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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 24, 2000
Filed:
Aug. 20, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Yutaka Okumoto, Tokyo, JP;
Hisao Suzuki, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Japan Tobacco Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A24C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
131 842 ; 131 843 ; 131 841 ;
Abstract
In a cigarette manufacturing machine, a device for compressive molding a stream of filler comprises a forming mold having a tongue and a shoe being integrally formed with each other, and a forming surface formed at a lower surface of the tongue, and a compression molding passage for the stream is defined between the forming surface and paper. The forming surface of the tongue has a movable surface formed of a part of an endless belt, and the movable surface moves in the same direction as a flow of the stream.