Kenneth Allen Beard

US Patent:

20100108081, May 6, 2010

Filed:

Oct 31, 2008

Appl. No.:

12/263019

Inventors:

Leigh Ann Blevins Joyce - Lewisville NC, US
Andries Don Sebastian - Clemmons NC, US
Robert H. Powell - Colfax NC, US
Stephen T. Matthews - Clemmons NC, US
Cynthia Stewart Stokes - Lexington NC, US
Kenneth A. Beard - Lexington NC, US
Michael F. Dube - Winston-Salem NC, US
Paul Stuart Chapman - Winston-Salem NC, US

International Classification:

A24B 15/00

US Classification:

131274

Abstract:

A filtered cigarette includes a smokable rod and a filter element. The smokable rod is secured to the filter element using tipping material. The tipping material includes at least one flavorant providing a sensory characteristic. The cigarette may include more than one layer of tipping material. An outer layer of tipping material can overlie at least a portion of an underlying inner layer of tipping material, and during use by the smoker, the outer layer can be removed from the cigarette. Thus, it is possible for a cigarette manufacturer to provide a cigarette that can be used as such by the smoker, or that can be adapted by the smoker to provide a different sensory experience (e.g., the visual, organoleptic, trigeminal, aromatic, and tactile characteristics of the cigarette can be altered by removal of the outer tipping material, and or by provision of a tipping material layer that is treated with a flavorant and/or provides a desirable diffusivity). The use of the outer layer of tipping material can be used to improve the physical integrity of the cigarette.

US Patent:

20110271968, Nov 10, 2011

Filed:

May 7, 2010

Appl. No.:

12/775892

Inventors:

Carolyn Rierson Carpenter - Lewisville NC, US
Barbara A. Reasor - Winston-Salem NC, US
Kenneth Allen Beard - Lexington NC, US
Chris J. Grimes - High Point NC, US
Sharon Pitts Dunlap - Walnut Cove NC, US
Andrea Holland - Charlotte NC, US

International Classification:

A24B 15/30
A24D 1/04
A24D 3/10
A24D 3/16
A24D 3/06
A24D 3/12

US Classification:

131275, 131342, 131274, 131334, 131332

Abstract:

A filter element for a smoking article is provided, the filter element including a first segment of fibrous tow filter material; a second segment of fibrous tow filter material in spaced relation to the first segment; and a cavity positioned between the two segments of fibrous tow filter material, the cavity containing a plurality of breakable capsules having an outer shell and an internal payload comprising a flavorant, wherein one segment of fibrous tow filter material includes an adsorbent material dispersed therein and the other segment is substantially free of adsorbent material. A cigarette that includes such a filter element is also provided.

US Patent:

20120255569, Oct 11, 2012

Filed:

Apr 8, 2011

Appl. No.:

13/082908

Inventors:

Kenneth Allen Beard - Lexington NC, US
Leigh Ann Blevins Joyce - Lewisville NC, US
Stephen Benson Sears - Siler City NC, US
Steven Lee Alderman - Lewisville NC, US
Timothy Brian Nestor - Advance NC, US

International Classification:

A24D 3/04
A24D 3/10
A24D 3/06
A24D 3/08

US Classification:

131334, 131331, 131337, 131342, 131344

Abstract:

The invention provides a cigarette with a filter element comprising at least one longitudinally extending section of filter material. The section of filter material comprises a smoke-altering material therein that is useful for removing a quantity of vapor phase chemicals from the mainstream smoke. The section of filter material further comprises one or more tubes inserted into and extending through section of filter material. The one or more tubes each define a channel adapted for passage of mainstream smoke through the section of filter material while substantially avoiding contact of the portion of mainstream smoke therein with the smoke-altering material. The provision of a portion of mainstream smoke substantially unaltered by the smoke-altering material can be useful to retain certain desirable taste and other sensory properties of the mainstream smoke.

US Patent:

20130118512, May 16, 2013

Filed:

Nov 16, 2011

Appl. No.:

13/297398

Inventors:

Thaddeus J. Jackson - High Point NC, US
Leigh Ann Blevins Joyce - Lewisville NC, US
John Paul Mua - Advance NC, US
Kenneth Allen Beard - Lexington NC, US
Rodney D. Schluter - Clemmons NC, US

International Classification:

A24B 15/14
A24B 13/00
A24B 15/12

US Classification:

131355, 131353, 131356, 131370

Abstract:

A smokeless tobacco product configured for insertion into the mouth of a user is provided. The smokeless tobacco product includes a tobacco material and a specific starch material that imparts specific textural properties to the product. A process for preparing a smokeless tobacco product with a desired textural property is also provided.

US Patent:

20130255702, Oct 3, 2013

Filed:

Mar 28, 2012

Appl. No.:

13/432406

Inventors:

Yi-Ping Chang - Greensboro NC, US
Calvin W. Henderson - Lewisville NC, US
Ricky Lee Montgomery - Germanton NC, US
Chandra Kumar Banerjee - Clemmons NC, US
Paul E. Braxton - Summerfield NC, US
Stephen Benson Sears - Siler City NC, US
Kenneth Allen Beard - Lexington NC, US
Timothy Brian Nestor - Advance NC, US
Balager Ademe - Winston-Salem NC, US
Frederic Philippe Ampolini - Winston-Salem NC, US
Dennis Lee Potter - Kernersville NC, US

International Classification:

A24F 47/00

US Classification:

131328, 131329

Abstract:

The present invention provides a conductive substrate useful for Joule heating, such as in an electronic smoking article. Particularly, the invention provides a resistive heating element formed of a conductive substrate. The conductive substrate comprises an electrically conductive material and a carbonaceous additive, such as a binder material. The conductive substrate is carbonized in that it is subjected to calcining conditions to effectively reduce the carbonaceous additive to its carbon skeleton. It has been found that such carbonized substrate has surprisingly improved resistance properties in relation a substrate of the same formulation that is not carbonized. The carbonized substrate can include an aerosol precursor material. The formed resistive heating element can be included in an electronic smoking article to simultaneously provide resistive heating and aerosol formation with a single, unitary component.

US Patent:

20220408826, Dec 29, 2022

Filed:

Aug 25, 2022

Appl. No.:

17/895211

Inventors:

- London, GB
Karen H. Cleckley - Kernersville NC, US
Andries D. Sebastian - Winston-Salem NC, US
Stephen B. Sears - Siler City NC, US
Kenneth A. Beard - Lexington NC, US

International Classification:

A24F 40/465
A24B 15/167
A24F 40/20
H05B 6/10

Abstract:

An aerosol delivery device and an aerosol source member for use with an inductive heating aerosol delivery device are provided. The aerosol delivery device comprises a control body having a housing, a resonant transmitter located in the control body, a control component configured to drive the resonant transmitter, and an aerosol source member that includes a substrate portion at least a portion of which is configured to be positioned within range of a field emitted by the resonant transmitter. The substrate portion may include a substrate material and one or more separators, the one or more separators may be configured to separate the substrate material into a plurality of separate substrate segments, and the one or more separators may comprise susceptors configured to be heated by the resonant transmitter.

US Patent:

20230051522, Feb 16, 2023

Filed:

Oct 12, 2022

Appl. No.:

17/964224

Inventors:

- London, GB
Luis Monsalud - Kernersville, NC, US
Andries Don Sebastian - Winston Salem NC, US
Sharon Goodall - Southhampton, GB
Kenneth Allen Beard - Lexington NC, US

International Classification:

A24F 40/46
A24F 42/60

Abstract:

The present disclosure provides an aerosol generating component containing a substrate impregnated with one or more aerosol forming materials, the substrate including a cellulosic material substantially free of sulfur compounds, and further including one or more of a tobacco pulp, an aqueous tobacco extract, a filler, and a binder. Further provided is an aerosol delivery device including the aerosol generating component. Such devices utilize electrically generated heat or combustible ignition sources to heat the aerosol forming materials, providing an inhalable substance in the form of an aerosol.

US Patent:

20210315255, Oct 14, 2021

Filed:

Apr 14, 2020

Appl. No.:

16/848526

Inventors:

- London, GB
Luis Monsalud - Kernersville NC, US
Andries Don Sebastian - Winston Salem NC, US
Sharon Goodall - Southhampton, GB
Kenneth Allen Beard - Lexington NC, US

International Classification:

A24B 15/167
A24F 40/57
A24D 1/22
A24B 15/16
A24F 40/20
A24D 1/20

Abstract:

The present disclosure provides an aerosol generating component containing a substrate impregnated with one or more aerosol forming materials, the substrate including a cellulosic material substantially free of sulfur compounds, and further including one or more of a tobacco pulp, an aqueous tobacco extract, a filler, and a binder. Further provided is an aerosol delivery device including the aerosol generating component. Such devices utilize electrically generated heat or combustible ignition sources to heat the aerosol forming materials, providing an inhalable substance in the form of an aerosol.