Pocket-size container for consumer items
Patent 7,878,324
A three-piece pocket-size container for holding a consumer product such as smokeless tobacco product in an interior volume of a perimeter band which has a base locked to a lower rim portion [private] and an openable cover on an upper rim of the perimeter band. When closed, the cover, the perimeter band and the base form a flush exterior sidewall of the container. The base and cover can be metal and the perimeter band can be transparent (clear, tinted or colored) or opaque plastic to provide a container that maintains product freshness, and is easily opened and closed.
Inventors: Stephen Bellamah (Midlothian); William Griffin (Chesterfield); Dominic J. C. Howard (New Canaan, Conn.); Robert Mitten (Glen Allen)
Assignee: Philip Morris USA Inc. (Richmond)
Feb. 1, 2011
Cigarette gas filter
Patent 7,874,296
Cigarette gas filter is used to filter the gaseous components of main stream smoke. This causes reduction of the delivery of the gaseous constituents of main stream smoke (MSS). The gas filter consists of a narrow annular gap, where the outer side is circumvented by a high permeability wrapper paper. As the cigarette smoke is passed through this annulus gap, the fraction of gases present in the smoke is reduced by diffusion mechanism and due to inflow of air into the annulus by convection mechanism. Since the diffusion coefficient of aerosol particles are several orders of magnitude smaller than the gas molecules, the aerosol particles are kept mainly intact while passing through the annulus. Therefore this filter is applied for reducing the gas/tar ratio. This filter can also be used to filter the gases of non-cigarette smokes.
Inventors: Mohammad Said Saidi (Glen Allen)
Jan. 25, 2011
Tobacco powder supported catalyst particles
Patent 7,878,211
Cut filler compositions, cigarettes, methods for making cut filler compositions and cigarettes, and methods for treating mainstream tobacco smoke of cigarettes are provided that use catalyst particles capable of converting carbon monoxide to carbon dioxide. The catalyst particles are supported on tobacco powder. The tobacco powder supported catalyst particles can be prepared by dry admixing the catalyst particles and tobacco powder or by combining a dispersion of catalyst particles with the tobacco powder. Inventors: Shalva Gedevanishvili (Richmond); Ping Li (Glen Allen); Firooz Rasouli (Midlothian); Mohammad Hajaligol (Midlothian)
Assignee: Philip Morris USA Inc. (Richmond)
Feb. 1, 2011
Cigarettes and filter subassemblies with squeezable flavor capsule and methods of manufacture
Patent 7,878,962
Improved delivery of additive materials to cigarettes is provided through the use of one or more capsules containing additive materials, such as flavor components, in the filter section of a cigarette. The capsule or capsules are provided between first and second absorbent members and the capsules are subjected to an external force, such as squeezing, by a smoker prior to or during smoking of the cigarette in order to release at least a portion of the additive material and expose the additive material to mainstream smoke passing through the filter. The capsules provide a barrier between the additive materials and other cigarettes components, such as sorbents or filter materials, in order to reduce additive material migration into the other cigarette components prior to desired use. An outer cover which is impermeable to the fluid within the capsules is provided about the capsule or capsules and the first and second absorbent members.
Inventors: Georgios Karles (Richmond); Jeffrey Allen (Midlothian); Jose Nepomuceno (Beaverdam, Va.)
Assignee: Philip Morris USA Inc. (Richmond)
Feb. 1, 2011
Branched succinimide dispersant compounds and methods of making the compounds
Patent 7,875,747
In accordance with the disclosure, one aspect of the present application is directed to a dispersant compound comprising the reaction product of (i) a hydrocarbyl carbonyl compound, (ii) a polycarbonyl compound having at least three carbonyl acylating functions, and (iii) a primary amine moiety of a polyamine. Methods of making and methods of using the dispersant compound are also disclosed.
Inventors: John Loper (Richmond)
Assignee: Afton Chemical Corporation (Richmond)
Jan. 25, 2011
Method to create an environmentally resistant soft armor composite
Patent 7,875,563
Fibrous substrates and articles that retain their superior ballistic resistance performance after exposure to liquids such as sea water and organic solvents, such as gasoline and other petroleum-based products. The fibrous substrates are coated with a multilayer polymeric coating including at least two different polymer layers wherein at least one of the layers is formed from a fluorine-containing polymer.
Inventors: Henry Ardiff (Chesterfield); Ralf Klein (Midlothian); Brian Arvidson (Chester); Ashok Bhatnagar (Richmond); Lori Wagner (Richmond)
Assignee: Honeywell International Inc. (Morristown, N.J.)
Jan. 25, 2011
Lubricant compositions
Patent 7,879,775
A lubricant composition comprising a phosphorus-containing compound and a base oil comprising less than about 3% by weight of tetracycloparaffins is disclosed. Methods of making and using the lubricant composition are also disclosed.
Inventors: Mark Devlin (Richmond); Tze-chi Jao (Glen Allen); John Loper (Richmond); Roger Sheets (Glen Allen); Gregory Guinther (Richmond)
Assignee: Afton Chemical Corporation (Richmond)
Feb. 1, 2011
Titanium-containing lubricating oil composition
Patent 7,879,774
A fully formulated lubricating oil, lubricated surface, and lubricant additive concentrates for lubricants providing reduced sludge formation. The fully formulated lubricating oil composition has therein at least one succinimide dispersant derived from a polyalkylene compound having from about 50 to about 85% vinylidene double bonds in the compound, a metal containing detergent, at least one wear reducing agent, at least one antioxidant, and a hydrocarbon soluble titanium compound as a friction modifier. The lubricating oil composition is also substantially free of molybdenum compounds.
Inventors: William Lam (Glen Allen); John Loper (Richmond); Carl Esche Jr. (Richmond); Christopher Dudding (Reading, Great Britain); Peter Growcott (Hartley Wintney, Great Britain); Anthony Fagan (Chesterfield); Andrew Robertson (Faringdon, Great Britain); Gregory Guinther (Richmond)
Assignee: Afton Chemical Corporation (Richmond)
Feb. 1, 2011
Palladium-containing nanoscale catalysts
Patent 7,879,128
A method of making palladium-containing nanoscale catalyst particles comprising subjecting a starting material to laser energy so as to form a vapor and condensing the vapor so as to form the catalyst particles. The catalyst comprises nanoscale particles of palladium and/or palladium oxide incorporated in and/or on nanoscale particles of a metal or metal oxide. The nanoscale catalyst, which can be incorporated in the tobacco cut filler, cigarette wrapper and/or cigarette filter of a cigarette, is useful for low-temperature and near-ambient temperature catalysis. The nanoscale catalyst can convert carbon monoxide and nitric oxide that are found in mainstream smoke to carbon dioxide and nitrogen, respectively. The nanoscale catalyst may also be incorporated into a hydrocarbon conversion reactor, into a vehicle exhaust emissions system, into a laser, into a fuel cell or used in an air filter or for emissions reduction in the cold starting of an automobile engine.
Inventors: Mohamed Samy El-Shall (Richmond); Sarojini Deevi (Midlothian)
Assignee: Philip Morris USA Inc. (Richmond)
Feb. 1, 2011
Smoking article with a restrictor
Patent 7,878,963
A smoking article filter includes a flow restrictor and a cavity downstream of the flow restrictor. The flow restrictor includes an orifice or flow channel for directing smoke into the cavity. The filter is attached to the tobacco rod with tipping paper and includes an air-admissible ventilating zone at a location downstream of the restrictor.
Inventors: San Li (Midlothian); Raquel Olegario (Richmond); Mike Braunshteyn (Richmond); Rowland Dwyer (Richmond); Martin Garthaffner (Chesterfield); Dwight Williams (Powatan); Richard Jupe (Richmond)
Assignee: Philip Morris USA Inc. (Richmond)
Feb. 1, 2011
Cellulose acetate fiber modification
Patent 7,878,210
Cellulose acetate fibers can be modified to have physical imperfections and then incorporated into cigarette filter plugs as filtering materials. Cellulose acetate fiber modification can be achieved by etching with a gas phase etchant or a liquid phase etchant comprising hydrogen peroxide. Modification of cellulose acetate fibers may be performed at various stages during the manufacture of cigarette filter plugs. Furthermore, cigarette filter plugs containing modified cellulose acetate fibers can also have spaced apart slits along the length of the cigarette filter plugs.
Inventors: Peter Lipowicz (Midlothian); Shalva Gedevanishvili (Richmond); Lixin Xue (Midlothian); Milton Parrish (Midlothian); Vicki Baliga (Chesterfield)
Assignee: Philip Morris USA Inc. (Richmond)
Feb. 1, 2011
Thermally insulative smoking article filter components
Patent 7,878,209
A filter component includes a catalyst surrounded by a thermally insulative carbon fiber composite. The catalyst can catalyze the chemical reaction of selected gaseous constituents of a gas stream. During catalysis, the catalyst can reach high temperatures. The carbon fiber composite can contain heat generated during the catalysis within the filter component and thereby reduce heat transfer to the surroundings. The filter component can be used in smoking articles. Methods of making and using the filter-component and methods for treating mainstream tobacco smoke are also provided.
Inventors: Piers Newbery (Davis, Calif.); Antonis Tsakotellis (Neuchatel, Switzerland); Susan Plunkett (Richmond); Kenneth Shafer (Sutherland, Va.)
Assignee: Philip Morris USA Inc. (Richmond)
Feb. 1, 2011
Surface passivation and to methods for the reduction of fuel thermal degradation deposits
Patent 7,878,160
In a specific embodiment of this invention, deposits and soot formation in a direct injection engine are reduced by passivating the injectors to within 0.1 mm of the injector nozzle. The fuel used with the inventive injectors comprises fuel-soluble additives.
Inventors: Allen Aradi (Glen Allen); Joseph Roos (Mechanicsville)
Assignee: Afton Chemical Corporation (Richmond)
Feb. 1, 2011 [/private]
Pocket-size container for consumer items
Patent 7,878,324
A three-piece pocket-size container for holding a consumer product such as smokeless tobacco product in an interior volume of a perimeter band which has a base locked to a lower rim portion [private] and an openable cover on an upper rim of the perimeter band. When closed, the cover, the perimeter band and the base form a flush exterior sidewall of the container. The base and cover can be metal and the perimeter band can be transparent (clear, tinted or colored) or opaque plastic to provide a container that maintains product freshness, and is easily opened and closed.
Inventors: Stephen Bellamah (Midlothian); William Griffin (Chesterfield); Dominic J. C. Howard (New Canaan, Conn.); Robert Mitten (Glen Allen)
Assignee: Philip Morris USA Inc. (Richmond)
Feb. 1, 2011
Cigarette gas filter
Patent 7,874,296
Cigarette gas filter is used to filter the gaseous components of main stream smoke. This causes reduction of the delivery of the gaseous constituents of main stream smoke (MSS). The gas filter consists of a narrow annular gap, where the outer side is circumvented by a high permeability wrapper paper. As the cigarette smoke is passed through this annulus gap, the fraction of gases present in the smoke is reduced by diffusion mechanism and due to inflow of air into the annulus by convection mechanism. Since the diffusion coefficient of aerosol particles are several orders of magnitude smaller than the gas molecules, the aerosol particles are kept mainly intact while passing through the annulus. Therefore this filter is applied for reducing the gas/tar ratio. This filter can also be used to filter the gases of non-cigarette smokes.
Inventors: Mohammad Said Saidi (Glen Allen)
Jan. 25, 2011
Tobacco powder supported catalyst particles
Patent 7,878,211
Cut filler compositions, cigarettes, methods for making cut filler compositions and cigarettes, and methods for treating mainstream tobacco smoke of cigarettes are provided that use catalyst particles capable of converting carbon monoxide to carbon dioxide. The catalyst particles are supported on tobacco powder. The tobacco powder supported catalyst particles can be prepared by dry admixing the catalyst particles and tobacco powder or by combining a dispersion of catalyst particles with the tobacco powder. Inventors: Shalva Gedevanishvili (Richmond); Ping Li (Glen Allen); Firooz Rasouli (Midlothian); Mohammad Hajaligol (Midlothian)
Assignee: Philip Morris USA Inc. (Richmond)
Feb. 1, 2011
Cigarettes and filter subassemblies with squeezable flavor capsule and methods of manufacture
Patent 7,878,962
Improved delivery of additive materials to cigarettes is provided through the use of one or more capsules containing additive materials, such as flavor components, in the filter section of a cigarette. The capsule or capsules are provided between first and second absorbent members and the capsules are subjected to an external force, such as squeezing, by a smoker prior to or during smoking of the cigarette in order to release at least a portion of the additive material and expose the additive material to mainstream smoke passing through the filter. The capsules provide a barrier between the additive materials and other cigarettes components, such as sorbents or filter materials, in order to reduce additive material migration into the other cigarette components prior to desired use. An outer cover which is impermeable to the fluid within the capsules is provided about the capsule or capsules and the first and second absorbent members.
Inventors: Georgios Karles (Richmond); Jeffrey Allen (Midlothian); Jose Nepomuceno (Beaverdam, Va.)
Assignee: Philip Morris USA Inc. (Richmond)
Feb. 1, 2011
Branched succinimide dispersant compounds and methods of making the compounds
Patent 7,875,747
In accordance with the disclosure, one aspect of the present application is directed to a dispersant compound comprising the reaction product of (i) a hydrocarbyl carbonyl compound, (ii) a polycarbonyl compound having at least three carbonyl acylating functions, and (iii) a primary amine moiety of a polyamine. Methods of making and methods of using the dispersant compound are also disclosed.
Inventors: John Loper (Richmond)
Assignee: Afton Chemical Corporation (Richmond)
Jan. 25, 2011
Method to create an environmentally resistant soft armor composite
Patent 7,875,563
Fibrous substrates and articles that retain their superior ballistic resistance performance after exposure to liquids such as sea water and organic solvents, such as gasoline and other petroleum-based products. The fibrous substrates are coated with a multilayer polymeric coating including at least two different polymer layers wherein at least one of the layers is formed from a fluorine-containing polymer.
Inventors: Henry Ardiff (Chesterfield); Ralf Klein (Midlothian); Brian Arvidson (Chester); Ashok Bhatnagar (Richmond); Lori Wagner (Richmond)
Assignee: Honeywell International Inc. (Morristown, N.J.)
Jan. 25, 2011
Lubricant compositions
Patent 7,879,775
A lubricant composition comprising a phosphorus-containing compound and a base oil comprising less than about 3% by weight of tetracycloparaffins is disclosed. Methods of making and using the lubricant composition are also disclosed.
Inventors: Mark Devlin (Richmond); Tze-chi Jao (Glen Allen); John Loper (Richmond); Roger Sheets (Glen Allen); Gregory Guinther (Richmond)
Assignee: Afton Chemical Corporation (Richmond)
Feb. 1, 2011
Titanium-containing lubricating oil composition
Patent 7,879,774
A fully formulated lubricating oil, lubricated surface, and lubricant additive concentrates for lubricants providing reduced sludge formation. The fully formulated lubricating oil composition has therein at least one succinimide dispersant derived from a polyalkylene compound having from about 50 to about 85% vinylidene double bonds in the compound, a metal containing detergent, at least one wear reducing agent, at least one antioxidant, and a hydrocarbon soluble titanium compound as a friction modifier. The lubricating oil composition is also substantially free of molybdenum compounds.
Inventors: William Lam (Glen Allen); John Loper (Richmond); Carl Esche Jr. (Richmond); Christopher Dudding (Reading, Great Britain); Peter Growcott (Hartley Wintney, Great Britain); Anthony Fagan (Chesterfield); Andrew Robertson (Faringdon, Great Britain); Gregory Guinther (Richmond)
Assignee: Afton Chemical Corporation (Richmond)
Feb. 1, 2011
Palladium-containing nanoscale catalysts
Patent 7,879,128
A method of making palladium-containing nanoscale catalyst particles comprising subjecting a starting material to laser energy so as to form a vapor and condensing the vapor so as to form the catalyst particles. The catalyst comprises nanoscale particles of palladium and/or palladium oxide incorporated in and/or on nanoscale particles of a metal or metal oxide. The nanoscale catalyst, which can be incorporated in the tobacco cut filler, cigarette wrapper and/or cigarette filter of a cigarette, is useful for low-temperature and near-ambient temperature catalysis. The nanoscale catalyst can convert carbon monoxide and nitric oxide that are found in mainstream smoke to carbon dioxide and nitrogen, respectively. The nanoscale catalyst may also be incorporated into a hydrocarbon conversion reactor, into a vehicle exhaust emissions system, into a laser, into a fuel cell or used in an air filter or for emissions reduction in the cold starting of an automobile engine.
Inventors: Mohamed Samy El-Shall (Richmond); Sarojini Deevi (Midlothian)
Assignee: Philip Morris USA Inc. (Richmond)
Feb. 1, 2011
Smoking article with a restrictor
Patent 7,878,963
A smoking article filter includes a flow restrictor and a cavity downstream of the flow restrictor. The flow restrictor includes an orifice or flow channel for directing smoke into the cavity. The filter is attached to the tobacco rod with tipping paper and includes an air-admissible ventilating zone at a location downstream of the restrictor.
Inventors: San Li (Midlothian); Raquel Olegario (Richmond); Mike Braunshteyn (Richmond); Rowland Dwyer (Richmond); Martin Garthaffner (Chesterfield); Dwight Williams (Powatan); Richard Jupe (Richmond)
Assignee: Philip Morris USA Inc. (Richmond)
Feb. 1, 2011
Cellulose acetate fiber modification
Patent 7,878,210
Cellulose acetate fibers can be modified to have physical imperfections and then incorporated into cigarette filter plugs as filtering materials. Cellulose acetate fiber modification can be achieved by etching with a gas phase etchant or a liquid phase etchant comprising hydrogen peroxide. Modification of cellulose acetate fibers may be performed at various stages during the manufacture of cigarette filter plugs. Furthermore, cigarette filter plugs containing modified cellulose acetate fibers can also have spaced apart slits along the length of the cigarette filter plugs.
Inventors: Peter Lipowicz (Midlothian); Shalva Gedevanishvili (Richmond); Lixin Xue (Midlothian); Milton Parrish (Midlothian); Vicki Baliga (Chesterfield)
Assignee: Philip Morris USA Inc. (Richmond)
Feb. 1, 2011
Thermally insulative smoking article filter components
Patent 7,878,209
A filter component includes a catalyst surrounded by a thermally insulative carbon fiber composite. The catalyst can catalyze the chemical reaction of selected gaseous constituents of a gas stream. During catalysis, the catalyst can reach high temperatures. The carbon fiber composite can contain heat generated during the catalysis within the filter component and thereby reduce heat transfer to the surroundings. The filter component can be used in smoking articles. Methods of making and using the filter-component and methods for treating mainstream tobacco smoke are also provided.
Inventors: Piers Newbery (Davis, Calif.); Antonis Tsakotellis (Neuchatel, Switzerland); Susan Plunkett (Richmond); Kenneth Shafer (Sutherland, Va.)
Assignee: Philip Morris USA Inc. (Richmond)
Feb. 1, 2011
Surface passivation and to methods for the reduction of fuel thermal degradation deposits
Patent 7,878,160
In a specific embodiment of this invention, deposits and soot formation in a direct injection engine are reduced by passivating the injectors to within 0.1 mm of the injector nozzle. The fuel used with the inventive injectors comprises fuel-soluble additives.
Inventors: Allen Aradi (Glen Allen); Joseph Roos (Mechanicsville)
Assignee: Afton Chemical Corporation (Richmond)
Feb. 1, 2011 [/private]