US1972118A - Medicated stick - Google Patents

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/ Sept. 4, 1934. R, D, McDlLL 4 1,972,118

MEDICATED STICK Filed Jan. 7. 1932 ATTORNEYS,

Patented Sept. 4, 1934 PATENT OFFICE UNITED STATES 3 Claims.

This invention relates to a device for supplying flavoring or scenting material to articles packed in containers, and is particularly applicable to the supplying of flavoring or perfuming sub- 5 stances to tobacco products, for instance cigarettes, cigars or the like.

An object of the invention is to provide an improved flavor or scent supplying device.

Another object is to provide an improved perfume or scent supplying device which will be simple in construction and easily applied.

Other objects will hereinafter appear.

The invention will be better understood from the description of several practical embodiments thereof illustrated in the accompanying drawing,

in which;

Figure 1 is a perspective view of one embodiment of the invention.

Figure 2 is a perspective view of the device of Figure 1, being applied to a package of cigarettes;

and

Figures 3 and 4 are perspective views of other embodiments of the device.

For the flavoring or scenting of cigarettes and other tobacco products a number of volatile compounds are available, these consisting mainly of terpenes, aldehydes, ketones, and esters. The terpenes, while imparting distinctive taste and smell properties, are in general unsuitable for this purpose because of the irritating effect of these compounds upon the nucous membrane of the throat, while many of the other compounds of the three remaining groups, namely the aldehydes, ketones, and esters may be used without such irritating efiects.

The following'have been found particularly suitable for this purpose; artificial clover, menthol, terpeneless eucalyptus, orange, peppermint, spearmint, and artificial Turkish (Valerian), the

. 40 artificial clover and menthol producing particularly pleasant effects.

To apply any of such ethereal flavoring matters, I find that particularly good results are obtained by supplying a small quantity of the flavoring matters desired to a package of cigarettes or the like by placing the flavoring matter within an absorbent member, inserting the member in the package and allowing the flavoring matter to vaporize and permeate the contents of the package.

I have accordingly provided several types of absorbent conveyors by which the flavoring matter may be conveniently supplied to the interior of the package, some of these being illustrated in the accompanying drawing, and which will now be described in detail.

Figure 1 shows a wooden piece of substantially rectangular configuration having parallel side edges 2 and 3 and provided at one end with a point 4 for convenience in insertion. This piece of Wood should be free from all essential oils and the like normally found in wood, and to render it free of the same should be steamed or the like, and thoroughly dried before application of the flavoring matter.

The flavoring matter may be applied by soaking the stick in the same, it being obvious that a diluted solution may be used to obtain the proper strength, or may be applied by exposing the wooden piece to the flavoring matter in vaporized condition, in which case the latter will permeate the former.

In applying the stick to the package, such as shown in Figure 2, the pointed end is forced 76 through the wrapper, so that the piece of wood will lie between the ends of the articles within the package and the end of the package itself.

If only a faint flavor is desired the stick may be removed after a short time, while if more flavor- 80 ing is desired it may be left within the package longer.

In Figure 3 a carrier is shown consisting of a sheet metal frame comprising aback 7 and inwardly bent edge flanges 8, the flanges extending along both sides of the frame and at one end forming a point 9, the flanges at this point being, if desired, formed to produce a cutting edge to facilitate the insertion of the carrier in the package.

overlying theback 7 and held in place by the flanges 8, is a sheet of absorbent material 10, conveniently blotting paper or the like, to which the flavoring material is applied, as in the case of the first embodiment.

Figure 4 shows a cylindrical piece ofwood 11 provided with a conical point 12 at one end, which may be.used instead of the flat piece of Figures 1 and 2.

While I have described my invention in some 1 particularity it is obvious that many modifications and variations therein may be made without departing from the spirit of the invention and I therefore claim as my invention all embodiments coming within the scope of the appended claims. 5

I claim:

1. A flavoring or scenting material supplying device for supplying the material to the contents of a cigarette package or the like. in which walls of the package are normally in abutting relation no ends of the cigarettes or the like, which com-' prises a carrier frame and an absorbent piece of material therein, said carrier frame and piece of material being adapted to be interposed between the ends of the cigarettes and the walls of the package, and having a sharpened end capable of penetrating the package, said absorbent material being free from deleterious volatile material and impregnated with non-irritating volatile flavoring material comprising aldehyde, ketone or ester.

3. A flavoring or scenting material supplying device for supplying the material to the contents of a cigarette package in which the walls of the packageare normally in abutting relation to the ends of the cigarettes or the like, which comprises a flat body of cellulosic material, said body being adapted to be interposed between the ends of the cigarettes and the walls of the package, said body having a sharpened end and being adapted to penetrate the package or enter through an opening in the package, said body being free from deleterious volatile material and impregmated with non-irritating volatile flavoring material comprising aldehyde, ketone or ester.

REX D. MCDILL.

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