Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Smoking article assembly machine for assembling smoking articles having segmented filters
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Application No.: US15305536Application Date: 2015-03-31
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Publication No.: US10172384B2Publication Date: 2019-01-08
- Inventor: Gerhard Le Roux , Arnold Leslie Herholdt
- Applicant: Tobacco Research and Development Institute (Proprietary) Limited
- Applicant Address: ZA Stellenbosch
- Assignee: TOBACCO RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE (PROPRIETARY) LIMITED
- Current Assignee: TOBACCO RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE (PROPRIETARY) LIMITED
- Current Assignee Address: ZA Stellenbosch
- Agency: Cantor Colburn LLP
- Priority: GB1407513.9 20140429
- International Application: PCT/EP2015/057127 WO 20150331
- International Announcement: WO2015/165683 WO 20151105
- Main IPC: A24C5/47
- IPC: A24C5/47 ; A24C5/10 ; A24C5/58 ; A24C5/28 ; A24D3/02 ; B26D1/22 ; B26D1/09
Abstract:
A smoking article assembly apparatus is disclosed. It comprises a first cutting station configured to cut a filter rod into filter segments, a tipping station configured to join the filter segments to tobacco rods so as to form a smoking article assembly, and a second cutting station configured to cut the smoking article assembly in the region of the filter segments so as to form two smoking articles.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170035100A1 SMOKING ARTICLE ASSEMBLY MACHINE FOR ASSEMBLING SMOKING ARTICLES HAVING SEGMENTED FILTERS Public/Granted day:2017-02-09
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