EP0162704B1 - Manufacture of an expanded web of sheet material - Google Patents
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A24—TOBACCO; CIGARS; CIGARETTES; SIMULATED SMOKING DEVICES; SMOKERS' REQUISITES
- A24D—CIGARS; CIGARETTES; TOBACCO SMOKE FILTERS; MOUTHPIECES FOR CIGARS OR CIGARETTES; MANUFACTURE OF TOBACCO SMOKE FILTERS OR MOUTHPIECES
- A24D1/00—Cigars; Cigarettes
- A24D1/02—Cigars; Cigarettes with special covers
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B31—MAKING ARTICLES OF PAPER, CARDBOARD OR MATERIAL WORKED IN A MANNER ANALOGOUS TO PAPER; WORKING PAPER, CARDBOARD OR MATERIAL WORKED IN A MANNER ANALOGOUS TO PAPER
- B31F—MECHANICAL WORKING OR DEFORMATION OF PAPER, CARDBOARD OR MATERIAL WORKED IN A MANNER ANALOGOUS TO PAPER
- B31F1/00—Mechanical deformation without removing material, e.g. in combination with laminating
- B31F1/20—Corrugating; Corrugating combined with laminating to other layers
- B31F1/24—Making webs in which the channel of each corrugation is transverse to the web feed
- B31F1/26—Making webs in which the channel of each corrugation is transverse to the web feed by interengaging toothed cylinders cylinder constructions
- B31F1/28—Making webs in which the channel of each corrugation is transverse to the web feed by interengaging toothed cylinders cylinder constructions combined with uniting the corrugated webs to flat webs ; Making double-faced corrugated cardboard
- B31F1/2813—Making corrugated cardboard of composite structure, e.g. comprising two or more corrugated layers
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- the present invention relates to the manufacture of a cigarette wrapper comprising a corrugated web of sheet material and a second flat web.
- cigarette firmness which generally is a function of tobacco rod density. Firmness affects smoking characteristics and contributes to the subjective feel of the cigarette in the smoker's hand.
- the conventional cigarette wrapper is relatively flimsy paper which imparts little or no strength or rigidity to the cigarette rod, but rather serves primarily to contain the tobacco.
- the cigarette rod derives its strength and firmness almost entirely from the density of tobacco in the rod. Reduction of rod density usually results in a less firm cigarette.
- U.S. Patent Specification 3 910 287 describes a cigarette wrapper which, for the purpose of providing an outer combustion zone through which smoke from the burning end of the cigarette reaches the mouthpiece end, has an inner wrapper formed with longitudinally-extending corrugations and surrounded by a conventional outer wrapper.
- the overall thickness is about 0.38 mm (0.015 inch) and thus has relatively little effect on firmness and strength of the cigarette.
- the corrugated web comprises a plurality of rows of generally sinusoidal convolutions formed from the sheet, the rows lying side by side across the width of the web, each convolution in a row extending above and below the plane of the web and being connected to the longitudinally succeeding convolution by a portion of the web lying substantially in the plane of the web, the rows of sinusoidal convolutions extend longitudinally of the cigarette wrapper, and the corrugated web is laminated with a flat web.
- the convolutions in each row are formed to be 180° out of phase with the convolutions in adjacent rows, the flat portions in each row being in alignment with those of adjacent rows.
- French Patent Specification 1 286 127 describes a corrugated panel similar in form to the corrugated web used in the cigarette wrapper of the present invention.
- the corrugated panel of the French Specification is intended for use as a flat panel in filtration or heat-exchange applications and for that purpose is formed from a metallic sheet or a sheet of synthetic resin by stamping between reciprocating dies.
- the present specification describes apparatus for manufacturing a cigarette wrapper in accordance with the invention at high speed and directly on line with a cigarette making machine.
- a planar web of formable sheet material is sheared and formed to create an expanded web having rows of generally sinusoidal convolutions extending across its width and down its longitudinal axis.
- the expanded web is laminated to a second web, preferably consisting of conventional cigarette paper, which forms the outer layer of a cigarette wrapper when the composite web is curled about its longitudinal axis to form a tube encircling a tobacco rod.
- a composite web 10 generally comprises a layer of paper 11 attached to an expanded web 12.
- the composite web is curled about its longitudinal axis to encircle a tobacco rod 14, which may then be attached to a filter 15 by known means.
- the convolutions 16 in the expanded web 12 run in rows extending longitudinally down the web arid- tTre rows lie side-by-side across the web width.
- a web of formable material 17 is fed off of a bobbin 18 ( Figure 3).
- Web 17 passes between meshing rotary shearing and forming dies 19 and 20.
- Dies 19 and 20 comprise a plurality of meshing pairs of die elements A-B and C-D extending across the web width, the meshing face of each die element having a width corresponding to the desired width of convolutions 16.
- each convolution 16 is sheared along its lateral boundaries by teeth on the dies, which also serve to form the web 17 into the convoluted configuration.
- expanded web 12 (formed from original web 17) passes between guides 21 to accumulator wheel 22.
- Accumulator wheel 22 is in nip relation to glue wheel 23 which applies a line of glue 24 (Fig. 11) along the centre line of formed web 12.
- glue wheel 23 may be situated to apply glue line 24 along the centre line of web 25 feeding from bobbin 26.
- web 12 and web 25 may be simply drawn into a laminated confronting relationship and guided together downstream without the placement of a glue line therebetween.
- a nip roller must be placed in nip relation to accumulator wheel 22 to assist in controlling the feed of web 12 past the accumulator. If desired, the additional roller may be another accumulator wheel.
- Web 25 is the paper web which will form the outer layer 11 of the composite wrapper.
- Web 25 is fed through press rollers 27 to confront the underside of expanded web 12 and so be secured to expanded web 12 along glue line 24.
- the nip between press rollers 27 should be sufficiently small to urge the confronting webs together for a secure bond, but not so small as to permanently deform the convolutions 16 in expanded web 12.
- the web bonding is preferably assisted by a heat source to aid in setting the glue line 24.
- the composite web 10 may be fed directly into a cigarette making machine for forming into expanded cigarette wrappers.
- Web 17 preferably comprises a ductile cellulosic material with sufficient resiliency so that it will not tear at the extremity of each convolution 16 during forming by dies 19 and 20. It also should be sufficiently shearable that it will cut along the lateral boundaries of each convolution during shearing by dies 19 and 20.
- the material should be strong enough to retain the form imparted to it by the dies. Suitable material may be paper, reconstituted tobacco, flax paper, or mixtures thereof. The material should have a thickness corresponding to the clearance between dies 19 and 20, and that clearance is preferably on the order of 3 mils (0.076 mm).
- Accumulator wheel 22 in addition to cooperating with glue wheel 23 to form a nip at the pint of glue application, also serves to meter the expanded web 12 onto web 25.
- Figure 4 illustrates the preferred configuration of the meshing teeth of dies 19 and 20.
- a representative portion of each die includes flat sections 28 and 29, generally sinusoidal tooth 30 and corresponding generally sinusoidal recess 31, and generally sinusoidal tooth 33 and recess 32.
- flat sections 28 and 29 are at bottom dead centre and top dead centre of their respective rotations, they are separated by a clearance substantially equal to the thickness of web 17, and the midway point of that clearance lies in the centre of the web thickness.
- a neutral zone N in which there is no deformation of the web by the flat sections of dies 19 and 20.
- tooth 30 meshes with recess 31 while maintaining a clearance equal to web thickness.
- the web 17 is thus formed into the lower half of a generally sinusoidal pattern. Further rotation of dies 19 and 20 meshes tooth 33 with recess 32 to generate the upper half of the sinusoidal convolution and then both dies return to the neutral zone defined by flat sections 34 and 35, where no forming of the web occurs.
- the length of each die tooth, as defined by the distance, for example, from the bottom of recess 31 to the tip of tooth 33, is on the order of 1 millimeter, although this dimension may be varied as desired to create an expanded web having any required thickness.
- Each individual die is preferably about 1 mm wide and each die set 19 and 20 preferably comprises 20 such 1 mm dies. Additionally, a die about 3 mm wide is located at each lateral end of each die set. With this die arrangement, an expanded web 12 approximately 22 mm wide can be formed without any feathering of the web edges which might result from commonly encountered lateral web drift as the web feeds through dies 19 and 20. Despite slight web drift, the outer 3 mm dies are sufficiently wide so that the web edges will be uniformly sheared and formed.
- meshing pairs of die elements A-B and C-D are preferably extended across the width of web 17, each A die element lying 180° out of phase from the next contiguous B die element and each C die element lying 180° out of phase from the next contiguous D die element ( Figures 5 ⁇ 8).
- the result of this arrangement is that alternate rows of convolutions extend across the web width, each row lying 180° out of phase from its abutting rows.
- each row of convolutions is joined to the next row by a flat segment which lies in the original plane of web 17 and results from lack of formation in the neutral zone N defined by flat die sections 34 and 35 and 28 and 29.
- Rotary dies 19 and 20 may be driven in any known manner. Preferably, they are driven by a variable speed D.C. motor connected to their axles in known manner. Likewise, accumulator wheel 22 and glue wheel 23 are driven in conventional manner, as are rollers 27, which draw web 25 off of bobbin 26. Bobbins 18 and 26 are preferably mounted on free-wheeling axles.
- Figures 6-8 illustrate the cooperation of dies 19 and 20 during successive points in their rotation.
- the flat sections 28 and 29 of the dies mesh, they abut web 17 without deformation of the web ( Figure 6).
- tooth 30 forms web 17 while tooth 33 forms the web in the opposite direction to generate the next adjacent convolution 180° away. Further rotation of the dies reverses their respective effects on the web.
- the scissor formed by the lateral edges of successive pairs of teeth 30 and 33 shears the web longitudinally from the end of one neutral zone to the beginning of the next, thus allowing the dies to more readily form the convolutions in web 17.
- Web formation also may be assisted by adjusting the moisture content of web 17 prior to - formation followed by drying of the formed web 12 to set the sheared and formed configuration.
- Setting agents also may be applied to the web to help in retaining the formed configuration, and those setting agents may further contain flavor- ants or additives as desired.
- Web 25 provides outer wrapper 11, which is preferably slightly wider than expanded web 12 (Figure 11).
- Figure 11 When the composite wrapper 10 is curled about its longitudinal axis to form a tube for encircling a tobacco rod, the additional width of wrapper 11 provides sufficient material for forming a suitable overlapping glue seam by known means.
- the outer edges of expanded web 12 meet to form butt joint 50 which is covered and held in place by the overlapping glue seam.
- Curling of the composite wrapper into a tube causes successive rows of convolutions to overlap slightly at their radially inward ends and to spread slightly at their radially outward ends.
- the cumulative cross-sectional size of longitudinally-extending gaps 40 can be regulated.
- the expanded web can be extended or condensed, thus resulting in variation of the size of gaps 40 when the composite web is curled about its longitudinal axis to form a wrapper for a smoking article, such as a cigarette.
- gaps 40 Proper selection of the size of gaps 40 can result in a total gap area equal to the total perforation area conventionally used in cigarette filter wrap and tipping design and construction.
- This additional means for controlling gas flow gives the cigarette designer another method of regulating smoke dilution and delivery.
- the web may be perforated or may be made of a material with any desired porosity to further enhance its dilution characteristics. Should it be desired to close off gaps 40, an annular plug or other blocking means may be placed at the junction of tobacco rod 14 and filter 15 to preclude gas flow from gaps 40 into the filter.
- Figure 15 illustrates an alternate form 12' of the expanded web achieved by modifying the shape of the teeth on dies 19 and 20. Any die configuration which creates a generally sinusoidal cross section convolution in web 12' may be used within the scope of the invention.
- the apparatus generally comprises a bobbin 100 of formable sheet material 17 to be formed into expanded web 12.
- Web 17 passes through conventional splicer 101 where material from alternate bobbin hub 102 may be spliced to web 17 in known fashion.
- Pinch rollers 103 pull web 17 off of bobbin 100 and feed the web into accumulator 104, from where web 17 is drawn around idler wheels 105 and 106 and through rotary shearing and forming dies 19 and 20.
- Shearing and forming dies 19 and 20 act on web 17 to form expanded web 12 in the manner discussed above.
- expanded web 12 is metered through accumulator wheels 107 and 108 and fed onto web 25, which will become outer wrapper 11 in expanded wrapper 13.
- Web 25 is drawn from a known cigarette wrapper feed assembly (not shown) preferably located parallel to and slightly off-line from the apparatus. The web 25 is brought on line with expanded web 12 by passage around two 45° rollers in known manner. The second 45° roller is illustrated at 110. From roller 110, web 25 passes through printing station 112 where it is printed in known fashion with desired decorations or brand marks.
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Description
- The present invention relates to the manufacture of a cigarette wrapper comprising a corrugated web of sheet material and a second flat web.
- In the mass production of cigarettes, maintenance of standard characteristics from cigarette to cigarette is important. One standard characteristic closely controlled by manufacturers is cigarette firmness, which generally is a function of tobacco rod density. Firmness affects smoking characteristics and contributes to the subjective feel of the cigarette in the smoker's hand.
- The conventional cigarette wrapper is relatively flimsy paper which imparts little or no strength or rigidity to the cigarette rod, but rather serves primarily to contain the tobacco. Thus, the cigarette rod derives its strength and firmness almost entirely from the density of tobacco in the rod. Reduction of rod density usually results in a less firm cigarette.
- Therefore, there exists a need for a cigarette wrapper which will provide desired firmness and strength in a cigarette rod relatively independently of tobacco rod density.
- U.S. Patent Specification 3 910 287 describes a cigarette wrapper which, for the purpose of providing an outer combustion zone through which smoke from the burning end of the cigarette reaches the mouthpiece end, has an inner wrapper formed with longitudinally-extending corrugations and surrounded by a conventional outer wrapper. The overall thickness is about 0.38 mm (0.015 inch) and thus has relatively little effect on firmness and strength of the cigarette.
- The present invention is characterized in that the corrugated web comprises a plurality of rows of generally sinusoidal convolutions formed from the sheet, the rows lying side by side across the width of the web, each convolution in a row extending above and below the plane of the web and being connected to the longitudinally succeeding convolution by a portion of the web lying substantially in the plane of the web, the rows of sinusoidal convolutions extend longitudinally of the cigarette wrapper, and the corrugated web is laminated with a flat web.
- Preferably the convolutions in each row are formed to be 180° out of phase with the convolutions in adjacent rows, the flat portions in each row being in alignment with those of adjacent rows.
- French Patent Specification 1 286 127 describes a corrugated panel similar in form to the corrugated web used in the cigarette wrapper of the present invention. The corrugated panel of the French Specification is intended for use as a flat panel in filtration or heat-exchange applications and for that purpose is formed from a metallic sheet or a sheet of synthetic resin by stamping between reciprocating dies.
- The present specification describes apparatus for manufacturing a cigarette wrapper in accordance with the invention at high speed and directly on line with a cigarette making machine. In this apparatus a planar web of formable sheet material is sheared and formed to create an expanded web having rows of generally sinusoidal convolutions extending across its width and down its longitudinal axis. The expanded web is laminated to a second web, preferably consisting of conventional cigarette paper, which forms the outer layer of a cigarette wrapper when the composite web is curled about its longitudinal axis to form a tube encircling a tobacco rod.
- The invention will be described in more detail with the aid of example illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which:-
- Figure 1 is a partially cut-away perspective view of a cigarette having a wrapper formed from a composite web,
- Figure 2 is a perspective view of the composite web used in the cigarette of Figure 1,
- Figure 3 is a partial schematic view of an apparatus for forming the composite web,
- Figure 4 is a partial plan view of one pair of rotary shearing and forming dies suitable for use in the apparatus of Figure 3,
- Figure 5 is a partial plan view of two pairs of rotary shearing and forming dies,
- Figures 6, 7 and 8 are sectional views taken along lines 6-6, 7-7, and 8-8, respectively, of Figure 5,
- Figure 9 is a plan view of the sheared and formed web,
- Figure 10 is a sectional view fo the sheared and formed web taken along lines 10-10 of Figure 9,
- Figures 11 to 13 are schematic views showing the forming and curling of the composite web about its longitudinal axis to form a tube,
- Figure 14 is a partial sectional view of a cigarette having a wrapper formed from the composite web,
- Figure 15 is a side sectional view of an alternative form of the sheared and formed web,
- Figures 16 to 18 are schematic views showing a normal, a condensed, and an extended expanded web, respectively, and
- Figure 19 is a diagrammatic view of machinery incorporating a modified form of the apparatus of Figure 3.
- As seen in Figure 2, a
composite web 10 generally comprises a layer ofpaper 11 attached to an expandedweb 12. In its use as acigarette wrapper 13, the composite web is curled about its longitudinal axis to encircle atobacco rod 14, which may then be attached to afilter 15 by known means. As can be seen, theconvolutions 16 in the expandedweb 12 run in rows extending longitudinally down the web arid- tTre rows lie side-by-side across the web width. - In forming the
composite web 10, a web offormable material 17 is fed off of a bobbin 18 (Figure 3).Web 17 passes between meshing rotary shearing and forming dies 19 and 20.Dies convolutions 16. As theweb 17 passes throughdies convolution 16 is sheared along its lateral boundaries by teeth on the dies, which also serve to form theweb 17 into the convoluted configuration. - After shearing and formation, expanded web 12 (formed from original web 17) passes between
guides 21 toaccumulator wheel 22.Accumulator wheel 22 is in nip relation toglue wheel 23 which applies a line of glue 24 (Fig. 11) along the centre line of formedweb 12. Alternatively,glue wheel 23 may be situated to applyglue line 24 along the centre line ofweb 25 feeding frombobbin 26. As yet anotheralternative web 12 andweb 25 may be simply drawn into a laminated confronting relationship and guided together downstream without the placement of a glue line therebetween. - If
glue wheel 23 is located to applyglue line 24 toweb 25, a nip roller must be placed in nip relation toaccumulator wheel 22 to assist in controlling the feed ofweb 12 past the accumulator. If desired, the additional roller may be another accumulator wheel. -
Web 25 is the paper web which will form theouter layer 11 of the composite wrapper.Web 25 is fed throughpress rollers 27 to confront the underside of expandedweb 12 and so be secured to expandedweb 12 alongglue line 24. The nip betweenpress rollers 27 should be sufficiently small to urge the confronting webs together for a secure bond, but not so small as to permanently deform theconvolutions 16 in expandedweb 12. The web bonding is preferably assisted by a heat source to aid in setting theglue line 24. After bonding of the webs together, thecomposite web 10 may be fed directly into a cigarette making machine for forming into expanded cigarette wrappers. -
Web 17 preferably comprises a ductile cellulosic material with sufficient resiliency so that it will not tear at the extremity of eachconvolution 16 during forming bydies dies dies -
Accumulator wheel 22, in addition to cooperating withglue wheel 23 to form a nip at the pint of glue application, also serves to meter the expandedweb 12 ontoweb 25.Accumulator wheel 22, which may be a rotating brush wheel, runs at substantially the same linear speed as the linear speed ofweb 25, while dies 19 and 20 may run at variable speeds. If the dies run at a linear speed faster than that ofweb 25 andwheel 22, the periodicity of the generallysinusoidal convolutions 16 imparted toweb 17 bydies dies wheel 20 andweb 25 will increase the periodicity ofconvolutions 16 and give an extended expanded web 180 (Figure 18). And operation of the dies at the same linear speed aswheel 22 andweb 25 will produce a normal expanded web 160 (Figure 16). - Figure 4 illustrates the preferred configuration of the meshing teeth of
dies flat sections sinusoidal tooth 30 and corresponding generallysinusoidal recess 31, and generallysinusoidal tooth 33 and recess 32. Whenflat sections web 17, and the midway point of that clearance lies in the centre of the web thickness. Thus, there is realized a neutral zone N in which there is no deformation of the web by the flat sections ofdies - As dies 19 and 20 further rotate, tooth 30 meshes with
recess 31 while maintaining a clearance equal to web thickness. Theweb 17 is thus formed into the lower half of a generally sinusoidal pattern. Further rotation of dies 19 and 20meshes tooth 33 withrecess 32 to generate the upper half of the sinusoidal convolution and then both dies return to the neutral zone defined byflat sections recess 31 to the tip oftooth 33, is on the order of 1 millimeter, although this dimension may be varied as desired to create an expanded web having any required thickness. - Each individual die is preferably about 1 mm wide and each die set 19 and 20 preferably comprises 20 such 1 mm dies. Additionally, a die about 3 mm wide is located at each lateral end of each die set. With this die arrangement, an expanded
web 12 approximately 22 mm wide can be formed without any feathering of the web edges which might result from commonly encountered lateral web drift as the web feeds through dies 19 and 20. Despite slight web drift, the outer 3 mm dies are sufficiently wide so that the web edges will be uniformly sheared and formed. - In practicing the invention, meshing pairs of die elements A-B and C-D are preferably extended across the width of
web 17, each A die element lying 180° out of phase from the next contiguous B die element and each C die element lying 180° out of phase from the next contiguous D die element (Figures 5―8). The result of this arrangement is that alternate rows of convolutions extend across the web width, each row lying 180° out of phase from its abutting rows. Moreover, each row of convolutions is joined to the next row by a flat segment which lies in the original plane ofweb 17 and results from lack of formation in the neutral zone N defined byflat die sections - Rotary dies 19 and 20 may be driven in any known manner. Preferably, they are driven by a variable speed D.C. motor connected to their axles in known manner. Likewise,
accumulator wheel 22 andglue wheel 23 are driven in conventional manner, as arerollers 27, which drawweb 25 off ofbobbin 26.Bobbins - Figures 6-8 illustrate the cooperation of dies 19 and 20 during successive points in their rotation. When the
flat sections web 17 without deformation of the web (Figure 6). As rotation occurs,tooth 30forms web 17 whiletooth 33 forms the web in the opposite direction to generate the nextadjacent convolution 180° away. Further rotation of the dies reverses their respective effects on the web. Additionally, as dies 19 and 20 rotate; the scissor formed by the lateral edges of successive pairs ofteeth web 17. - Web formation also may be assisted by adjusting the moisture content of
web 17 prior to - formation followed by drying of the formedweb 12 to set the sheared and formed configuration. Setting agents also may be applied to the web to help in retaining the formed configuration, and those setting agents may further contain flavor- ants or additives as desired. - After
web 17 is converted by dies 19 and 20 into expandedweb 12 and laminated toweb 25, it is available for use as a cigarette wrapper.Web 25 providesouter wrapper 11, which is preferably slightly wider than expanded web 12 (Figure 11). When thecomposite wrapper 10 is curled about its longitudinal axis to form a tube for encircling a tobacco rod, the additional width ofwrapper 11 provides sufficient material for forming a suitable overlapping glue seam by known means. The outer edges of expandedweb 12 meet to form butt joint 50 which is covered and held in place by the overlapping glue seam. - Curling of the composite wrapper into a tube causes successive rows of convolutions to overlap slightly at their radially inward ends and to spread slightly at their radially outward ends. Surprisingly, it has been found that, by controlling the periodicity of the convolutions during formation of expanded
web 12, the cumulative cross-sectional size of longitudinally-extendinggaps 40 can be regulated. By varying the linear speed of dies 19 and 20, the expanded web can be extended or condensed, thus resulting in variation of the size ofgaps 40 when the composite web is curled about its longitudinal axis to form a wrapper for a smoking article, such as a cigarette. Proper selection of the size ofgaps 40 can result in a total gap area equal to the total perforation area conventionally used in cigarette filter wrap and tipping design and construction. This additional means for controlling gas flow gives the cigarette designer another method of regulating smoke dilution and delivery. Additionally the web may be perforated or may be made of a material with any desired porosity to further enhance its dilution characteristics. Should it be desired to close offgaps 40, an annular plug or other blocking means may be placed at the junction oftobacco rod 14 andfilter 15 to preclude gas flow fromgaps 40 into the filter. - Figure 15 illustrates an alternate form 12' of the expanded web achieved by modifying the shape of the teeth on dies 19 and 20. Any die configuration which creates a generally sinusoidal cross section convolution in web 12' may be used within the scope of the invention.
- Turning to Figure 19 the machinery shown in suitable for use in a conventional cigarette-making machine, such as a Molins Mark 9-5 (Trade Mark) machine. The apparatus generally comprises a
bobbin 100 offormable sheet material 17 to be formed into expandedweb 12.Web 17 passes throughconventional splicer 101 where material fromalternate bobbin hub 102 may be spliced toweb 17 in known fashion.Pinch rollers 103pull web 17 off ofbobbin 100 and feed the web intoaccumulator 104, from whereweb 17 is drawn aroundidler wheels web 17 to form expandedweb 12 in the manner discussed above. - After shearing and forming, expanded
web 12 is metered throughaccumulator wheels web 25, which will becomeouter wrapper 11 in expandedwrapper 13.Web 25 is drawn from a known cigarette wrapper feed assembly (not shown) preferably located parallel to and slightly off-line from the apparatus. Theweb 25 is brought on line with expandedweb 12 by passage around two 45° rollers in known manner. The second 45° roller is illustrated at 110. Fromroller 110,web 25 passes throughprinting station 112 where it is printed in known fashion with desired decorations or brand marks. - After printing
web 25 passes around idler wheel 144 toglue wheel 116 whereglue line 24 is applied longitudinally down the centre line of the surface ofweb 25 which will confront expandedweb 12.Web 25 is then passed around idler 118 to niprollers web 12. From niprollers composite web 10 passes throughdryer 122 whereglue line 24 is set for a secure bonding of the laminated structure. After drying ofglue line 24,composite web 10 is transferred in known fashion to the garnisher of a cigarette making machine where the web is curled about its longitudinal axis for receipt of tobacco or other cigarette filler by conventional cigarette making means. Alternatively, the webs may be laminated in confronting relationship without gluing and thereafter may be guided together to the garnisher.
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