Vehicular Impact Signaling Device
An apparatus for the deployment of a visible plume to alert other motorists that a proximate motor vehicle has been involved in a collision.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7409956 | Methods for adapting an automated cigarette making apparatus Cigarettes are manufactured using modified automated cigarette making apparatus. Those cigarettes possess smokable rods having paper wrapping materials having additive materials applied thereto as patterns. The additive materials, which can have the forms of liquid ... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7363929 | Materials, equipment and methods for manufacturing cigarettes Cigarettes can be manufactured using modified automated cigarette making apparatus. Those cigarettes can possess smokable rods having paper wrapping materials having additive materials applied thereto as patterns. The additive materials can have the forms of liquid ... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7275548 | Equipment for manufacturing cigarettes Cigarettes manufactured using modified automated cigarette making apparatus can possess smokable rods having additive materials applied to paper wrapping materials as patterns. The additive materials can be applied to a continuous paper web using rollers.) One of th... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7195019 | Equipment for manufacturing cigarettes Cigarettes are manufactured using modified automated cigarette making apparatus. Those cigarettes possess smokable rods having paper wrapping materials having additive materials applied thereto as patterns. The additive materials, are applied to a continuous paper w... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7117871 | Methods for manufacturing cigarettes Cigarettes are manufactured using modified automated cigarette making apparatus. Those cigarettes possess smokable rods having paper wrapping materials having additive materials applied thereto as patterns. The additive materials, which can have the forms of liquid ... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7077145 | Equipment and methods for manufacturing cigarettes Cigarettes manufactured using modified automated cigarette making apparatus can possess smokable rods having paper wrapping materials having additive materials applied as patterns. The additive materials, which can have the forms of liquid or paste formulations, are... | 07/18/2006 |
| 6854469 | Method for producing a reduced ignition propensity smoking article The present invention provides a smoking article having a reduced ignition propensity by reason of one or more cross-directional bands of an adhesive applied to the paper wrapper of the smoking article. The adhesive may be one of a cigarette seam adhesive, a filter ... | 02/15/2005 |
| 6705325 | Apparatus for making cigarette with burn rate modification A cigarette making machine for manufacturing of a cigarette with burn rate modification is described. The cigarette maker allows for mounting of a special bobbin of material which is different in size and width of a normal wrapper bobbin and feeds both the outer wra... | 03/16/2004 |
| 6619292 | Tip paper predrying apparatus A tip paper predrying apparatus attached to a filter attachment includes an infrared lamp unit (16) located in the middle of a transfer path for a tip paper (P). After paste is applied to one surface of the tip paper in a paste applicator section (2), the... | 09/16/2003 |
| 6142154 | Method of feeding wrapper material in manufacturing machines In a method of feeding wrapper material, typically as utilized by machines for the manufacture of tobacco products, a first and a second strip presenting two longitudinal side edges and of dissimilar transverse dimensions are advanced along respective pre... | 11/07/2000 |
| 5645085 | Method and machine for simultaneously producing a number of cigarette rods A method and machine whereby at least two strips of paper, after being supplied with respective continuous layers of shredded tobacco, are fed along a forming beam by respective conveyor belts which are deformed transversely to gradually wind the respecti... | 07/08/1997 |
| 5628331 | Method and machine for simultaneously producing a number of cigarette rods A method and machine whereby at least two strips of paper, after being supplied with respective continuous layers of shredded tobacco, are fed along a forming beam by respective conveyor belts which are deformed transversely to gradually wind the respecti... | 05/13/1997 |
| 5345950 | Apparatus for applying starch paste to tobacco articles A method and apparatus, which are utilized in cigarette making machinery, for applying starch paste for sealing the edges of cigarette paper includes a pencil paster nozzle, means for supplying starch paste under pressure, and a high precision metering pu... | 09/13/1994 |
| 5169481 | Apparatus making thin laminate structures and forming the structures into lightweight, thin-walled tubes An apparatus for laminating at least two strips of strip material and forming the laminate into lightweight, thin-walled tubular members that may be used in the construction of non-combustion smoking articles.... | 12/08/1992 |
| 5131413 | Safety and protective device for association with a unit by which at least one continuous cigarette rod is dried and sealed in cigarette manufacturing machines In a device ensuring safety and protection around the unit by which a cigarette rod is dried and sealed in cigarette manufacturing machinery, a hinged guard is positioned alongside the area of the machine where the heat plate of the drying and sealing uni... | 07/21/1992 |
| 5058607 | Use of reactive hot melt adhesive for manufacture of cigarette filters The plug wrap paper used to form cigarette filters is bonded using a specific class of low viscosity reactive urethane hot melt adhesive compositions which provide a fast setting, temperature resistant bond that is not attacked by aromatic oils solvents o... | 10/22/1991 |
| 5018535 | Method and apparatus for joining and feeding strips of paper The trailing end (5) of a strip of paper (8) which was wound on a first reel (3) is immobilized by means of suction devices (16, 17, 18) relative to a counterplate (19). The trailing end is severed by means of a cutter (29), the rear portion being discard... | 05/28/1991 |
| 4721119 | Rod making machine with means for adjusting the position of wrapping material A cigarette rod making machine wherein a garniture tape transports a web of cigarette paper and a stream of tobacco particles through a wrapping mechanism has a device which monitors the position of the tape in the wrapping mechanism and adjusts a pulley ... | 01/26/1988 |
| 4413637 | Dynamic circumference gage A dynamic circumference gage (70) has a spring which maintains contact with moving cigarette rod (74). Strain gages mounted on opposite faces of the spring indicate changes in the circumference of moving cigarette rod (74). Changes in cigarette rod (74) c... | 11/08/1983 |
| 4336812 | Machine for simultaneously producing two continuous cigarette rods A machine for simultaneously producing two continuous cigarette rods, in which two different units cooperate with each other to form the above two cigarette rods, the first of said units forming two equal strips of paper starting from a single continuous ... | 06/29/1982 |
| 4285678 | Method and apparatus for making composite filter rod Improvements relating to composite filter rods, for producing composite filters for attachment to cigarettes, are obtained by partially enclosing a stream of spaced filter portions in a continuous wrapper so that pockets between the filter portions for re... | 08/25/1981 |
| 4233994 | Wrapping process for cigars with natural tobacco The object of the invention is a wrapping process for cigars with natural tobacco through stamping of a wrapping surface with a pre-manufactured tobacco core and total wrapping of said tobacco core by said surface, a process in which before the stamping o... | 11/18/1980 |
| 4073300 | Method of making Russian cigarettes Russian cigarettes are produced by an in-line system whereby tobacco sections are inserted between spaced tube portions. The tube portions may be fed as preformed tubes or as blanks in the form of flat strips or reverse folded strips for forming into tube... | 02/14/1978 |