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Glam girl Heddy Lamar may have used her good looks to good effect on the silver screen, but she put her smarts to better use as an inventor. During World War II, she co-patented a frequency-switching system for torpedo guidance that was considered years ahead of its time.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7300394 | Method and device for producing a filter rod Method and device for producing a filter rod. The method includes melting at least one first type of filter material, pressing the at least one first type of filter material through at least one nozzle, depositing the at least one first type of filter material on a ... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7045565 | UV cross-linkable melt adhesives containing stabilizers A composition containing a melt-processing water-free, solvent-free polyacrylate and an anti-oxidizing agent which contains at least one aromatically bonded hydroxyl group and which is exclusively comprised of hydrogen, carbon and oxygen atoms. ... | 05/16/2006 |
| 6927248 | Colored composition comprising a bituminous binder and uses thereof The invention concerns a composition comprising: (1) an asphaltene-free bituminous binder mixture, containing at least a plasticizing agent based on an aliphatic hydrocarbon compound, at least a structuring agent based on a cycloaliphatic hydrocarbon polymer and opt... | 08/09/2005 |
| 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 |
| 6568399 | Low application temperature hot melt adhesive for cigarette preparation A cigarette filter, process to manufacture, wherein a low application temperature ethylene copolymer based hot melt adhesive is applied to porous and/or nonporous plugwrap paper. As used herein, low application temperatures are temperature between 200° F... | 05/27/2003 |
| 6021782 | Method of and system for cigarette tipping glue skip detection and rejection A method of and system for detecting glue skips on tipping paper used to secure filters to cigarette tobacco rods and the rejection of defective cigarettes based thereon in which a particle radiation sensor is used to monitor the amount of glue applied to... | 02/08/2000 |
| 5887595 | Filter assembly machine A filter assembly machine wherein a succession of tobacco articles, each defined by at least one cigarette portion aligned with a respective filter, and a succession of respective gummed strips are fed by a conveyor drum to a first and a second rolling wh... | 03/30/1999 |
| 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 |
| 5645087 | Method of and apparatus for decontaminating the exposed surfaces of filter mouthpieces in smokers' products Fragments of plastic fibers, such as cellulose acetate fibers, forming part of mouthpieces of filter cigarettes or like rod-shaped smokers' products tend to become separated from the respective filter mouthpieces at the end faces which develop in response... | 07/08/1997 |
| 5261423 | Droplet jet application of adhesive or flavoring solutions to cigarette ends A method and apparatus are provided for applying an adhesive or flavoring 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 tobacc... | 11/16/1993 |
| 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 |
| 4986284 | Cigarette manufacture Apparatus for applying adhesive foam or other liquid-based ingredients to the ends of cigarettes includes a source of suction, a device for carrying and moving a series of flexible tubular sealing members 50 each of which is aligned with a respective ciga... | 01/22/1991 |
| 4966170 | Tobacco processing A method and apparatus are disclosed for applying foamed material to tobacco, and for drying and setting the foamed material, particularly in connection with the making of cigarettes. The foamed material may be added to the tobacco, for example, in the pa... | 10/30/1990 |
| 4856536 | Cigarette manufacture Apparatus for applying measured quantities of foamed adhesive to the ends of cigarettes comprises a drum 10 arranged to having apertures 14A aligned with the respective cigarettes 12 and arranged to recieve foam from a source 18 adjacent to the plate, cha... | 08/15/1989 |
| 4785831 | Method and apparatus for minimizing loose ends in cigarettes 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 or may be "printed" onto the cigarette ends. The expansion ratio of the foam in preferably at... | 11/22/1988 |
| 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 |
| 4715388 | Cigarettes having minimized loose ends and a process for preparing same Cigarettes having reduced loose end propensity and a process for preparing same are disclosed. The cigarettes are prepared from shredded smoking material having been uniformly treated with a free-flowing non-deliquescent, hygroscopic powder and aged prior... | 12/29/1987 |
| 4411279 | Smoking product and process for manufacturing same Filter-tipped cigarettes, cigars and similar smoking products which employ self-supporting non-wrapped fibrous filters are disclosed wherein the tobacco-containing portions are attached to the fibrous filters by tipping paper that is coated in a specified... | 10/25/1983 |
| 4403619 | Method and apparatus for influencing the permeability of wrappers of filter cigarettes or the like Discrete uniting bands which are used in a filter tipping machine to connect filter plugs with plain cigarettes consist of foraminous material, and the permeability of such material is varied, when necessary, by changing the quantity of adhesive which is ... | 09/13/1983 |
| 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 |
| 4331166 | Cigarette The sensory effect of cigarette smoke is improved by using a disc (24) to shape the flow of smoke (32) leaving smoking article (10) into a divergent pattern, thus increasing the perceived flavor of the cigarette. The effect is most useful with cigarettes ... | 05/25/1982 |
| 4282889 | Method and apparatus for influencing the permeability of wrappers of filter cigarettes or the like Discrete uniting bands which are used in a filter tipping machine to connect filter plugs with plain cigarettes consist of foraminous material, and the permeability of such material is varied, when necessary, by changing the quantity of adhesive which is ... | 08/11/1981 |
| 4249547 | Method and apparatus for applying adhesive to running webs of wrapping material One side of a running web of wrapping material which is to be converted into discrete uniting bands in a filter tipping machine is provided with one or more patterns of adhesive strips by a roller which dips into a supply of adhesive and directly or indir... | 02/10/1981 |
| 4174720 | Glue transfer apparatus for cigarette filters A filter is formed by placing increments of glue in spaced apart relation on a moving stream of plug wrap paper and thereafter depositing alternating fibrous filter sections on the glue increments. Particulate marterial is then deposited between the fibro... | 11/20/1979 |
