Apparatus for inserting objects into a filter component of a smoking article

An apparatus and associated method is provided for forming a rod for use in the manufacture of cigarette filter elements. A continuous supply of a filter material is formed into a continuous filter rod by a rod-forming unit. An object insertion unit is configured to insert a plurality of first objec...

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Hauptverfasser:	Matthews Stephen Thomas, Thomas Timothy Frederick, Benford Robert William, Nelson John Larkin, Barnes Vernon Brent, Howard Travis Eugene
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	CIGARETTES CIGARS HUMAN NECESSITIES MAKING ARTICLES OF PAPER, CARDBOARD OR MATERIAL WORKED IN A MANNERANALOGOUS TO PAPER MAKING WOUND ARTICLES, e.g. WOUND TUBES, OF PAPER, CARDBOARDOR MATERIAL WORKED IN A MANNER ANALOGOUS TO PAPER MANUFACTURE OF TOBACCO SMOKE FILTERS OR MOUTHPIECES MOUTHPIECES FOR CIGARS OR CIGARETTES PERFORMING OPERATIONS SMOKERS' REQUISITES TOBACCO TOBACCO SMOKE FILTERS TRANSPORTING WORKING PAPER, CARDBOARD OR MATERIAL WORKED IN A MANNER ANALOGOUSTO PAPER
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Zusammenfassung:	An apparatus and associated method is provided for forming a rod for use in the manufacture of cigarette filter elements. A continuous supply of a filter material is formed into a continuous filter rod by a rod-forming unit. An object insertion unit is configured to insert a plurality of first objects and a plurality of second objects into the continuous filter rod. A rod-dividing unit is configured to subdivide the continuous filter rod, at predetermined intervals along the longitudinal axis thereof, into a plurality of filter rod portions such that each filter rod portion includes at least one first object and at least one second object disposed therein, with the first objects being different from the second objects.