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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 06, 2018
Filed:
Oct. 22, 2013
Applicant:
British American Tobacco (Investments) Limited, London, GB;
Inventors:
Frank Beckmann, Hamburg, DE;
Winfried Böttcher, Hamburg, DE;
Andrew Bray, London, GB;
Gary Fallon, London, GB;
Assignee:
BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO (INVESTMENTS) LIMITED, London, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A24C 5/47 (2006.01); A24C 5/00 (2006.01); A24C 5/10 (2006.01); B26D 1/40 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A24C 5/473 (2013.01); A24C 5/005 (2013.01); A24C 5/10 (2013.01); B26D 1/405 (2013.01); Y10T 83/483 (2015.04); Y10T 83/4844 (2015.04);
Abstract
A rotary shear cutting apparatus to cut discrete non-rectangular portions from a web of smoking article sheet material, comprises a first rotary carrier provided with a first cutting edge and a second rotary carrier provided with a second cutting edge, wherein said first and second cutting edges are configured to cooperate during rotation of said first and second rotary carriers to cut a non-rectangular portion from the web.