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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 06, 1984
Filed:
Mar. 19, 1982
James E Harris, Bristol, TN (US);
Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NY (US);
Abstract
Process for treatment of crimped filter tow in preparation for forming tobacco smoke filter rods and including steps of separating and blooming the crimped filter tow into a wide, flat, well-opened low density tow, uniformly applying plasticizer to both sides of and through the tow across the width thereof, and then squeezing the tow and spreading the plasticizer more uniformly on the filaments of the tow; and a jet and improved bustle tow blooming apparatus, the jet and bustle apparatus both being rectangular-shaped and the bustle apparatus having vented outlets through which the gases confined with the tow escape causing separation and blooming of the tow prior to its exit from the bustle apparatus.