Patent ID: 9339060
Filing Date: 2016-05-17
CPC Classification: A24D,B01J

Claim Text:
1. A breakable capsule suitable for being incorporated in a filter of a smoking device, said breakable capsule comprising a core and a shell, said core comprising an aromatic agent, wherein: said breakable capsule is an essentially spherical seamless capsule; said breakable capsule has an outer diameter in the range of 2 to 8 mm; said shell has a thickness in the range of 10 to 500 microns; said breakable capsule has an initial crush strength Ci from 0.5 kp to 2.5 kp; said breakable capsule retains a crush strength Cf from 0.5 kp to 2.5 kp after having been submitted to the smoking test A; said breakable capsule has a deformation of less than two thirds of its diameter prior to rupture, after having been submitted to the smoking test A; and said shell comprises from 4% to 95% w/w of the total dry weight of the shell of at least one hydrocolloid that confers said crush strength and deformation properties to said capsule after having been submitted to the smoking test A.