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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6913023 | Filter attaching apparatus A filter attaching apparatus comprises a drum 20 for conveying an intermediate product of a filter cigarette and a receiving drum 36 for feeding a tip paper piece, and winds the tip paper piece around the intermediate product while rotating these drums... | 07/05/2005 |
| 6119698 | Filter mounting apparatus A filter attaching device comprises a receiving drum for forming a tip-paper piece, and a rolling plate which cooperates with the peripheral surface of the receiving drum to define a rolling passage. The rolling plate has a pair of receding portions 54 ar... | 09/19/2000 |
| 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 |
| 5664584 | Device for laterally transferring an orderly succession of smoking items A device for laterally and axially transferring an orderly succession of smoking items, whereby each item is picked up at a first position by a gripping head on a carousel conveyor, and is fed by the carousel conveyor along a curved path into a respective... | 09/09/1997 |
| 5067498 | Tube cutting and forming apparatus An apparatus for cutting and forming tubular members useful for positioning heat sources inside a smoking article is disclosed. The tubular members are carried by a plurality of fluted drums from one operation to the next. The tubular members are cut to t... | 11/26/1991 |
| 4870748 | Apparatus for assembling elements of a smoking article An apparatus for making smoking articles is described. The preferred apparatus comprises structure to form a passage axially through a jacketed rod of tobacco, at one end of which there is a tubular sleeve of non-combustible material, and to insert an aer... | 10/03/1989 |
| 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 |
| 4614198 | Filter cigarette manufacture Oval filter cigarettes are made by forming rod groups each comprising at least one cigarette portion and at least one filter portion in axial alignment; placing each rod group on a wrapping member rotatably carried by a conveyor having a succession of suc... | 09/30/1986 |
| 4505280 | Device for wrapping a junction band around a pair of cigarettes A device for wrapping a glued junction band (T) around an axially arranged pair of cigarettes (S) with a double filter interposed therebetween, wherein the cigarettes and filters are aligned by terns on a rotary drum (1) comprising rolling sectors defined... | 03/19/1985 |
| 4411279 | Smoking product and process for manufacturing same Filter-tipped cigarettes, cigars and similar smoking products which employ self-supporting non-wrapped fibrous filters are disclosed wherein the tobacco-containing portions are attached to the fibrous filters by tipping paper that is coated in a specified... | 10/25/1983 |
| 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 |
| 4259130 | Production of rod-shape elements A continuous strand consisting of loose filamentary and/or fibrous material is brought into engagement with a conveying and forming belt in at least approximately tension-free condition by means of at least one continuously moving conveying element which ... | 03/31/1981 |
