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...that Charles Goodyear performed some of his experiments on rubber while in debtor's prison? He was there so often he referred to it as his "hotel". Chronically in debt because of poor business sense and ill health, Goodyear depended on the generosity of friends and family. Even after he unlocked the secret to vulcanizing rubber, he was unable to improve his financial situation. When he died, his estate was $200,000 in debt.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7314049 | Unit for transferring cigarette sticks from a cigarette maker to a filter tip attachment Cigarette sticks are transferred from a cigarette maker to a filter tip attachment by a unit that includes a conveying roller made to rotate in a first feed direction and furnished with channels aligned on a second direction transverse to the first direction. Each c... | 01/01/2008 |
| 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 |
| 5067498 | Tube cutting and forming apparatus An apparatus for cutting and forming tubular members useful for positioning heat sources inside a smoking article is disclosed. The tubular members are carried by a plurality of fluted drums from one operation to the next. The tubular members are cut to t... | 11/26/1991 |
| 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 |
| 4869274 | Cooling apparatus for use in the manufacture of tobacco filters Apparatus for use in cooling heated filter rods particularly in the manufacture of cigarette filters is in the form a conduit through which the heated filter rod material is passed axially while being subjected to a flow of coolant gas. The conduit is pro... | 09/26/1989 |
| 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 |
| 4480644 | Manufacture of cigarettes For manufacturing rod for cigarette use, rod filler and paper wrapper web are fed continuously to a rod-forming machine in which wrapper web is wrapped about said filler to provide rod and the wrapper is longitudinally lap seamed by bringing heated sealin... | 11/06/1984 |
| 4433694 | Device for applying filters to cigarettes A device for applying filters to cigarettes by means of adhesive connection bands of a type comprising a peripherally grooved conveyor roller which transfers to a position, referred to as rolling position, units comprising two axially aligned cigarettes w... | 02/28/1984 |
| 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 |
| 4368743 | Method and machine for treating uniting bands in filter tipping machines or the like One side of the web which is subdivided into uniting bands in a filter tipping machine is coated with a water-containing adhesive. A certain percentage of water is expelled from the adhesive prior to application of uniting bands to groups of coaxial plain... | 01/18/1983 |
| 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 |
| 3985144 | Apparatus for forming cigarette filters This invention relates to an apparatus for forming cigarette filters, including a drum for receiving and holding a plurality of filters and a heated probe which can be moved into contact with the filters to form the filters into a desired configuration.... | 10/12/1976 |
| 3958498 | Method and apparatus for forming cigarette filters This invention relates to a method and apparatus for forming cigarette filters, including a means for receiving and holding a plurality of filters and a heated probe which can be moved into contact with the filters to form the filters into a desired confi... | 05/25/1976 |
