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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 09, 2021
Filed:
Dec. 09, 2019
Applicant:
Philip Morris Products S.a., Neuchatel, CH;
Inventors:
Stefano Zappoli, Bologna, IT;
Gianni Caprini, Zola Predosa, IT;
Michele Pagnoni, San Giovanni in Persiceto, IT;
Assignee:
Philip Morris Products S.A., Neuchatel, CH;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A24D 3/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A24D 3/0233 (2013.01); A24D 3/0229 (2013.01); A24D 3/0258 (2013.01); A24D 3/0266 (2013.01);
Abstract
The apparatus for shaping substantially flat continuous material comprises a shaping device for gathering substantially flat continuous material transverse to a longitudinal direction of the continuous material to form a gathered continuous material. The apparatus further comprises a cooling device for cooling the gathered continuous material. The shaping device and the cooling device are combined such as to immediately cool the gathered continuous material.