Plugged Cigarette, Cigarette Shell and Method of Producing a Plugged Cigarette

Abstract

A cigarette including a first rolling material defining a body with an inner volume. The body includes a support tip arranged inside of a proximal end of the body. A smokeable material is disposed within the body. A second rolling material is plugged at a distal end of the body, the second rolling paper forming a sleeve of which a first portion extends within the body and of which a second portion projects from the body out from the distal end in a longitudinal direction of the body. The second portion includes a physical deformation such that the sleeve is closed thereby. Various other embodiments and methods of manufacturing the same are disclosed.

1 . A cigarette comprising:
 a first rolling material defining a body with an inner volume, wherein the body comprises a support tip arranged inside of a proximal end of the body;   a smokeable material disposed within the body;   a second rolling material plugged at a distal end of the body, the second rolling paper forming a sleeve of which a first portion extends within the body and of which a second portion projects from the body out from the distal end in a longitudinal direction of the body, and wherein the second portion comprises a physical deformation such that the sleeve is closed thereby.   
     
     
         2 . The cigarette according to  claim 1 , wherein the second rolling material is more flexible than the first rolling material. 
     
     
         3 . The cigarette according to  claim 1 , wherein the smokeable material extends from the tip to the physical deformation, beyond the distal end of the body formed by the first rolling material. 
     
     
         4 . The cigarette according to  claim 1 , wherein the physical deformation comprises a closed twist in the paper. 
     
     
         5 . The cigarette according to  claim 2 , wherein the second rolling material comprises an area density of about 8 to about 40 g/m 2 , wherein the second rolling material is attached to the inner surface of the first rolling material such that the outer circumference of the sleeve and inner circumference of the body are the same. 
     
     
         6 . The cigarette according to  claim 1 , wherein the second rolling material only extends between about 2 and about 0.5 cm into the body. 
     
     
         7 . The cigarette according to  claim 1 , wherein the second rolling material only projects between about 2.5 and about 1.0 cm from the body. 
     
     
         8 . The cigarette according to  claim 1 , wherein the first rolling material, in its unrolled form, is shaped as an isosceles trapezoid or rectangle, and wherein the body is frustoconical. 
     
     
         9 . The cigarette according to  claim 8 , wherein the second rolling material, in its unrolled form, is shaped as an isosceles trapezoid or rectangle, and wherein preferably the shape of the second rolling material is an extension of the shape of the first rolling material. 
     
     
         10 . The cigarette according to  claim 1  further comprising:
 a third rolling material, wherein the second rolling material is layered between the third and first rolling material, and wherein the first and second rolling material are within about 0 to about 0.5 cm of each other's length and wherein the length of the second rolling material preferably exceeds that of the first rolling material by about 0.5 to about 2.5 cm. 
 
     
     
         11 . A cigarette shell comprising:
 a first rolling material a body;   a filter tip arranged inside of a proximal end of the body;   a second rolling material forming a sleeve of which a first portion extends within the body and of which a second portion projects from the body out from a distal end thereof in a longitudinal direction of the body, wherein the second rolling material forms a sleeve of which a first portion extends within the body and of which a second portion projects from the body out from the distal end in a longitudinal direction of the body, and wherein the second portion projects about 1 to about 2.5 cm, from the body such that a physical deformation can be applied to the sleeve for closing it, wherein preferably the second rolling material is more flexible than the first rolling material.   
     
     
         12 . A method of making a cigarette comprising the steps of:
 providing a shell according to claim  11 ;   loading the shell with a smokeable material; and   applying a physical deformation to the second portion where it projects from the body, such that the smokeable material is prevented from falling out of the shell at the distal end.   
     
     
         13 . The method according to  claim 12 , wherein the step of applying a physical deformation comprises pinching the second portion and rotating the pinched portion with respect to the body around the longitudinal axis of the cigarette such that a closed twist is formed in the second portion. 
     
     
         14 . The method according to  claim 12 , wherein the step of applying a physical deformation to the second portion comprises crimping or folding the second portion. 
     
     
         15 . A machine for creating cigarettes could comprise:
 a base comprising an oscillator for shaking the machine;   a holder, designed for being assembled with the base, comprising a plurality of channels for holding a cigarette shell in each of channel of the plurality of channels;   a tray, with a plurality of dosing channels, designed for being assembled with the holder, and for holding a predefined amount of smokeable material in each dosing channel, wherein each dosing channel comprises a through hole for dispensing the smokeable material into a mutually different cigarette shell for forming the cigarettes, wherein:   i) the tray is provided with a crimp tool for engaging the cigarettes in each of the channels simultaneously for providing a closing deformation thereto; or   ii) a crimp tool is designed for being assembled with the holder, so as to be assembled with the holder after filling, for engaging the cigarettes in each of the channels simultaneously for providing a closing deformation thereto.   
     
     
         16 . The cigarette of  claim 1  wherein the first rolling paper comprises a paper, dried leaves or flower petals. 
     
     
         17 . The cigarette of  claim 4 , where the physical deformation is formed by pinching the second portion between two fingers and rotating the body with respect to the pinched portion or vice versa around the longitudinal axis of the cigarette. 
     
     
         18 . The cigarette of  claim 5 , wherein the second rolling material comprises an area density of about 9 to about 25 g/m 2 . 
     
     
         19 . The cigarette of  claim 6 , wherein the second rolling material only extends between about 0.9 and about 1.1 cm into the body. 
     
     
         20 . The cigarette of  claim 7 , wherein the second rolling material only projects between about 1.2 and about 1.6 cm from the body.