Patent ID: 7073514
Filing Date: 2006-07-11
Classification: A24C

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for applying an additive material to a continuous advancing strip of a paper web within a cigarette making machine, the apparatus comprising: a first roller adapted to receive the additive material within pockets located on its roll face; an additive reservoir adjacent to the first roller for containing the additive material and supplying the additive material to within the pockets on the roll face of the first roller; a second roller (i) adjacent to the first roller, in roll contact with the first roller, (ii) adapted to receive additive material on its roll face from the roll face of the first roller, (iii) having its roll face in contact with the strip of paper web, and (iv) adapted to transfer the additive material from its roll face to the paper web; means for contacting the roll face of the second roller with the roll face of the first roller; and means for contacting the roll face of the second roller with the paper web, wherein the means for contacting the second roller with the first roller comprises a first roller pressure plate for moving the first roller into operative engagement with the second roller for transfer of the additive material from the pockets of first roller roll face to the roll face of the second roller.