APPARATUS FOR INSERTING OBJECTS INTO A FILTER COMPONENT OF A SMOKING ARTICLE AND ASSOCIATED METHOD

Apparatuses are provided for manufacturing a rod member for a cigarette filter element. Each rod member defines a longitudinal axis and includes a generally longitudinally-extending filter material and a plurality of objects disposed therein along the longitudinal axis. Such an apparatus comprises a...

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Hauptverfasser:	DUBE MICHAEL FRANCIS, STOKES CYNTHIA STEWART, NELSON JOHN LARKIN, BARNES VERNON BRENT
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	CIGARETTES CIGARS HUMAN NECESSITIES MANUFACTURE OF TOBACCO SMOKE FILTERS OR MOUTHPIECES MOUTHPIECES FOR CIGARS OR CIGARETTES SMOKERS' REQUISITES TOBACCO TOBACCO SMOKE FILTERS
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Zusammenfassung:	Apparatuses are provided for manufacturing a rod member for a cigarette filter element. Each rod member defines a longitudinal axis and includes a generally longitudinally-extending filter material and a plurality of objects disposed therein along the longitudinal axis. Such an apparatus comprises a rod-forming unit configured to form a continuous supply of a filter material into a continuous cylindrical rod member. An object insertion unit is configured to introduce a plurality of objects into engagement with the rod member. A rod-dividing unit is configured to divide the rod member into a plurality of rod portions such that each rod portion includes a plurality of the objects. Associated methods are also provided.