Tobacco – Cigar or cigarette making – Molding or forming
Patent
1991-07-22
1994-01-04
Brown, David H.
Tobacco
Cigar or cigarette making
Molding or forming
131360, A24B 100, A24C 118
Patent
active
H00012718
ABSTRACT:
The present invention relates to a plurality of manufactured cigarettes adapted to be arranged in a packaged configuration thereof. Each of the cigarettes include a rod of smokable material contained in a circumscribing paper wrapper (i.e., a "smokable rod"). Each of the smokable rods have a plurality of substantially flat sides and have at least one crease longitudinally extending substantially along the total length thereof. Preferably, each of the smokable rods includes a pair of creases longitudinally extending substantially along the length thereof to define one of the flat sides. The present invention also relates to a method of manufacturing cigarettes adapted to be arranged in a packaged configuration. The method includes providing a plurality of cigarettes including a smokable rod having a substantially circular or oval cross-section, and applying a compressive pressure to the smokable rods to provide a plurality of flat sides and at least one crease in the smokable rod.
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Brown David H.
R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.
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