Abstract: A garniture tape for forming cigarettes and/or filters. The garniture tape having at least one warp thread and having a plurality of weft threads. The at least one warp thread has at least one liquid crystal polymer thread and at least one further thread which has greater roughness than the liquid crystal polymer thread.

Abstract: The invention relates to a trimming strip for the shaping of cigarettes and/or filters, comprising at least one warp thread and several weft threads. The at least one warp thread comprises several fibres made from a liquid crystal polymer and at least one further fibre which has a greater roughness than the fibre made from liquid crystal polymer.

Abstract: An endless flat band has a spirally placed, straight pulling element in the form of a thread or a wire extending in the direction of movement. A transverse connection is generated by loops and at least partially by a binding agent, wherein at least one spiral of the pulling element is inserted into a tubular fabric in the knitting machine. Because the spiral is inserted already straightened into a right/right transfer construction between loops or loops and tuck loops, it is achieved that a symmetrical fabric is made which increases the service life of the flat band and improves the useful properties.

Abstract: An air permeable, continuous conveyor belt for conveying a tobacco rod in a cigarette rod machine including parallel warp threads (31) and parallel sections (30a) of weft threads (30), the intersection points of which are in a regular grid. At least one warp thread (31) and/or at least one weft thread (30) includes at least one carrier fiber and at least one melt fiber. The bonding points (32) achieved by melting of the intersection points are arranged in linear fashion. As a result, selective adhesion of the weft threads to the warp threads can prevent the separation of individual fiber particles without reducing the air permeability of the belt.