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Date of Patent:
May. 05, 2020

Filed:

Sep. 17, 2015
Applicant:

Philip Morris Products S.a., Neuchatel, CH;

Inventors:

Christopher John Grant, Neuchatel, CH;

Pierre-Yves Gindrat, Saxon, CH;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A24C 5/35 (2006.01); A24C 5/47 (2006.01); A24F 47/00 (2020.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A24C 5/35 (2013.01); A24C 5/478 (2013.01); A24F 47/006 (2013.01);
Abstract

The method for intermediately storing double-length substantially cylindrical semi-finished products comprises the step of providing a tipping apparatus and forming double-length substantially cylindrical semi-finished products in the tipping apparatus. The method further comprises the steps of providing a cutting device and cutting the double-length semi-finished product into single products with the cutting device and providing a packer and packing single products in the packer. The method yet further comprises the steps of transporting the double-length semi-finished products from the tipping apparatus to the cutting device and transporting the single products from the cutting device to the packer, and intermediately buffering double-length substantially cylindrical semi-finished products in a buffer arranged between the tipping apparatus and the cutting device.


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