Patent ID: 7665468

Claim:
A cigarette making machine for making cigarettes having wrapping paper, comprising: a supply path for a web of the wrapping paper on which bands for imparting a desired property to cigarettes are previously formed at predetermined intervals along the longitudinal direction of the web, the web having elongation thereof determined by tension applied to the web, a wrapping section having a garniture tape for receiving the web from said supply path and making the web travel with cut tobacco in one direction, said wrapping section being arranged to form a tobacco rod by wrapping the cut tobacco in the web while the web is traveling, and deliver the tobacco rod formed, a cutting section for cutting the tobacco rod delivered from said wrapping section into individual cigarettes of a predetermined length, and change means for changing the location of each band relative to a cigarette while the relation between the traveling speed of the garniture tape and the timing of cutting the tobacco rod is kept constant, wherein said change means includes a brake arranged in said supply path, for adjusting tensity of the web by exerting a braking force on the web and varying elongation of the web, and a positioning device for controlling the braking force of the brake on the basis of the elongation of the web and thereby bringing the location of each band relative to a cigarette in a proper region.