler which is then treated e.g. by drying, to make the binder substantially non-tacky. The filler shreds are formed into a rod in which they adhere to one another as a result of activation of the binder. The rod is then treated as necessary to bond the shreds together. This method allows the formation of a tobacco rod which has a high percentage of voids but maintains the requisite firmness, as shown by curves 20 and 22 contrasted with curve 14 for a typical commercial cigarette.

[Zuyin Yang, Jose G. Nepomuceno, Barbara G. Taylor] Flavored carbon useful as a filtering material of a smoking article such as a cigarette is made by applying liquid flavorant to activated carbon particles in a fluidized bed. The flavored carbon can be used to impart desired taste to mainstream smoke while removing one or more components from mainstream smoke.

[Keritsis, Gus D., Mullins, Robert S., Nepomuceno, Jose G., Haws, Lewis A., Jones, Harry A., Manuel, Veronica Y., Sanderson, Wesley G., Sherwood, John F., Winterson, Warren D.] US,Richmond Virginia 23234,3601 Commerce Road; A binder is applied to tobacco filler which is then treated e.g. by drying, to make the binder substantially non-tacky. The filler shreds are formed into a rod in which they adhere to one another as a result of activation of the binder. The rod is then treated as necessary to bond the shreds together. This method allows the formation of a tobacco rod which has a high percentage of voids but maintains the requisite firmness, as shown by curves 20 and 22 contrasted with curve 14 for a typical commercial cigarette.

[KERITSIS GUS D, MULLINS ROBERT S, NEPOMUCENO JOSE G, HAWS LEWIS A, JONES HARRY A, MANUEL VERONICA Y, SANDERSON WESLEY G, SHERWOOD JOHN F, WINTERSON WARREN D]

[Keritsis Gus D.(Richmond,VA), Mullins Robert S.(Manakin-Sabot,VA), Nepomuceno Jose G.(Richmond,VA), Haws Lewis A.(Richmond,VA), Jones Harry A.(Boynton Beach,FL), Manuel Veronica Y.(Highland Springs,VA), Sanderson Wesley G.(Richmond,VA), Sherwood John F.(Midlothian,VA), Winterson Warren D.(Midlothian,VA)] A tobacco product characterized by improved void volume and firmness characteristics and a method of making a tobacco product by applying binder material to tobacco filler, treating the filler to the extent necessary to cause the filler to become substantially non-tacky, forming a rod, activating the binder and treating the rod to the extent necessary to cause the filler shreds to become bonded to one another.

[Keritsis, Gus D., Mullins, Robert S., Nepomuceno, Jose G., Haws, Lewis A., Jones, Harry A., Manuel, Veronica Y., Sanderson, Wesley G., Sherwood, John F., Winterson, Warren D.] 3601 Commerce Road, Richmond Virginia 23234, US

[YANG, Zuyin, NEPOMUCENO, Jose, G., TAYLOR, Barbara, G.]