Vanilla Smoking Wrapper Composition for Odor Reduction and Stability
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing smoking material wrappers fail to effectively reduce sidestream smoke smell and enhance the smoking experience by imparting a low-irritation tobacco smoke taste, while also risking discoloration and degradation of the cigarette paper.
Innovation Solution
Incorporating vanilla materials such as vanillin, ethyl vanillin, and ethyl vanillin glucoside, along with cigar fibers, into the smoking material wrapper, with specific weight ratios and color space values to maintain scent retention and reduce sidestream smoke smell.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Object-affected harmful factors
If vanilla materials are added to the smoking material wrapper to reduce sidestream smoke smell and impart low-irritation tobacco smoke taste, then the smoking experience is enhanced and sidestream smoke smell is reduced, but the cigarette paper may undergo discoloration and degradation
Solution Approach 1:
The patent specifies precise parameter ranges for vanilla material content (0.5% to 10% by weight) and cigar fiber content (5% to 80% by weight) to optimize the balance between reducing sidestream smoke smell and preventing cigarette paper degradation. These controlled parameter changes ensure the vanilla scent is sufficient to mask harmful odors while the amounts remain low enough to prevent discoloration and maintain paper stability.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent creates a composite material system by combining vanilla materials (vanillin, ethyl vanillin, or ethyl vanillin glucoside) with cigar fibers and cigarette paper. This composite structure allows the vanilla components to provide scent masking and irritation reduction while the cigar fibers and paper matrix provide structural stability and prevent degradation, resolving the contradiction between harmful factor reduction and material reliability.
2Object-affected harmful factors
If vanilla materials are added to the smoking material wrapper to impart low-irritation tobacco smoke taste, then tobacco taste satisfaction is improved, but the complexity of the wrapper composition increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent reduces composition complexity by specifying narrow parameter ranges for vanilla material content (0.5% to 10%) and cigar fiber content (5% to 80%), along with defined CIELAB color space parameters (L* 50-80, a* 1-15, b* 20-30). These controlled parameters ensure consistent low-irritation tobacco taste without requiring complex multi-component formulations or processing steps.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
The solution provides a vanilla-scented smoking material wrapper that reduces sidestream smoke smell, maintains tobacco taste satisfaction, and minimizes discoloration issues, enhancing the overall smoking experience.
Implementation Method 1
Incorporating vanilla materials such as vanillin, ethyl vanillin, and ethyl vanillin glucoside, along with cigar fibers, into the smoking material wrapper... reduces sidestream smoke smell
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AI summary
A smoking material wrapper for wrapping a smoking material portion of a smoking article includes tobacco fibers and at least one vanilla material from among vanillin, ethyl vanillin, and ethyl vanillin glucoside. A smoking article includes a smoking material portion wrapped with the smoking material wrapper; a filter portion wrapped with a filter wrapper, and a tipping wrapper wrapped around the filter portion and at least a partial area of the smoking material portion such that the smoking material portion and the filter portion are combined.