Apparatus and method for making a smoking article
US10231478B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Apr 30, 2009 |
| Grant date | Mar 19, 2019 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 8, 2030 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB31F2201/0779
- WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
An apparatus for making a smoking article, the smoking article having a rod of smoke able material (15) and a cylindrically wrapped layer of sheet material, comprises a holder (3) for holding sheet material, an embossing unit (8) configured to emboss sheet material drawn from the holder and an assembling station (14) for assembling the smoking article, configured to receive embossed sheet material from the embossing unit and to wrap the embossed sheet material at least partially around a part of the smoking article.
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