Philip Morris Products S.a.

Philip Morris USA Inc.

Michele Pagnoni

Stefano Zappoli

Gianni Caprini

Ivan Prestia

Fabio Cantieri

Eva Ferrari

Massimiliano Bertoldo

Luca Risso

Roberto Libbra

Diego Ferrazzin

Daniele Sanna

Stefano Vezzosi

Giovanni Luca Maru'

Daniele Ferri

Alessandra Contri

The apparatus for shaping substantially flat continuous material comprises a shaping device for gathering substantially flat continuous material transverse to a longitudinal direction of the continuous material to form a gathered continuous material. The apparatus further comprises a cooling device for cooling the gathered continuous material. The shaping device and the cooling device are combined such as to immediately cool the gathered continuous material.

Method and apparatus for shaping substantially flat continuous material

The apparatus for shaping substantially flat continuous material comprises a shaping device () for gathering substantially flat continuous material transverse to a longitudinal direction of the continuous material to form a gathered continuous material. The apparatus further comprises a cooling device () for cooling the gathered continuous material. The shaping device and the cooling device are combined such as to immediately cool the gathered continuous material.

An apparatus for introducing objects into a smoking article comprises a reservoir for providing a plurality of objects to be introduced into the smoking article, a rotatable wheel for delivering the objects to the location where the objects are to be introduced into the smoking article, a transfer chamber for transferring the objects to the rotatable wheel, the transfer chamber being arranged between the reservoir and the rotatable wheel and being designed such that the objects are aligned into a single vertically arranged layer therein, and means for moving the objects from the single layer in the transfer chamber in a direction towards or along the peripheral surface of the rotatable wheel.

Apparatus for introducing objects into a smoking article filter

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Michele Pagnoni