British American Tobacco (investments) Limited

British American Tobacco Limited

Kie Seon Park

Gary Fallon

James Stembridge

Andrew Cleall

Martin Paul Fuller

Andrew Jonathan Bray

Karl Kaljura

Paul Clarke

Geoffrey Vernon

Thomas Grunfeld

John Richardson

Kevin David Blick

Robert Whiffen

Philip Russell Fawcus

Stuart Dunlop

David Paton

Ian Dunckley

Graham Penrose

Frédéric Louis

Patrick Meredith

Martin Fuller

A flavouring component () for a smoking article () comprising a rod () of flavouring material (). The flavouring material () comprises a carrier material () and flavouring particles () adhered to the carrier material () by means of a binder (). The flavouring material () is formed by passing the carrier material () through a mixture () comprising the binder () and the flavouring particles (). Also disclosed is a smoking article () including such a flavouring component (), and an apparatus () and method for manufacturing such a flavouring component ().

Flavouring component, and apparatus and method for manufacturing a flavouring component

An apparatus for forming a circumferential slit in a tobacco industry rod article is disclosed. The apparatus comprises a drum and a rolling hand spaced apart from one another so as to form a space for a tobacco industry rod article, and a cutting element extending into the space and configured to form a circumferential slit in the tobacco industry rod article.

Apparatus for forming a circumferential slit in a tobacco industry rod article

A smoking article comprises a rod of smokeable material such as tobacco and a tubular support in which the rod is slidably received. The tubular support is formed from a blank of sheet material that is wound in a spiral. Machinery for making the spiral blank is described.

Smoking article and manufacture thereof

A feed unit, for example for feeding components to smoking article assembly apparatus, has a guide member () and a plurality of pushers () arranged to push components () along a path defined by the guide member () for output from the feed unit. The guide member () is arranged to separate the components () into separate streams () according to their orientation. The stream () of non-correctly oriented components () comprises a channel that is helically rotated to orientate correctly said components (). Both streams () converge downstream said helical section to achieve a single flow of components () of similar orientation.

Feed unit

A feed unit, for example for feeding components to smoking article assembly apparatus. The feed unit has a rotary device having a supply region () and one or more channels () adapted to receive components from the supply region () such that the components are stacked one on top of another within each channel (). Each channel () has an inlet () and an outlet through which components pass for output from the feed unit. One of the inlet () and the supply region () is configured to reciprocate relative to the other to agitate the components in the supply region () so that components pass into the channel ().

A feed unit, for example for feeding components () to smoking article assembly apparatus, having a stationary guide member () and a dispensing unit configured to dispense components () into the stationary guide member (). The dispensing unit has one or more channels () to receive components () one on top of the other, and each channel () has a control gate () to apply suction/gaseous flow to control output of components () from the channel () for onward conveyance through the stationary guide member ().

A feed unit, for example for feeding components to smoking article assembly apparatus, includes a rotary device having one or more channels () adapted to receive components, one on top of another, and one or more pushers () associated with each channel. The feed unit also has a track () to receive components from outlets of the one or more channels () and the rotary device is configured to rotate with respect to the track () so that components pass through the channels () and are pushed along the track by the pushers () for output from the feed unit.

Smoking article and method of manufacturing a smoking article A smoking article (), comprises a first part, and a second part movable relative to the first part. An indexing mechanism comprises a first indexing surface () on one of the first part or second part; and a second indexing surface () on the other of the first and second parts. The second indexing surface () is configured to engage with the first indexing surface () to control relative movement between the first part and second part.

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