Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Apparatus for inserting microcapsule objects into a filter element of a smoking article, and associated method
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Application No.: US16682787Application Date: 2019-11-13
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Publication No.: US11717024B2Publication Date: 2023-08-08
- Inventor: Charles Jacob Novak, III , Vernon Brent Barnes , Robert William Benford , Margarette Elisa Lovette , Quentin Paul Guenther, Jr. , Jerry Wayne Pipes , William Robert Collett
- Applicant: R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
- Applicant Address: US NC Winston-Salem
- Assignee: R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
- Current Assignee: R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
- Current Assignee Address: US NC Winston-Salem
- Agency: Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
- The original application number of the division: US13248847 2011.09.29
- Main IPC: A24D3/02
- IPC: A24D3/02
Abstract:
An apparatus is provided for forming a cigarette filter rod member defining a longitudinal axis. A rod-forming unit is configured to form a continuous supply of a filter material into a continuous cylindrical rod member. An insertion unit configured to insert a carrier carrying a plurality of frangible microcapsule objects into the rod member. Associated apparatuses and methods are also provided.
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