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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7123987 | Rod member receiving apparatus A receiving apparatus for a filter cigarette making machine comprises a rotatable catcher drum (2). The drum (2) has receiving grooves (6) in its outer circumferential surface, for each receiving a cigarette rod (CR). A rod (CR) received in the ... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7104265 | Filter containing a metal phthalocyanine and a polycationic polymer A tobacco smoke filter comprising one or more than one metal phthalocyanine, such as a copper phthalocyanine or an iron phthalocyanine, and further comprising one or more than one polycationic polymer. ... | 09/12/2006 |
| 6918867 | Production of filter elements not suitable for cutting A method and apparatus for producing multi-segment filter elements in the tobacco-processing industry. The multi-segment filter elements each include a first filter segment and at least one second filter segment. A sleeve element is arranged in the first filter segm... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6481259 | Method for precision bending of a sheet of material and slit sheet therefor A method for precision bending of a sheet of material (31,41,61,91,231) along a bend line (35,45,62-66,96,235) and the resulting sheet are disclosed. A method includes a step of forming and longitudinally extending slits (33,43,68,92,233) through the shee... | 11/19/2002 |
| 6062228 | Biodegradable filter material and method for its manufacture There is provided a biodegradable filter tow or filter material from renewable raw materials for the use as a tobacco smoke filter element of cigarettes, cigars or pipes as well as a method for preparing it, wherein fibers, films or foams prepared in an e... | 05/16/2000 |
| 5725467 | Method of and apparatus for making a tow of filter material for tobacco smoke The treatment of a tow of filamentary filter material for tobacco smoke prior to draping of the resulting filler into a web of wrapping material is followed by advancement of the filler in a plane and single or multiple deflection of successive increments... | 03/10/1998 |
| 4936920 | High void volume/enhanced firmness tobacco rod and method of processing tobacco A tobacco product characterized by improved void volume and firmness characteristics and a method of making a tobacco product by applying binder material to tobacco filler, treating the filler to the extent necessary to cause the filler to become substant... | 06/26/1990 |
| 4924887 | Tobacco rods and filters Tobacco containing cigarette filter plugs comprise strands of tobacco material which are bound with an activated binding agent. The filter plugs exhibit good firmnless and integrity, and provide cigarettes exhibiting a unique tobacco taste. Filter plugs a... | 05/15/1990 |
| 4917660 | Apparatus for producing cylindrical filters Tows of fibers are wrapped around a mandrel or a central fiber core to form a cylindrical filter. At least one belt is located in position to make essentially linear contact with the cylindrical filter, and the at least one belt is driven so as to draw th... | 04/17/1990 |
| 4911684 | Smoking article mouthpieces A method of making a ventilated cigarette filter plug in which a bore is thermally formed, by a laser beam for example, in a rod comprising a duct extending coaxially of the rod and matrix material surrounding the duct. The thermally formed bore extends t... | 03/27/1990 |
| 4883449 | Device for making grooves in cigarette filters An apparatus for sequentially forming a plurality of generally longitudinally extending grooves in the peripheral surface of a filter rod includes a hollow rotatable drum having a plurality of filter rod receiving channels formed in its outer peripheral s... | 11/28/1989 |
| 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 |
| 4795411 | Apparatus for forming annular grooves or slits in rod-shaped articles An apparatus is disclosed for forming annular grooves or slits in rod-shaped articles such as cigarette filter plugs. The apparatus comprises a first endless belt or similar device and, spaced therefrom, a second element defining with the belt a channel o... | 01/03/1989 |
| 4784632 | Tobacco smoke filter and method and apparatus for making same A method and means for making an improved tobacco smoke filter is characterized by the production of longitudinally continuous grooves running from end-to-end in the peripheral surface of a smoke-impervious filter plug wrap with the grooves having a trans... | 11/15/1988 |
| 4723561 | Smoking articles A cigarette comprises a tobacco rod and a filter element of porous filtration material having an air permeable surface and equiangularly spaced lengthwise extending peripheral ventilation grooves. The element and the rod are interattached by a first air-i... | 02/09/1988 |
| 4718435 | Smoking articles There is disclosed a method of operating on a cigarette, which comprises a tobacco rod and a filter element interattached by a thermoplastic tipping wrapper, to allow for the ingress of ventilation air. The filter element also comprises ventilation duct(s... | 01/12/1988 |
| 4677996 | Smoking article mouthpieces A cigarette filter element comprising at least one duct extending from one end to the other of the element, which element is operated on by a heated former moving relatively to it in a rotary fashion. The heated former serves to provide a cavity or annula... | 07/07/1987 |
| 4655736 | Method of manufacturing a tobacco smoke filter A method of manufacturing tobacco smoke filter of filamentous material with at least one end thereof having a preselected fused area embedded in and over at least a portion of the cross-sectional area thereof having a preselected fused area extending over... | 04/07/1987 |
| 4636183 | Apparatus for making grooves in cigarette filters An apparatus for, in one advantageous embodiment, concurrently forming a plurality of generally longitudinally extending grooves in a filter rod, and in another advantageous embodiment, for making small apertures in the grooves as the grooves are being fo... | 01/13/1987 |
| 4636182 | Filter manufacturing method for the production of pre-filters to remove harmful substances in cigarette smoke by use of pine needles A process of manufacturing a pre-filter for the filteration of harmful substances in cigarettes by using pine needles which have been steamed to eliminate the odor of the pine resin. The steamed pine needles then are dried in a shaded lot and formed into ... | 01/13/1987 |
| 4620557 | Cigarette having a mouthpiece and method of making same A cigarette has a cylindrical impermeable mouthpiece located in coaxial abutment to one end of a tobacco column of the cigarette. The mouthpiece includes an annular groove in its peripheral surface and a plurality of longitudinally extending grooves forme... | 11/04/1986 |
| 4601686 | Production of tobacco-smoke filters The subject invention pertains to a device for operating upon a filter-rod lengths comprising a first conveyor for transferring the filter lengths from a supply outlet to a plurality of further conveyors. The further conveyors carry the filter lengths pas... | 07/22/1986 |
| 4594162 | Pleated filter and method and apparatus for fabricating same A filter for separating constituent components of fluids includes a plural-layer sheet-like member which is multiply pleated to provide layers of the same or different porosity or to provide structural support layers for pleating a soft or membrane-like f... | 06/10/1986 |
| 4578053 | Tobacco-smoke filters For the manufacture of filter rod, filtration material and plugwrap being a thermally mouldable paperlike material, are fed, continuously to a rod maker, said plugwrap and rod being brought into contact with a heated moulding means to produce an impressio... | 03/25/1986 |
| 4533427 | Device for making grooves in cigarette filters An apparatus for forming grooves in the peripheral surface of a filter rod includes an endless conveyor device having a generally horizontal top conveyor flight which intermittently moves the filter rods through the apparatus. The endless conveyor device ... | 08/06/1985 |
| 4525161 | Method for producing tobacco smoke filters A method is disclosed for producing tobacco smoke filters wherein a continuous tube of smoke filtration material is ensheathed in a smoke-pervious layer of fibrous material. The ensheathed tube is cut into discrete lengths and in each of the lengths a cro... | 06/25/1985 |
| 4517046 | Device for making grooves in cigarette filters An apparatus for sequentially forming a plurality of generally longitudinally extending grooves in the peripheral surface of a filter rod includes a rotatable drum having a plurality of filter rod receiving channels formed in its outer peripheral surface ... | 05/14/1985 |
| 4514249 | Device for making grooves in cigarette filters An apparatus for forming grooves in the peripheral surface of a filter rod includes two endless conveyor devices located such that one conveyor flight of a first one of the endless conveyor devices is generally parallel to and spaced from one conveyor fli... | 04/30/1985 |
| 4508525 | Method and apparatus for producing tobacco smoke filter having improved tar/carbon monoxide ratio A method and apparatus for producing tobacco smoke filter having an improved tar/carbon monoxide ratio is disclosed. The filter is obtained by sealing off the center portion of the filter with an inner member which is impermeable to the passage of smoke, ... | 04/02/1985 |
| 4492238 | Method and apparatus for production of smoke filter components A method is disclosed according to which a cylindrical object, such as a rod of smoke filter material, is pressed against a heated former element to form a permanent impression in one portion of the object as the former element and the object are simultan... | 01/08/1985 |
| 4436517 | Apparatus for making transverse flow cigarette filters In apparatus for making transverse-flow cigarette filters, a rod of cellulose acetate impregnated with a plasticizing agent and having a porous covering is cut into sections each having a length of several filters. From the cutting station, the rod sectio... | 03/13/1984 |
| 4357188 | Method for manufacturing cigarette filters A method for manufacturing cigarette filters which have a well-stabilized shape in which acetate fibrous tows impregnated with carboxylic acid ester of polyol are formed into a predetermined shape, uniformly impregnated with water, and irradiated with mic... | 11/02/1982 |
| 4355995 | Tobacco smoke filter providing tobacco flavor enrichment, and method for producing same A tobacco smoke filter is disclosed, which provides tobacco flavor enrichment of smoke passing therethrough. The filter comprises a reconstituted tobacco member formed from a coherent sheet of reconstituted tobacco which has been uniformly embossed with a... | 10/26/1982 |
| 4354889 | Ink reservoir element for use in a marking instrument, and method and apparatus for producing same An ink reservoir element for use in a marking instrument is disclosed, which combines good ink holding capacity and good ink release properties with a wide variety of inks. The ink reservoir element is formed from a coherent sheet of flexible thermoplasti... | 10/19/1982 |
| 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 |
| 4324540 | Apparatus for making grooves in tobacco smoke filters Cigarette filters having grooves therein are prepared by subjecting cigarette filters to a groove-making device which includes heated groove-making elements therein, the grooves being formed by the use of heat and pressure as the cigarette filters come in... | 04/13/1982 |
| 4312698 | Fibrous rod forming device A ridge remover for smoothing and shaping rod surfaces where jointure marks occur in fibrous rod manufacture when made using a porous belt garniture device.... | 01/26/1982 |
| 4292032 | Production of tobacco-smoke filters For producing rod-shaped tobacco-smoke filter components each having one or more annular tobacco-smoke barriers, annular grooves open at their peripheries are formed in rod-shaped bodies of smoke-filtration material, the grooved bodies are conveyed in a d... | 09/29/1981 |
| 4285677 | Method and apparatus for the manufacture of cigarette filters containing particulate material Method and apparatus for the manufacture of cigarette filters containing particulate material. Filter material composed of cellulose acetate tow is fed in the axial direction through a gap defined between a first pair of rolls so that the transverse cross... | 08/25/1981 |
| 4261373 | Tobacco filters and method for forming same Molding tobacco filters having a variety of cross-sections which are practically useful in providing various preferable effects such as improvement in pressure drop, balanced adsorption of smoke component or the like, are provided according to a method wh... | 04/14/1981 |
