Patent ID: 7281540

Claim:
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 from a reservoir on at least a portion of its roll face; a second roller adjacent to the first roller adapted to receive the additive material to at least a portion of its roll face; a third roller in roll contact with the second roller and adapted to (a) receive the additive material to desired locations on its roll face from the roll face of the second roller and (b) apply that additive material to the continuous advancing strip of paper web; and a fourth roller having a roll face (i) located in roll contact with the third roller and (ii) positioned such that the paper web passes between the roll faces of the third and fourth rollers where the additive material is applied to the paper web, wherein the paper web is suitable for making a continuous smokable rod.