Treating sheet material for making cigar wrappers
AssigneeImperial Group Limited
InventorsJohn K. Goslin, John H. Bugler, Howard Foster
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Abstract
A method of treating a web of smokable sheet material to simulate the markings of natural tobacco leaf before the web is cut to provide cigar wrapper blanks. The web is printed with a thickened ink which dries to form a ribbed pattern. Coloration of the ink may be provided by ground cigar or cigarette offal.
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A method of treating a web of smokeable sheet material to simulate natural tobacco leaf before the web is cut to provide a series of cigar wrapper blanks which comprises printing the web with an ink in a pattern designed to simulate markings of natural tobacco leaf, the ink having a thickened composition which dries to form a ribbed pattern on the web, said ink comprising a filler, a non-water-based solvent, an adhesive, a plasticizer and a powder which produces a desired colouration, said powder comprising ground tobacco dust.
A method of treating a web of smokeable sheet material to simulate natural tobacco leaf before the web is cut to provide a series of cigar wrapper blanks which comprises printing the web with an ink in a pattern designed to simulate markings of natural tobacco leaf, the ink having a thickened composition which dries to form a ribbed pattern on the web, said ink having the following composition:
- ______________________________________ Constituent Amount Description ______________________________________ Benzyl Acetate 50 ml Liquid solvent Iso-amyl Acetate 150 ml Liquid solvent Triacetin 4 gms Plasticizer Ethyl Cellulose 16 gms Adhesive Calcium Carbonate 20 gms Filler ground to 200 mesh Cigar Offal 20 gms Colouring ground to 200 mesh Cigarette Offal 20 gms Colouring ground to 200 mesh ______________________________________
A method of treating a web of smokeable sheet material to simulate natural tobacco leaf before the web is cut to provide a series of cigar wrapper blanks which comprises printing the web with an ink in a pattern designed to simulate markings of natural tobacco leaf, the ink having a thickened composition which dries to form a ribbed pattern on the web, said ink having the following composition:
- ______________________________________ Constituent Amount Description ______________________________________ Iso-amyl Acetate 100 ml Liquid Solvent Ethyl Acetate 100 ml Liquid solvent Triacetin 4 gms Plasticizer Ethyl Cellulose 16 gms Adhesive Calcium Carbonate 34 gms Filler ground to 200 mesh Cigar Offal 86 gms Colouring ground to 200 mesh Cigarette Offal 20 gms Colouring ground to 200 mesh ______________________________________
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