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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 21, 2012
Filed:
Jun. 14, 2007
Makoto Sendo, Tokyo, JP;
Toshio Yanagi, Tokyo, JP;
Akihiro Inoue, Tokyo, JP;
Tomoichi Watanabe, Tokyo, JP;
Manabu Takeuchi, Tokyo, JP;
Makoto Sendo, Tokyo, JP;
Toshio Yanagi, Tokyo, JP;
Akihiro Inoue, Tokyo, JP;
Tomoichi Watanabe, Tokyo, JP;
Manabu Takeuchi, Tokyo, JP;
Japan Tobacco Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An apparatus for manufacturing rod-shaped smoking articles which includes a forming section () for forming a material layer (K) made up of particles of smoking material and delivering the formed material layer (K); a wrapping section () disposed downstream of the forming section (), for forming a rod (KR) by wrapping the material layer (K) in a web (W); a pair of guide blocks () disposed in the terminal end portion of the forming section (), for guiding the material layer (K); a web shield () disposed downstream of the guide blocks () as viewed in the direction of delivering the material layer (K), for separating the material layer (K) and the web (W) from each other; a tongue () disposed in the start end portion of the wrapping section (); and injection openings () provided to the guide blocks (), the web shield () and the tongue (), for injecting a liquid flavor additive into the material layer (K).
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