Patents Assigned to British American Tobacco (Investments) Limited
  • Container
    Patent number: 10463071
    Abstract: A container for a consumable recipient product. The container also contains a non-consumable donor product carrier which contains a donor product which emits a substance to impart a characteristic to the recipient product in the container. The donor product carrier includes a barrier layer, disposed between the donor product and the recipient product, through which the substance can travel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: British American Tobacco (Investments) Limited
    Inventors: David Rushforth, Paul Gibson, Eva Sommarstrom
  • Fleece for smokeless tobacco
    Patent number: 10433579
    Abstract: A fleece for a smokeless tobacco pouch is disclosed. The fleece comprises a material and at least one thread attached to said material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: British American Tobacco (Investments) Limited
    Inventor: Michele Mola
  • Cartridge, components and methods for generating an inhalable medium
    Patent number: 10426199
    Abstract: A cartridge is provided for use with an apparatus for generating an inhalable medium. The cartridge has a container for holding a liquid and a receptacle for receiving a solid material. A shell is provided around the outside of the liquid container. A channel is defined between the liquid container and the shell. Liquid exiting the container can flow, in the form of at least one of a vapor and an aerosol, through the channel to the receptacle and through solid material received by the receptacle in use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO (INVESTMENTS) LIMITED
    Inventors: Dominic Turner, Colin Dickens
  • Smoking article
    Patent number: 10426192
    Abstract: A smoking article (130) comprises a variable flow system configured to vary gaseous flow into or through the smoking article.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignees: BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO (INVESTMENTS) LIMITED, BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO JAPAN, LTD.
    Inventors: Kevin Blick, Mike Simpson, James Allerton, Dan White, Keith Herbert
  • Drum for a Tobacco Industry Product Manufacturing Apparatus
    Publication number: 20190289902
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a drum (18) for a tobacco industry product manufacturing apparatus. The drum (18) comprises an axis (19) about which it rotates and a seat (23) adapted to carry components of tobacco industry products during use. The seat (23) is movable in a direction towards the axis (19) of the drum (18) in response to said components being pressed against the seat during use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2017
    Publication date: September 26, 2019
    Applicant: British American Tobacco (Investments) Limited
    Inventors: Andrew BRAY, Sam WHIFFEN
  • Aerosol-cooling element and arrangements for use with apparatus for heating a smokable material
    Patent number: 10420375
    Abstract: Aerosol-cooling elements for use with an apparatus for heating smokable material are disclosed. In one example, the element is a monolithic rod having first and second ends and has plural through holes extending between the first and second ends. Other arrangements are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: British American Tobacco (Investments) Limited
    Inventor: William England
  • Tobacco treatment
    Patent number: 10420364
    Abstract: A method of treating tobacco is disclosed. It comprises a first conditioning step wherein the moisture content of the tobacco is increased to a first level, and a second separate conditioning step wherein the pH of the tobacco is increased to at least pH 7.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: British American Tobacco (Investments) Limited
    Inventors: Thomas Woodman, Arkadiusz Druzdzel
  • Adhesive transfer system
    Patent number: 10412992
    Abstract: An adhesive transfer system for applying a pattern of adhesive to a web of tipping paper as it is being fed through a smoking article filter assembly unit including a transfer roller and an applicator roller, the transfer roller having an engraved pattern on its surface that corresponds to the pattern of adhesive to be applied to the tipping paper web, the applicator roller being nipped with the transfer roller so that adhesive received on its surface is transferred from said engraved region onto the applicator roller as the transfer roller and applicator roller rotate to form an adhesive pattern on the applicator roller for subsequent transfer onto a moving web of tipping paper in contact with said applicator roller, where the engraved pattern includes individual adhesive containing cells to break up adhesive that coats the engraved region of the transfer roller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO (INVESTMENTS) LIMITED
    Inventors: Gary Fallon, Sam Whiffen
  • Inhalator and cartridge thereof
    Patent number: 10375996
    Abstract: In one aspect, apparatus is provided for generating an inhalable medium. The apparatus has a container for holding a liquid and a heater for volatilizing liquid held in the container. The apparatus further has a chamber for receiving a material. The apparatus has an outlet. In use liquid volatilized by the heater passes, in the form of at least one of a vapor and an aerosol, through material received in the chamber to thereby entrain one or more constituents from the material to produce the inhalable medium which passes out of the outlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: British American Tobacco (Investments) Limited
    Inventors: Walid Abi Aoun, Oleg Jurievich Abramov, Gary Nicholson, Pavel Fimin, Helena Digard
  • Additive carrying composition
    Patent number: 10368576
    Abstract: There is provided a composition for inclusion in a smoking article comprising an ion exchange resin and additive particles comprising an additive on the surface of the ion exchange resin. There is also provided a smoking article filter element comprising this composition, a smoking article comprising this smoking article filter element or this composition. A method of preparing a composition comprising an ion exchange resin and additive particles comprising an additive is also provided, the method comprising the deposition of additive particles onto the ion exchange resin from the solid and/or liquid phase of an aerosol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Assignee: BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO (INVESTMENTS) LIMITED
    Inventor: Peter Branton
  • Filter
    Patent number: 10334875
    Abstract: A filter for a cigarette comprises a porous fitter rod and a material sheet wrapped around the filter rod and a cellulose acetate thread formed from substantially uncrimped cellulose acetate filaments. The cellulose acetate thread is positioned within the filter rod and extends along the central axis of the filter rod.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO (INVESTMENTS) LIMITED
    Inventors: John Roger Sampson, David Lewis
  • Package
    Patent number: 10315824
    Abstract: The present invention relates to packaging for tobacco industry products and, more particularly, packages comprising a label having a tab. A package comprises a barrier material for enclosing one or more tobacco industry products, the barrier material having a region which, in use, forms an aperture, and a label formed from two or more layers which overlie the region, the label having a tab formed from one or more layers, but not all layers, of the two or more layers of the label.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO (INVESTMENTS) LIMITED
    Inventor: Steven Holford
  • Apparatus for forming a circumferential slit in a tobacco industry rod article
    Patent number: 10292420
    Abstract: An apparatus for forming a circumferential slit in a tobacco industry rod article is disclosed. The apparatus comprises a drum and a rolling hand spaced apart from one another so as to form a space for a tobacco industry rod article, and a cutting element extending into the space and configured to form a circumferential slit in the tobacco industry rod article.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2019
    Assignee: BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO (INVESTMENTS) LIMITED
    Inventors: Gary Fallon, Andrew Bray, Kie Seon Park
  • Dump unit
    Patent number: 10292334
    Abstract: A dump unit comprises a main chassis (2); a metallic body (3) for containing a bulk material, wherein the bulk material can be discharged from one end of the metallic body; a hydraulic actuator (8) for lifting the discharge end of the metallic body with respect to the chassis; and at least one metallic conveyor (E) located on the floor of the body (3), which is operable to discharge the bulk material from the body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2019
    Assignee: British American Tobacco (Investments) Limited
    Inventors: Jeronimo Scremin, Alex Rodrigo Villa, Vando Braz De Oliveira
  • Rod for a smoking article and method and apparatus for manufacture
    Patent number: 10285435
    Abstract: A filter rod for a cigarette or other smoking article comprising a filter plug having a plurality of threads extending through at least part of the filter plug, and an apparatus and method for manufacturing such a filter rod.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2019
    Assignee: BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO (INVESTMENTS) LIMITED
    Inventors: Andy Davis, William David Lewis, Edward Atwy, Paulo Oliveira
  • Adsorbent materials
    Patent number: 10285436
    Abstract: There is provided an adsorbent material comprising a porous carrier material having pores with a diameter greater than 20 nm and carrying additive particles on its external surface, wherein the additive particles comprise an additive and have a diameter of greater than 20 nm. There is also provided a smoking article filter element comprising such an adsorbent material, a smoking article comprising such an adsorbent material, and a method of preparing such an adsorbent material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2019
    Assignee: BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO (INVESTMENTS) LIMITED
    Inventor: Peter Branton
  • Smoking article and manufacture thereof
    Patent number: 10285434
    Abstract: A smoking article comprises a rod of smokeable material such as tobacco and a tubular support in which the rod is slidably received. The tubular support is formed from a blank of sheet material that is wound in a spiral. Machinery for making the spiral blank is described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2019
    Assignee: BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO (INVESTMENTS) LIMITED
    Inventors: Kie Seon Park, Robert Whiffen, Gary Fallon, Frédéric Louis
  • ARTICLE FOR GENERATING AN INHALABLE MEDIUM AND METHOD OF HEATING A SMOKABLE MATERIAL
    Publication number: 20190133187
    Abstract: An article for generating an inhalable medium using an irradiative light source. The article includes smokable material including at least two regions having a different composition from each other. The article is arranged such that the at least two regions of smokable material can be heated by light emitted by an irradiative light source of an apparatus with which the article can be engaged in use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2017
    Publication date: May 9, 2019
    Applicant: British American Tobacco (Investments) Limited
    Inventors: Alfred Vincent Spencer, Anna KOC, Paul FROBISHER
  • ARTICLE, APPARATUS AND METHOD OF HEATING A SMOKABLE MATERIAL
    Publication number: 20190133188
    Abstract: In combination, an article containing smokable material and an apparatus for volatilizing at least one component of the smokable material. The article is engageable with the apparatus and disengageable from the apparatus. The smokable material is a layer on at least one surface of the article. The apparatus includes an irradiative light source for generating light. The article and the apparatus are arranged such that the irradiative light source and the smokable material overlap radially of the apparatus when the article is engaged with the apparatus. The irradiative light source is configured to emit light radially of the apparatus so as to impinge upon the smokable material on the at least one surface of the article to volatilize at least one component of the smokable material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2017
    Publication date: May 9, 2019
    Applicant: British American Tobacco (Investments) Limited
    Inventor: Alfred Vincent Spencer
  • Aerosol generating material and devices including the same
    Patent number: 10271578
    Abstract: There is provided a device for generating an inhalable aerosol and/or gas, the device comprising an aerosol generating material (3) having an integrated electrical resistance heating element (2), so that the aerosol generating material may be heated in direct contact with the electrical resistance heating element, wherein the aerosol generating material is provided as a unitary structure and/or coating which may be heated to generate multiple deliveries of an inhalable aerosol and/or gas. There is also provided a method for fabricating the device. There is also provided the use of the device and the use of the aerosol generating material, to generate an inhalable aerosol and/or gas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: British American Tobacco (Investments) Limited
    Inventors: Edward John, Jason Symonds, Walid Abi Aoun