Inventors:
Robert Leonard Meiring - Winston-Salem NC
Vernon Brent Barnes - Clemmons NC
Max Warren Cole - Winston-Salem NC
Keith Stanley Moser - Mocksville NC
Jeffrey Kane Rogers - Winston-Salem NC
Assignee:
R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. - Winston-Salem NC
International Classification:
A24C 518
Abstract:
Disclosed are new fuel components for smoking articles such as cigarettes, new methods of making such fuel components, and cigarettes or other smoking articles incorporating the new fuel components. Fuel components for smoking articles are formed by continuously extruding a composition to form a preselected shape, circumscribing the continuously extruded composition with a layer of material to form a wrapped rod or composite member, preferably bonding the fuel element to the layer of material, and cutting the resulting composite member into predetermined lengths for use in assembling smoking articles.