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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7287529 | Cigarette maker In a cigarette maker comprising a descent channel filled with shredded tobacco by a carding unit and with reclaimed tobacco by a conveyor, the shredded tobacco and the reclaimed tobacco are taken up and transferred by a toothed unit toward an ascent channel, from wh... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7040325 | Method of and apparatus for convoluting bands around rod-shaped articles Adhesive-coated bands of paper, tipping paper or plastic foil are convoluted around discrete one-piece or composite rod-shaped articles, such as coaxial plain cigarettes and filter mouthpieces, during travel through a rolling zone bounded by a pair of surfaces at le... | 05/09/2006 |
| 6526985 | Apparatus for perforating tubular wrappers of rod-shaped articles Successive cigarettes of a series of cigarettes, such as filter cigarettes, are transported sideways in the axially parallel peripheral flutes of a rotary drum-shaped conveyor to the inlet(s) of a straight or V-shaped rolling channel or of two successive ... | 03/04/2003 |
| 6390099 | Apparatus for convoluting strips around groups of coaxial rod-shaped articles An apparatus, such as a filter tipping machine, wherein groups of coaxial rod-shaped articles are connected to each other end-to-end by adhesive-coated uniting strips or bands, employs two endless conveyor belts having parallel stretches defining an elong... | 05/21/2002 |
| 6152145 | Process and apparatus for producing a (cigarette) rod For the continuous production of the cigarette rod (10), the strip-like outer wrapper (12) and a tobacco strand (11) are provided on a forming belt (15) and conveyed, with the latter, through a rod-forming unit (13). Located within the latter is a forming... | 11/28/2000 |
| 5345954 | Method of controlling and regulating the traveling speed of a continuous cigarette rod on a cigarette manufacturing machine On a cigarette manufacturing machine, a continuous cigarette rod is fed to a cutting device by a conveyor belt engaging a number of guide pulleys and a drive pulley fitted to a drive shaft; the traveling speed of the continuous rod being controlled by con... | 09/13/1994 |
| 4697602 | Motor driven bulk material roll and wrapping machine A machine for rolling bulk material, such as fiber filters and tobacco, and wrapping a sheet member around the bulk material has a flexible apron connected to a roller bar which is rotated with an electric motor. The apron is located over a convex support... | 10/06/1987 |
| 4580939 | Feeding device for cigarette filters and similar rods A filter feed onto a fluted drum has conveyors which convey a stack-like stream of filters into a small reservoir adjacent to the drum. As they enter the reservoir, the filters are deflected upwards by a deflector plate so that the thrust by the conveyors... | 04/08/1986 |
| 4368741 | Device for rolling of cigarettes Device for rolling of cigarettes with a flat basic structure open on the top, in which there is disposed a belt moving around a cylinder, characterized in that the cylinder is rotatably arranged in a slidable member alongside an upper edge of the basic st... | 01/18/1983 |
| 4164229 | Portable cigarette making machine A portable cigarette making machine which has a horizontal conveyor belt adapted to support a continuous strip of cigarette paper, paper forming means which engage the conveyor belt and cause it to fold the cigarette paper into a concave trough, a conveyo... | 08/14/1979 |
| 4040429 | Automatic apparatus for making rolled cigarettes A device for making "rolled" cigarettes comprising a housing containing a plate and a shaft around which an endless belt passes. Slack in the belt forms a groove or cradle between the plate and the shaft and relative movement between the plate and the sha... | 08/09/1977 |
| 3983761 | Garniture belt An endless woven garniture tape or belt for cigarette making machines comprising a combination of natural, chemically modified, and synthetic fibers in a unique blend and arrangement which possesses properties that result in superior wear life performance... | 10/05/1976 |
