US 11,707,084 B2
Activated carbon beads for smoking articles
Alberto Bonici, Modena (IT); Gaetan Couderc, Peseux (CH); Angel Linares-Solano, Alicante (ES); Maria Angeles Lillo-Rodenas, Alicante (ES); Ana Amoros Perez, Alicante (ES); Laura Cano Casanova, Alicante (ES); Mohammed Ouzzine, Alicante (ES); and Aroldo José Romero Anaya, Alicante (ES)
Assigned to Philip Morris Products S.A., Neuchâtel (CH)
Appl. No. 15/745,221
Filed by PHILIP MORRIS PRODUCTS S.A., Neuchatel (CH)
PCT Filed Jul. 14, 2016, PCT No. PCT/IB2016/054218
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jan. 16, 2018,
PCT Pub. No. WO2017/013549, PCT Pub. Date Jan. 26, 2017.
Claims priority of application No. 15177395 (EP), filed on Jul. 17, 2015.
Prior Publication US 2018/0220700 A1, Aug. 9, 2018
Int. Cl. A24D 3/16 (2006.01); C01B 32/336 (2017.01); A24C 5/47 (2006.01); A24D 1/04 (2006.01); A24D 3/02 (2006.01); A24F 7/04 (2006.01); B01D 53/02 (2006.01); B01J 20/20 (2006.01); B01J 20/28 (2006.01); B01J 20/30 (2006.01); C10B 49/02 (2006.01); C10B 53/02 (2006.01)
CPC A24D 3/163 (2013.01) [A24C 5/474 (2013.01); A24D 1/045 (2013.01); A24D 3/02 (2013.01); A24F 7/04 (2013.01); B01D 53/02 (2013.01); B01J 20/20 (2013.01); B01J 20/28004 (2013.01); B01J 20/28011 (2013.01); B01J 20/28019 (2013.01); B01J 20/28064 (2013.01); B01J 20/28066 (2013.01); B01J 20/3078 (2013.01); B01J 20/3085 (2013.01); C01B 32/336 (2017.08); C10B 49/02 (2013.01); C10B 53/02 (2013.01); B01D 2253/102 (2013.01); B01D 2253/304 (2013.01); B01D 2253/306 (2013.01); B01D 2253/34 (2013.01); B01D 2257/408 (2013.01); B01D 2257/502 (2013.01); B01D 2257/7022 (2013.01); B01D 2257/7027 (2013.01); Y02E 50/10 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A smoking article comprising:
a smokable material; and
an activated carbon particle downstream of the smokable material, the activated carbon particle produced from a whole seed without mechanical disruption, wherein the activated carbon particle has a length, width, and height, wherein at least two of the length, the width and the height are independently in a range from 1 mm to 7.5 mm wherein the whole seed is selected from achira seeds, amapola or poppy seeds, amaranto or amaranth seeds, mijo or millet seeds, mostaza or mustard seeds, pimiento Negra or black pepper seeds, palmera or palm seeds, aladierno seeds, bayon seeds, ginebre or juniper seeds, sabina seeds and falsa pimiento or false pepper seeds, or a combination.