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Embossing techniques

US8973589B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

British American Tobacco (Investments) Limited · GB

Inventors

Karl Kaljura · London, GB
Leonardo Nappi · Hauterive, CH

Key dates

Filing date	Apr 13, 2011
Grant date	Mar 10, 2015
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Aug 14, 2031

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10T428/2457
WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

An embossing apparatus for applying an embossing pattern to a wrapper for a smoking article, the embossing apparatus configured so as to act to at least partially minimize the reduction, in at least one direction, in the tensile strength of the wrapper resulting from the application of said embossing pattern.

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