Patents by Inventor Ronald O. Wagoner

Ronald O. Wagoner 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).

  • Substrates material for smoking articles
    Patent number: 5415186
    Abstract: Disclosed is a stabilized substrate composition for smoking articles, particularly cigarettes. In general, the stabilized substrate composition comprises an admixture of a binder and an aerosol forming material which plasticizes the binder, together with optional fillers and/or base materials. In the stabilized substrate compositions of the present invention the relative amounts of binder and aerosol former depend particularly on the situation in which the substrate composition is used. In general, the ratio of aerosol former to binder is between about 3:1 and about 40:1. When the stabilized composition is used on a base material such as tobacco cut filler, the ratio of aerosol former to binder should be at least about 15:1, and preferably is from about 25-35:1, with a maximum ratio of about 40:1. If the composition is formed into a cast sheet, the minimum ratio is about 3:1, the preferred ratio is about 8:1, and the maximum ratio is about 10:1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 1993
    Date of Patent: May 16, 1995
    Assignee: R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
    Inventors: William J. Casey, III, Jeffery S. Gentry, Alvaro Gonzalez-Parra, Aju N. Lekwauwa, Dennis M. Riggs, Gary R. Shelar, Kenneth W. Swicegood, Ronald O. Wagoner, Jeffrey A. Willis, Walter R. D. Young, Jr., Kelly K. Hutchison
  • Substrate material for smoking articles
    Patent number: 5396911
    Abstract: Disclosed is a stabilized substrate composition for smoking articles, particularly cigarettes. In general, the stabilized substrate composition comprises an admixture of a binder and an aerosol forming material which plasticizes the binder, together with optional fillers and/or base materials. In the stabilized substrate compositions of the present invention the relative amounts of binder and aerosol former depend particularly on the situation in which the substrate composition is used. In general, the ratio of aerosol former to binder is between about 3:1 and about 40:1. When the stabilized composition is used on a base material such as tobacco cut filler, the ratio of aerosol former to binder should be at least about 15:1, and preferably is from about 25-35:1, with a maximum ratio of about 40:1. If the composition is formed into a cast sheet, the minimum ratio is about 3:1, the preferred ratio is about 8:1, and the maximum ratio is about 10:1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 1991
    Date of Patent: March 14, 1995
    Assignee: R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
    Inventors: William J. Casey, III, Jeffery S. Gentry, Alvaro Gonzalez-Parra, Aju N. Lekwauwa, Dennis M. Riggs, Gary R. Shelar, Kenneth W. Swicegood, Ronald O. Wagoner, Jeffrey A. Willis, Walter R. D. Young, Jr.