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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 15, 2005
Filed:
Jun. 27, 2001
Lloyd Harmon Hancock, Walnut Cove, NC (US);
Vernon Brent Barnes, Advance, NC (US);
Carl Carlton Greene, Jr., Winston-Salem, NC (US);
Robert Leslie Oglesby, Kernersville, NC (US);
Lloyd Harmon Hancock, Walnut Cove, NC (US);
Vernon Brent Barnes, Advance, NC (US);
Carl Carlton Greene, Jr., Winston-Salem, NC (US);
Robert Leslie Oglesby, Kernersville, NC (US);
Other;
Abstract
The present invention provides a smoking article having a reduced ignition propensity by reason of one or more cross-directional bands of an adhesive applied to the paper wrapper of the smoking article. The adhesive may be one of a cigarette seam adhesive, a filter plug wrap adhesive or a tipping paper adhesive conventionally used in the manufacture of cigarettes. A cigarette maker is modified to include the adhesive applicator apparatus of the invention which applies the adhesive bands to the paper wrapper in an in line process.