Patent · US Expired

Method and apparatus for making cigarettes with composite filters

US6427699B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Assignee

HAUNI MASCHINENBAU GMBH · DE

Inventors

Siegfried Schlisio · Geesthacht, DE
Erwin Oesterling · Hamburg, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 10, 1999
Grant date	Aug 6, 2002
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Dec 10, 2019

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA24C5/478
WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

Double-filter cigarettes are produced by inserting different filter components between two rods of tobacco. This is attained by inserting filter components of different final lengths, obtained from separate supplies and processed along separate feed paths, successively between the tobacco rods.

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