Patents by Inventor Ichiro Atobe

Ichiro Atobe 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: 7228861
    Abstract: A cigarette filter has filter sections including filter materials individually wrapped with plug wrap paper, forming paper for wrapping the filter sections integrally, and tipping paper covering the forming paper so as to connect the filter sections to a cigarette section to form a cigarette, wherein activated charcoal and an inorganic mineral-based porous material carrying ferrous sulfate/L-ascorbic acid are contained as adsorbents in at least one of the filter materials and a space between the filter materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2007
    Assignee: Japan Tobacco, Inc.
    Inventors: Ichiro Atobe, Fumihiro Omori
  • Publication number: 20040182401
    Abstract: A cigarette filter has filter sections including filter materials individually wrapped with plug wrap paper, forming paper for wrapping the filter sections integrally, and tipping paper covering the forming paper so as to connect the filter sections to a cigarette section to form a cigarette, wherein activated charcoal and silica/alumina are contained as adsorbents in at least one of the filter materials and a space between the filter materials.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2004
    Publication date: September 23, 2004
    Inventors: Ichiro Atobe, Fumihiro Omori
  • Publication number: 20040182400
    Abstract: A cigarette filter has filter sections including filter materials individually wrapped with plug wrap paper, forming paper for wrapping the filter sections integrally, and tipping paper covering the forming paper so as to connect the filter sections to a cigarette section to form a cigarette, wherein activated charcoal and an inorganic mineral-based porous material carrying ferrous sulfate/L-ascorbic acid are contained as adsorbents in at least one of the filter materials and a space between the filter materials.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2004
    Publication date: September 23, 2004
    Inventors: Ichiro Atobe, Fumihiro Omori
  • Patent number: 6718989
    Abstract: A filter for a cigarette and a filter-tipped cigarette having a high degree of freedom in control of filtering-efficiency of smoke are provided. The filter has a core 10 and a sheath 12 made preferably of tow of cellulose acetate fibers. A plurality of axial passages 16 is formed between the core and the sheath and extend continuously between both end faces of the filter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2004
    Assignees: Japan Tobacco Inc., Filtrona International Ltd.
    Inventors: Paul Clarke, John Charlton, Ichiro Atobe, Atsushi Tokida
  • Patent number: 6422244
    Abstract: A filter for a cigarette and a filter cigarette which make a smoking feeling much milder without the original cigarette taste and aroma being spoiled are provided. The cigarette filter has a filter rod 8 having an air permeable peripheral surface, and 3 to 12 axial passages 12 in the rod 8. These passages 12 are distributed on a ring having a diameter of 50 to 70% of that of the rod and have a diameter of 0.1 to 0.7 mm. The wall of the axial passages 12 have air permeability. In smoking, ventilation air introduced into the passages 12 dilutes the smoke stream from the cigarette.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2002
    Assignees: Japan Tobacco, Inc., Filtrona International Ltd.
    Inventors: Paul Clarke, John Charlton, Ichiro Atobe, Masanori Koborinai