Terry Dwayne Jessup

US Patent:

6837248, Jan 4, 2005

Filed:

Mar 28, 2003

Appl. No.:

10/402651

Inventors:

Michael A. Zawadzki - Greensboro NC, US
Arthur M. Ihrig - Greensboro NC, US
David A. Grider - Greensboro NC, US
Terry D. Jessup - Jamestown NC, US
David L. Williams - Greensboro NC, US

Assignee:

Lorillard Licensing Company, LLC - Greensboro NC

International Classification:

A24D 102

US Classification:

131365, 131349

Abstract:

A smoking article having reduced ignition propensity is disclosed. The smoking article includes a tobacco column, a wrapper surrounding the tobacco column and a filter element. The wrapper has a base permeability, an untreated area and a least one discrete area treated with a composition to reducing the base permeability. The discretely treated area interacts with a coal of a burning tobacco firecone as it advances to self-extinguish the smoking article. The composition of the treated area includes a permeability reducing substance, a burn rate retarding substance and a burn rate accelerating substance. Either the burn rate retarding substance or the burn rate accelerating substance acts as an organoleptic enhancing substance. In this way a smoker's experience when smoking either the at least one treated area or the untreated area is substantially the same.

US Patent:

7836898, Nov 23, 2010

Filed:

Oct 26, 2004

Appl. No.:

10/973713

Inventors:

Michael A. Zawadzki - Greensboro NC, US
Arthur M. Ihrig - Greensboro NC, US
David A. Grider - Greensboro NC, US
Terry D. Jessup - Jamestown NC, US
David L. Williams - Greensboro NC, US

Assignee:

Lorillard Licensing Company, LLC - Greensboro NC

International Classification:

A24D 1/16

US Classification:

131365, 162139

Abstract:

A smoking article having reduced ignition propensity is disclosed. The smoking article includes a tobacco column, a wrapper surrounding the tobacco column and a filter element. The wrapper has a base permeability, an untreated area and a least one discrete area treated with a composition to reducing the base permeability. The discretely treated area interacts with a coal of a burning tobacco firecone as it advances to self-extinguish the smoking article. The composition of the treated area includes a permeability reducing substance, a burn rate retarding substance and a burn rate accelerating substance. Either the burn rate retarding substance or the burn rate accelerating substance acts as an organoleptic enhancing substance. In this way a smoker's experience when smoking either the at least one treated area or the untreated area is substantially the same.

US Patent:

20020179105, Dec 5, 2002

Filed:

Feb 26, 2001

Appl. No.:

09/795054

Inventors:

Michael Zawadzki - Greensboro NC, US
Arthur Ihrig - Greensboro NC, US
David Grider - Greensboro NC, US
Terry Jessup - Jamestown NC, US
David Williams - Greensboro NC, US

International Classification:

D21F011/00
A24D001/02
A24D003/06

US Classification:

131/365000, 131/349000, 162/139000

Abstract:

A smoking article having reduced ignition propensity is disclosed. The smoking article includes a tobacco column, a wrapper surrounding the tobacco column and a filter element. The wrapper has a base permeability, an untreated area and a least one discrete area treated with a composition to reducing the base permeability. The discretely treated area interacts with a coal of a burning tobacco firecone as it advances to self-extinguish the smoking article. The composition of the treated area includes a permeability reducing substance, a burn rate retarding substance and a burn rate accelerating substance. Either the burn rate retarding substance or the burn rate accelerating substance acts as an organoleptic enhancing substance. In this way a smoker's experience when smoking either the at least one treated area or the untreated area is substantially the same.

US Patent:

20040231684, Nov 25, 2004

Filed:

May 20, 2003

Appl. No.:

10/442357

Inventors:

Michael Zawadzki - Greensboro NC, US
A. Rudd - Kernersville NC, US
Kenneth Barrett - Stokesdale NC, US
Terry Jessup - Jamestown NC, US
William Deaton - Pleasant Garden NC, US

International Classification:

A24D001/04

US Classification:

131/207000, 131/202000

Abstract:

Improved filters useful for tobacco products, such as cigarettes, and novel cigarettes having such filters are disclosed. The filters include adsorbents such as activated carbon which reduce amounts of one or more gas phase constituents of mainstream tobacco smoke. The adsorbents are treated with off-taste suppressants which reduce the off-taste associated with adsorbent containing filters and substantially restore the taste normally associated with tobacco smoke.

US Patent:

20090056729, Mar 5, 2009

Filed:

Nov 3, 2008

Appl. No.:

12/264032

Inventors:

Michael A. ZAWADZKI - Greensboro NC, US
A. Brent Rudd - Kernersville NC, US
Kenneth D. Barrett - Stokesdale NC, US
Terry D. Jessup - Jamestown NC, US
William R. Deaton - Pleasant Garden NC, US

International Classification:

A24D 3/04
A24D 3/06
A24D 3/12

US Classification:

131332, 131339, 131331, 131334

Abstract:

Improved filters useful for tobacco products, such as cigarettes, and novel cigarettes having such filters are disclosed. The filters include adsorbents such as activated carbon which reduce amounts of one or more gas phase constituents of mainstream tobacco smoke. The adsorbents are treated with off-taste suppressants which reduce the off-taste associated with adsorbent containing filters and substantially restore the taste normally associated with tobacco smoke.

US Patent:

45640300, Jan 14, 1986

Filed:

Jul 16, 1982

Appl. No.:

6/398962

Inventors:

Terry D. Jessup - Greensboro NC
Albert B. Hudson - Greensboro NC

Assignee:

Loew's Theatres, Inc. - New York NY

International Classification:

A24D 304

US Classification:

131336

Abstract:

A cigarette filter assembly has a filter plug and an open mixing chamber arranged between the filter plug and the distal end of the filter assembly. Perforations are formed in the filter assembly wrapper to communicate between the mixing chamber and outside air, for the purpose of drawing in diluting air to mix with the filtered smoke in the mixing chamber. The filter assembly is constructed to pass smoke and diluting air substantially unimpeded from the mixing chamber to the distal end.