Filter for a cigarette and filter cigarette

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 6422244
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09624393

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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.

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JAPAN TOBACCO INC1-1 TORANOMON 4-CHOME MINATO-KU TOKYO 1056927 ?1056927
FILTRONA INTERNATIONAL LTDMILTON KEYNES ENGLAND

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Atobe, Ichiro Tokyo, JP 4 24
Charlton, John Washington, GB 14 165
Clarke, Paul Morpeth, GB 58 423
Koborinai, Masanori Tokyo, JP 2 12

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