Patent ID: 7051739

Claim:
A method for making a cigarette with burn rate modification, comprising: feeding a first strip of outer wrap paper from a first bobbin to a cigarette making station; feeding a second strip of paper from a second bobbin of inner wrap material and slitting said second strip of paper to form a plurality of partial inner wrap strips, each of said partial inner wrap strips being fed to said cigarette making station; said partial inner wrap strips being less than about 15 mm in width; joining said first strip of outer wrap paper and said partial inner wrap strips, said first strip of outer wrap paper underlying said partial inner wrap strips, and said partial inner wrap strips being substantially equidistantly spaced and coaxial to said strip of outer wrap paper, and positioned away from the edges of said strip of outer wrap material used to form a seam, forming a combined partial double wrap paper; depositing tobacco onto said partial double wrap paper; and folding said partial double wrap paper around said tobacco to form a cigarette cylinder.