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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 23, 2010
Filed:
Oct. 06, 2005
Applicants:
Sadayoshi Matsuura, Tokyo, JP;
Keisuke Minami, Tokyo, JP;
Tsuyoshi Futamura, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Japan Tobacco Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A24C 5/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A cigarette making machine includes a web roll () from which a web W having bands previously formed is drawn, and a suction brake () arranged between the web roll () and a garniture tape () of a wrapping section (). When a band (B) for a cigarette (C) is out of a proper region (CR), the suction brake increases the tension to be applied to the web W to elongate the web to thereby bring the location of each band (b) back to within the proper region.