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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8047208 | Double action filter assembly wheel with flipping wheel The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for forming two filters in a two-up configuration. The apparatus includes a feed wheel 18, an assembly wheel 20, a take-off wheel 22, and a flipping wheel 24. According to the method... | 11/01/2011 |
| 7302952 | Device and process for conveying rod-shaped filter elements Device and process for conveying filter elements to a filter element magazine. The device includes a rotatable drum comprising at least one seat for receiving a filter element and a detection device that controls a rotation of the drum and detects the filter element... | 12/04/2007 |
| 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 |
| 6578583 | Apparatus for making and inspecting multi-component wrapped article In an apparatus for making and inspecting a multi-component cigarettes, each cigarette including two or more different components arranged relative to one another, the apparatus includes a device for advancing a web in a first direction. The apparatus fur... | 06/17/2003 |
| 6302113 | Apparatus for making filter cigarettes Groups of coaxial plain cigarettes and filter mouthpieces, particularly cigarettes and mouthpieces having elliptical cross-sectional outlines, carry adhesive-coated uniting bands at the time of entry into a channel between the peripheral rolling surface o... | 10/16/2001 |
| 6213128 | Apparatus and method for making and inspecting multi-component wrapped article In an apparatus for making and inspecting a multi-component cigarettes, each cigarette including two or more different components arranged relative to one another, the apparatus includes a device for advancing a web in a first direction. The apparatus fur... | 04/10/2001 |
| 6021782 | Method of and system for cigarette tipping glue skip detection and rejection A method of and system for detecting glue skips on tipping paper used to secure filters to cigarette tobacco rods and the rejection of defective cigarettes based thereon in which a particle radiation sensor is used to monitor the amount of glue applied to... | 02/08/2000 |
| 5887595 | Filter assembly machine A filter assembly machine wherein a succession of tobacco articles, each defined by at least one cigarette portion aligned with a respective filter, and a succession of respective gummed strips are fed by a conveyor drum to a first and a second rolling wh... | 03/30/1999 |
| 5709226 | Rolling unit for producing filter-tipped cigarettes A unit for rolling tobacco items, wherein a conveyor device presents a number of peripheral suction seats, each for receiving and feeding an item, formed of at least one cigarette portion and a respective filter, in a direction crosswise to the longitudin... | 01/20/1998 |
| 5632285 | Apparatus for making filter tipped smokers' products having a non-circular cross-sectional outline Adherent uniting bands are wound around adjacent end portions of successive groups of plain cigarettes and filter mouthpieces having elliptical cross-sectional outlines while the groups are transported sideways through a passage between a rotary conveyor ... | 05/27/1997 |
| 5477868 | Method of producing filter-tipped cigarettes On a filter assembly machine, a succession of groups, each having two cigarette portions, a double filter between the two cigarette portions, and a gummed strip connected integral with, along a generating line of, and projecting forwards from the group, i... | 12/26/1995 |
| 4856536 | Cigarette manufacture Apparatus for applying measured quantities of foamed adhesive to the ends of cigarettes comprises a drum 10 arranged to having apertures 14A aligned with the respective cigarettes 12 and arranged to recieve foam from a source 18 adjacent to the plate, cha... | 08/15/1989 |
| 4817638 | Apparatus for adjusting a cigarette having variable smoking characteristics Apparatus for adjusting a cigarette having a variable smoking characteristic to a preselected level of that characteristic is provided. A cigarette having a rotatable element for controlling a smoking characteristic, and assembled with a first level of th... | 04/04/1989 |
| 4271851 | Process for fabricating articles from ultra high molecular weight polymer material A process for fabricating articles from ultra high molecular weight (UHMW) polymer material is disclosed. The process comprises injecting melted UHMW polymer material into an evacuated compressible sectioned cavity mold and then compressing the sections o... | 06/09/1981 |
| 4256124 | Method and apparatus for manufacturing filter cigar Method and apparatus are provided for manufacturing a filtered large cigar which includes the steps of simultaneously introducing onto the rolling table of a cigar rolling machine preformed cigar filters and a charge of tobacco filler material for spiral ... | 03/17/1981 |
| 4090520 | Method of and apparatus for adhering sheet material wrappings and the like This disclosure is concerned with wrapping sheet material about cylindrical inserts, such as wrapping cigarette paper about filter inserts, with controlled application of spaced adhesive dots or dashes for securing the material to sections of the insert a... | 05/23/1978 |
| 3985144 | Apparatus for forming cigarette filters This invention relates to an apparatus for forming cigarette filters, including a drum for receiving and holding a plurality of filters and a heated probe which can be moved into contact with the filters to form the filters into a desired configuration.... | 10/12/1976 |
