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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 20, 2007
Filed:
Nov. 09, 2002
Heinz Focke, Verden, DE;
Frank Beckmann, Aumühle, DE;
Christina Kunig, Hamburg, DE;
Focke & Co. (GmbH & Co.), Verden, DE;
Abstract
In the production of filter-tipped cigarettes (), an apparatus (filter attachment machine) is used, which consists of a main cylinder () and a plurality of assigned further cylinders. The elements of the filter-tipped cigarettes (), specifically a tobacco rod () or part-rods (), filter pieces (), cigarette units (), and the filter-tipped cigarettes () produced therefrom are transported by the main cylinder (), with the exception that part-rods () displaced at a distance from one another and with a filter piece () inserted for the attachment of a wrapping paper () are transported and connected to one another outside the main cylinder (), so that one-piece cigarette units () are returned to the main cylinder ().