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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 03, 1985
Filed:
Jul. 01, 1983
Hans-Jochen Grasse, Wentorf, DE;
Rolf Gomann, Dassendorf, DE;
Hauni-Werke Korber & Co. KG, Hamburg, DE;
Abstract
The cigarette rod which is produced in a cigarette maker is subdivided into a file of plain cigarettes of unit length or double unit length. If the file contains cigarettes of unit length, successive pairs of cigarettes are deflected sideways to form two rows of coaxial cigarettes before the cigarettes of one row are staggered transversely of the cigarettes of the other row so that the two rows can be converted into a single row by shifting the cigarettes of at least one row axially between the neighboring cigarettes of the other row. If the file contains cigarettes of double unit length, such file is converted into a single row of parallel cigarettes which are thereupon severed to yield pairs of coaxial cigarettes of unit length forming two rows wherein each cigarette of one row is coaxial with a cigarette of the other row. The cigarettes of one row are then staggered with reference to the cigarettes of the other row prior to shuffling to form a single row of parallel cigarettes of unit length. The cigarette paper web which is draped around a tobacco filler to form therewith the rod is imprinted at intervals corresponding to the length of a plain cigarette of unit length.