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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 4311155 | Process and device for cutting out cigar wrappers from a tobacco leaf The process comprises the step of determining the coordinates of each wrapper to be cut out, allocating a cut-out tool to each wrapper, displacing each of the tools individually to bring them all into similar relative starting positions, and simultaneousl... | 01/19/1982 |
| 4261790 | Apparatus for stripping filter paper from filter rod The sheath covering of a composite structured article is removed from the filler it encircles by slitting the sheath longitudinally at plural locations, the sheath thereafter being vacuum drawn away from the filler for discard while the filler is advanced... | 04/14/1981 |
| 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 |
| 4237908 | Method for manufacturing filter-tipped cigarettes A method for manufacturing filter-tipped cigarettes, in which a band is wound on the end of the cylinder of tobacco and on the filter tip so as to encircle them and connect them together, wherein, on the path followed by the paper serving to constitute th... | 12/09/1980 |
| 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 |
| 4226148 | Device for translating and rotating a cutting platen with respect to a reciprocal cutter A device for cutting a piece of a flat workpiece at a selected location identifiable by two or more binary coded numbers which device includes a cutter, a cutting platen having an upper workpiece supporting surface and a lower portion, a plurality of upst... | 10/07/1980 |
| 4010763 | Adjustable apparatus for cutting wrappers for double cigar bunches of different sizes An adjustable apparatus can cut V-shaped segments of different dimensions from continuous sheets so that the V-shaped segments of different dimensions are suitable for application as wrappers to double cigar bunches of different dimensions. The apparatus ... | 03/08/1977 |
