- 30 Fig. I FLAVOUR CAPSULE FOR ENHANCED FLAVOUR DELIVERY IN Improved delivery of additive materials to cigarettes is provided through the use of one or more capsules 10 containing additive materials, such as flavor components, in the filter section 40 of a cigarette. The sealed capsule or capsules are subjected to an external force, such as squeezing, by a smoker prior to or during 10 smoking of the cigarette in order to release at least a portion of the additive material from the one or more capsules and expose the additive material to mainstream smoke passing through the filter. The sealed capsules provide a barrier between the additive materials and other cigarettes components, such as sorbents or filter materials, in order to reduce additive material migration into the other cigarette components prior 15 to desired use. 20/04/11,19206 speci.doc,30 20 70 20 20 A - <； -B: c FIG. 1 FIG. 3Cigareta koja sadrži duvanski štapić (60) spojen sa filterom (40), pri čemu se filter sastoji od diskretnih, aksijalno razdvojenih sekcija, naznačena time što filter sadži prvu sekciju (45) sa filterskim materijalom, drugu sekciju (50), koja sadrži aktivni ugalj, i treću sekciju (70) sa jednom ili više kapsula (10) u kojima se nalazi aditivni materijal za modifikaciju karakteristika duvanskog dima tokom pušenja cigarete, pri čemu svaka kapsula (10) sadrži:lomljivi zid koji okružuje aditivni materijal, pri čemu se lomljivi zid poddejstvom eksterne sile na kapsulu lomi da bi se oslobodio aditivni materijal.Prijava sadrži još 14 patentnih zahteva.
