Class 131: TOBACCO ( Manual of U.S. Patent Classification )

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Class
131
TOBACCO


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Subclass Title
ClassTitle ===> TOBACCO
270[Patents]ANTISMOKING PRODUCT OR DEVICE, I.E., DETERENT
271[Patents] . No smoke to user
272[Patents] . Smoke to air ratio controlled
273[Patents] . Smoking simulator
274[Patents]PRODUCT OR DEVICE HAVING IDENTIFIABLE CONSTITUENT TO FLAVOR OR ENHANCE FLAVOR
275[Patents] . Naturally occurring or synthetic duplicate
276[Patents] . Organic compound
277[Patents] . . Heterocyclic
278[Patents] . . . Containing nitrogen as hetro atom
279[Patents] . . Containing a sulphor atom
280[Patents]CIGAR OR CIGARETTE MAKING
281[Patents] . Including perforating
282[Patents] . Including arranging, collecting, or delivering
283[Patents] . . And packing
284[Patents] . With coating or printing
285[Patents] . Including fingerlike member which alternately engages and releases product
286[Patents] . With cleaning away unwanted product component, e.g., gum or adhesive
287[Patents] . . By pneumatic means
288[Patents] . . By liquid means
289[Patents] . . By scraping, wiping, etc.
27.1[Patents] . Including cooperating surfaces to induce rolling
28[Patents] . . Combined
29[Patents] . . . With tip or mouthpiece applier or former
30[Patents] . . . . With stationary smoother
31[Patents] . . . With tobacco treatment
32[Patents] . . . With subsequent wrapping or forming operations
33[Patents] . . . With wrapper cutter
34[Patents] . . . . Continuous wrapper
35[Patents] . . . . With adhesive supply or applier
36[Patents] . . . With pre-cut wrapper feed and/or holder or smoother
37[Patents] . . . With adhesive supply or applier
38[Patents] . . . With filler tobacco or bunch feeder
39[Patents] . . . . With plural feed
40[Patents] . . . . With bunch separator
41[Patents] . . . . . With bunch pre-compressor
42[Patents] . . . . . . Ribbon feed
43[Patents] . . . . . . Table mold
44[Patents] . . . . . With hopper discharger
45[Patents] . . . With bunch pre-compressor
46[Patents] . . . With end trimmer or completed article cutter
47[Patents] . . Apron type
48[Patents] . . . With moving table
49[Patents] . . . . Rotating or oscillating table
50[Patents] . . . With stationary table
51[Patents] . . . . With movable roll type member
52[Patents] . . . . . Swinging roll support
53[Patents] . . . . . . Vertical axis
54[Patents] . . . Aprons
55[Patents] . . Belt type
56[Patents] . . Roller type
57[Patents] . . Roller
57.5[Patents] . . Drum and concave surfaces
58[Patents] . Wrapping devices
59[Patents] . . Spirally wound continuous wrapper
60[Patents] . . Longitudinally fed continuous wrapper
61.1[Patents] . . . With tip or mouthpiece applier or former
62[Patents] . . . With tobacco treatment
63[Patents] . . . . With completed article cutter
64.1[Patents] . . . . . With tobacco rod preshaper
64.2[Patents] . . . . . . With transverse or longitudinal compression
65[Patents] . . . With completed article cutter
66.1[Patents] . . . With tobacco rod preshaper
66.2[Patents] . . . . With transverse or longitudinal compression
67[Patents] . . . With wrapper sealing
68[Patents] . . . . With heating means
69[Patents] . . . . With adhesive supply or applier
70[Patents] . . Tube filling type
71[Patents] . . . With tip or mouthpiece applier or former
72[Patents] . . . . Plug inserting
73[Patents] . . . With tube making
74[Patents] . . . With hopper feed of tubes
75[Patents] . . . Mold with encircling wrapper tube
76[Patents] . . With tip or mouthpiece applier or former
77[Patents] . Molding or forming
78[Patents] . . Combined
79[Patents] . . . With tobacco treatment
80[Patents] . . . With plural molding or forming
81.1[Patents] . . . With tobacco or bunch feed
82[Patents] . . . With bunch remover and/or transfer
83.1[Patents] . . . With trimmer, perforator or slitter
84.1[Patents] . . Continuous rod or ribbon former
84.2[Patents] . . . With transverse compression
84.3[Patents] . . . With pneumatic assist for tobacco movement
84.4[Patents] . . . With trimmer for rod or ribbon
85[Patents] . . Molds
86[Patents] . . . Plural
87[Patents] . . . . Rotary or endless carrier
88[Patents] . Tip or mouthpiece applying or forming
89[Patents] . . End tucker, folder, crimper, smoother
90[Patents] . . . With adhesive supply or applier
91[Patents] . . . With cutter or trimmer
92[Patents] . . . With heater and/or end punch
93[Patents] . . . Rotating type
94[Patents] . . Plug attaching or inserting
95[Patents] . . Sheet material tip
96[Patents] . Recovery of tobacco from cigarettes and cigars
105[Patents] . Wrappers holders and carriers
106[Patents] . Cigar tagging or labeling
107[Patents] . Bundling
108[Patents] . Tobacco feeding
109.1[Patents] . . With brushing, carding, or picking means
109.2[Patents] . . . With separator for tobacco dust, stems or foreign material
109.3[Patents] . . . With vibrating tamper or rake
110[Patents] . . With separator or suction device
111[Patents]PLUG OR COMPRESSED SHAPE MAKING
112[Patents] . Packing or bundling
113[Patents] . . Tagging or labeling
114[Patents] . . . With tag or label making
115[Patents] . Turret type
116[Patents] . Continuous sheet type
117[Patents] . . With cutting
118[Patents] . With cutting
119[Patents] . Molds
290[Patents]TOBACCO TREATMENT
291[Patents] . Puffing
292[Patents] . . Including freeze drying
293[Patents] . . By chemical reaction
294[Patents] . . By radiant energy
295[Patents] . . By high frequency field
296[Patents] . . By contact with hot gaseous medium
297[Patents] . Extraction of component, other than moisture, by contact with diverse medium
298[Patents] . . By organic solvent
299[Patents] . With electrical or radiant energy
300[Patents] . With fluid or fluent material
301[Patents] . . Including means to create a vacuum
302[Patents] . . Including means to circulate fluid
303[Patents] . . . And temperature or humidity control of fluid
304[Patents] . . . Including means to convey tobacco
305[Patents] . . Within rotary drum-type apparatus
306[Patents] . . Including means to convey tobacco
307[Patents] . . . Including expressing rolls
308[Patents] . . Containing enzymes to cause fermentation
309[Patents] . . Other than water, steam, or air
310[Patents] . . . Organic
311[Patents] . Including leaf disintegration
312[Patents] . . And separation of fibers of different character
313[Patents] . Leaf stemming
314[Patents] . . With stem cleaning
315[Patents] . . And straightening, smoothing, flattening, or cleaning
316[Patents] . . . Booking
317[Patents] . . . . Stemmed by rotary or endless cutter
318[Patents] . . By fluid current
319[Patents] . . By tearing
320[Patents] . . . Including transverse stem cutting
321[Patents] . . . Card clothing type
322[Patents] . . By cutting
323[Patents] . . . Stem die type
324[Patents] . Leaf straightening, brushing, smoothing, rolling, corrugating, or flattening with or without stem crushing
325[Patents] . . And cleaning
326[Patents] . . Booking
327[Patents] . Leaf associating or disassociating
328[Patents]MAKING OR USING TOBACCO USERS' APPLIANCE
329[Patents]TOBACCO USERS' APPLIANCE
330[Patents] . Device used for smoking
173[Patents] . . Smoke washing type
174[Patents] . . Wind or ash guarding or ash receiving
175[Patents] . . . Cigar or cigarette holders
176[Patents] . . . Pipe covers
177[Patents] . . . . With tamper or tamper type
178[Patents] . . Combined or convertible
179[Patents] . . . Plural smoking devices
180[Patents] . . . With storage means, feeder, and/or plural bowl
181[Patents] . . . . Follower
182[Patents] . . . With ejector
183[Patents] . . . . Tobacco support type
184.1[Patents] . . . With cleaner, stirrer, or tamper
184.2[Patents] . . . . Pipe bowl type
184.3[Patents] . . . . With cleaner extending or operable through external passage
185[Patents] . . . With igniter and/or match scratcher
186[Patents] . . . With support
187[Patents] . . Cigar and cigarette holders
188[Patents] . . . With piercing device
189[Patents] . . . . Smoke conducting
190[Patents] . . . With movable gripper or holder
191[Patents] . . Tubes
192[Patents] . . Foldable or collapsible
193[Patents] . . Base burner type
194[Patents] . . Heat exchanging and/or insulating
195[Patents] . . . Cooling air passages
196[Patents] . . . Spaced inner bowl
197[Patents] . . . . Plural reversely extending passages
198.1[Patents] . . Supplemental or substitute air inlet
198.2[Patents] . . . Adjustable air inlet type
199[Patents] . . Longitudinally divided
200[Patents] . . Smoke treating
201[Patents] . . . Material separator and trap
202[Patents] . . . . Filter and/or absorber
203[Patents] . . . . . Absorber only (no filtering)
204[Patents] . . . . . . Lined or coated bowls or stems
205[Patents] . . . . . Tobacco supports
206[Patents] . . . . . . With valve or external passage closure
207[Patents] . . . . . Absorbent or particulate
209[Patents] . . . . Spiral passage
210[Patents] . . . . Serial checks or baffles
211[Patents] . . . . Chamber enclosed tubes or nipples
212.1[Patents] . . . . . Smoke direction changing
212.2[Patents] . . . . . . Concentric ducts
213[Patents] . . . . Plural reversely extending passages
214[Patents] . . . . Bowl detachable from neck cup
215.1[Patents] . . . . With valve in smoke path or removable, external passage closure
215.2[Patents] . . . . . With filter
215.3[Patents] . . . . . Valve
216[Patents] . . Special smoke passages
217[Patents] . . . Spiral passage
218[Patents] . . . Plural reversely extending
219[Patents] . . Lined or coated
220[Patents] . . . Bowl
221[Patents] . . Reversible bowl
222[Patents] . . Bowl detachable from neck cup
223[Patents] . . With valve or external passage closure
224[Patents] . . Tobacco supports
225[Patents] . . Joints and connections
226[Patents] . . Bowls
227[Patents] . . Stems, bits or tips
228[Patents] . . . With sleeve or cap
229[Patents] . . . Outlet end shapes and orifices
230[Patents] . . Materials and compositions
231[Patents] . With ash receiver
232[Patents] . . Smoking device cleaner
233[Patents] . . Tip cutter, perforator or slitter
234[Patents] . . Igniter or scratching surface
235.1[Patents] . . Extinguisher
236[Patents] . . . Liquid type
237[Patents] . . . Movable extinguishing member
237.5[Patents] . . . Split tube type
238[Patents] . . And devices for other use
239[Patents] . . . Match holder
240.1[Patents] . . Cigar, cigarette, or smoking device rest or holder
241[Patents] . . . With special receiver support
242[Patents] . . . With closure or covered compartment
242.5[Patents] . . . With cigar or cigarette ejector, dumper, or advancer
242.6[Patents] . . . With grid or grille
. Smoking device cleaners
243[Patents] . . Combined or compound
244[Patents] . . Fluid type
245[Patents] . . Stem
246[Patents] . . Bowl
247[Patents] . Pipe tampers
248[Patents] . Cigar and cigarette end cutters, combined
249[Patents] . . With igniter or scratching surface
250[Patents] . . With receptacle or holder
250.1[Patents] . . . Dispensing type
251[Patents] . . . Match receptacle
252[Patents] . . With perforator or slitter
253[Patents] . Cigar tip perforators or slitters
254[Patents] . . Pin or drill
255[Patents] . . Punch
256[Patents] . Cigar or cigarette extinquishers
257[Patents] . Supports
258[Patents] . . Finger ring type
259[Patents] . . Staff type
260[Patents] . . Smoking device
331[Patents]SMOKE SEPARATOR OR TREATER
332[Patents] . Having a polymer
333[Patents] . By electric, magnetic, or radioactive action
334[Patents] . By chemical reaction, e.g., ion-exchange, chelating, catalytic, etc.
335[Patents] . By adding constituent to smoke stream
336[Patents] . . Air
337[Patents] . . Having destructible, fusible, soluble, or deformable container for treatment material
338[Patents] . Having means to vary smoke flow rate
339[Patents] . Interior surface causes particular flow characteristic
340[Patents] . . By use of specific filter mass
341[Patents] . Plural diverse elements
342[Patents] . . Including particulate material
343[Patents] . . Plasticizer or adhesive coating
344[Patents] . . Occupying plural, separate, distinct zones
345[Patents] . Including a cellulose ester or ether
346[Patents] . With indicator or inspection means
347[Patents]TOBACCO OR TOBACCO SUBSTITUTE PRODUCT OR COMPONENT PART THEREOF
348[Patents] . Pipe cartridges
349[Patents] . With ash retainer or means to prevent or retard burning
350[Patents] . With means to pierce or protect cigar end structure
351[Patents] . With means to facilitate ignition
352[Patents] . Compositions, e.g., smoking or chewing mixture or medium
353[Patents] . . Reconstituted tobacco
354[Patents] . . . Material coated with tobacco dust or particle
355[Patents] . . . Tobacco particles bonded by nontobacco adhesive
356[Patents] . . . Having tobacco extracts or tobacco paste
357[Patents] . . . Tobacco sheet formed from wet ground or wet beaten tobacco
358[Patents] . . . Wrapper
359[Patents] . . Tobacco substitute, i.e., nontobacco
360[Patents] . Cigar or cigarette
361[Patents] . . End structure
362[Patents] . . . Coated or impregnated
363[Patents] . . . Filler penetrating
364[Patents] . . Blank or filler
365[Patents] . . Wrapper or binder
366[Patents] . Plug tobacco
367[Patents] . . Having specific shape
368[Patents] . . With indentification, marking, label, or tag
369[Patents]METHOD OR APPARATUS FOR MAKING TOBACCO SUBSTITUTE
370[Patents]METHOD OR APPARATUS FOR MAKING RECONSTITUTED TOBACCO
371[Patents] . Dust impingement
372[Patents] . Slurry
373[Patents] . Impregnation of web
374[Patents] . Paper process
375[Patents] . Extrusion
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900[Patents]LIQUIFIED GAS EMPLOYED IN PUFFING TOBACCO
901[Patents]ORGANIC LIQUID EMPLOYED IN PUFFING TOBACCO
902[Patents]INORGANIC CHEMICAL AGENTS EMPLOYED IN PUFFING TOBACCO
903[Patents]FIXING THE PRODUCT AFTER PUFFING
904[Patents]PNEUMATIC MEANS FOR SENSING CONDITION OR CHARACTERISTIC
905[Patents]RADIATION SOURCE FOR SENSING CONDITION OR CHARACTERISTIC
906[Patents]SENSING CONDITION OR CHARACTERISTIC OF CONTINUOUS TOBACCO ROD
907[Patents]EJECTION OR REJECTION OF FINISHED ARTICLE DUE TO DETECTED OR SENSED CONDITION
908[Patents]SENSING UNIQUE CHARACTERISTIC OR SPECIFIC CONDITION OF FINISHED PRODUCT
909[Patents]SENSING CONDITION IN FEED HOPPER FOR CIGAR OR CIGARETTE MAKING
910[Patents]SENSING OR DETECTING MALFUNCTION IN CIGAR OR CIGARETTE MAKER
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