Applying Bands Or Labels To Cigars Or Cigarettes (3/04) Patents (Class 156/DIG7)
  • Apparatus and method for laminating patches of a first web material onto a second web material
    Patent number: 5200020
    Abstract: Apparatus and a method for laminating patches to a base web accurately, and as efficiently as possible, are provided. Two webs are fed at speeds which are related as the ratio of the width of each patch to the separation distance between patches, the patch web moving more slowly. Patches are cut from the patch web and transferred to the other web while being accelerated to the higher speed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 1992
    Date of Patent: April 6, 1993
    Assignee: Philip Morris Incorporated
    Inventors: Alfred L. Collins, Billy J. Keen, Jr., George B. Reid, Renzer R. Ritt, Sr., William H. Stevens, Howard W. Vogt, Jr.