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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6708695 | Cigarette rod product with different densities An asymmetrical trimmer disk/paddle wheel apparatus for trimming tobacco from a stream or braid of cut tobacco in a cigarette maker comprises a pair of counter rotating disks with a plurality of pockets arranged to coact with one another to trim off excess tobacco a... | 03/23/2004 |
| 6360751 | Asymmetrical trimmer disk apparatus An asymmetrical trimmer disk/paddle wheel apparatus for trimming tobacco from a stream or braid of cut tobacco in a cigarette maker comprises a pair of counter rotating disks with a plurality of pockets arranged to coact with one another to trim off exces... | 03/26/2002 |
| 6354300 | Pusher/cutter drum arrangement for positioning and cutting rod-shaped objects A pusher/cutter drum arrangement for use in the tobacco-processing industry for longitudinal-axial positioning and cutting of rod-shaped objects includes a rotating trough drum containing receiving troughs for receiving, respectively, the rod-shaped objec... | 03/12/2002 |
| 6202648 | Method of and apparatus for making a cigarette rod with an insert A cigarette rod wherein a flexible tubular insert is surrounded by smokable material which, in turn, is surrounded by a wrapper of cigarette paper is formed by advancing the insert from a source at a variable speed toward one or more stations where the ru... | 03/20/2001 |
| 6067992 | Cigarette manufacturing machine having a shaving device A cigarette manufacturing machine having a shaving device for shaving a bead of tobacco fed along a given path, wherein two tubular shaving bodies, arranged eccentrically one inside the other and having respective serrated annular end edges having a tange... | 05/30/2000 |
| 5247948 | Filter assembly machine A filter assembly machine wherein one laser source emits a beam through a dividing device which divides the beam into two secondary beams directed respectively towards a cutting head for cutting a continuous strip into bands connecting double filters to c... | 09/28/1993 |
| 5052413 | Method for making a smoking article and components for use therein A method for making a smoking article is described wherein an aerosol generating cartridge is inserted into a sleeve, preferably having a tobacco insulating material. Also described are articles of manufacture having an elongate jacket module with a rod s... | 10/01/1991 |
| 4503866 | Cigarette or filter rod cut-off device A cut-off device for a cigarette or filter rod making machine is designed to work with a knife having an aperture which, when the knife is spent, is detected by a system including a light emitter and a detector, with an electronic timing system sensitive ... | 03/12/1985 |
| 4148324 | Perforating device A cigar, cigarette or similar smoking product is perforated immediately prior to wrapping by a set of needles mounted in a block arranged to be moved onto the cigar or cigarette to be perforated. The needles are guided and protected by an apertured stripp... | 04/10/1979 |
| 4047535 | Method of and apparatus for improving smoking properties of tobacco products An apparatus for producing radial perforations in cigars or the like comprising a pair of rotating rolls, one having axial recesses in the surface to receive the cigars and the other having opposed pressure application strips, and fine, sharp needles proj... | 09/13/1977 |
