Tobacco – Cigar or cigarette making – Recovery of tobacco from cigarettes and cigars
Patent
1982-08-09
1984-07-03
Millin, Vincent
Tobacco
Cigar or cigarette making
Recovery of tobacco from cigarettes and cigars
15624413, 156247, 156344, 156584, A24C 536
Patent
active
044573170
ABSTRACT:
Method of removing paper wraps that are secured by thermoplastic adhesive around and/or to waste cigarette filter rods to enable subsequent recovery of the filter material in the cigarette filter rods, the method including the step of heating the cigarette filter rods to the melting point of the thermoplastic adhesive and then agitating the paper wrap against the filter material to obtain separation of the paper wrap therefrom.
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Denton David L.
Thompson James M.
Dunn Malcolm G.
Eastman Kodak Company
Millin Vincent
Reece III Daniel B.
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