Slideable extinguisher

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10524503-B2
Application number	US-201515513170-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 28, 2015
Priority date	Sep 29, 2014
Publication date	Jan 7, 2020
Grant date	Jan 7, 2020

Abstract

A smoking article having a proximal end and a distal end is provided, including a combustible heat source disposed at the distal end; an aerosol-forming substrate downstream of the combustible heat source; a mouthpiece downstream of the aerosol-forming substrate and disposed at the proximal end; and a tubular element, which is slideable from a first position towards the distal end to a second position. In the second position, the tubular element at least partially extends over the combustible heat source and is configured to reduce the air supply to the combustible heat source. The tubular element is configured to modify a heat output of the combustible heat source, and to control a resistance-to-draw of the smoking article by selectively covering air inlets.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A smoking article having a proximal end and a distal end, comprising:
a combustible heat source disposed at the distal end of the smoking article;
an aerosol-forming substrate disposed downstream of the combustible heat source;
a mouthpiece disposed downstream of the aerosol-forming substrate and at the proximal end of the smoking article; and
a tubular element, which is slideable from a first position towards the distal end of the smoking article to a second position,
wherein, in the second position, the tubular element at least partially extends over the combustible heat source, and
wherein the tubular element is lined with a heat reactive material configured to deform in response to heat from the combustible heat source when the tubular element is in the second position, the heat reactive material comprising an intumescent material configured to expand in response to heat and to restrict a supply of air to the combustible heat source when the tubular element is in the second position.

2. The smoking article according to claim 1 , wherein the tubular element is configured to have a frictional fit between the inner surface of the tubular element and the outer surface of the smoking article.

3. The smoking article according to claim 1 , wherein, in the second position, the tubular element extends along substantially an entire length of the combustible heat source.

4. The smoking article according to claim 1 , wherein, in the second position, the tubular element extends past a distal end of the combustible heat source.

5. The smoking article according to claim 1 , the tubular element being further lined with a non-combustible material.

6. The smoking article according to claim 5 , the non-combustible material being at least one material chosen from a metal, a metal oxide, a ceramic, and a stone.

7. The smoking article according to claim 6 , the non-combustible material being aluminium.

8. The smoking article according to claim 1 , the tubular element further comprising an insulating material.

9. The smoking article according to claim 1 , further comprising a plurality of air inlets configured so that air drawn through the aerosol-forming substrate enters the smoking article through the plurality of air inlets, and wherein the tubular element is substantially slideable from the first position to the second position so that a resistance to draw of the smoking article is controllable by selectively covering one or more air inlets of the plurality of air inlets.

10. The smoking article according to claim 9 , wherein the tubular element comprises at least one air inlet of the plurality of air inlets.

11. The smoking article according to claim 1 , wherein an inner surface of the tubular element comprises at least one protrusion configured so that, when the tubular element is in the second position, the at least one protrusion resists movement of the tubular element towards the proximal end of the smoking article.

12. The smoking article according to claim 11 , wherein the at least one protrusion comprises a folded flap disposed at a distal end of the tubular element, the folded flap extending at least partially towards the proximal end of the smoking article.

13. The smoking article according to claim 1 , wherein the combustible heat source is a carbonaceous combustible heat source.

Assignees

• Philip Morris Products Sa

Inventors

• Florack Dionisius Elisabeth Antonius
• Jochnowitz Evan
• Kolyris Angelos
• Fernando Keethan Dasnavis

Classifications

• A24D1/02 Primary

  with special covers · CPC title

• A24D1/10 Primary

  with extinguishers · CPC title

• A24F47/006 Primary

  Human Necessities · mapped topic

• A24F42/60

  Constructional details · CPC title

• A24D1/22

  Cigarettes with integrated combustible heat sources, e.g. with carbonaceous heat sources · CPC title