Cigarette paper

• Main Authors: PHAN, ANH D, CUTRIGHT, EDWIN L, LANZILLOTTI, HARRY V, URSERY, PHILLIP L, FILLIO, THOMAS L, DOUGHERTY, THOMAS E, HAMPL, VLADIMIR JNR, CLARK, EDMUND H, GAUTAM, NAVIN, BUTT, JON R. SR, EDWARDS, RONALD L, MURRAY, TYRONE W
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 16.11.2005
• Edition: 7
• 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.