Japan Tobacco Inc.

Masayoshi Saitoh

Shigenobu Kushihashi

Shigemitsu Inomata

Shozo Horikawa

A printing device for printing on wrapping paper according to the present invention comprises a cartridge holder ( ) having an ink nozzle ( ) on the outside thereof and adapted to house an ink cartridge ( ); an ink supply passage ( ) connecting the ink cartridge ( ) and the ink nozzle ( ); and a linear actuator ( ) supported at the cartridge holder ( ) and adapted to push a plunger ( ) in the ink cartridge ( ) more into the ink cartridge ( ).

Printer for printing on wrapping paper being fed to a cigarette making machine

An apparatus for sticking a double-sided adhesive tape in a predetermined position on a web, including an adhesive tape roll holding mechanism for tape roll, an adhesive tape delivery mechanism for delivering an adhesive tape laminate from the tape roll, and a pressing member for pressing the adhesive tape laminate against the web. The delivered adhesive tape laminate is held under pressure between the pressing member and the web, whereupon each of tape pieces on a seal of the laminate is stuck on the web.

Adhesive tape dispensing apparatus

A trimming control device for a cigarette manufacturing machine is provided with a pair of rotatable trimming disks having pockets on their peripheral edges for trimming a shredded tobacco layer on a tobacco band, a detecting device for detecting a filling density of the shredded tobacco in a tobacco rod, and a control board to which output from the detecting device is supplied. The control board makes a filling density distribution in the cigarette rod by sampling the output of the detecting device, extracts a peak zone including a peak from the filling density distribution, and determines a target cutting position of a tobacco rod at the central position of the peak zone.

Trimming control device for cigarette manufacturing machine

A cigarette rod manufacturing apparatus includes a shaping section for continuously forming a cigarette rod from a paper and cut tobacco, by using an endless fibrous garniture tape traveling in one direction. Two spray nozzles are located outside the shaping section which are used to spray a wetting liquid on the inner and outer surfaces of the garniture tape, individually.

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Tokyo, Japan

Masayoshi Saitoh