WO2004057986B1 - Materials, equipment, and methods for manufacturing cigarettes - Google Patents

Materials, equipment, and methods for manufacturing cigarettes

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WO2004057986B1
WO2004057986B1 PCT/US2003/040750 US0340750W WO2004057986B1 WO 2004057986 B1 WO2004057986 B1 WO 2004057986B1 US 0340750 W US0340750 W US 0340750W WO 2004057986 B1 WO2004057986 B1 WO 2004057986B1
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paper web
roller
additive material
pattern
roll
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PCT/US2003/040750
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French (fr)
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Lloyd Harmon Hancock
Ford Mitchell Shore
Russell Dean Barnes
Vernon Brent Barnes
Carl Carlton Greene Jr
John Larkin Nelson
Sydney Keith Seymour
Balager Ademe
Travis Eugene Howard
Calvin Wayne Henderson
Philip Andrew Deal
John Fitzgerald
Robert Leslie Oglesby
Barry Smith Fagg
Original Assignee
Reynolds Tobacco Co R
Lloyd Harmon Hancock
Ford Mitchell Shore
Russell Dean Barnes
Vernon Brent Barnes
Carl Carlton Greene Jr
John Larkin Nelson
Sydney Keith Seymour
Balager Ademe
Travis Eugene Howard
Calvin Wayne Henderson
Philip Andrew Deal
John Fitzgerald
Robert Leslie Oglesby
Barry Smith Fagg
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Priority claimed from US10/324,859 external-priority patent/US20040122547A1/en
Priority claimed from US10/326,539 external-priority patent/US7073514B2/en
Priority claimed from US10/324,418 external-priority patent/US7195019B2/en
Priority claimed from US10/326,521 external-priority patent/US7117871B2/en
Priority claimed from US10/324,836 external-priority patent/US7275549B2/en
Priority claimed from US10/324,837 external-priority patent/US7077145B2/en
Priority claimed from US10/645,996 external-priority patent/US7275548B2/en
Priority claimed from US10/682,582 external-priority patent/US7234471B2/en
Priority to JP2005510029A priority Critical patent/JP2006511238A/en
Priority to CA002511215A priority patent/CA2511215C/en
Application filed by Reynolds Tobacco Co R, Lloyd Harmon Hancock, Ford Mitchell Shore, Russell Dean Barnes, Vernon Brent Barnes, Carl Carlton Greene Jr, John Larkin Nelson, Sydney Keith Seymour, Balager Ademe, Travis Eugene Howard, Calvin Wayne Henderson, Philip Andrew Deal, John Fitzgerald, Robert Leslie Oglesby, Barry Smith Fagg filed Critical Reynolds Tobacco Co R
Priority to BR0317592-8A priority patent/BR0317592A/en
Priority to AU2003303380A priority patent/AU2003303380B2/en
Priority to EP03814254A priority patent/EP1575385A2/en
Publication of WO2004057986A2 publication Critical patent/WO2004057986A2/en
Publication of WO2004057986A3 publication Critical patent/WO2004057986A3/en
Publication of WO2004057986B1 publication Critical patent/WO2004057986B1/en

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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A24—TOBACCO; CIGARS; CIGARETTES; SIMULATED SMOKING DEVICES; SMOKERS' REQUISITES
    • A24D—CIGARS; CIGARETTES; TOBACCO SMOKE FILTERS; MOUTHPIECES FOR CIGARS OR CIGARETTES; MANUFACTURE OF TOBACCO SMOKE FILTERS OR MOUTHPIECES
    • A24D1/00—Cigars; Cigarettes
    • A24D1/02—Cigars; Cigarettes with special covers
    • A24D1/025—Cigars; Cigarettes with special covers the covers having material applied to defined areas, e.g. bands for reducing the ignition propensity
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A24—TOBACCO; CIGARS; CIGARETTES; SIMULATED SMOKING DEVICES; SMOKERS' REQUISITES
    • A24C—MACHINES FOR MAKING CIGARS OR CIGARETTES
    • A24C5/00—Making cigarettes; Making tipping materials for, or attaching filters or mouthpieces to, cigars or cigarettes
    • A24C5/005—Treatment of cigarette paper
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A24—TOBACCO; CIGARS; CIGARETTES; SIMULATED SMOKING DEVICES; SMOKERS' REQUISITES
    • A24C—MACHINES FOR MAKING CIGARS OR CIGARETTES
    • A24C5/00—Making cigarettes; Making tipping materials for, or attaching filters or mouthpieces to, cigars or cigarettes
    • A24C5/14—Machines of the continuous-rod type
    • A24C5/20—Reels; Supports for bobbins; Other accessories

Abstract

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 materials, which can have the forms of liquid or paste formulations (e.g., aqueous formulations incorporating starch or modified starch), are applied to a continuous paper web on the cigarette making apparatus. The formulation is applied to the paper web using application apparatus possessing rollers. For example, additive material is applied to the roll face of a transfer roller due to roll interaction of that transfer roller with a pick-up roller; roll interaction of the transfer roller with an application roller causes transfer of the additive material from the transfer roller to the application roller; and additive material from the application roller is transferred to the paper web that passes between the application roller and a back-up roller. The garniture components of the automated cigarette making apparatus, including a finger rail assembly and an entrance cone, can be modified to include air flow distribution to prevent the paper web and the additive material from contacting the finger rail. A radiant dryer is used to dry the additive material that has been applied to the paper web. The radiant dryer is located on one component of a two component assembly that is used to manufacture cigarettes. A first component of the two component assembly provides a source of paper web, applies additive material to that web in a pattern and dries the paper web; while a second component receives the paper web, supplies tobacco filler, and manufactures a cigarette rod from the paper web and tobacco filler. An alternate assembly system provides a source of paper web, applies additive material to that web in a pattern, dries the paper web, and winds the treated paper web onto a bobbin; and that bobbin is later used to provide a source of paper web on a cigarette making machine that unrolls the bobbin, receives the treated paper web from that bobbin, supplies tobacco filler, and manufactures a cigarette rod from the paper web and tobacco filler. Spectrometric techniques are used to ensure proper registration of the additive material on the cigarette rods so manufactured, and to ensure proper quality of those cigarettes.

Claims

AMENDED CLAIMS [received by the International Bureau on 20 May 2005 (20.05.2005); Original claims 1-57 are replaced by Amended Claims 1-84] What is claimed is:
1. An apparatus for producing on a bobbin a wrapping material for making a smokable rod and having a pattern of additive material applied thereto, the apparatus characterized by: (a) a means for supplying from a first bobbin a continuous strip of a paper web of wrapping material; (b) a means for applying a predetermined pattern of the additive material to the paper web; (c) a means for subjecting the paper web to heat in a controlled manner; and (d) a means for winding the paper web of wrapping material having the additive material applied thereto onto a second bobbin.
2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the means for applying a predetermined pattern of the additive material comprises a roller application apparatus.
3. The apparatus of any of claims 1 or 2, wherein the means for subjecting the paper web to heat comprises a means for providing radiant energy.
4. The apparatus of any of claims 1 to 3, the continuous strip of wrapping material having a longitudinal axis, wherein the apparatus is adapted to apply the pattern as a series of virtually identical bands, each band having an inside edge, wherein each band is essentially perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the wrapping material, and wherein the apparatus is adapted to apply those bands spaced at no less than 15 mm and no greater than 25 mm from the inside edges of those bands.
5. The apparatus of any of claims 1 to 4, further comprising a means for inspecting the paper web after the additive material is applied thereto and prior to being subjected to heat.
6. A method for making a plurality of cigarettes according to claims 1 to 5, each cigarette having a smokable rod circumscribed by a wrapping material having an additive material applied thereto, the method characterized by: providing a first bobbin comprising the wrapping material on a first machine; unwinding the wrapping material from the first bobbin using the first machine; applying the additive material in a pattern to the wrapping material; ensuring that the additive material applied to the wrapping material has a solid form; winding the wrapping material to form on the first machine a second bobbin of wrapping material, the wrapping material having the additive material applied thereto; removing the second bobbin from the first machine; mounting the second bobbin on an automated cigarette making apparatus; and using the automated cigarette making apparatus to wrap the wrapping material supplied from the second bobbin about a tobacco filler to make a continuous cigarette rod from which the plurality of cigarettes are cut.
7. The method of claim 6, wherein ensuring that the additive material applied to the wrapping material has a solid form comprises applying heat in the form of radiant energy.
8. The method of any of claims 6 or 7, further comprising inspecting the wrapping material after the additive material is applied thereto and prior to applying heat to the wrapping material.
9. The method of any of claims 6 to 8, wherein the additive material comprises an aqueous liquid.
10. The method of any of claims 6 to 9, wherein the additive material comprises at least one starch-based material.
11. A wrapping material for a smokable rod, the wrapping material characterized by: a wire side surface and a felt side surface; and a pattern applied to the wire side surface of the wrapping material, the pattern (a) comprising at least one starch-based material and at least one filler material, and (b) applied to the wrapping material as a water-based fonnulation.
12. The wrapping material of claim 11, wherein one of the at least one starch-based materials is derived from waxy maize starch or tapioca starch.
13. The wrapping material of any of claims 11 or 12, wherein one of the at least one filler materials includes at least one water soluble salt.
14. The wrapping material of any of claims 11 to 13, wherein the water-based formulation includes a preservative or an optical brightener.
15. The wrapping material of any of claims 11 to 14, wherein the water-based formulation comprises less than about 50 percent water, and the formulation is dried after application to the wrapping material to have a moisture content of less than about 10 percent, based on the weight of the formulation.
16. The wrapping material of any of claims 11 to 15, wherein the wrapping material circumscribes a column of smokable material in a cigarette rod such that the wire side surface of the wrapping material faces the smokable material.
17. The wrapping material of claim 16, the cigarette rod having a longitudinal axis, wherein the pattern comprises at least two virtually identical bands, each band encircling the column of smokable material essentially perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the cigarette
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115 rod, and the bands are spaced no less than 15 mm and no greater than 25 mm from inside adjacent edges of those bands.
18. A cigarette making apparatus, characterized by: a paper web supply unit comprising (a) a source of a continuous strip of paper web, (b) a means for applying an additive material to the paper web, and (c) a means for directing the paper web to a means for forming a continuous cigarette rod; and the means for forming a continuous cigarette rod comprising (a) a means for receiving the paper web from the paper web supply unit, (b) a source of tobacco filler, and (c) a garniture means for manufacturing a continuous cigarette rod by wrapping the tobacco filler inside the continuous paper web received from the paper web supply unit.
19. The apparatus of claim 18, further comprising (a) an automated cutting knife for subdividing the continuous rod into predetermined lengths; (b) a means for controlling the additive material application means; and (c) a means for controlling the cutting knife.
20. The apparatus of any of claims 18 or 19, further comprising a means for subjecting the paper web to radiant energy in a controlled manner.
21. The apparatus of claim 20, wherein the means for subjecting the paper web to radiant energy comprises: a path for an electromagnetic wave, the path having a segment for exposing the paper web to the electromagnetic wave; the segment having at least two conducting surfaces, wherein the electromagnetic wave creates an electromagnetic field between the two conducting surfaces; and the segment having an opening for introducing the paper web to an interior region of the segment, the opening being positioned such that a region of the paper web introduced into the interior region of the segment is exposed to an off-peak region of the electromagnetic field between the two conducting surfaces.
22. The apparatus of claim 21, wherein the opening has sides defining the opening and a choke flange that creates an open circuit at all sides of the opening for preventing escape of electromagnetic energy from the interior region of the segment.
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23. The apparatus of any of claims 18 to 22, the continuous strip of paper web containing a pattern of the additive material, the apparatus further comprising a system for inspecting the pattern-containing -web, the system comprising: a detector for receiving information from the web and forming electrical signals in response thereto; circuitry for processing the electrical signals, determining a presence of the pattern on the web, and generating output signals; and computing logic for receiving the output signals and determining if the pattern represents an undesired pattern.
24. The apparatus of claim 23, wherein the information received by the detector comprises absorption information.
25. The apparatus of claim 23, further comprising an emitter for directing radiation into contact with the web, the radiation impinging upon and being at least partially absorbed by the web, wherein the information received by the detector comprises radiation absorption information.
26. The apparatus of claim 23, further comprising a means for rejecting a cigarette having the undesired pattern on the paper web.
27. The apparatus of any of claims 18 to 26, further comprising: a means for controlling a speed of formation of the continuous cigarette rod; a means for controlling a location of an application of the additive material to the paper web relative to the speed of formation of the continuous cigarette rod to provide a pattern of the additive material on the paper web; an automated cutting knife for subdividing the continuous cigarette rod into a plurality of cigarette rods of predetermined lengths, each cigarette rod being cut at a controlled location; a means for controlling the location of the additive material on the paper web relative to a location on the continuous cigarette rod at which each of the plurality of cigarette rods is cut; and a means for controlling the location of the additive material on the paper web relative to a length of travel of the paper web after the additive material is applied and prior to cutting the continuous cigarette rod.
28. The apparatus of any of claims 19 to 27, further comprising: a means for selecting a desired location of the additive material pattern on the wrapping material of each cigarette rod;
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117 a detector for detecting the location of the additive material pattern on the wrapping material of each cigarette rod; and a means for accepting each cigarette rod having the pattern in the desired location and rejecting each cigarette rod having the pattern not in the desired location.
29. The apparatus of any of claims 19 to 28, further comprising a means for providing feedback regarding the application of the additive material to the paper web, the speed of formation of the continuous cigarette rod, and a presence of the pattern of the additive material on the paper web.
30. The apparatus of any of claims 19 to 29, the apparatus powered by a first power source, the apparatus further comprising a conveyor means for providing a supply of the tobacco filler, wherein the automated cutting knife is powered by an independent second power source, and the conveyor means and the garniture means are powered by an independent third power source.
31. The apparatus of claim 30, further comprising a means for providing output regarding operation of each of the second and third power sources-tora control system for controlling a speed of operation of each of the cutting means, the conveyor means, and the garniture means.
32. A method for making cigarettes according to claims 19 to 31, comprising: providing an automated cigarette making apparatus having a source of a continuous strip of a paper web of cigarette wrapping material and a means for applying an additive material to the paper web; and characterized by providing a continuous cigarette rod by wrapping the paper web about a tobacco filler; controlling a speed of formation of the continuous cigarette rod; controlling a location of an application of the additive material to the paper web relative to the speed of formation of the continuous cigarette rod to provide a pattern of the additive material on the paper web; cutting the continuous cigarette rod into a plurality of cigarette rods of predetermined lengths, each cigarette rod being cut at a controlled location; controlling the location of the additive material on the paper web relative to a location on the continuous cigarette rod at which each of the plurality of cigarette rods is cut; and controlling the location of the additive material on the paper web relative to a length of travel of the paper web after the additive material is applied and prior to cutting the continuous cigarette rod.
33. The method of claim 32, further comprising:
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118 selecting a desired location of the additive material pattern on the wrapping material of each cigarette rod; detecting the location of the additive material pattern on the wrapping material of each cigarette rod; accepting each cigarette rod having the pattern in the desired location; and rejecting each cigarette rod having the pattern not in the desired location.
34. The apparatus of any of claims 18 to 31 , wherein the garniture means comprises a finger rail assembly including an outer finger rail and an inner finger rail, the outer finger rail and the inner finger rail each comprising: (a) air flow distribution means for defining passage of an air flow within that respective finger rail; (b) a means for introducing the air flow to the air flow distribution means; and (c) a plurality of air flow passageways in air flow communication with the air flow distribution means, the air flow passageways providing for exit of the air flow from that respective finger rail and arranged so as to direct the air flow in a generally downward direction, wherein when the paper web having additive material thereon advances under the finger rail assembly, the flow of air onto the paper web is sufficient to prevent the paper web and the additive material from contacting the finger rail assembly.
35. The apparatus of any of claims 18 to 31 , wherein the garniture means comprises a finger rail assembly and a garniture entrance cone having an upper surface, the garniture entrance cone comprising: (a) air flow distribution means for defining passage of an air flow within the garniture entrance cone and providing air flow through air distribution slots in the upper surface, the air flow directed in a generally upward and outward direction-from the garniture entrance cone upper surface; and (b) a means for introducing the air flow to the air flow distribution means, wherein when the paper web having additive material thereon advances over the garniture entrance cone and under the finger rail assembly, the flow of air is sufficient to prevent the paper web and the additive material from contacting the finger rail assembly.
36. The apparatus of any of claims 18 to 31 , the garniture means comprising a finger rail assembly and a garniture entrance cone, wherein the finger rail assembly includes an outer finger rail and an inner finger rail, the outer finger rail and the inner finger rail each comprising
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119 (a) air flow distribution means for defining passage of an air flow within that respective finger rail, (b) a means for introducing the air flow to the air flow distribution means, and (c) a plurality of air flow passageways in air flow communication with the air flow distribution means, the air flow passageways providing for exit of the air flow from that respective finger rail and arranged so as to direct the air flow in a generally downward direction, and the garniture entrance cone has an upper surface and comprises (a) air flow distribution means for defining passage of an air flow within the garniture entrance cone and providing air flow through air distribution slots in the upper surface, the air flow directed in a generally upward and outward direction from the garniture entrance cone upper surface, and (b) a means for introducing the air flow to the air flow distribution means, wherein when the paper web having additive material thereon advances over the garniture entrance .cone and under the finger rail assembly, the flow of air is sufficient to prevent the paper web and the additive material from contacting the finger rail assembly.
37. The apparatus of any of claims 18 to 31 and 34 to 36, wherein the means for applying an additive material to the paper web comprises a pair of counter-rotating rollers aπanged between the source of a continuous strip of paper web and the garniture means.
38. The apparatus of any of claims 18 to 31 and 34 to 37, the means for applying an additive material to the paper web characterized by: a first roller adapted to receive the additive material on at least a portion of a roll face of the first roller; a second roller adjacent to the first roller adapted to receive the additive material from the first roller on at least a portion of a roll face of the second roller; and a third roller adapted to (a) receive the additive material to desired locations on a roll face of the third roller from the roll face of the second roller and (b) apply the additive material from the desired locations on the third roller roll face to desired regions of the continuous advancing strip of a paper web.
39. The apparatus of claim 38, wherein the third roller (a) comprises a plurality of dies protruding outwardly from its roll face, each die having a roll face, (b) is adapted to receive the additive material from the roll face of the second roller on the roll faces of the plurality of the dies,
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120 (c) has the roll faces of the plurality of the dies in roll contact with the second roller, (d) has the roll faces of the plurality of the dies in contact with the paper web, and (e) is adapted to transfer the additive material from the roll faces of the plurality of the dies to the paper web, the apparatus further comprising a means for contacting the roll faces of the plurality of the dies of the third roller with the roll face of the second roller; and a means for contacting the roll faces of the plurality of the dies of the third roller with the paper web.
40. The apparatus of claim 39, wherein each of the plurality of the dies is positioned a predetermined distance apart in a die pattern, wherein when the roll faces of the plurality of the dies contact the paper web, the additive material on each roll face is transfeπed to the paper web to form a pattern of a plurality of spaced-apart bands coπesponding to the predetermined die pattern.
41. The apparatus of any of claims 38 to 40, further comprising a means for maintaining the first and second rollers in roll contact, and a means for maintaining the second and third rollers in roll contact.
42. The apparatus of any of claims 38 to 41, the roll face of the first roller comprising a width and a peripheral circumference, wherein the first roller further comprises a continuous groove in its roll face, the groove extending across a portion of the width of the roll face and completely circumscribing the peripheral circumference of the roll face.
43. The apparatus of any of claims 38 to 42, further comprising a bobbin for supplying the continuous strip of a paper web, wherein the additive material application apparatus is located between the bobbin and the garniture means such that the paper web supplied by the bobbin has the additive material applied thereto prior to entering the garniture means.
44. The apparatus of any of claims 38 to 43 , further comprising a fourth roller having (a) a roll face located in roll contact with the third roller and (b) positioned such that the continuous advancing strip of a paper web passes between the roll faces of the third and fourth rollers.
45. The apparatus of any of claims 39 to 43, further comprising a fourth roller having (a) a roll face located in roll contact with the third roller and (b) positioned such that the continuous advancing strip of a paper web passes between the roll faces of the third and fourth rollers.
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46. The apparatus of any of claims 38 to 45, the paper web having an inside major surface and an outside major surface, wherein the apparatus is adapted to apply the additive material to the inside major surface of the paper web.
47. A method for applying an additive material to a continuously advancing strip of a paper web within a cigarette malting machine, the method characterized by: providing a first roller adapted to receive the additive material on at least a portion of a roll face of the first roller; providing a second roller adjacent to the first roller adapted to receive the additive material from the first roller on at least a portion of a roll face of the second roller; providing a third roller adapted to (a) receive the additive material from the roll face of the second roller to predetermined locations on a roll face of the third roller and (b) apply the additive material from the predetermined locations on the third roller roll face to desired regions of the continuous advancing strip of a paper web; rotating the first, second, and third rollers; supplying the additive material to the first roller from an additive reservoir adjacent to the first roller; transfeπing the additive material from the first roller to the roll face of the second roller through roll interaction of the first roller with the second roller; transfeπing the additive material from the second roller to the predetermined locations on the roll face of the third roller through roll interaction of the second roller with the third roller; and contacting the roll face of the third roller with the continuously advancing strip of a paper web so as to transfer the additive material to the paper web in a predetermined pattern.
48. The method of claim 47, comprising: providing a third roller (a) having a plurality of dies protruding from the third roller, each die having a roll face, (b) adapted to receive the additive material from the roll face of the second roller on the roll faces of the plurality of the dies, (c) having the roll faces of the plurality of the dies in roll contact with the second roller, (d) having the roll faces of the plurality of the dies in contact with the paper web, and
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122 (e) adapted to transfer the additive material from the roll faces of the plurality of the dies to the paper web; transferring the additive material from the roll face of the second roller to the roll faces of the plurality of the dies by contacting the roll faces of each of the plurality of the dies of the third roller with the roll face of the second roller; and transfeπing the additive material to the paper web by contacting the roll faces of each of the plurality of the dies of the third roller with the paper web.
49. A cigarette making apparatus, characterized by: a garniture; a bobbin for paying out a strip of a paper web to the garniture for wrapping about a smokable material to form a cigarette rod; and an additive material applicator for applying bands of an additive material to the paper web, the additive material applicator comprising a pair of counter-rotating rollers aπanged between the bobbin and the garniture.
50. The apparatus of claim 49, the additive material applicator comprising (a) a pattern roller having a peripheral surface, (b) an application roller having a peripheral surface, and (c) an additive material feed shoe aπanged to deposit the additive material on the pattern roller immediately upstream of a nip between the rollers, wherein the rollers are adapted to contact the peripheral surfaces with one another for transferring the additive material from the pattern roller to the application roller, and the application roller and the paper web are adapted to contact the peripheral surface of the application roller with the paper web for applying the additive material transfeπed from the pattern roller to pre-determined locations on the paper web.
51. The apparatus of claim 50, further comprising a means for engaging the peripheral surfaces of the rollers and a means for contacting the peripheral surface of the application roller with the paper web.
52. The apparatus of any of claims 50 or 51, wherein the pattern roller further comprises a plurality of transverse grooves spaced circumferentially in a pattern about the peripheral surface of the pattern roller, each groove is adapted to contain a pre-determined amount of the additive material, and the plurality of transverse grooves is adapted to transfer the additive material to the application roller in a pattern coπesponding to the pattern of the transverse grooves in the pattern roller.
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53. The apparatus of any of claims 49 to 52, wherein the bands comprise a longitudinally spaced, cross-directional pattern, the bands having a pre-determined width and spacing.
54. The apparatus of any of claims 50 or 51, wherein the application roller (a) is adjacent to the pattern roller, in roll contact with the pattern roller, (b) has its peripheral surface in contact with the strip of paper web in the location where it is in roll contact with the pattern roller, and (c) is adapted to facilitate transfer of the additive material directly from the pattern roller to the paper web.
55. The apparatus of any of claims 49 to 54, further comprising a dryer aπanged between the additive material applicator and the garniture for drying the additive material applied to the paper web.
56. The apparatus of any of claims 49 to 55, further comprising a heater aπanged between the bobbin and the additive material applicator for preheating the paper web.
57. A cigarette made according to claims 1-56.
58. The wrapping material of any of claims 11 to 17, wherein the at least one starch-based material comprises a cigarette burn control agent.
59. The apparatus of any of claims 18 to 31 and 34 to 46, wherein the paper web supply unit is a free-standing unit.
60. The apparatus of any of claims 18 to 31 , 34 to 46, and 59, wherein the continuous strip of paper web received from the paper web supply unit in the means for forming a continuous cigarette rod has the additive material applied to the paper web.
61. The apparatus any of claims 18 to 31, 34 to 46, and 59 to 60, wherein the garniture means further comprises a means for applying glue to a seam line on the paper web in addition to the additive material applied in the paper web supply unit.
62. The apparatus of any of claims 20 to 31 , 34 to 46, and 59 to 61 , wherein the means for subjecting the paper web to radiant energy comprises a microwave heater.
63. The apparatus of any of claims 20 to 31, 34 to 46, and 59 to 62, wherein the means for subjecting the paper web to radiant energy is located such that the additive material applied to the web can be dried prior to reaching the garniture means.
64. The apparatus of any of claims 20 to 31, 34 to 46, and 59 to 63, wherein the additive material comprises a film-forming agent and a caπier, and wherein the means for subjecting the paper web to radiant energy causes the caπier to be removed from the paper web.
65. The apparatus of claim 64, wherein the film-forming agent comprises a cigarette burn control agent.
66. The apparatus of any of claims 64 or 65, wherein the caπier comprises a liquid.
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67. The apparatus of claim 66, wherein the liquid comprises water.
68. The apparatus of any of claims 20 to 31 , 34 to 46, and 59 to 67, wherein the means for subjecting the paper web to radiant energy comprises means for applying the radiant energy to desirable locations on the paper web.
69. The apparatus of any of claims 20 to 31 , 34 to 46, and 59 to 68, wherein the means for subjecting the paper web to radiant energy comprises: a source of electromagnetic radiation; a tunnel comprising an inlet and an outlet and an inner drying region therebetween; a curved wave guide and a circulator for applying the radiation to desirable locations on the paper web in the inner drying region; and a radiation dissipation means.
70. The apparatus of claim 69, wherein the electromagnetic radiation and the paper web move in the same direction.
71. The apparatus of any of claims 69 or 70, wherein the electromagnetic radiation and the paper web move in opposite directions.
72. The apparatus of any of claims 69 to 71, wherein the tunnel further comprises a plurality of perforations configured to allow removal of moisture while preventing escape of electromagnetic radiation from the imier drying region.
73. The apparatus of any of claims 23 to 31, 34 to 46, and 59 to 72, wherein the detector is adapted to detect the presence of water.
74. The apparatus of any of claims 23 to 31, 34 to 46, and 59 to 73, wherein the inspecting system comprises a spectrophotometric system.
75. The apparatus of any of claims 23 to 31, 34 to 46, and 59 to 73, wherein the inspecting system further comprises an emitter that emits ultrasonic radiation.
76. The apparatus of any of claims 23 to 31 , 34 to 46, and 59 to 75, wherein the pattern of the additive material on the paper web comprises one or more of a plurality of predetermined shapes.
77. The apparatus of claim 76, wherein one of the output signals comprises a signal representative of a position on the paper web of at least one of the plurality of predetermined shapes.
78. The apparatus of any of claims 76 or 77, wherein one of the output signals comprises a signal representative of a width of at least one of the plurality of predetermined shapes.
79. The apparatus of any of claims 52 or 53, wherein the additive material is transfeπed from the application roller to the paper web in the pattern coπesponding to the pattern of the additive material on the transverse grooves in the pattern roller.
80. The apparatus of claim 54, wherein the pattern roller further comprises a plurality of transverse grooves spaced circumferentially in a pattern about the peripheral surface of the pattern roller, each groove is adapted to contain a pre-determined amount of the additive material, and the plurality of transverse grooves is adapted to transfer the additive material to the paper web in a pattern coπesponding to the pattern of the transverse grooves in the pattern roller.
81. The apparatus of any of claims 51 to 56 and 79 to 80, wherein the means for engaging the peripheral surfaces of the rollers comprises a pressure plate for moving the pattern roller into operative engagement with the application roller.
82. The apparatus of claim 81, further comprising a compressed air cylinder connected to the pressure plate, the compressed air cylinder comprising means for actuating movement of the pressure plate.
83. The apparatus of any of claims 51 to 53 and 80, wherein the means for contacting the peripheral surface of the application roller with the paper web comprises a roller lift bracket comprising a plurality of rollers, the roller lift bracket movable to move the rollers into rotating contact with the paper web and the paper web into contact with the peripheral surface of the application roller.
84. The apparatus of claim 83, further comprising a compressed air cylinder connected to the roller lift bracket, the compressed air cylinder comprising means for actuating movement of the roller lift bracket.
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