Patents by Inventor Gunther Rodemeyer

Gunther Rodemeyer 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).

  • Filter tip for a smoking product
    Patent number: 4621651
    Abstract: A filter tip for a smoking product comprised of a filter rod attached at one end to the smoking product. The filter rod is surrounded by a tip wrapping layer which terminates at a distance from the mouth end of the filter rod. The projecting end of the rod is tapered toward the mouth end. The taper causes smoke drawn through the filter tip to flow out obliquely with respect to the longitudinal axis of the smoking product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 1983
    Date of Patent: November 11, 1986
    Assignee: B.A.T. Cigaretten-Fabriken GmbH
    Inventors: Horst Borowski, Knut Moller, Wolfgang Wiethaup, Gunther Rodemeyer, Paul-Georg Henning, Erhard Kohn
  • Process for improving the filling capacity of tobacco, in particular cut tobacco leaf
    Patent number: 4516588
    Abstract: The impairment of the taste of smoke, observed in processes for improving the filling capacity of tobacco by expansion of the tobacco with a vaporizable expanding agent, can be avoided if an anti-oxidant, in particular ascorbic acid, is added to the tobacco before the expansion. In addition, anti-oxidant synergists can also be added.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 1982
    Date of Patent: May 14, 1985
    Assignee: B.A.T. Cigaretten Fabriken G.m.b.H.
    Inventors: Gert Rudolph, Gunther Rodemeyer