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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 09, 2020
Filed:
Oct. 07, 2016
Applicant:
Philip Morris Products S.a., Neuchatel, CH;
Inventor:
Johann Schmidt, Mindelau, DE;
Assignee:
Philip Morris Products S.A., Neuchatel, CH;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A24C 5/20 (2006.01); A24C 5/00 (2020.01); B65H 16/04 (2006.01); B65H 16/10 (2006.01); A24B 3/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A24C 5/005 (2013.01); A24C 5/20 (2013.01); B65H 16/04 (2013.01); B65H 16/103 (2013.01); A24B 3/14 (2013.01); B65H 2301/415185 (2013.01); B65H 2301/441 (2013.01); B65H 2515/50 (2013.01); B65H 2801/54 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present invention relates to a method for unwinding a bobbin of a coiled sheet, the method comprising: ∘providing a bobbin of a coiled sheet, the bobbin comprising a free portion of the sheet unwound from the bobbin; ∘arranging a blade between the free portion of the sheet and the remaining of the sheet coiled in the bobbin in such a way that the blade is in contact to the sheet coiled in the bobbin; and ∘vibrating the blade while unwinding the sheet from the bobbin. The present invention also relates to an unwinding apparatus for unwinding a bobbin.