Patent ID: 7237557

Claim:
A method of making rod-shaped smokers' products including a filter mouthpiece and a cigarette wherein a tubular envelope confines a smokable material and at least a portion of the envelope consists of a section of a web one side of which is at least partially coated with at least one film of adhesive, comprising the steps of: advancing the web lengthwise along a predetermined course; positioning an applicator having at least two nozzles adjacent a portion of said course at one side of the web; establishing at least two sources of flowable adhesive to the at least two nozzles of said applicator; conveying flowable adhesive from each of the sources along a discrete path to a different one of said at least two nozzles of said applicator to apply adhesive from the at least two sources to selected portions of the web; subdividing the web that has been coated with adhesive into uniting bands; and attaching a uniting band to one end portion of a cigarette and to one end of a filter mouthpiece to join the cigarette and the filter mouthpiece.