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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 26, 1987
Filed:
Dec. 26, 1984
Applicant:
Inventors:
Dennis Hinchcliffe, London, GB;
Francis A Labbe, Neuilly-sur-Seine, FR;
Desmond W Molins, London, GB;
Edward J Orpin, London, GB;
Assignee:
Molins PLC, Milton Keynes, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A24C / ; A24C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
131 94 ; 131 611 ; 131 69 ; 131 95 ;
Abstract
Filter cigarettes are produced by uniting tobacco sections (12, 122) and filter portions (21, 120) with a wrapper (28, 124) which carries a relatively thick circumferential bead (126) of adhesive or other filler material to provide an effective seal around the cigarette. The cigarettes may be assembled on parallel assembly lines (16, 18) supplied with tobacco sections from a common maker line (10) by a carrier conveyor (14) arranged to supply alternate sections to different assembly lines disposed at 90.degree. to the maker line.