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US 4,409,995 AGranted
Method for applying particulate matter to tobacco
AssigneePhilip Morris Incorporated
InventorWalter A. Nichols
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for applying particulate matter to tobacco during the cigarette making process is disclosed. The amount of particulate matter that is lost during the cigarette making process is minimized by applying the particulate matter to the tobacco as it passes through tongue (30), one of the last steps prior to enclosing the tobacco rod in the cigarette paper at folding unit (42).
Claims9
A method of adding matter to cigarettes comprising the steps of:
- a. depositing cigarette paper and tobacco on a garniture tape;
- b. imparting curvature to said garniture tape, cigarette paper, and tobacco by passing said garniture tape over a garniture;
- c. compressing and forming said tobacco into a rod by means of a short tongue;
- d. adding flavoring matter to said tobacco by means of a conduit passing through a compression foot of said short tongue.
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