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Cigarette manufacture

US4186754A · kind A · utility

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9Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateJul 8, 1977
Grant dateFeb 5, 1980
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Expiry dateJul 8, 1997

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA24C5/1807
  • WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

A cigarette making machine includes a tongue by which the tobacco is compressed to its final cross-section, characterized by a liquid feeding arrangement for feeding liquid to the surface of the tongue in contact with the tobacco to dilute and reduce the viscosity of any gum from the tobacco which comes into contact with the tongue.

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