435 



United States Patent [i9] 



Schweizer et al. 



(Ill 



(45] 



4,236,532 

 Dec. 2, 1980 



(54) SMOKING ROD WRAPPER 



(7S1 Inventors: Alfred D. Schweizer; Williur^i G. 

 Erskine, both of Geneva; Daniel 

 Turpin, Nyon, all o( Switzerland 



[73] Assignee: Gallaher Limiled, Belfast, Northern 

 Ireland 



[21] Appl. No.: 940,996 



[22] Filed: Sep. 11, 1978 



[30] Foreign Applitation Priority Data 



Sep 16, 1977 IGB) United Kingdom 38710/77 



(51) Int. a.' A24B 15/42; A24C 5/60; 



A24D 1/02 



[52] U.S. a. 131/9; 131/15 R; 



131/24 



[58] Field of Search 131/15 R, 15 A, 15 B, 



131/15 C, 17 R, 17 A, 24, 2. 140 C, 140 R, 144, 



140 B. 8 R, 8 A, 9, 10 R; 101/129, 1 14; 



427/282, 288 



[56] References Cited 



US PATENT DOCUMENTS 



2.801,636 8/1957 Pfoh 131/15 C 



2.976.190 3/1961 Meyer 131/15 R 



3.006,347 10/1961 Kcalon 131/15 R 



3,285.253 11/1966 Lel)ert 131/15 R 



3.422.819 1/1969 Jonn el al 131/15 R 



4,044,778 8/1977 Cohn 131/15 R 



4,060,091 11/1977 Wacson el al 131/9 



4.104.431 8/1978 Luke 427/288 



4.140.135 2/1979 Godfrey. 3r 131/15 C 



Primary Examiner — V. Millin 



Attorney. Agent, or Firm — Murray and Whisenhuiit 



[57] ABSTRACT 



A wrapper for a smoking rod has screen printed on its 

 surface a series of dots containing a volatile additive 

 which is transferred into the mam stream smoke when 

 the smoking rod is smoked. 



22 Oaims, 7 Drawing Figures 



