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Apparatus for forming a filter component of a smoking article

US8496011B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

R.J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO COMPANY · US

Inventors

Norman Philip Andresen · Lewisville, US
Michael Francis Dube · Winston-Salem, US
Barbara Walker Arzonico · Winston-Salem, US

Key dates

Filing date	Nov 15, 2011
Grant date	Jul 30, 2013
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Feb 1, 2032

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA24D3/16
WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

An apparatus and associated method for forming a filter rod member of a smoking article, such as a cigarette, is provided. The apparatus comprises a rod-forming unit configured to form a continuous supply of a filter material into a continuous cylindrical rod member. An insertion unit is configured to insert an adsorbent material carried by a carrier material into the rod member. The method comprises forming a continuous supply of a filter material into a continuous cylindrical rod member, and inserting an adsorbent material carried by a carrier material into the rod member such that the adsorbent material is disposed within the rod member.

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