- Patent Title: Apparatus and method for manufacturing tobacco industry products
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Application No.: US16301569Application Date: 2017-05-25
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Publication No.: US11252990B2Publication Date: 2022-02-22
- Inventor: Andrew Jonathan Bray , Gerhard Le Roux , Sam Whiffen
- Applicant: British American Tobacco (Investments) Limited
- Applicant Address: GB London
- Assignee: British American Tobacco (Investments) Limited
- Current Assignee: British American Tobacco (Investments) Limited
- Current Assignee Address: GB London
- Agency: Cantor Colburn LLP
- Priority: GB1609409 20160527
- International Application: PCT/GB2017/051474 WO 20170525
- International Announcement: WO2017/203255 WO 20171130
- Main IPC: A24C5/47
- IPC: A24C5/47 ; A24C5/32

Abstract:
Embodiments disclosed herein relate to an apparatus (1) for manufacture of tobacco industry products (21). The apparatus (1) comprising a rolling unit (9) comprising: • a rotatable drum (14) having a plurality of recesses formed in an outer surface of the drum (14) to receive tobacco industry product components (5/6); • a roll hand (15) spaced from the outer surface of the drum (14) to define a space between the outer surface of the drum (14) and the roll hand (15), within which space tobacco industry product components (5/6) are rollable upon rotation of the drum (14); and • a kicker bar (16) disposed adjacent to the roll hand (15). • The kicker bar (16) is moveable relative to the roll hand (15) and in a direction towards and away from the drum (14) during operation of the apparatus (1), and the kicker bar (16) is biased towards the drum (14).
Public/Granted literature
- US20190281886A1 Apparatus and Method for Manufacturing Tobacco Industry Products Public/Granted day:2019-09-19
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