Inventors:
Charles Ashcraft - Winston-Salem NC, US
James Ellis - Winston-Salem NC, US
James Hutchens - Walnut Cove NC, US
Gregory Pierce - Kernersville NC, US
John Tomel - Mocksville NC, US
Don White - King NC, US
Sara Williard - Winston-Salem NC, US
Paul Chapman - Winston-Salem NC, US
Mark Powell - Winston-Salem NC, US
International Classification:
A24D001/02
Abstract:
Smokable rods of cigarettes are manufactured using wrapping materials that incorporate at least one fibrous material (e.g., flax fibers, hardwood pulp fibers and/or softwood pulp fibers) at least one filler material (e.g., calcium carbonate in particulate form). The wrapping materials possess multi-layer coatings. The wrapping materials possess coatings in the form of series of spaced apart bands, each band possessing a series of layers. At least one of the coating layers can have a filler material dispersed or suspended within a film-forming material of that layer.