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Apparatus for assembling elements of a smoking article

US4870748A · kind A · utility

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15References

74Claims

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Assignee

R.J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO COMPANY · US

Inventors

Gerhard Hensgen · Hamburg, DE
Wolfgang Steiniger
Werner Hinz · Bischofswerda, DE
Erwin Oesterling · Hamburg, DE
Siegfried Schlisio · Geesthacht, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jul 17, 1987
Grant date	Oct 3, 1989
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jul 17, 2007

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10T29/53322
WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

An apparatus for making smoking articles is described. The preferred apparatus comprises structure to form a passage axially through a jacketed rod of tobacco, at one end of which there is a tubular sleeve of non-combustible material, and to insert an aerosol generating cartridge containing an aerosol forming substance, at one end of which there is a fuel element, into the passage so that the aerosol forming substance is within the passage in the rod of tobacco and the fuel element is within the sleeve of non-combustible material.

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