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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 05, 2019
Filed:
Dec. 16, 2015
Philip Morris Products S.a., Neuchatel, CH;
Siew Hock Soo, St-Sulpice, CH;
Fabio Conti, Albairate, IT;
Raffaele Pozzi, Limbiate, IT;
Yorick Klipfel, St-Saphorin-sur-Morges, CH;
Philip Morris Products S.A., Neuchatel, CH;
Abstract
The present invention is relative to a casting apparatus for the production of a cast web of homogenized tobacco material, said casting apparatus comprising ⋅a casting box adapted to contain a slurry of said homogenized tobacco material; ⋅a movable support; ⋅a casting blade adapted to cast said slurry contained in said casting box onto said movable support in order to form the cast web; ⋅wherein said casting apparatus further comprises a first, a second and a third actuator coupled to said casting blade in a first, a second and third position, respectively, said first, second and third actuator being suitable to change a distance between said casting blade and said movable support in said first, second and third position, respectively.