ACETATE TOW BAND COMPRISING STANDARD FIBRES AND IDENTIFICATION FIBRES

• Main Authors: GAYNOR, Scott, Gregory, STEACH, Jeremy, Kenneth, MCLEOD, Andrew, Ervin, WILSON, Steven, Anthony, COLLAZO, Humberto, SEILER, Brian, Douglas, TATUM, Clarissa, RENFRO, Larry, Wayne, SALYER, Lydia, Juanita
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 04.12.2019
• Subjects: APPARATUS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF CARBONFILAMENTS; CHECKING-DEVICES; CHEMICAL FEATURES IN THE MANUFACTURE OF ARTIFICIAL FILAMENTS,THREADS, FIBRES, BRISTLES OR RIBBONS; CIGARETTES; CIGARS; HANDLING OF COINS OR OF PAPER CURRENCY OR SIMILAR VALUABLEPAPERS, e.g. TESTING, SORTING BY DENOMINATIONS, COUNTING,DISPENSING, CHANGING OR DEPOSITING; HUMAN NECESSITIES; MANUFACTURE OF TOBACCO SMOKE FILTERS OR MOUTHPIECES; MECHANICAL METHODS OR APPARATUS IN THE MANUFACTURE OFARTIFICIAL FILAMENTS, THREADS, FIBRES, BRISTLES ORRIBBONS; MOUTHPIECES FOR CIGARS OR CIGARETTES; NATURAL OR ARTIFICIAL THREADS OR FIBRES; PHYSICS; SMOKERS' REQUISITES; SPINNING; TEXTILES; TOBACCO; TOBACCO SMOKE FILTERS

Disclosed is an acetate tow band comprising fibers which comprise standard fibers and identification fibers. The identification fibers contain one or more distinct features, or taggants, which vary among the fibers and/or along the length of the identification fibers, a fiber band, or yarn. The disclosed embodiments also relate to the method for making and characterizing the fibers. Characterization of the fibers can include identifying distinct features, combinations of distinct features, and number of fibers with various combinations of distinct features and correlating the distinct features to supply chain information. The supply chain information can be used to track the fibers, fiber band, or yarn from manufacturing through intermediaries, conversion to final product, and/or the consumer.