METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR APPLYING A MATERIAL TO A WEB

• Main Authors: PHAN, D., ANH, CLARK, H., EDMUND, MURRAY, TYRONE, W, LANZILLOTTI, HARRY, V, DOUGHERTY, THOMAS, E, HAMPL, VLADIMIR, JR, EDWARDS, RONALD, L, URSERY, PHILLIP, L, BUTT, JON, R., SR, GAUTAM, NAVIN, CUTRIGHT, EDWIN, L, FILLIO, THOMAS, L
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 28.04.1999
• Edition: 6
• Subjects: APPARATUS FOR APPLYING LIQUIDS OR OTHER FLUENT MATERIALS TOSURFACES, IN GENERAL; APPLYING LIQUIDS OR OTHER FLUENT MATERIALS TO SURFACES, IN GENERAL; ATOMISING APPARATUS; CIGARETTES; CIGARS; HUMAN NECESSITIES; IMPREGNATING OR COATING OF PAPER; LAYERED PRODUCTS; LAYERED PRODUCTS, i.e. PRODUCTS BUILT-UP OF STRATA OF FLAT ORNON-FLAT, e.g. CELLULAR OR HONEYCOMB, FORM; MANUFACTURE OF TOBACCO SMOKE FILTERS OR MOUTHPIECES; MOUTHPIECES FOR CIGARS OR CIGARETTES; NOZZLES; PAPER NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; PAPER-MAKING; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PREPARATION THEREOF NOT COVERED BY SUBCLASSES D21C OR D21D; PROCESSES FOR APPLYING LIQUIDS OR OTHER FLUENT MATERIALS TOSURFACES, IN GENERAL; PRODUCTION OF CELLULOSE; PULP COMPOSITIONS; SMOKERS' REQUISITES; SPRAYING APPARATUS; SPRAYING OR ATOMISING IN GENERAL; TEXTILES; TOBACCO; TOBACCO SMOKE FILTERS; TRANSPORTING; TREATMENT OF FINISHED PAPER NOT COVERED BY CLASS B31 OR SUBCLASS D21G

A cigarette paper comprising a base web (3) of fibrous cellulosic material and an applied pattern (5) of add-on material comprising a highly refined form of said cellulosic material, said highly refined cellulosic material having a weighted average fiber length in the range of approximately 0.15 mm to 0.20 mm, said fibrous cellulosic material of said base web having a weighted average fiber length in the range of approximately 0.7 mm to 1.5 mm.