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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 20, 1992
Filed:
Nov. 06, 1990
Gregory A Holmes, Winston-Salem, NC (US);
Clifford R Marritt, Winston-Salem, NC (US);
John L Nelson, Lewisville, NC (US);
R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, Winston-Salem, NC (US);
Abstract
An apparatus for making smokable rods having smokable material contained in first and second wrapping materials, the first wrapping circumscribing the smokable material and the second wrapping material circumscribing and overwrapping the first wrapping material is provided. The apparatus includes a garniture means including a movable belt which travels along a predetermined path; a first bobbin for supplying a first wrapping material onto the movable belt of the garniture so as to travel along the path of the movable belt; and a second bobbin for supplying a second wrapping material onto the first wrapping material on the movable belt so as to travel along the path of the movable belt. The second bobbin supplies the second wrapping material using a turner assembly including a movable base; a first bar for receiving the second wrapping material from the second bobbin and for changing the path of the second wrapping material along a path substantially perpendicular to the path of the movable belt; and a second bar for receiving the second wrapping material from the first bar and for changing the path of the second wrapping material to a direction substantially parallel to the first wrapping material so as to place the second wrapping material onto the first while on the movable belt.