| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 131282000 | Including arranging, collecting, or delivering | 18 |
| 20080230080 | VARIOUS EMBODIMENTS FOR PRODUCING A TOBACCO ROD WITH A HOLLOW PASSAGEWAY EXTENDING THERETHROUGH - The present invention is directed at various apparatus and methods for forming a sealed hollow core tobacco rod. The methods of the invention at least comprise passing a trimmed tobacco column and paper under a tongue that widens and flattens the column and paper; forming the tobacco and paper into a cylindrical shape; forming an inner hollow core; maintaining the hollow core shape; and outputting the sealed hollow core tobacco rod. | 09-25-2008 |
| 20080314397 | System for Sensing Cigarette Filters and Method Therefor - The invention provides a system for sensing a cigarette filter, comprising: a plurality of rotary conveyance drums ( | 12-25-2008 |
| 20090314302 | METHOD FOR FEEDING TOBACCO IN A MACHINE FOR MANUFACTURING TOBACCO PRODUCTS - In a cigarette maker, shredded tobacco passes through a feed and transport section toward a unit by which divided particles of the tobacco are gathered into at least one stream providing the filler for cigarettes. By positioning one or more sensors either along the feed and transport section or at a point upstream, relative to the feed direction of the tobacco, it becomes possible to identify the type of tobacco being handled at any given moment, so that when production schedules include a changeover from one brand to another, supervisors can be certain that the right type of tobacco has been selected, and ensure that different types of tobacco will not mingle. | 12-24-2009 |
| 20100108082 | PROCESS AND DEVICE - A device and a process for forming and cutting portions of tobacco from a strand of tobacco is provided with an element for feeding the strand of tobacco, such as at least one belt or roll, as well as a cutting element, such as a knife. The device may have additional feeder bands for advancing the strand of tobacco to the position for cutting, and may be under the control of a computerized control system. | 05-06-2010 |
| 20110030705 | Smoking Article and Manufacturing Method for a Smoking Article - This invention relates to a smoking article ( | 02-10-2011 |
| 20110048435 | Feeder System For Rod Components Of Tobacco Products, And Associated Method - A feeder system and associated method are provided for feeding rod components of a tobacco product, particularly a rod-shaped, cylindrical, or stick-type tobacco product, wherein such a tobacco product may be intended to be used in a smokeless manner. A hopper is configured to receive a plurality of rod components therein. A separator device is operably engaged with the hopper and is configured to receive one of the plurality of rod components at a time therefrom. An orienting device is operably engaged with the separator device. The orienting device is configured to receive the one of the plurality of rod components in a first orientation and to direct the one of the plurality of rod components into a second orientation, different from the first orientation, and toward a subsequent process. | 03-03-2011 |
| 20110067714 | Apparatus and method for post-threshing inspection and sorting of tobacco lamina - An apparatus and method for post-threshing inspection and sorting of tobacco lamina is described and which includes a separation conduit which receives a source of post-threshed tobacco lamina and other contaminants for inspection and sorting, and wherein a source of pressurized air causes the tobacco lamina to move along the separation conduit past an inspection station where it is optically inspected to identify undesirable tobacco lamina or other contaminants; and a downstream reject station is provided which responds to a sorting signal provided by the inspection station and which removes unwanted or undesirable tobacco lamina and other contaminants from an air stream so as to provide a resulting product which is substantially free from contaminants or other defects. | 03-24-2011 |
| 20110100384 | THERMALLY INSULATIVE SMOKING ARTICLE FILTER COMPONENTS - A filter component includes a catalyst surrounded by a thermally insulative carbon fiber composite. The catalyst can catalyze the chemical reaction of selected gaseous constituents of a gas stream. During catalysis, the catalyst can reach high temperatures. The carbon fiber composite can contain heat generated during the catalysis within the filter component and thereby reduce heat transfer to the surroundings. The filter component can be used in smoking articles. Methods of making and using the filter-component and methods for treating mainstream tobacco smoke are also provided. | 05-05-2011 |
| 20110162665 | METHOD, SYSTEM AND APPARATUS FOR REGISTRATION OF DIFFERENT OBJECTS IN ROD SHAPED ARTICLES - A method, system and apparatus for registering different objects in filter rod shaped articles, for example as found in the tobacco processing industry. The method, system and apparatus can include a rod containing cigarette filter components; one or more sensors that determine the constitution of segments of the rod and transmits one or more signals regarding segments of the rod; a processor that receives the one or more signals from the one or more sensors, performs a comparison between the one or more signals and known data and transmits a signal based upon results of the comparison; and an ejector that receives the signal from the processor and removes any segment of the rod that does not conform with the known data. | 07-07-2011 |
| 20140000635 | SMOKING ARTICLE AND METHOD | 01-02-2014 |
| 20150289559 | ASSEMBLY MACHINE FOR PRODUCING CIGARETTES, AND RELATIVE ASSEMBLY METHOD - A method and assembly machine for producing multicomponent cigarettes, each having a number of portions. The assembly machine has a combining unit for forming groups of portions, each having at least two different first portions which are fed perpendicularly to their central axis; a first wrapping unit, which receives a succession of groups of portions from the combining unit, feeds them perpendicularly to their central axis, and winds a first sheet of wrapping material around each group of portions; and a second wrapping unit, which receives a succession of groups of portions from the first wrapping unit, feeds them perpendicularly to their central axis, and winds a second sheet of wrapping material around each group of portions. | 10-15-2015 |
| 20190142059 | CUTTING AND ARRANGING RODS FOR TOBACCO INDUSTRY PRODUCTS | 05-16-2019 |
| 131283000 | And packing | 6 |
| 20080289642 | SYSTEM FOR PRODUCING AND PACKING ARTICLES - A cigarette manufacturing and packing system having a connecting unit connected to a data-gathering computer; a sensor device for detecting a code identifying a work material; and a signalling device for emitting a signal relative to an instant the work material starts to be used; the connecting unit acts as a server to make available to the data-gathering computer, for a given length of time, the data received from the sensor device and the signalling device. | 11-27-2008 |
| 20090025737 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONVEYING A CIGARETTE STREAM IN A CONTROLLED MANNER - A method and apparatus for conveying a cigarette stream in a controlled manner into an initially empty conveying section of a machine for producing and/or packaging cigarettes, the conveying section being delimited laterally by walls and the cigarette stream being supported during conveying by a movable supporting element which is moved together with the cigarette stream along the conveying section. The walls which delimit the conveying section laterally can be moved at least partially in order to change the cross section of the conveying section. | 01-29-2009 |
| 20090038630 | Machine for wrapping groups of cigarettes in packets - In a cigarette packer, groups of single cigarettes are first assembled by a formation unit and placed in trays carried by a conveyor, then directed in succession along a set feed path, advancing sideways-on, toward a wrapping unit by which each one is enveloped in a transparent or at least partly transparent wrapper; during the transfer from the formation unit to the wrapping unit, the trays are directed past a print unit stationed along the feed path, by which at least one graphic element such as lettering or a logo is impressed on at least one cigarette making up each group. | 02-12-2009 |
| 20090293890 | BRAND CONTROL METHOD FOR AN AUTOMATIC TOBACCO ARTICLE PROCESSING MACHINE - A brand control method for an automatic tobacco article processing machine, the method including the steps of: defining a number of end product brands that can be produced on the automatic machine; creating a number of configurations, each associated with a respective brand and having a set of values of control parameters controlling electrically controlled operating parts to produce the brand; selecting a desired end product brand; loading the configuration corresponding to the desired end product brand onto a control unit to commence production of the desired brand; defining a number of sections, each having a set of control parameters and independent of the other sections; defining a number of recipes by assigning each section at least one respective set of values of the corresponding control parameters, so each recipe corresponds to a respective section and contains the values of the control parameters in that particular section; and defining each configuration by combining a number of compatible recipes, so that each recipe may potentially form part of a number of different configurations. | 12-03-2009 |
| 20100200007 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING AND/OR PACKAGING CIGARETTES IN A PRODUCTION AND/OR PACKAGING PLANT - A method of producing and/or packaging cigarettes in a production and/or packaging installation using starting material ( | 08-12-2010 |
| 20110023897 | CIGARETTE HAVING CONFIGURED LIGHTING END - The lighting end or tip of the smoking article is configured in such a manner that the entire front or upstream face thereof does not lie in a plane that is generally perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the smoking article. For example, at least a portion of the front face of the smoking article lies in a plane (e.g., a generally flat plane) that is positioned about 40° to about 50° relative to the longitudinal axis of that smoking article. As such, the overall nature or character of the mainstream aerosol generated by a smoking article can be altered. This shape may include an ellipse, or may include a first section in a plane not perpendicular to the longitudinal axis and a second section in a plane perpendicular to the longitudinal axis. Alternatively, the face of the lighting end may have a shape such that its surface area is greater than the cross-sectional area of the smoking article. | 02-03-2011 |
