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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6553999 | Manufacture of cigarette assemblies having a pre-formed tubular band and a pre-formed tobacco rod Self-made cigarettes, i.e. tobacco products that are supplied in unsmokable condition in the form of a tobacco-bearing component (12) comprising a tobacco rod (14) attached to a porous filter (16) at least part of the surface of which is highly permeable,... | 04/29/2003 |
| 6152145 | Process and apparatus for producing a (cigarette) rod For the continuous production of the cigarette rod (10), the strip-like outer wrapper (12) and a tobacco strand (11) are provided on a forming belt (15) and conveyed, with the latter, through a rod-forming unit (13). Located within the latter is a forming... | 11/28/2000 |
| 5979458 | Apparatus for transferring layers of rod-shaped articles of the tobacco processing industry Discrete cigarettes or layers of parallel cigarettes which are being propelled by a reciprocable pusher from the magazine into successive receptacles of an indexible conveyor in a cigarette packing machine are prevented from moving away from a stationary ... | 11/09/1999 |
| 5746044 | Product wrapping method A method of wrapping products, whereby gripping assemblies, each for receiving a respective product and a respective sheet of wrapping material, are fed successively in steps and in a given traveling direction along a path extending through a loading stat... | 05/05/1998 |
| 5735987 | Method and device for feeding wrapping material and a tear strip to a user machine A method and device for feeding wrapping material and a tear strip to a user machine, whereby a strip of wrapping material and a tear strip are fed continuously along respective paths to a joining station where they are joined integral with each other to ... | 04/07/1998 |
| 5645089 | Preparatory materials for an article for smoking and a sleeve section therefor The present invention provides prepared materials for making a hand rolled smoking article and a sleeve section for such an article. The materials include a sleeve section having a tube-shaped sleeve and a filler made from finely cut tobacco. The sleeve s... | 07/08/1997 |
| 5529077 | Cigar wrapping device A device for rolling wrappers onto cigar bodies, includes a lower roll unit (10) with a first pair of parallel rolls (14, 16) lying in a horizontal plane and rotatable in the same direction about their own axes for supporting contact with a lower half of ... | 06/25/1996 |
| 5492568 | Starch-based adhesive The present invention relates to a starch-based adhesive composition for use in cigarette manufacture. The adhesive composition includes at least about 2 percent of a dispersible starch that thickens on heating to a temperature greater than about 50° C.... | 02/20/1996 |
| 5293882 | Device for unwinding a bobbin A device for detacking leaf material (T), such as tobacco leaf, from bobbin (B), provided with a frame (1), a table (2) with co-acting detacking member connected to the frame, a winding-off reel (3) for the filled belt-shaped carrier, a winding-up reel (2... | 03/15/1994 |
| 5155140 | Use of adhesive mixtures containing gum arabic for glueing the longitudinal seam of cigarette tube The use of adhesive mixtures containing--per 100 parts by weight water--40 to 120 parts gum arabic, 3 to 80 parts by weight water soluble starch degradation products and/or carboxymethyl starch and/or gelatinized starch and, optionally, typical preservati... | 10/13/1992 |
| 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 |
| 4995406 | Apparatus and method for opening a reel of paper stripping A carriage (6) is moved so that the periphery of a roller (4) rests against the reel (3). The blade (14) of a knife (5) cuts the closing belt of the reel and a few of the outer turns of the strip. The roller is started up so that the scraps are drawn into... | 02/26/1991 |
| 4991597 | Process and apparatus for wrapping cigarette packs in transparent film A process and apparatus for wrapping cigarette packages in transparent film, in which the transparent film is expanded as a result of heating before being wound around the cigarette package and bonded to itself. A tear-open strip is mated with and subsequ... | 02/12/1991 |
| 4732165 | Wrapping mechanism for cigarette rod making and like machines The sizing part of the wrapping mechanism in a cigarette rod making machine has a channel-shaped member with a guide surface extending between a straight edge and a U-shaped edge and composed of an infinite number of straight lines each of which connects ... | 03/22/1988 |
| 4696310 | Paper feed for cigarette making machines A reservoir for a bobbin changer for cigarette paper or a similar paper web includes, adjacent to an inlet (15) at which the paper (10) enters the reservoir, a movable deflector (20) arranged to engage and deflect the paper as it enters the reservoir (at ... | 09/29/1987 |
| 4660574 | Reel attaching and detaching device A reel attaching and detaching device which is to be employed in a cigarette rolling machine is disclosed. It includes a travelling carrier adapted to travel on a pair of rails extending in parallel relation, a pair of revolvable threaded shafts mounted o... | 04/28/1987 |
| 4580580 | Method of cutting out wrappers or binders in two steps from tobacco leaves, and an apparatus for carrying out the method In the production of wrappers or binders of different sizes from tobacco leaves, these leaves are at first divided into strip pieces that are transferred to a conveyor section and by means of a scanner are scanned to ascertain usable areas with preference... | 04/08/1986 |
| 4505281 | Method and device for dividing a whole or a half a tobacco leaf into usable portions, for example, binders or wrappers A method and a device for dividing a whole or half a tobacco leaf into usable portions, for example, binders or wrappers, in which the tobacco leaf is spread on two or more contour knives, the cutting edges of which are pressed across the material of the ... | 03/19/1985 |
| 4495955 | Winding device A device for storing tobacco leaves or parts thereof in a winding belt or a bobbin, mainly comprising a frame having at least one deposition table formed like a suction box (1) having separate sections and a run-on and a run-off rim, a reel (4) for the wi... | 01/29/1985 |
| 4363330 | Method, system and apparatus for cutting profiles from natural leaves There is provided a method, system and apparatus for cutting a profile, such as a cigar wrapper, from a natural leaf, such as a tobacco leaf, wherein the leaf is spread and supported on a support surface in a random position. Thereafter, a leaf facsimile ... | 12/14/1982 |
| 4347856 | Method and apparatus for removing cigar wrappers from the web of a bobbin A method and apparatus for providing cigar wrappers for a cigar wrapping machine. The cigar wrappers are stored in a bobbin which is a continuous web of porous sheet material which is wound into a roll with the cigar wrappers positioned upon one surface o... | 09/07/1982 |
| 4324233 | Feed arrangement for and method of continuously feeding cigars wrappers to cigar wrapping stations of cigar wrapping machines A respacer and/or reorienter feed arrangement is operative for continuously feeding cigar wrappers in proper spaced-apart relationship and/or orientation to a cigar wrapping station of a multi-station cigar wrapping machine which includes a cigar bunch su... | 04/13/1982 |
| 4313435 | Apparatus and method of producing a succession of die cut tobacco blanks A device for supplying a succession of die cut tobacco blanks with a given profile to a web of a coiled type, storage bobbin. This device comprises a set of die cut stations each including a cutting die blade with an upstanding cutting edge matching the p... | 02/02/1982 |
| 4296405 | Device for converting analog signals from a natural leaf scanner into digital signals and method of operating same There is provided a device for converting a succession of analog voltage signals representative of light intensity of light from and controlled by a corresponding succession of finite surface locations of a natural leaf into high or white, low or black an... | 10/20/1981 |
| 4295479 | Method and device for manufacturing cigars A method and a device for the manufacture of cigars in which each bunch or filler is enveloped in a tobacco leaf portion, wherein the bunches or fillers are advanced one after the other along a given length, whilst a tobacco leaf portion is applied along ... | 10/20/1981 |
| 4262681 | Wrapper distributing support band for the manufacture of cigars A wrapper distributing support band for the manufacture of cigars or similar products, wherein the "right" wrappers present a face of the tobacco leaf which is the reverse to that presented by the "left" wrappers.... | 04/21/1981 |
| 4261374 | Supporting anvil for movable cutting platen There is provided an improvement in an apparatus for cutting a profile of a selected shape from a natural sheet material at a given location, which apparatus comprises a cutting platen having an upper generally flat cutting surface and a lower generally f... | 04/14/1981 |
| 4253906 | Device for emptying a belt reel or bobbin filled with tobacco portions A method and device for emptying a belt reel or bobbin filled with tobacco leaves or portions thereof, the belt being withdrawn from the bobbin and wound on a reel, while each time the tobacco leaf portions are removed from the corresponding strip of belt... | 03/03/1981 |
| 4245531 | Device for transferring tobacco leaves and for cutting out wrappers A device for transferring a leaf-like material, such as tobacco leaves, and for cutting out pieces, such as wrappers for cigars, from said material. A drum is employed to remove the leaf-like material from a conveyor and to support the same during the cut... | 01/20/1981 |
| 4236536 | Method for wrapping cigars or like articles in an outer envelope of natural tobacco A method for wrapping cigars or like articles in an outer envelope, or wrapper, made of natural tobacco, which comprises the steps of: at least partially spreading out a non-stripped tobacco leaf, cutting out a first batch of wrappers from one of the half... | 12/02/1980 |
| 4223684 | Method and device for cutting a tobacco leaf into portions suitable for use as binders or wrappers A method and a device for cutting up a tobacco leaf into portions suitable for use as binders or wrappers, in which cutting members are employed, which have a cutting edge matching uninterruptedly the desired circumference of a wrapper or binder wherein a... | 09/23/1980 |
| 4222396 | Apparatus for cutting cigar wrappers from natural tobacco leaves An apparatus for cutting cigar wrappers with a selected profile from a natural tobacco leaf, the apparatus comprises a vacuum supporting structure on a leaf receiving member. An arrangement is provided for selecting a cut position on the leaf and oriented... | 09/16/1980 |
| 4204145 | Method of selecting the cutting position for a cigar wrapper on a tobacco leaf A method of selecting the cutting position of a cigar wrapper having a given shape with respect to a natural tobacco leaf using a remotely created leaf image of a given tobacco leaf, which image includes the outline of the given leaf, the position of the ... | 05/20/1980 |
| 4095606 | Method for carrying flexible goods such as tobacco A carrier film composed of an ultra high molecular weight high density polyethylene is disclosed herein. The carrier film has a pair of opposed surfaces and a pair of opposed edges. The carrier film is perforated with a plurality of circular apertures. On... | 06/20/1978 |
| 3939740 | Wrapper cutter for automatic cigar wrapping machine Method and apparatus for the removal of tobacco cuttings in the wrapper cutting portion of a cigar making machine in which a hollow, rotatable die turret having a pair of hollow die units on its upper surface, air openings at its lower surface and passage... | 02/24/1976 |
| 3930508 | Wrapper absence detecting and control device for cigar machines A pneumatic-electric, or a pneumatic sensing and control system is used in a cigar making machine to prevent a wrapper or binder paster from operating and a formed tobacco member from being delivered to the roller nest when a tobacco strip is not transfer... | 01/06/1976 |
