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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8142339 | Method and apparatus for incorporating objects into cigarette filters Cigarette filter rods having individual objects positioned at predetermined intervals therein are prepared by transferring the individual objects from a rotating horizontal pan to a rotating vertical wheel and then depositing the object into a web of filter tow. Eac... | 03/27/2012 |
| 7318797 | Continuous rod machine arrangement for producing nonwoven filters The invention relates to a method for producing a nonwoven fiber composite for the manufacture of filters in the tobacco industry, wherein the method feeds separated fiber materials to a fluidized bed and the separated filter material inside the fluidized bed are tr... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7300394 | Method and device for producing a filter rod Method and device for producing a filter rod. The method includes melting at least one first type of filter material, pressing the at least one first type of filter material through at least one nozzle, depositing the at least one first type of filter material on a ... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7243656 | Machine for manufacturing rod-like article A manufacturing machine for rod-shaped articles comprises a wrapping section (4) for forming a rod-shaped article by wrapping a filler material in a wrapper. The wrapping section has a forming bed (6) for guiding a garniture tape (10), which is ... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7226404 | Cigarette filter assembly machine A cigarette filter assembly machine wherein a rolling unit is defined by a rolling drum and a guide drum coaxial with each other and connected to each other in angularly-fixed, axially-sliding manner; and wherein the rolling drum has a number of suction rollers (... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7115085 | Method and apparatus for incorporating objects into cigarette filters Cigarette filter rods having individual objects positioned at predetermined intervals therein are prepared by transferring the individual objects from a rotating horizontal pan to a rotating vertical wheel and then depositing the object into a web of filter tow. Eac... | 10/03/2006 |
| 6723033 | Method and apparatus for producing particle bearing filter rod A method and apparatus for delivering predetermined amounts of particulate material and/or plasticizer to a location remote from the particulate material, and a cigarette filter and a cigarette made according to the method and apparatus. ... | 04/20/2004 |
| 6701934 | Apparatus for making cigarettes with composite filters Double-filter cigarettes are produced by inserting different filter components between two rods of tobacco. This is attained by inserting filter components of different final lengths, obtained from separate supplies and processed along separate feed paths... | 03/09/2004 |
| 6656412 | Compaction system for particles in particle filled cavities of an article A method and apparatus for compacting particles or granules in discrete cavities spaced along an article or articles such as a cigarette filter rod moved underneath the compacting system. The compacting system can be provided with spaced lugs or other pro... | 12/02/2003 |
| 6427699 | Method and apparatus for making cigarettes with composite filters Double-filter cigarettes are produced by inserting different filter components between two rods of tobacco. This is attained by inserting filter components of different final lengths, obtained from separate supplies and processed along separate feed paths... | 08/06/2002 |
| 6336896 | Automatic filter tip attaching machine An automatic filter tip attaching machine includes a mechanical structure moved by a computer program to automatically attach three filter tip stages a, b, c to cigarettes, with a chemical powder filled in the filter tip b to absorb nicotine and tar compl... | 01/08/2002 |
| 6059706 | Method of and apparatus for treating a filter tow A tow of fibrous filter material for tobacco smoke is transported lengthwise through a so-called finger which is an elongated channel wherein the cross-sectional area of the tow is gradually reduced to that of the rod-like filler in the wrapper of a filte... | 05/09/2000 |
| 5429575 | Cigarette filter manufacture In a cigarette filter rod manufacturing plant at least one tow bale (6; 108) is located in a position remote from the corresponding tow opening machine (2; 100) and a conveying system (10; 112) is provided for transporting the tow to the machine. In a pre... | 07/04/1995 |
| 5331976 | Transport jet adapter Apparatus and method are provided for supplying cellulose acetate tow for the manufacture of cigarette filters from the transport jet of a tow opener to a cigarette filter rodmaking garniture. The apparatus is a frustoconical member having a multiplicity ... | 07/26/1994 |
| 5322495 | High speed vacuum assisted free flowing material inserter in filter rod manufacture This invention relates to a method for delivering free-flowing material into discrete receiving spaces separating filter plugs in partially constructed cigarette filter assemblies. The method entails rapidly feeding a free flowing material such as charcoa... | 06/21/1994 |
| 5221247 | High speed vacuum assisted free flowing material inserter in filter rod manfacture This invention relates to a device for delivering free-flowing material into discrete receiving spaces separating filter plugs in partially constructed cigarette filter assemblies. The device has a metering drum for dispensing free-flowing material onto a... | 06/22/1993 |
| 5203757 | Method and apparatus for producing tobacco smoke filter rods Filter tow comprising crimped spun fibers and/or filaments is prepared in a preparation zone and fed to a processing zone where it is gathered, in an intake zone, then wrapped and cut into tobacco smoke filter rods. In the region of the intake zone, a gas... | 04/20/1993 |
| 5199447 | Apparatus for high speed delivery of free flowing material This invention relates to two parallel belts with pockets suspended between them. This pockets device is used in a machine which delivers free flowing material into receiving spaces separating filter plugs, as said plugs travel on a garniture tape. The po... | 04/06/1993 |
| 5176606 | Laminated belt for filter rod making apparatus This invention relates to a laminated belt for use in a machine which delivers free flowing material into receiving spaces in between filter plugs. The belt of this invention is a lamination of a metal band and a composition strap perforated with a plural... | 01/05/1993 |
| 5106357 | Method and apparatus for producing tobacco smoke filter rods Filter tow comprising crimped spun fibers and/or filaments is prepared in a preparation zone and fed to a processing zone where it is gathered, in an intake zone, then wrapped and cut into tobacco smoke filter rods. In the region of the intake zone, a gas... | 04/21/1992 |
| 4946338 | Tube holding or guiding apparatus A tube is held or guided parallel to its length by providing a channel-like structure aligned with the tube and having sides which are spaced apart by a distance less than the diameter of the tube. Circumferentially spaced longitudinal portions of the out... | 08/07/1990 |
| 4943272 | Apparatus for manufacturing cigarette filter A filter-manufacturing apparatus comprises a cutting drum, which has transporting grooves and adapted to receive filter rods having a prescribed length. An annular slit is formed in the circumference of the cutting drum. A circular cutting blade extends i... | 07/24/1990 |
| 4889139 | Method of and machine for making a rod-like filler of fibrous material A stream which advances along the underside of the elongated lower reach of an endless air-permeable belt conveyor carries a surplus of fibrous material and is relieved of the surplus by a trimming device which is mounted downstream of one or more nozzles... | 12/26/1989 |
| 4869274 | Cooling apparatus for use in the manufacture of tobacco filters Apparatus for use in cooling heated filter rods particularly in the manufacture of cigarette filters is in the form a conduit through which the heated filter rod material is passed axially while being subjected to a flow of coolant gas. The conduit is pro... | 09/26/1989 |
| 4867734 | Apparatus for manufacturing dual filter plugs for cigarettes and method of manufacturing the same An apparatus for manufacturing cigarette dual filter plugs according to this invention comprises a first grooved convey drum for receiving a filter rod of a first type from a first hopper and conveying the filter rod, a cutting wheel for cutting the filte... | 09/19/1989 |
| 4862905 | Rods containing pelletized material Cigarette filter rods having individual pellets positioned at predetermined intervals therein are prepared by cutting a strand of plasticized material into pellets which are then inserted into a web of filter tow. A wheel having a series of grooves is rot... | 09/05/1989 |
| 4861324 | Apparatus for manufacturing tobacco filter A tobacco filter manufacturing apparatus for making filter rods added with additives therein. A length of filter material is held between a conveyor system and a mask ring to be fed into a predetermined direction. The conveyor has laterally extending air ... | 08/29/1989 |
| 4747814 | Fiber separator Apparatus is disclosed for use in the manufacture of rod like elements, for example cigarette filters formed of filamentary tow, for dissipating conveying gas from a conduit through which the tow is conveyed pneumatically through a series of processing st... | 05/31/1988 |
| 4676769 | Method and apparatus for regulating the resistance of filter rod sections to the flow of gases therethrough The pressure of compressed air in one or more nozzles which convert successive increments of a running tow of filamentary filter material into a rodlike filler in a filter rod making machine is regulated in response to variations in the speed of the fille... | 06/30/1987 |
| 4620552 | Method and apparatus for making and manipulating streams of fibrous material A tobacco stream which is formed at the upper side of one elongated reach of a foraminous endless belt conveyor opposite a suction chamber is inverted upside down by a twisted intermediate portion of the elongated reach so that it adheres to the underside... | 11/04/1986 |
| 4541825 | Low air pressure method and apparatus for forming filter rods The present invention relates to high speed process and apparatus suitable for the preparation of cigarette filter rods having high tow utilization in terms of pressure drop per unit rod weight without producing substantial tow density variations. In acco... | 09/17/1985 |
| 4541826 | Method and apparatus for making composite filter rods Composite filters for attachment to cigarettes and containing particulate filtering material are produced by directly accelerating the particulate material, e.g. by means of a rotary impeller (62), to form a continuous stream which converges with a stream... | 09/17/1985 |
| 4537583 | Method and apparatus for conveying filter tow Apparatus is disclosed for withdrawing a bloomed, continuous multifilament filter tow from a jet device and conveying the filter tow to filter rod-forming means in such a way that compaction or compression of the filter tow prior to its entry into the rod... | 08/27/1985 |
| 4507107 | Filter manufacturing technique Method and apparatus for producing axially elongated, self-sustaining, dimensionally stable smoke rods or the like from filamentary tow by feeding the tow into a confined zone having a non-porous section and a porous section, simultaneously feeding gas un... | 03/26/1985 |
| 4425107 | Rotatable dispensing wheel The charcoal wheel is provided with pnuematic means for forcing the pistons outwardly to dispense charcoal and a second pneumatic means for the retraction of the pistons. The pneumatic ejection of the pistons permits a high speed output, for example 6000 ... | 01/10/1984 |
| 4412829 | Production of cigarette filter units For the purpose of producing a cigarette filter unit provided with chambers which are filled with a pourable filter material a filter rope provided with chambers having filling openings which terminate to the outside is conveyed past a filler member provi... | 11/01/1983 |
| 4369796 | Method and apparatus for forming an air dilution filter The air dilution filter of the cigarette is provided with an annular zone in the plug wrap paper which enables air to pass directly into the fibrous body of the filter material after passing through apertures in the tipping paper. The annular zone can be ... | 01/25/1983 |
| 4355995 | Tobacco smoke filter providing tobacco flavor enrichment, and method for producing same A tobacco smoke filter is disclosed, which provides tobacco flavor enrichment of smoke passing therethrough. The filter comprises a reconstituted tobacco member formed from a coherent sheet of reconstituted tobacco which has been uniformly embossed with a... | 10/26/1982 |
| 4321050 | Apparatus for severing and shifting plugs for cigarettes or the like Filter plugs of double unit length are fed sideways into successive flutes of a rotating drum which moves successive plugs past a rotary knife so that each plug yields two coaxial sections of unit length. Each flute contains two spaced apart mechanical st... | 03/23/1982 |
| 4285678 | Method and apparatus for making composite filter rod Improvements relating to composite filter rods, for producing composite filters for attachment to cigarettes, are obtained by partially enclosing a stream of spaced filter portions in a continuous wrapper so that pockets between the filter portions for re... | 08/25/1981 |
