Patent · US Expired

Manufacture of cigarettes

US4459998A · kind A · utility

31Cited by
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7Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateFeb 18, 1981
Grant dateJul 17, 1984
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Expiry dateFeb 18, 2001

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA24D1/18
  • WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

Cigarettes are made by forming a basic filler stream comprising particles of tobacco or artificial tobacco or a combination of both, folding around the basic filler stream a web of reconstituted tobacco, and enclosing the resulting combination in a continuous paper wrapper to form a continuous cigarette rod which is then cut into predetermined lengths. The web may be continuous or may be in an expanded form as described in British Patent Specification No. 1531463.

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