Philip Morris USA Inc.

Philip Morris Products S.a.

Linwood H Carneal, Jr

Xuan M Pham

Barry Scott Smith

Martin T Garthaffner

Robert T Mitten

James David Evans

Edmond J Cadieux, Jr

Steven R Rinehart

G Robert Scott

Steve R Rinehart

Christopher Jackson Crawford

William Albert Cupp

Hubert Coleman Goodman, Jr

Joshua L Roby

Robert G Scott

James D Evans

Steven F Spiers

Christopher Crawford

Edmond J Cadieux

Xuan Pham

An in-line insert folder system includes a continuous roll of preprinted inserts, and a cutter for cutting individual inserts from the roll. A transport serially conveys the individual inserts in a downstream direction to a buckle folder that receives the inserts and folds each one along at least one fold line. An applicator serially receives the folded inserts from the buckle folder and applies the inserts to consumer packs such as cigarette packs, for example. The folded inserts may be directly applied to the packs before placement of flexible outer wrap or the folded inserts may be applied onto the flexible outer wrap before that wrap is placed around the packs.

In-line insert folder system

The present invention relates to the cigarette making apparatuswhich may comprise a housingwith mechanical and electrical features. Cigarette apparatushas a solenoid-assisted hopperfor accepting loose tobacco, a cigarette tube filling cassettewith nozzlesand a hinged lidfor assisting in maintaining cigarette tubesin a predetermined alignment for loading tobacco, a filling areawith a indexing means for aligning cigarette tubes with a tobacco pushing means inside the apparatus, a cigarette tube loading and tobacco packing meanswith guide pinsfor guiding the cassettein engagement with flattened tip pinsthat compress tobaccointo cigarette tubesafter tobaccohas been inserted, and an electronic control area, which may include an electronic display for controlling the cigarette tube filling and packing apparatus.

Tabletop cigarette maker

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Richmond, VA, United States of America

Linwood H Carneal, Jr