Patent · US Expired

Method of and machine for making filter cigarettes

US4841993A · kind A · utility

9Cited by

21References

18Claims

0Family size

Assignee

Korber AG · DE

Inventors

Werner Hinz · Bischofswerda, DE
Erwin Oesterling · Hamburg, DE
Siegfried Schlisio · Geesthacht, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Feb 23, 1988
Grant date	Jun 27, 1989
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Feb 23, 2008

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA24C5/471
WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

A mass-producing filter tipping machine wherein two coaxial plain cigarettes of unit length are simultaneously severed to yield pairs of coaxial plain cigarettes of unit length which are moved apart to provide spaces for filter mouthpieces of double unit length. The filter mouthpieces are connected with the respective pairs of cigarettes of unit length by adhesive-coated uniting bands, and the resulting filter cigarettes of double unit length are subdivided into pairs of filter cigarettes of unit length. These filter cigarettes are converted into a single row wherein the filter mouthpieces of all filter cigarettes face in the same direction.

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