Patent ID: 7448390
Filing Date: 2008-11-11
Classification: A24C,A24D,C09D

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for applying an additive material to a continuous advancing strip of a paper web for use for manufacture of smokable rods usable in a cigarette making machine, comprising: a first roller having a roll face, the first roller adapted to receive the additive material on its roll face; an additive reservoir adjacent to the first roller for containing the additive material and supplying the additive material to the roll face of the first roller; a second roller a means for contacting the roll faces of the dies of the second roller with the roll face of the first roller; a means for routing the continuous strip of a paper web away from the second roller so as to contact the second roller only when the roll faces of the dies of the second roller are in contact with the paper web; a means for transferring the continuous strip of a paper web having the additive material applied thereto to a garniture in the cigarette making machine; and a means for drying the additive material on the continuous strip of a paper web before the paper web is transferred to the garniture, wherein the additive material is adapted to alter performance characteristics of the smokable rods.