PAPER HAVING CROSSDIRECTIONAL REGIONS OF VARIABLE BASIS WEIGHT

摘要

This invention describes paper having crossdirectional regions (11) with increased basis weight, and a method and machine for producing same. Paper of this kind has a uniform weight basis and is particularly useful as a wrapping material for smoking articles, as it promotes even burn characteristics of the smoking article. The paper may be produced by depositing additional material onto a moving base web (16) in a papermaking machine (10). This additional material is deposited by way of a rotating drum (21) containing a number of slits through which the additional material passes.