FIBERS WITH PHYSICAL FEATURES USED FOR CODING

• Main Authors: McLeod, Andrew Ervin, Gaynor, Scott Gregory, Salyer, Lydia Juanita, Seiler, Brian Douglas, Steach, Jeremy Kenneth, Renfro, Larry Wayne, Collazo, Humberto, Wilson, Steven Anthony, Tatum, Clarissa
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 24.05.2018
• Subjects: CALCULATING; CHECKING-DEVICES; CIGARETTES; CIGARS; COMPUTING; COUNTING; HANDLING OF COINS OR OF PAPER CURRENCY OR SIMILAR VALUABLEPAPERS, e.g. TESTING, SORTING BY DENOMINATIONS, COUNTING,DISPENSING, CHANGING OR DEPOSITING; HANDLING RECORD CARRIERS; HUMAN NECESSITIES; INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIRCHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; MANUFACTURE OF TOBACCO SMOKE FILTERS OR MOUTHPIECES; MEASURING; MOUTHPIECES FOR CIGARS OR CIGARETTES; NATURAL OR ARTIFICIAL THREADS OR FIBRES; PHYSICS; PRELIMINARY TREATMENT OF FIBRES, e.g. FOR SPINNING; PRESENTATION OF DATA; RECOGNITION OF DATA; RECORD CARRIERS; SMOKERS' REQUISITES; SPINNING; TESTING; TEXTILES; TOBACCO; TOBACCO SMOKE FILTERS

Disclosed are fibers which contain identification fibers. The identification fibers can contain a plurality of distinct features, or taggants, which vary among the fibers and/or along the length of the identification fibers, tow band, or yarn. The disclosed embodiments also relate to the method for...