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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 31, 2024
Filed:
Jul. 03, 2023
R.j. Reynolds Tobacco Company, Winston-Salem, NC (US);
Charles Jacob Novak, III, Winston-Salem, NC (US);
Vernon Brent Barnes, Advance, NC (US);
Robert William Benford, Kernersville, NC (US);
Margarette Elisa Lovette, Winston-Salem, NC (US);
Quentin Paul Guenther, Jr., Winston-Salem, NC (US);
Jerry Wayne Pipes, Clemmons, NC (US);
William Robert Collett, Lexington, NC (US);
R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, Winston-Salem, NC (US);
Abstract
An apparatus is provided for forming a cigarette filter rod member defining a longitudinal axis. A rod-forming unit is configured to form a continuous supply of a filter material into a continuous cylindrical rod member. An insertion unit configured to insert a carrier carrying a plurality of frangible microcapsule objects into the rod member. Associated apparatuses and methods are also provided.