Abstract: A disposable flavored filter attachable to the mouth end of a cigarette comprises an insertion end and a mouth end. A first interior portion of the filter, at and adjacent to the insertion end, defines a void space of the filter, while a second interior portion of the filter, at and adjacent to the mouth end, defines one or more segments. In a single-segment embodiment of the invention, flavorant is injected into, or a flavor-containing capsule is inserted into, the single segment. In a two-segment embodiment of the invention, the flavorant is injected into, or the flavor-containing capsule is inserted into, that segment disposed between the void space and the segment at the mouth end of the filter.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method and a plant for the treatment of tobacco leaves for the production of cut tobacco for smokable articles, in which stems or winnowings, on the one hand, and the lamina material of the tobacco leaves, on the other, are conditioned separately from each other. The conditioned, non-rolled stems are precut and the conditioned winnowings are rolled and individually respectively or also jointly blended with the conditioned and uncut lamina material; the resulting blend is then cut and dried.

Abstract: A high humidity drying apparatus for cut tobacco is shown. The apparatus has a furnace which heats circulated air within the apparatus. The air is forced through a first arcuate elbow which has a tobacco air inlet located thereon for inserting the cut tobacco into the airstream. The tobacco is then redirected into a vertically extending drying chamber. The air entrained tobacco is then forced through a second arcuate elbow which places the tobacco into a tangential separator for removing the tobacco from the heated air. The separator has dual air exhausts, each leading to a high efficiency cyclone for further removal of the tobacco dust form the circulated air. All of the air is then passed back to the furnace for heating and then recirculated through the drying apparatus.

Abstract: A shredded tobacco supplying apparatus for a cigarette manufacturing machine has a running speed sensor for detecting the belt running speed of a belt conveyor for conveying shredded tobacco, a blow fan for producing an air flow in a shredded tobacco supply passage extending toward the belt conveyor, and a main controller for driving the blow fan in accordance with the output of the running speed sensor. When the blow fan is driven, air is blown from the blow fan into the supply passage at a blowing velocity matching the belt running speed, by which air flow is produced. The shredded tobacco supplied to the supply passage is delivered to the conveyor belt by the air flow. At this time, a velocity component in the belt running direction, which is substantially equal to the belt running speed, is given to the shredded tobacco.

Abstract: In a process for expanding tobacco, an equilibrium pressure within a process vessel (1) containing a mixture of gaseous carbon dioxide and liquid carbon dioxide is selected before charging a sample volume of tobacco from a batch of tobacco into a sealable impregnator vessel (2). Liquid carbon dioxide is then transferred at the selected equilibrium pressure from the process vessel (1) into the impregnator vessel (2) where it is maintained sufficiently long to permit liquefied carbon dioxide to penetrate the cells of the tobacco. Liquid carbon dioxide is subsequently transferred from the impregnator vessel (2) into a drain vessel (3) and the pressure within the impregnator vessel (2) is reduced sufficiently to cause the solidification of liquid carbon dioxide contained within the cells of the tobacco. Finally, the tobacco is heated sufficiently to vaporise the carbon dioxide in the tobacco cells thereby expanding the tobacco.

Abstract: A unit for rolling tobacco items, wherein a conveyor device presents a number of peripheral suction seats, each for receiving and feeding an item, formed of at least one cigarette portion and a respective filter, in a direction crosswise to the longitudinal axis of the item; each seat being defined by a pair of rollers for rotating each item about its longitudinal axis to connect the cigarette portion and respective filter integral with each other by means of a respective adhesive strip and so form a respective cigarette.

Abstract: A degradable smoking article comprises a tobacco rod and a filter component made of a gathered web of moisture disintegrative sheet material wrapped with a moisture disintegrative plug wrap bonded along a longitudinal seam with a water soluble adhesive. A moisture disintegrative tipping paper coated on one side with a water soluble adhesive secures the tobacco, rod and filter component together. The combination of moisture and other natural elements such as sunlight, mechanical abrasion, etc., dissociates the components of the smoking article over a relatively short period of time. Other embodiments of the filter component include a hollow degradable tube and a monolithic extruded starch filter rod.

Abstract: Significant decreases in sidestream smoke production, approximately 30 to 70%, are obtained when compared to a tobacco filler rod wrapped in a conventional cigarette paper by double-wrapping the filler rod, first with a relatively non-porous paper having a Coresta porosity of about 1 to about 10% and then with a conventional cigarette paper.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method of producing a tobacco product for smoking. In order to develop a novel tobacco product for smoking, the following method steps are proposed:a) a mixed mass of tobacco particles, starch or a starch-containing product as binder, and additives is produced;b) the mixed mass is compressed and plasticized in an extruder by the application of thermal and mechanical energy;c) pressurized steam is forced through the mixed mass so as to form channels;d) on leaving the extruder, the plasticized mixed mass, rendered porous by the channels, is expanded or foamed by the drop in temperature and pressure, hardened as a continuous, porous, cylindrical rod and cut to the desired lengths.

Abstract: A method of and apparatus for adjusting and controlling the moisture content of carbonaceous fuel components used in making smoking articles comprises a mass flow accumulator and a dryer through which the fuel components are conveyed. Unheated air is flowed over the fuel components in the accumulator to adjust and maintain the moisture content of the fuel components to a level which permits cutting of the fuel components without chipping or cracking. After the fuel components are cut into individual fuel elements and combined with an aerosol generator or substrate they are conveyed through the dryer where heated air is flowed over them to further reduce the moisture content to a desired level for further processing and manufacture into smoking articles.

Abstract: A golf tool including a ball mark repair tool for repairing ball marks in turf. Further provided is a cigar support coupled to the ball mark repair tool for supporting a cigar such that neither end of the cigar is in contact with the turf.

Abstract: A golf club head having a body defining a heel, toe, top wall, sole defining a bottom wall, and a front wall defining an upwardly and rearwardly inclined front face, and comprising the body defining a forwardly extending main recess located rearwardly of the front wall; and the body also defining an undercut recess located directly rearwardly of the front wall and extending outwardly from the main recess toward one or more of the following:i) the top wallii) the bottom walliii) the toeiv) the heel;and structure on said front wall and located forwardly of the main recess for attenuating audible vibration created when a golf ball is struck by the front face. The front wall has a rear side, and the referenced structure on the front wall is attached to the front wall rear side and is everywhere spaced from the undercut recess, the undercut recess openly exposed to the main recess.

Abstract: A novel reconstituted tobacco sheet material is provided which is useful in providing a novel smoking product which has a smoking quality closely approximating that of cigarettes having conventional paper wrappers. The reconstituted tobacco sheet is prepared by a paper-making process in which the water-soluble material extracted in the paper-making process is not added back to the sheet, or if added back, to an extent of no more than 20 wt % of the reconstituted tobacco sheet. In the novel smoking product, a tobacco filler rod is enclosed within an outer wrapper, which usually comprises an inner binder layer and an outer wrapper layer, one or both formed of reconstituted tobacco sheet material. When the tobacco filler rod is double-wrapped, the novel smoking product also exhibits a significant reduction in sidestream smoking production in comparison to a conventionally-wrapped cigarette.

Abstract: The invention relates to a golf club head and a method of manufacturing the same, the external surface of which a plate is attached as a sole plate or face plate. A pair of protruding pieces which protrude approximately in the opposite direction with respect to the center of the plate are provided in the periphery of the plate, and the protruding pieces are respectively embedded in a head body of the golf club head. The ends of the protruding pieces are extended so that they are exposed onto the external surface of the head body. By this arrangement, the plate can be positively fixed to a predetermined position without causing removal from the head body, and thus there is no possibility that the plate comes off from the head body even if an impact is given to the head body when a ball is hit.

Abstract: A substantially tubular rigid golf club shaft made of a composite of structural fiber laminate in a resin matrix, the shaft comprising a grip portion, a medial portion and a head attachment portion,the grip portion having a upper grip end and a lower grip end and being constructed and configured for a grip to be mounted on said grip portion that covers the exterior surface of the grip portion and extends substantially the entire length of said grip portion from said upper grip end to said lower grip end,the medial portion having a upper medial end adjacent to the lower grip end and extending a lower medial end adjacent to the head attachment portion,the head attachment portion having a upper head attachment end and a lower head attachment end with the upper head attachment end adjacent to the lower medial end, the head attachment portion constructed and configured for a golf club head to be mounted on said head attachment portion,a step transition in the exterior surface of the shaft that abruptly increases t

Abstract: Apparatus for imparting rotary and sidewise movements to receptacles for cigarettes has a rotary conveyor carrying pairs of levers pivotable about discrete axes which are parallel to and surround the axis of the conveyor. One lever of each pair is pivotable about the respective discrete axis relative to the conveyor under the action of a stationary cam which is tracked by a follower on the lever, and each pair of levers carries two shafts for a receptacle. The shafts are caused to turn the respective receptacles through at least 360.degree.

Abstract: An exhaust gas scrubbing device has a first chamber having an exhaust gas inlet. A second chamber has an exhaust gas outlet. A partition separates the first and the second chamber. A liquid is contained in the first and second chambers. A conveying device extends through the partition and is immersed in the liquid within the second chamber. The first and second chambers communicate via the conveying device. The exhaust gas, introduced into the first chamber through the gas inlet, is guided through the conveying device and through the liquid contained in the second chamber to the gas outlet and is scrubbed by passing through the liquid.

Abstract: A humidor for more than one tobacco product, such as a cigar, includes a storage portion defining a tobacco storage area for storing the cigars end-to-end and a sealing portion for sealing the cigars within the storage portion. The sealing portion can include a liquid reservoir for moistening a wick to keep the cigars moist. The humidor can be configured as a golf club, wherein the shaft of the club corresponds to the storage portion and the head of the club corresponds to the sealing portion.

Abstract: A disposable filter attachment for smoking articles, such as cigarettes, comprises first and second filter segments and an insertion tube at one end thereof for receiving and supporting a conventional filtered or unfiltered cigarette to be smoked. The first filter segment contains a carbonaceous material for removing gas phase components of the mainstream cigarette smoke. The total pressure drop across the filter attachment is very low, e.g., less than about 15 mm of water at 17.5 cc/sec air flow and preferably in the range of about 3 mm to about 12 mm of water at 17.5 cc/sec air flow.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a golf ball teeing apparatus. The apparatus is adapted to rotate about a frame and deliver golf balls to be automatically teed. The golf ball elevating apparatus is a levered system which positively loads and elevates golf balls above the platform. The golf ball delivery apparatus includes a golf ball magazine including a gate trap assembly adapted to deliver golf balls to a delivery chute while preventing jamming of the golf balls.