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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8171939 | Cigarette injector A cigarette injector for loading tobacco leaves into a hollow cigarette paper tube includes a housing having a tobacco cavity for the tobacco leaves disposing, an electric motor having an output shaft and a cigarette filling arrangement. The cigarette filling arrang... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8037887 | Cigarette-making machine with tamper-holding mechanism A cigarette-making machine of the tobacco-injecting type is provided that includes a tamper-holding mechanism. In one aspect, the tamper-holding mechanism provides for positively holding the tamper in its fully-retracted position. The tamper-holding mechanism includ... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8011372 | Device for filling cigarette tubes with tobacco A device for filling cigarette tubes with tobacco, wherein the device comprises at least one separating means adapted to detach a tobacco portion from a tobacco block and at least one portioning means adapted to portion the tobacco block, at least one transport mean... | 09/06/2011 |
| 7287531 | Method of making a smoking product A method of making a smoking product of a cigarette type which can be quickly and personally made in one minute and can be filled with any amount and type of tobacco according to the smoker's will. ... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7066183 | Machine for filling cigarette tubes of different lengths The invention provides a machine for filling cigarette tubes, the machine comprising a spoon (120) receiving a load of tobacco and shaping it into a cylinder, an endpiece (210) on which a cigarette tube is placed, a clamping device (330) suitabl... | 06/27/2006 |
| 6978789 | Convertible compact cigarette making machine A compact cigarette making machine for inserting a quantity of tobacco into a preformed cigarette tube is described. A tobacco receiving member is slidably retained within a base and movable longitudinally thereon to load tobacco into a cigarette tube secured to a n... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6913022 | Device for filling a cigarette tube with a metered amount of tobacco Devices for filling a cigarette tube with tobacco are disclosed. In one aspect, the devices contain separate metering, compression, and injection mechanisms, which may be manual, partially automatic, or fully automatic. The metering mechanisms move a proper amount o... | 07/05/2005 |
| 6739343 | Do-it-yourself cigarette maker and component assemblies The invention relates to a do-it-yourself cigarette maker and its component assemblies, such as, a conveying device for cigarettes or tubes fitted with a lifting device, a device for shaping a tobacco rod fitted with a plucking roller, a tobacco rod conveyor fitted ... | 05/25/2004 |
| 6571800 | Tobacco filling device A tobacco filling device includes a base with an outlet defined in a first end thereof and a cover is pivotally connected to a second end of the base. A pushing member is movably engaged with a slot defined in a top surface of the base. A plurality of paw... | 06/03/2003 |
| 6557560 | Cigarette making machine A cigarette making machine of the type wherein a portion of tobacco for one cigarette is compressed into a generally cylindrical form within a compressed tobacco chamber. The tobacco is thereafter axially moved and injected by an elongated spoon member in... | 05/06/2003 |
| 6345624 | Compact cigarette making machine A compact cigarette making machine for compacting and inserting a quantity of tobacco into a preformed cigarette tube is described. A tobacco receiving member is slidably retained within a base and movable longitudinally thereon to load tobacco into a cig... | 02/12/2002 |
| 6206006 | Manual packing device for cigarette tubes, in particular cigarette filter tubes with a variable-length tobacco packing chamber hand filling device for cigarette tubes, particularly filter cigarette tubes, with a tobacco press chamber variable in length Hand filling device for cigarette tubes, particularly for filter cigarette tubes, with a tobacco press chamber extending in the longitudinal direction thereof, which is formed by a casing (12) located in the base portion (14), a press head (16) provided o... | 03/27/2001 |
| 6125854 | Method for packaging tubular articles A method for packing unfilled cigarette tubes into a receptacle consists of the steps of feeding tubes to a conveyor, moving the tubes along the conveyor to a holding position, and laterally moving a predetermined number of tubes to a container. The conta... | 10/03/2000 |
| 6116245 | Apparatus for packaging tubular articles In an apparatus for the packaging of unfilled cigarette tubes into boxes, a counter counts a predetermined number of tubes and these are subsequently advanced to a holding position and then pushed laterally into a containment member having substantially t... | 09/12/2000 |
| 5769095 | Method of and apparatus for filling tubular wrappers with smokable material Successive tubular wrappers of cigarette paper, which are conveyed sideways in the peripheral flutes of ail indelible rotary conveyor, receive elongated batches of smokable material during intervals of dwell at a filling station. The batches are introduce... | 06/23/1998 |
| 5749378 | Tobacco product for the self-preparation of a cigarette, especially of filter-tipped cigarette and method of forming the cigarette A tobacco product for self-preparing a cigarette, especially a filter-tipped cigarette, includes a tobacco portion (14) matched with the tobacco filling of a finished cigarette and having an air-permeable outer surface so that it cannot be smoked per se. ... | 05/12/1998 |
| 5713377 | Tobacco cartridge The invention relates to a coaxial tobacco cartridge with an inner core of a first tobacco blend, a sheath for the inner core, an outer jacket of a second tobacco blend, a sheath of high air permeability and an associated filter element. The coaxial tobac... | 02/03/1998 |
| 5687747 | Method of and apparatus for assembling accumulations of particulate materials Particles of comminuted smokable material are loosened in a downwardly converging compartment defined by a funnel-shaped array of intermittently driven endless flexible belts. The outlet at the lower end of the compartment delivers flows of loosened mater... | 11/18/1997 |
| 5666975 | Method of fabricating cigarettes in a dispensing-type machine operated by a user person A method of fabricating cigarettes through a dispensing-type machine and from a predetermined quantity of tobacco leaves selected by a user person. The method comprises storing predetermined quantities of tobacco leaves in hermetically sealed bags wherein... | 09/16/1997 |
| 5657768 | Cigarette tube filling device The cigarette tube filling device (100) comprises a housing bottom part (1), consisting of a base part (2) and of a cover part (3), as well as a housing top part (6). There is formed a press chamber (8), the lower half of which is formed by a tongue (12) ... | 08/19/1997 |
| 5617881 | Rod formed smoking product A rod-like smoking product with a strand-like filler rod of comminuted smoking tobacco and which is enclosed by a mantle of reconstituted tobacco sheets. At least one of these tobacco sheets is essentially obtained from 75 to 100% by weight of tobacco-inh... | 04/08/1997 |
| 5615692 | Method and apparatus for filling cigarette-paper tubes with tobacco A method and apparatus for filling or packing cigarette-paper tubes is described wherein the apparatus comprises at least one tobacco-transfer means, in the form of a plunger or the like is mounted on a housing so as to be axially displaceable to transfer... | 04/01/1997 |
| 5526825 | Smoking tobacco for self-making a cigarette, and device therefor Smoking tobacco is provided for self-making finished cigarettes. A tobacco unit (47) includes a plurality of sub-quantity portions (48 or 50, respectively) which are held together by inner and/or outer fixing means (49) to form a stack of separable portio... | 06/18/1996 |
| 5450861 | Manual filling device for cigarette tubes, particularly for cigarette filter tubes A manual filling device for cigarette tubes, comprising a tobacco compression chamber extending in longitudinal direction of said device and being defined by a housing (12) disposed in a bottom part (14). A pressing bar (16) is provided on a lid (18) whic... | 09/19/1995 |
| 5398701 | Device for filling cigarette tubes A device for filling prefabricated cigarette tubes, having a housing (1), a tobacco chamber (17), a trough-shaped tobacco holder (7), a compression bar (23), a stop (31) for one end of the plug of tobacco, a finger or bushing (14) on which one end of a ci... | 03/21/1995 |
| 5197495 | Make-your-own system for making a cigarette, especially a filter-tipped cigarette A "make-your-own" system for making a cigarette, especially a filter-tipped cigarette, includes a dimensionally stable tobacco portion (10) matched with the tobacco receiving volume (16) of the cigarette located within a cigarette paper wrapper. The paper... | 03/30/1993 |
| 5167241 | Tobacco product consisting of a pre-portioned tobacco supply surrounded by cigarette paper of tubular shape, and method of and device for preparing such a tobacco product Tobacco product, consisting of a pre-portioned tobacco supply (15) surrounded by cigarette paper (11; 17) of tubular shape. The tobacco supply is configured as a dimensionally stable tobacco charge of the finished cigarette and is unsmokable by itself but... | 12/01/1992 |
| 5133366 | System for the making of cigarettes by the consumer himself Systems for the making of cigarettes by the consumer himself comprise a non-smokable prefabricated product, namely an industrially prefabricated sheathed tobacco skein. The sheathed tobacco skein comprises a skein sheath adapted in its diameter to be inse... | 07/28/1992 |
| 5105830 | Device and method for assembly of cigarettes Individual assembly of cigarettes from cut tobacco and preformed cigarette paper tubes is facilitated by providing charges of cut tobacco in cartridges. An extension in the form of a hollow tube is provided at one end of the cartridge to enable the sheath... | 04/21/1992 |
| 5088506 | Portable manually operable cigarette making machine This invention relates to portable manually operable cigarette making machines, one problem is the number of moving parts any reduction of these parts reduces the cost of the machine and the wearing of these parts. These machines have two basic functions ... | 02/18/1992 |
| 5088507 | Apparatus for assembling components of a smoking article Apparatus is described for inserting a component comprising an elongate cartridge containing an aerosol forming material, at one end of which there is a fuel element, within a jacket component comprising a rod, a sleeve of insulating material, or a combin... | 02/18/1992 |
| 5072740 | Device for filling prefabricated cigarette tubes, especially filter tipped cigarette tubes A device for filling prefabricated cirgarette tubes, especially filter-tipped cigarette tubes, comprising a tobacco pressing chamber (14) with a filling opening (13), in which tobacco introduced through the filling opening (13) is pressed to form a tobacc... | 12/17/1991 |
| 5042509 | Method for making aerosol generating cartridge Making an aerosol generating cartridge useful for a smoking article is described. The method comprises filling a non-combustible elongated capsule, open at one end, with a substrate bearing an aersol forming material, and applying a fuel element to the op... | 08/27/1991 |
| 5018536 | Method and tobacco product for use by the consumer for making cigarettes A method and a set of materials with which the consumer can make high-quality cigarettes without the disadvantages of known stuffing devices and without manual skill. A manufactured prefabricated sheath tobacco skein, not in itself smokable, comprises ske... | 05/28/1991 |
| 5009237 | Device for making cigarettes A device for the do-it-yourself making of cigarettes employs a pre-proportioned tobacco rod (16) which is transferred from a cylindrical rod wrapping (18) into a cigarette paper tube (14) by an axially moveable pusher member (10; 110), which is associated... | 04/23/1991 |
| 4887617 | Tobacco product for the personal preparation of a cigarette, in particular filter cigarette A tobacco product for the personal preparation of a cigarette, in particular a filter cigarette, includes an inherently stale tobacco portion (10) corresponding to the tobacco filling of a finished cigarette. The surface of the tobacco portion is defined ... | 12/19/1989 |
| 4771793 | Compact cigarette making machine A compact cigarette making machine is disclosed. The machine consists of a hollow channel-shaped base carrying a tobacco receiving member which is longitudinally slideable within the base. A cover is pivotally secured to the tobacco receiving member and i... | 09/20/1988 |
| 4770191 | Cigarette making machine There is disclosed improvements in cigarette making machines for filling preformed paper cigarette tubes with tobacco wherein the machine has improved means for shearing any loose tobacco placed in the cavity wherein it is compacted, the improved shearing... | 09/13/1988 |
| 4658837 | Apparatus for filling cigarette tubes In a manual apparatus for tamping cigarette tubes with tobacco, comprising a casing having a tobacco compressing chamber disposed in the longitudinal direction thereof, a cover-type press bar associated with this tobacco compressing chamber and located in... | 04/21/1987 |
| 4657030 | Device for filling cigarette paper tubes Inside a casing comprised of a base plate and two side walls and a cover are mounted a plurality of rollers. The one roller is so supported in slots of the side walls as to be slidable crosswise to the lengthwise axis thereof. The rollers are enclosed by ... | 04/14/1987 |
