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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 08, 2019
Filed:
Mar. 31, 2015
Applicant:
Tobacco Research and Development Institute (Proprietary) Limited, Stellenbosch, ZA;
Inventors:
Gerhard Le Roux, Paarl, ZA;
Arnold Leslie Herholdt, Brackenfell, ZA;
Assignee:
TOBACCO RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE (PROPRIETARY) LIMITED, Stellenbosch, ZA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A24C 5/47 (2006.01); A24C 5/10 (2006.01); A24C 5/58 (2006.01); A24C 5/28 (2006.01); A24D 3/02 (2006.01); B26D 1/22 (2006.01); B26D 1/09 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A24C 5/471 (2013.01); A24C 5/10 (2013.01); A24C 5/28 (2013.01); A24C 5/473 (2013.01); A24C 5/475 (2013.01); A24C 5/478 (2013.01); A24C 5/586 (2013.01); A24D 3/0254 (2013.01); B26D 1/22 (2013.01); A24D 3/0287 (2013.01); A24D 3/0291 (2013.01); B26D 1/09 (2013.01);
Abstract
A smoking article assembly apparatus is disclosed. It comprises a first cutting station configured to cut a filter rod into filter segments, a tipping station configured to join the filter segments to tobacco rods so as to form a smoking article assembly, and a second cutting station configured to cut the smoking article assembly in the region of the filter segments so as to form two smoking articles.