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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 21, 2023
Filed:
Jun. 13, 2018
Philip Morris Products S.a., Neuchatel, CH;
Daniele Sanna, Marin-Epagnier, CH;
Christian Agostini, Bologna, IT;
Philip Morris Products S.A., Neuchatel, CH;
Abstract
The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing inductively heatable aerosol-forming rods (). The method comprises the steps of supplying a continuous susceptor profile () to a continuous rod-forming process such as to enter and pass the rod-forming process along a center axis () of the rod-forming process, supplying a continuous substrate web () comprising an aerosol-forming substrate to the continuous rod-forming process such as to enter the rod-forming process laterally to the susceptor profile and passing the substrate web and the susceptor profile through the rod-forming process, thereby gathering the substrate web into a rod shape around the susceptor profile substantially coaxially to the center axis. The invention further relates to an apparatus () for manufacturing inductively heatable aerosol-forming rods (). The apparatus comprises a rod-forming device () configured for gathering a continuous substrate web () comprising an aerosol-forming substrate into a rod shape around a continuous susceptor profile () coaxially to a center axis () of the rod-forming device as the substrate web and the susceptor profile pass through the rod-forming device. The apparatus further comprises a susceptor supply () configured for supplying the susceptor profile to the rod-forming device such as to enter and pass the rod-forming device along the center axis of the rod-forming device. The apparatus also comprises a substrate supply () configured for supplying the substrate web to the rod-forming device such as to enter the rod-forming device laterally to the susceptor profile.