EP 2330931 A2 20110615 - A DEVICE FOR USE IN TREATING CIGARETTES WITH A TAR AND NICOTINE BARRIER-FORMING FLUID
Title (en)
A DEVICE FOR USE IN TREATING CIGARETTES WITH A TAR AND NICOTINE BARRIER-FORMING FLUID
Title (de)
GERÄT ZUR VERWENDUNG BEI DER BEHANDLUNG VON ZIGARETTEN MIT EINER EINE TEER- UND NIKOTINBARRIERE BILDENDEN FLÜSSIGKEIT
Title (fr)
DISPOSITIF À UTILISER DANS LE TRAITEMENT DES CIGARETTES AVEC UN FLUIDE FORMANT BARRIÈRE CONTRE LA NICOTINE ET LE GOUDRON
Publication
Application
Priority
- EP 2008066834 W 20081204
- IE S20070881 A 20071204
Abstract (en)
[origin: WO2009071643A2] The present invention relates to a device for use in treating cigarettes with a tar and nicotine barrier-forming fluid comprising a housing adapted to receive a cartridge having stored therein a tar and nicotine barrier-forming fluid, a delivery nozzle comprising at least one delivery port in fluid communication with the interior of a cartridge held within the housing, the delivery nozzle being dimensioned so as to be fully receivable into the open end of a filter of a cigarette and to create a deep recess therein; stop means to limit the depth into which the nozzle is received into the filter; and actuation means for conveying upon each actuation a predetermined and fixed volume of fluid from the cartridge into the delivery nozzle and through the or each delivery port into base of the deep recess formed in the filter by the nozzle; wherein the fixed volume of fluid is less than the volume of the deep recess formed in the open end of the filter.
IPC 8 full level
A24C 5/60 (2006.01); A24F 25/00 (2006.01); A61M 5/24 (2006.01); F04B 13/00 (2006.01)
CPC (source: EP)
A24C 5/608 (2013.01); A24F 25/00 (2013.01)
Citation (search report)
See references of WO 2009071643A2
Designated contracting state (EPC)
AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MT NL NO PL PT RO SE SI SK TR
DOCDB simple family (publication)
WO 2009071643 A2 20090611; WO 2009071643 A3 20100107; EP 2330931 A2 20110615; IE S20070881 A2 20090610
DOCDB simple family (application)
EP 2008066834 W 20081204; EP 08855839 A 20081204; IE S20070881 A 20071204