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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 17, 2020
Filed:
May. 26, 2017
Applicant:
Philip Morris Products S.a., Neuchatel, CH;
Inventor:
Yorick Klipfel, St-Saphorin-sur-Morges, CH;
Assignee:
Philip Morris Products S.A., Neuchatel, CH;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A24B 3/14 (2006.01); B65H 19/28 (2006.01); G01N 33/00 (2006.01); A24C 5/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A24B 3/14 (2013.01); B65H 19/28 (2013.01); G01N 33/0098 (2013.01); A24C 5/20 (2013.01); B65H 2801/54 (2013.01);
Abstract
The invention relates to a method for winding a sheet () of homogenized tobacco material into a bobbin (), the method comprising: providing a sheet of homogenized tobacco material having a free end (); connecting the free end to a center core; rotating the center core so as to wind the sheet of homogenized tobacco material around it forming the bobbin; and applying a force per unit length to the sheet of homogenized tobacco material during winding to pull the same having a magnitude comprised between about 42 N/m and about 93 N/m.