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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 29, 2016
Filed:
Nov. 13, 2009
Ivan Prestia, Bologna, IT;
Roberto Libbra, Bologna, IT;
Eva Ferrari, Bologna, IT;
Fabio Cantieri, Bologna, IT;
Diego Ferrazzin, Bologna, IT;
Michele Pagnoni, Bologna, IT;
Ivan Prestia, Bologna, IT;
Roberto Libbra, Bologna, IT;
Eva Ferrari, Bologna, IT;
Fabio Cantieri, Bologna, IT;
Diego Ferrazzin, Bologna, IT;
Michele Pagnoni, Bologna, IT;
PHILIP MORRIS USA INC., Richmond, VA (US);
Abstract
An apparatus for introducing objects into a smoking article comprises a reservoir for providing a plurality of objects to be introduced into the smoking article, a rotatable wheel for delivering the objects to the location where the objects are to be introduced into the smoking article, a transfer chamber for transferring the objects to the rotatable wheel, the transfer chamber being arranged between the reservoir and the rotatable wheel and being designed such that the objects are aligned into a single vertically arranged layer therein, and means for moving the objects from the single layer in the transfer chamber in a direction towards or along the peripheral surface of the rotatable wheel.