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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 27, 2003
Filed:
Apr. 26, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Joseph Wieczorek, Jr., Flemington, NJ (US);
Brian D. Morrison, Lebanon, NJ (US);
Ingrid Cole, Somerville, NJ (US);
Assignee:
National Starch and Chemical Investment Holding Corporation, New Castle, DE (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A24D 3/02 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A24D 3/02 ;
Abstract
A cigarette filter, process to manufacture, wherein a low application temperature ethylene copolymer based hot melt adhesive is applied to porous and/or nonporous plugwrap paper. As used herein, low application temperatures are temperature between 200° F. and 300° F. (93° C. and 149° C.), preferably, 240° F. to 275° F. (115° C. to 135° C.).