Smoking articles
AssigneeBritish-American Tobacco Company Limited
InventorsJohn A. Luke, John F. McCreadie
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Abstract
A method of applying metal foil embellishment to cigarette paper or tipping paper comprises pressing foil against tipping using a heated former of a configuration corresponding to that of the desired embellishment. The method, which is preferably carried out on a filter tip assembly machine, may result in a depression in the tipping, in which case it is advantageous for the tipping to comprise a thermoplastic material.
Claims12
A method of imparting to smoking article tipping metal foil embellishment, wherein tipping and metal foil are brought into contact with each other, pressure is applied to said contacted tipping and foil by means of a former, the pressure application being conducted at elevated temperature and the former acting to cause the metal foil to adhere to the tipping in a configuration conforming to the configuration of the former.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.