Patent · US Expired

Rod making machine with means for adjusting the position of wrapping material

US4721119A · kind A · utility

20Cited by
4References
9Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateDec 5, 1986
Grant dateJan 26, 1988
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Expiry dateDec 5, 2006

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA24C5/24
  • WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

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 for the tape when the position of the tape relative to the adhesive applicator is unsatisfactory. The applicator delivers a film of adhesive against one marginal portion of the web on the tape before the web is converted into a tube which confines the particles of tobacco. The adjustments of the pulley are carried out with a view to move the tape sideways so as to maintain a predetermined part of the one marginal portion of the web in a position to receive the adhesive.

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