Claims
- 1. Apparatus for manufacturing cigarettes, said apparatus comprising:
- a cigarette maker having means for providing a moving stream of tobacco, said maker including an inlet chimney for receiving cut tobacco filler, an ecreteur section, and a garniture, movable garniture tape and short tongue for forming said filler into a cigarette rod;
- means for producing a liquid additive foam;
- means for applying said liquid additive foam to said moving stream of tobacco; and
- means for drying and setting said applied liquid additive foam.
- 2. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein said drying and setting means comprises means for heating said applied liquid additive foam.
- 3. The apparatus of claim 2 wherein said heating means comprises means for contacting said filler and said applied liquid additive foam with a heated fluid.
- 4. The apparatus of claim 3 wherein said fluid is air.
- 5. The apparatus of claim 2 wherein said heating means comprises means for exposing said filler and said applied liquid additive foam to microwave radiation. 1
- 6. A method for manufacturing cigarettes, said method comprising:
- providing a moving stream of tobacco;
- producing a liquid additive foam;
- applying said liquid additive foam to said moving stream of tobacco; and
- drying and setting said applied liquid additive foam.
- 7. The method of claim 6 wherein said drying and setting step comprises heating said applied liquid additive foam.
- 8. The method of claim 7 wherein said heating step comprises contacting said filler and said applied liquid additive foam with a heated fluid.
- 9. The method of claim 8 wherein said contacting step comprises contacting said filler and said applied liquid additive foam with heated air.
- 10. The method of claim 7 wherein said heating step comprises exposing said filler and said applied liquid additive foam to microwave radiation.
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application is a continuation-in-part of copending United States patent application Ser. No. 901,447, filed Aug. 28, 1986, now abandoned which was a continuation-in-part of application Ser. No. 637,259, filed Aug. 3, 1984, now U.S. Pat. No. 4,619,276.
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