Abstract: A smoking article in which a flavored aerosol is generated by heat transfer to a flavor bed from the combustion of a carbon heat source is provided wherein the carbon heat source and the flavor bed are contained within a non-combustible substantially cylindrical hollow ceramic sleeve. The article generates substantially no sidestream smoke. The transfer of heat from the heat source is accomplished by convective and radiative heat transfer.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
July 22, 1988
Date of Patent:
November 3, 1992
Assignee:
Philip Morris Incorporated
Inventors:
Charles R. Hayward, Harry V. Lanzillotti, David E. Merrill, Edward B. Sanders, D. Bruce Losee, Jr., John R. Hearn