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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 27, 1988
Filed:
Feb. 10, 1986
Francis A Labbe, Neuilly-sur-Seine, FR;
John R Nowers, London, GB;
Paul R Wiese, London, GB;
Ivan Y Hirsh, London, GB;
Godfrey A Wood, High Wycombe, GB;
Molins PLC, London, GB;
Abstract
A cigarette making machine has an arrangement for showering tobacco A (a high-taste tobacco) on to a first conveyor carrying outward projections defining the ends of portions of tobacco A which are then transferred at spaced intervals to a second conveyor arranged thereafter to receive a layer of tobacco B (a low-tar tobacco or substitute) filling the spaces between the portions of tobacco A and extending over those portions. The machine includes a trimming device for removing excess tobacco B to form a cigarette filler stream ready for enclosing in a paper wrapper to form a continuous rod. This allows the manufacture of 'light' cigarettes of which the first few puffs have an enhanced taste as a result of the tobacco A at the lit end.