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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 14, 2014
Filed:
Aug. 24, 2012
Shinzo Kida, Tokyo, JP;
Keisuke Towatari, Tokyo, JP;
Shinzo Kida, Tokyo, JP;
Keisuke Towatari, Tokyo, JP;
Japan Tobacco Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Apparatus for making coated paper serving as lower ignition propensity paper for cigarettes has a transport path (L) for a web (W), a coating unit () arranged on the path (L) to apply a combustion inhibition material to the web (W), a pre-dryer () for drying the web (W) with the material applied, a gravure roller () arranged downstream of the pre-dryer () to apply water to the web (W), a drying roller () arranged downstream of the roller () to post-dry the web (W), a smoothing roller () arranged between the roller () and the roller () to flatten wrinkles in the web (W) passing around the roller (), a displacement sensor () for measuring wrinkles in the web (W) having passed around the roller (), and a controller () for controlling tension in the web (W) on the basis of measurements received from the sensor ().