Method for gumming a reconstituted tobacco leaf
AssigneeBollore
InventorEtienne Bregeard
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a reconstituted tobacco leaf coated with a stripe of adhesive along one of its margins, the linear mass of the stripe of adhesive being greater than 70 mg/m in the dry state. The invention also provides a method of depositing such a stripe, and apparatus for depositing such a stripe of adhesive.
Claims16
A reconstituted tobacco leaf coated with a stripe of adhesive along one of its margins, the leaf being characterized in that the linear mass of the stripe of adhesive in the dry state is greater than 70 mg/m.
A method of applying a stripe of adhesive along a margin of a reconstituted tobacco leaf characterized in that the stripe is applied in such a quantity that the linear mass of the stripe of adhesive in the dry state is greater than 70 mg/m.
A method of making a smokers' article comprising a set of reconstituted tobacco leaves, the leaves being interleaved so as to enable them to be dispensed automatically by pulling on the various leaves in succession, the article comprising a container-dispenser suitable for receiving said set of interleaved leaves and for controlling the dispensing thereof, the method being characterized in that a stripe of adhesive is applied along a margin of each tobacco leaf before the leaves are interleaved, in such a quantity that the linear mass of each stripe is greater then 70 mg/m.
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