Cigarette rod product with different densities

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 6708695
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09986598

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An asymmetrical trimmer disk/paddle wheel apparatus for trimming tobacco from a stream or braid of cut tobacco in a cigarette maker comprises a pair of counter rotating disks with a plurality of pockets arranged to coact with one another to trim off excess tobacco and create densified regions at the filter and lit ends of a cigarette rod product made in the maker. The pockets are constructed with different widths and depths to provide densified regions of different densities and lengths at the filter and lit ends of the cigarette rod product. The cigarette rod product formed by the asymmetrical trimmer disk/paddle wheel apparatus has an improved density profile that minimizes rejects at maker speeds up to about 8000 rods/minute.

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R J REYNOLDS TOBACCO COMPANY401 NORTH MAIN STREET WINSTON-SALEM NC 27101-3804

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Fagg, Barry Smith 430 Friar Tuck Rd., Winston-Salem, NC 27104 28 844
Howard, Travis Eugene 4906 Dock Davis Rd., Clemmons, NC 27012 9 281
Nelson, John Larkin 395 Saddlebrook Cir., Lewisville, NC 27106 41 951
Smith, Mickey Lee 4721 Tolley Creek Dr., Winston-Salem, NC 27106 7 287

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