Celebrity Inventors
Lawrence Welk, the bandleader who entertained millions of Americans over a generation of broadcasting his TV show, once received a patent: for a music-themed design of an ashtray.
PatentStorm News
Make the Most of Our Site
See this month's Top Inventors and Most Cited Patents.
Stay on top of the latest innovations by subscribing to an RSS feed.
Registered users: Manage your profile.
| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8171941 | Cigarette customization apparatus and associated method An apparatus for customizing an as-formed cigarette is provided, wherein the as-formed cigarette has a cylindrical rod configuration defining a longitudinal axis, and includes a filter rod portion and a contiguous tobacco rod portion. Such an apparatus comprises a f... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8069859 | Wrapping paper inspection apparatus and tobacco wrapping machine A wrapping paper inspection apparatus includes a nozzle arranged in a wrapping-paper discharge path, in which wrapping paper is wound and continuously discharged, for wetting one side of the wrapping paper with a liquid; an image pickup section for irradiating light... | 12/06/2011 |
| 7509961 | Cigarettes and cigarette components containing nanostructured fibril materials Cigarettes and cigarette components such as tobacco cut filler and cigarette paper, and methods for making cigarette components are provided that comprise nanostructured fibrils. The nanostructured fibrils, which can be formed and deposited in situ on tobacco cut fi... | 03/31/2009 |
| 7332037 | Numerical jet machine for the application of a coating onto a substrate The invention concerns a contactless numerical printing machine for products of average fluidity, such as varnish, glue, and conducting or scratchable ink, onto a substrate of variable thickness and dimensions. The machine includes a special device for printing with... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7296578 | Equipment and methods for manufacturing cigarettes An additive material is applied to a substrate, such as a paper web used as a wrapping material for cigarette manufacture. A predetermined pattern of additive material is applied to the outer surface of the wrapping material of a formed cigarette, and most preferabl... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7281540 | Equipment and methods for manufacturing cigarettes Cigarettes are manufactured having smokable rods with paper wrapping materials having additive materials applied thereto as patterns. The additive materials can be applied to a continuous, moving paper web on a cigarette making apparatus using application apparatus ... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7276120 | Materials 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 material can be applied as a coating formulati... | 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 |
| 7238233 | Cleaning device for a glue-spreading element A cleaning device and method is provided for a glue-spreading element, which spreads glue in a working position onto a material web, in particular a paper web, and which can be moved to a cleaning position inside the cleaning device. At least one scraper element is ... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7237557 | Method of and apparatus for applying adhesive to webs of wrapping material Apparatus for the application of adhesive to one side of a running web of tipping paper for use in filter cigarette makers has a single source of adhesive or two or more sources containing identical or different adhesives, and one or more conduits leading from the s... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7047982 | Method for registering pattern location on cigarette wrapping material 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 material can be applied as a coating formulati... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7032445 | System and method for automatically measuring and tracking a feature of material used during a manufacturing process A feature of paper used in the production of a cigarette and the effect of the feature on the finished cigarette is automatically measured at specific locations along the paper, and data related to the measurement is stored in a database file. Indicia including the ... | 04/25/2006 |
| 6997190 | Wrapping materials for smoking articles Smokable rods of cigarettes are manufactured using wrapping materials that incorporate at least one fibrous material (e.g., flax fibers, hardwood pulp fibers and/or softwood pulp fibers) at least one filler material (e.g., calcium carbonate in particulate form). The... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6976493 | Wrapping materials for smoking articles Smokable rods of cigarettes are manufactured using wrapping materials that incorporate at least one fibrous material (e.g., flax fibers, hardwood pulp fibers and/or softwood pulp fibers) at least one filler material (e.g., calcium carbonate in particulate form). The... | 12/20/2005 |
| 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 |
| 6929013 | Wrapping materials for smoking articles Smokable rods of cigarettes are manufactured using wrapping materials that incorporate at least one fibrous material (e.g., flax fibers, hardwood pulp fibers and/or softwood pulp fibers) at least one filler material (e.g., calcium carbonate in particulate form). The... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6904917 | Method of manufacturing cigarette suppressing spread of burn and apparatus for manufacturing cigarette suppressing spread of burn An apparatus includes a unit which forms burn control agent coated regions on a web of a wrapping paper transferred by a wrapping paper transfer unit at a plurality of positions separated from each other in the longitudinal or in the width direction of the web, a un... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6848449 | Low fire-spreading smoking article and method of manufacturing the same A smoking article is manufactured through supplying a tobacco filler material onto a tobacco wrapping paper sheet that is transferred, wrapping the tobacco filler material supplied onto the tobacco wrapping paper sheet with the tobacco wrapping paper sheet so as to ... | 02/01/2005 |
| 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 |
| 6725867 | Process for producing smoking articles with reduced ignition proclivity characteristics and products made according to same A process for reducing the permeability of a paper wrapper used in the construction of a smoking article is disclosed. The paper wrapper is treated with a film-forming composition that forms treated discrete areas on the wrapper. The treated discrete areas have a pe... | 04/27/2004 |
| 6103013 | Marker inserting device for web converting apparatus This disclosure relates to a method and apparatus for reliably inserting a tab or other marker into a bobbin of material which is undergoing a converting or other processing step. A spindle having a retention device such as a vacuum or magnetic zone which... | 08/15/2000 |
| 6053175 | Method for treating smoking article A method for treating a formed tobacco product/smoking article is disclosed. The method includes a two phase process. The first phase involves exposing the formed tobacco product to aromatic extracts to introduce vapor of the extracts to an interior of th... | 04/25/2000 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 5403871 | Starch based natural adhesive for use in cigarette manufacture An adhesive for use in cigarette manufacturing which is a natural based liquid starch phosphate material having good flow or fluidity characteristics and viscosity stability and comprises a phosphorylated starch material made from a fluidity or converted ... | 04/04/1995 |
| 5329004 | Method of manufacturing cigarettes using high amylopectin starch phosphate material as an adhesive An adhesive for use in cigarette manufacturing which is a natural based liquid starch phosphate material having good flow or fluidity characteristics and viscosity stability and comprises a phosphorylated starch material made from a fluidity or converted ... | 07/12/1994 |
| 5249587 | Gear transmission for printer die in cigarette making machine In the printer section of a cigarette making machine, pivotable gear train is provided between a printer die gear and an input gear to change the rotation characteristics of the printer die gear with respect to the input gear. The gear train has different... | 10/05/1993 |
| 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 |
| 5200020 | Apparatus and method for laminating patches of a first web material onto a second web material Apparatus and a method for laminating patches to a base web accurately, and as efficiently as possible, are provided. Two webs are fed at speeds which are related as the ratio of the width of each patch to the separation distance between patches, the patc... | 04/06/1993 |
| 5168883 | Apparatus for applying tax stamps to cigarettes in cartons and for repacking cartons An apparatus for automatically applying trasfers to packages in any size of cartons, such as revenue stamps to cigarettes while in cartons. Initially, cigarette cartons of any size are loaded onto a conveyor belt where they are carried to the various stat... | 12/08/1992 |
| 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 |
| 5154192 | Thermal indicators for smoking articles and the method of application of the thermal indicators to the smoking article Thermal indicators for non-combustion smoking articles which chemically react when heated to provide visual indications of temperature changes are disclosed. The indicators comprise organic acids, sugars, or amines combined with sugars. The indicators are... | 10/13/1992 |
| 4987908 | Thermal indicators for smoking articles Thermal indicators for non-combustion smoking articles which physically change when heated to provide visual indications of temperature changes are disclosed. The indicators comprise waxes or other compounds which melt away to reveal colored substrates, o... | 01/29/1991 |
| 4898187 | Cigarette manufacture Loss of tobacco from the ends of cigarettes is reduced or prevented by applying foamed adhesive thereto. The foam may in general be blown onto the cigarette ends [(FIGS. 1, 2 and 4)] or may be "printed" onto the cigarette ends [(FIG. 3 and FIGS. 5 and 6)]... | 02/06/1990 |
| 4821748 | Hand-held cigarette-coloring device A hand-held cigarette-coloring device that transfers a liquid pigment onto the external paper of cigarettes as the cigarettes are passed through the device.... | 04/18/1989 |
| 4784163 | Process for producing smoking rod wrapper and smoking rod containing same A printing ink comprises a liquid vehicle, containing a binder, and a smoke-enhancing additive in the form of particles that are insoluble in the liquid vehicle and that have sizes in the range 5-80 microns, preferably at least 90% of the particles having... | 11/15/1988 |
| 4781203 | Method and apparatus for making self-extinguishing cigarette A cigarette making apparatus for making self-extinguishing cigarettes including an electromagnetically actuated spray nozzle for directing a solution of sodium silicate onto a stream of tobacco at predetermined intervals such that when the stream of tobac... | 11/01/1988 |
| 4766911 | Method for tracing smoking articles Cigarettes can be coded and identified at a later time by perforating the tipping paper to provide air dilution characteristics to the cigarette. The perforation pattern employed has a unique, predetermined configuration which is recorded and used at a la... | 08/30/1988 |
| 4679574 | Cigarette A cigarette made of cut tobacco rolled in a paper having a refractory layer with a predetermined pattern bonded to or imprinted upon the interior surface of the paper. The pattern is formed outside of rows and columns of what eventually become elongated s... | 07/14/1987 |
| 4653516 | Method for simultaneously producing two continuous streams of cigarettes A method for producing two continuous streams of cigarettes in which a continuous paper web is cut longitudinally to form two strips which are fed through a tobacco loading device and along respective guides for forming respective continuous rods and then... | 03/31/1987 |
