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Cigarette making machines

US3957062A · kind A · utility

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14Claims
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Filing dateJun 24, 1974
Grant dateMay 18, 1976
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Expiry dateJun 24, 1994

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA24C5/1821
  • WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

A cigarette making machine for making cigarettes containing a core of material different from that of a surrounding annulus of tobacco comprises a conveyor, a conveyor band for forming a continuous substantially flat initial layer of tobacco on the conveyor, a further conveyor band for feeding a core onto the initial layer of tobacco, side walls for at least partially confining the sides of the core along a predetermined distance after the core has been fed onto the initial layer of tobacco, and a shower for feeding tobacco onto side portions of the initial layer, on opposite sides of the core, while the core is being confined by the side walls.

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