Apparatus for wrapping preformed rods of smoking material
US4777967A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Dec 18, 1986 |
| Grant date | Oct 18, 1988 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 18, 2006 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA24C5/40
- WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
An apparatus for making cigarettes from preformed rods of tobacco and precut sheets of cigarette paper comprises a rotatable fluted drum, a hopper for feeding the preformed rods to flutes in the drum, means for presenting to each rod when each flute reaches a predetermined position a precut sheet of cigarette paper that is provided along an edge with a strip of adhesive, and means for rolling the rod in the flute so that the cigarette paper is thereby wrapped round the rod and adheres to itself by means of the adhesive to form a cigarette.
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