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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 06, 2019
Filed:
May. 21, 2014
Philip Morris Products S.a., Neuchatel, CH;
Philip Morris Products S.A., Neuchatel, CH;
Abstract
A method for combining segments of a smoking article, comprises the steps of: —providing a group of segments having a heat source () and an aerosol-forming substrate () the aerosol-forming substrate () being arranged such that a remote end () thereof faces away from the heat source () while a near end () thereof abuts the heat source (), —feeding an airflow directing truncated hollow cone () having a widest end () and a truncated narrowest end () such that the truncated narrowest end () is arranged to face the remote end () of the aerosol-forming substrate (), and —moving the truncated hollow cone () towards the remote end () of the aerosol-forming substrate () to abut the remote end () thereof or to extend into an indentation () in the remote end () thereof.