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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 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 |
| 7325547 | Curling device A curling device for a filter tip attachment comprises at least one blade-like element offered to a continuous strip of paper material at a selected contact zone in such a way as to deform the material as it advances, so that single tipping papers separated from the... | 02/05/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7261681 | Method and apparatus for applying additive to a moving, spread-out filter material web A method and apparatus for supplying an additive to a moving web of filter material of the tobacco-processing industry are provided. An adjustable window defines an opening, and additive is applied through the window opening onto the web. ... | 08/28/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7140164 | Method of and apparatus for applying adhesive to running webs of paper and the like A novel and improved method of applying adhesive to one side of a running web of wrapping material for a rod-like filler of filter material for tobacco smoke includes directing toward the one side of the web a stream of adhesive which issues from an open-and-shut or... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7090726 | Direct feed extruder supply system A pair of hoses connects directly from the feed pumps to the extruder without utilizing a PCV (pressure compensating valve). Each feed unit has automatic air pressure relief through a solenoid valve on top of the feed unit so that the unit does not stall at full sta... | 08/15/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7073514 | Equipment and 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 ... | 07/11/2006 |
| 6964230 | Method of and apparatus for applying, monitoring and correcting patterns of adhesive on running webs of paper and the like An improved method of and an improved apparatus for detecting and correcting unsatisfactory patterns of adhesive is applied to a running web of paper or the like in a tobacco processing machine by a cyclically operated paster. A linear scanning camera is employed to... | 11/15/2005 |
| 6932752 | Multiple garniture belt drive system for filter rod machinery A machine for producing an endless filter rod comprises a multi-section garniture and a multiple garniture belt drive system that includes several garniture belts having linear aligned portions for delivering filter paper with filter components thereon through the s... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6913023 | Filter attaching apparatus A filter attaching apparatus comprises a drum 20 for conveying an intermediate product of a filter cigarette and a receiving drum 36 for feeding a tip paper piece, and winds the tip paper piece around the intermediate product while rotating these drums... | 07/05/2005 |
| 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 |
| 6805133 | Apparatus for stabilizing air permeability characteristic of filter cigarettes An apparatus for stabilizing air permeability characteristic of filter cigarettes has a drying unit (20) for preliminarily drying a tip-paper web (W) in the process of supplying the web (W) to a rolling section of a filter attachment machine. The drying unit ... | 10/19/2004 |
| 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 |
| 6543457 | Apparatus for applying adhesive to a running web of wrapping material for smokers products The application of adhesive to selected non-perforated sections of one side of a running web of tipping paper in a filter cigarette making machine is carried out in such a way that the adhesive is invariably applied only to the non-perforated sections whi... | 04/08/2003 |
| 5862807 | Apparatus for heating the adhesive-containing seams of wrappers of rods of the tobacco processing industry A sealer for the adhesive-containing seam of a tubular wrapper surrounding a running filler of tobacco or filter material for tobacco smoke has an at least partially ceramic heating device which contacts the moving seam and contains an electric conductor ... | 01/26/1999 |
| 5735292 | Method and device for the production of filter tip bands for ventilated cigarettes A method and device for the production of filter tip bands for ventilated cigarettes, according to which a continuous strip is advanced along a pre-set feed path, an adhesive substance is applied to the strip using a gumming device, defining on the strip ... | 04/07/1998 |
| 5634477 | Paste transfer apparatus for a filter cigarette manufacturing system A paste transfer apparatus for a filter cigarette manufacturing system includes a movable guide roller and a fixed guide roller separated from each other in the traveling direction of tip paper, and a paste transfer roller is arranged between these guide ... | 06/03/1997 |
| 5630432 | Droplet jet application of adhesive to cigarette ends A method and apparatus are provided for applying an adhesive solution to the coal end of a cigarette by means of a precisely controlled liquid jet spray to bond shreds of tobacco in the cigarette end and to thereby reduce the amount of tobacco which falls... | 05/20/1997 |
| 5531233 | Method of and apparatus for applying adhesive to cigarette paper and the paper and cigarette produced thereby An adhesive spray delivery apparatus and a method of applying a predetermined quantity of anchoring adhesive in a predetermined spray pattern to an advancing web of cigarette paper are disclosed. The apparatus includes a pressurized spray system under con... | 07/02/1996 |
| 5490875 | Adhesive composition for cigarette seams The adhesive composition is a cooked blend of a waxy starch white dextrin and a waxy starch hydrolysate having a DE of around 20. The adhesive composition can be made to have a solids level of up to 70% and the ratio of dextrin to hydrolysate in the adhes... | 02/13/1996 |
| 5479947 | Cigarette making machine A device for applying adhesive to the wrapper in a cigarette making machine (particularly upstream of the garniture) includes a conveyor for conveying the wrapper web (18) along a path between two guides (24, 26), a pair of nozzles (28, 30) each of which ... | 01/02/1996 |
| 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 |
| 5248375 | Apparatus for applying adhesive to webs to wrapping material in tobacco processing machines Two parallel webs of wrapping material are advanced toward the inlet of a wrapping mechanism in a twin cigarette rod making, filter rod making or like machine adjacent a paster with two wheel-shaped rotary applicators which apply strips of adhesive to sel... | 09/28/1993 |
| 5226432 | Method of and apparatus for draping rod-like fillers into webs of wrapping material A continuous rod-like filler of tobacco or filter material for tobacco smoke and a continuous web of cigarette paper or other wrapping material are advanced at a plurality of different speeds toward and into a wrapping mechanism wherein the web is draped ... | 07/13/1993 |
| 5222509 | Method of making cigarettes and apparatus therefore A method of and apparatus for stabilizing shredded tobacco leaves at an end of a cigarette will prevent the shredded tobacco leaves from dropping the cigarette. The method comprises the steps of: applying adhesive to a paper wrapper in the crosswise direc... | 06/29/1993 |
| 5191906 | Process for making wrappers for smoking articles which modify the burn rate of the smoking article A process for making smoking article wrappers so as to modify the mass burn rate of the smoking article.... | 03/09/1993 |
| 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 |
| 5156169 | Apparatus for making cigarettes An apparatus for making smokable rods having smokable material contained in first and second wrapping materials, the first wrapping circumscribing the smokable material and the second wrapping material circumscribing and overwrapping the first wrapping ma... | 10/20/1992 |
| 5085228 | Starch based natural adhesives used in cigarette manufacture An adhesive for use in cigarette manufacturing which is a natural based starch material having excellent flow or fluidity characteristics and viscosity stability and comprising a mixture of crosslinked starch and a fluidity or converted starch, particular... | 02/04/1992 |
| 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 |
| 4776351 | Method of and apparatus for applying adhesive to a running web of wrapping material of the tobacco processing industry One side of a running web of wrapping material of the tobacco processing industry is provided with adhesive by a nozzle which discharges a stream of minute droplets of liquid adhesive. The droplets are charged by a first electrode immediately after they i... | 10/11/1988 |
| 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 |
| 4667687 | Uniting rod-like articles, particularly for filter cigarette manufacture Filter cigarettes are produced by uniting tobacco sections (12, 122) and filter portions (21, 120) with a wrapper (28, 124) which carries a relatively thick circumferential bead (126) of adhesive or other filler material to provide an effective seal aroun... | 05/26/1987 |
| 4575368 | Method and apparatus for making filters A method and apparatus for manufacturing tobacco filters are provided. Tobacco filter components are placed on a tape of wrapping paper which has a larger edge-to-edge size than the circumference of the filter components. Said tape is guided around the fi... | 03/11/1986 |
| 4417934 | Monitoring a deposit on a travelling web Method of monitoring a line of adhesive deposited on a travelling paper web to check for accidental omission of adhesive wherein the adhesive has a distinguishing relative permittivity and is sensed by a capacitive proximity sensor. The web may be plugwra... | 11/29/1983 |
| 4371571 | Wide-band and continuous line adhesive applicator and method for cigarette filter attachment and the like This disclosure involves periodically bumping webs such as a cigarette filter paper or the like against a shear surface disposed beyond a multi-nozzle adhesive extruder to provide longitudinally intermittent bands of adhesive coatings for the filters or t... | 02/01/1983 |
| 4361156 | Method and applicator for applying glue to a travelling stream of tipping paper The applicator roll is provided with two recesses to apply uniform layers of glue to a travelling stream of tipping paper. In addition, the applicator roll has a series of spaced apart grooves in each recess so as to apply additional stripes of glue onto ... | 11/30/1982 |
| 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 |
