PROCESS OF PREPARING PRINTING SOLUTION AND MAKING PATTERNED CIGARETTE WRAPPERS

• Main Authors: SHERWOOD, TIMOTHY S, SMITH, ROBERT N, ROSE, MARC W
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 23.10.2013
• Subjects: ADHESIVES; CHEMICAL PAINT OR INK REMOVERS; CHEMISTRY; CIGARETTES; CIGARS; COATING COMPOSITIONS, e.g. PAINTS, VARNISHES ORLACQUERS; COLOUR PRINTING; CORRECTING FLUIDS; DYES; FILLING PASTES; HUMAN NECESSITIES; IMPREGNATING OR COATING OF PAPER; INKS; LINING MACHINES; MACHINES FOR MAKING CIGARS OR CIGARETTES; MANUFACTURE OF TOBACCO SMOKE FILTERS OR MOUTHPIECES; METALLURGY; MISCELLANEOUS APPLICATIONS OF MATERIALS; MISCELLANEOUS COMPOSITIONS; MOUTHPIECES FOR CIGARS OR CIGARETTES; NATURAL RESINS; PAINTS; PAPER NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; PAPER-MAKING; PASTES OR SOLIDS FOR COLOURING OR PRINTING; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; POLISHES; PREPARATION THEREOF NOT COVERED BY SUBCLASSES D21C OR D21D; PRINTING; PRINTING, DUPLICATING, MARKING, OR COPYING PROCESSES; PRODUCTION OF CELLULOSE; PULP COMPOSITIONS; SMOKERS' REQUISITES; STAMPS; TEXTILES; TOBACCO; TOBACCO SMOKE FILTERS; TRANSPORTING; TREATMENT OF FINISHED PAPER NOT COVERED BY CLASS B31 OR SUBCLASS D21G; TYPEWRITERS; USE OF MATERIALS THEREFOR; WOODSTAINS

A process for making patterned cigarette wrapper includes the steps of: preparing a printing solution including the steps of: mixing at least water and a starch to form a starch mixture, heating the starch mixture to a temperature of at least about 180°F preferably for at least about 30 minutes to release amylopectin and amylose, adding propylene glycol to the starch mixture, and mixing the starch mixture and propylene glycol to form a printing solution, wherein the printing solution is maintained and applied at elevated temperature (120°F to 150°F). The process also includes providing a base web of wrapper and applying the printing solution to the wrapper in a predetermined pattern.