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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 21, 2019
Filed:
Nov. 25, 2014
Applicant:
British American Tobacco (Investments) Limited, London, GB;
Inventors:
Assignee:
BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO (INVESTMENTS) LIMITED, London, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A24D 3/02 (2006.01); A24C 5/47 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A24D 3/0254 (2013.01); A24C 5/478 (2013.01); A24D 3/0258 (2013.01);
Abstract
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.