Patents by Inventor Barbara W. Arzonico

Barbara W. Arzonico has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 5271419
    Abstract: A cigarette includes a charge or roll of smokable material (e.g., tobacco cut filler) circumscribed by two layers of paper wrapping materials. The first or inner wrapping material includes an inorganic filler material and tobacco material within the web. The inner wrapping material also can include a water soluble salt burn chemical and a carbonaceous material within the web. The second or outer wrapping material circumscribes and overwraps the first wrapping material, has a cellulosic base web and inorganic filler material, and exhibits a low inherent air permeability. The outer wrapping material can include a magnesium hydroxide filler, and exhibits an inherent air permeability of below about 15 CORESTA units and a net air permeability above about 40 CORESTA units. The cigarette is capable of sustaining smolder under FTC smoking conditions while yielding very low levels of visible sidestream smoke.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 1991
    Date of Patent: December 21, 1993
    Assignee: R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
    Inventors: Barbara W. Arzonico, Richard L. Blakley, Sharon P. Dunlap, Jeffery S. Gentry, Kathy A. Hege, Mark L. Raker, Gary R. Shelar
  • Patent number: 5261425
    Abstract: A cigarette includes a charge or roll of smokable material (e.g., tobacco cut filler) circumscribed by two layers of paper wrapping materials. The first or inner wrapping material includes an inorganic filler material and tobacco material within the web. The inner wrapping material also can include a water soluble salt burn chemical and a carbonaceous material within the web. The second or outer wrapping material circumscribes and overwraps the first wrapping material, has a cellulosic base web and inorganic filler material, and exhibits a low inherent air permeability. The outer wrapping material can include a magnesium hydroxide filler, and exhibits an inherent air permeability of below about 15 CORESTA units and a net air permeability above about 40 CORESTA units. The cigarette is capable of sustaining smolder under FTC smoking conditions while yielding very low levels of visible sidestream smoke.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 1991
    Date of Patent: November 16, 1993
    Assignee: R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
    Inventors: Mark L. Raker, Barbara W. Arzonico, Patricia F. Perfetti, Thomas L. Gentry, Cynthia L. Davis
  • Patent number: 5159944
    Abstract: A cigarette includes a charge or roll of smokable material (e.g., tobacco cut filler) circumscribed by two layers of paper wrapping materials. The first or inner wrapping material includes a cellulosic base web and carbonaceous material within the web. The second or outer wrapping material circumscribes and overwraps the first wrapping material, has a cellulosic base web and inorganic filler material, and exhibits an air permeability of below about 8 CORESTA units. The cigarette is capable of sustaining smolder under FTC smoking conditions while yielding very low levels of visible sidestream smoke.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 1990
    Date of Patent: November 3, 1992
    Assignee: R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
    Inventors: Barbara W. Arzonico, Alan B. Norman, Thomas L. Gentry
  • Patent number: 5141007
    Abstract: Cigarettes which yield low levels of visible sidestream smoke upon use employ an outer paper wrapping material including magnesium hydroxide, calcium carbonate and flax fibers. The outer wrapping material has an inherent permeability of about 10 CORESTA units. The wrapping material contains an amount of water soluble alkali metal salt sufficient to provide at least about 30 mg water soluble alkali metal ions per gram of dry base web. The alkali metal salt normally is such that the wrapping material includes a significantly greater level of potassium ions than sodium ions. The cigarettes also employ an inner paper wrapping material including carbonaceous material and/or tobacco.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 1990
    Date of Patent: August 25, 1992
    Assignee: R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
    Inventors: Mark L. Raker, Thomas L. Gentry, Barbara W. Arzonico