| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 131058000 | Wrapping devices | 50 |
| 20090260640 | Unit and a method for wrapping tobacco products - Tobacco products are wrapped by a unit equipped with a rotating drum carrying a set of holder mechanisms around the periphery, each rotatable about an axis parallel to the axis of the drum, by which single products are supported and carried through an assembly station together with leaves of wrapping material received from a vacuum roller turning on an axis parallel to the axis of the drum; the vacuum roller revolves tangentially to the drum at the assembly station and comprises a system by which each leaf is transferred to a gripper associated with the support mechanism. The transfer system is timed to operate in a situation of substantially zero relative peripheral velocity between the support mechanism and the vacuum roller. | 10-22-2009 |
| 20100012133 | Manufacturing Machine for Producing Combination Cigarette Filters - A manufacturing machine for producing combination filters for cigarettes, and having: a group-forming unit for forming groups of filter portions, each having at least two different filter portions aligned axially and contacting at the ends; a winding unit which receives a succession of groups of filter portions from the group-forming unit, winds a strip of wrapping material about the succession of groups of filter portions to form a continuous filter rod, and cuts the combination filters off the continuous filter rod by cyclically cutting the continuous filter rod transversely; and a transfer unit which transfers the groups of filter portions from the group-forming unit, in which the groups of filter portions travel transversely, to the winding unit, in which the groups of filter portions travel axially, and has at least one spider, which feeds the groups of filter portions successively into a forming beam of the winding unit, and at least one release drum which releases the groups of filter portions successively to the spider; the release drum being mounted to move between a work position, in which the release drum is adjacent and connected to the spider, and a maintenance position, in which the release drum is detached a good distance from the spider. | 01-21-2010 |
| 20100071710 | PREPARATION OF MIXED METAL OXIDE CATALYSTS FROM NANOSCALE PARTICLES - Mixed metal oxide catalysts are prepared by combining first nanoscale particles and second nanoscale particles to form a mixture of nanoscale particles and then the mixture is heated to form a mixed metal oxide catalyst. The mixed metal oxide catalysts, which are capable of reducing the concentration of carbon monoxide in the mainstream smoke of a cigarette during smoking, are incorporated into a smoking article component such as tobacco cut filler, cigarette paper and/or cigarette filter material. | 03-25-2010 |
| 20100101588 | MACHINE FOR MANUFACTURING POUCHES OF COHESIONLESS MATERIAL - A machine manufacturing pouches of a smokeless tobacco product, or other similarly cohesionless material, comprises a feed system ( | 04-29-2010 |
| 20100154808 | FILTER CIGARILLO - A cigarillo includes a tobacco rod including a tobacco cut filler circumscribed by an inner binder, a filter adjacent to the tobacco rod, a band of tipping paper circumscribing the filter, and an outer wrapper of natural tobacco circumscribing the tobacco rod and a rod end portion of the band of tipping paper such that a mouth end portion of the band of tipping paper is visible. A method of making the cigarillo includes convoluting an inner binder around a tobacco cut filler to form a tobacco rod, axially aligning and abutting a filter with the tobacco rod, convoluting a band of tipping paper around the filter, and convoluting an outer wrapper of natural tobacco around the tobacco rod and a rod end portion of the band of tipping paper such that a mouth end portion of the tipping paper is visible. | 06-24-2010 |
| 20100180903 | Smoking Article with Thermoresilient Design and Methods of Producing the Same - A smoking article can comprise a rod of smoking material enclosed in a wrapper wherein the wrapper is provided with a design which comprises thermoresilient material. | 07-22-2010 |
| 20100186757 | Smoking Article - A smoking article, such as a cigarette, comprises a lighting end and a mouth end. The smoking article possesses an aerosol-generation system that includes (i) a heat generation segment, and (ii) an aerosol-generating region or segment. A mouth end piece segment can be located at the mouth end of the smoking article. A segment of tobacco cut filler, gathered tobacco paper, or other type of flavor source material, can be positioned between the mouth end piece segment and the aerosol-generation segment. Optionally, segment composed of tobacco cut filler can be positioned so as to provide a lighting end segment. The smoking article possesses an overwrap (e.g., a single paper overwrap) that extends over the longitudinally extending surface of the mouth end piece segment, the aerosol generation segment, at least a portion of the length of the heat generation segment, any segment located between the mouth end piece and aerosol generation segments, and at least a portion of the length of the optional lighting end segment. Alternatively, the smoking article possesses an overwrap (e.g., a single paper overwrap) that extends over the longitudinally extending surface of the aerosol-generating segment, at least a portion of the length of the heat generation segment, at least a portion of any segment located downstream from the aerosol-generating segment, and at least a portion of the length of the optional lighting end segment, thereby forming a cigarette rod; and the cigarette rod is connected or attached to a filter element using a tipping type of material and arrangement. | 07-29-2010 |
| 20100212677 | SMOKING ARTICLE WITH REMOVABLY SECURED ADDITIONAL WRAPPER AND PACKAGING FOR SMOKING ARTICLE - A smoking article includes a tobacco column, a binder surrounding the tobacco column, a first wrapper surrounding the binder, and at least one additional removable wrapper which surrounds the first wrapper and is removably secured to a wrapper beneath the additional removable wrapper. Packaging for a smoking article involves a supportive tube surrounding the smoking article and sealed in a package, where the package is made from a front and a rear sheet sealed together to form a sealed envelope. | 08-26-2010 |
| 20100218777 | INTERMEDIATE WRAPPER AND METHOD OF MAKING - A tobacco product is formed by perforated cigar or shell, the shell comprising a sheet of material with an intermediate sheet, the sheet comprising tobacco leaves and/or homogenized tobacco paper. The cigar or shell is packaged for shipment to an end user or consumer. The cigar or shell remains in the rolled, shaped tube form inside the package. After the cigar or shell is removed from the package, a consumer can fill the cigar or shell with crushed tobacco leaves or other tobacco filler material of a favorite blend, thereby eliminating some steps in the making of a “roll-your-own” tobacco product. A liquid can be added to the cigar or shell to moisturize same. The liquid can include flavoring. | 09-02-2010 |
| 20100236561 | APPARATUS FOR INSERTING OBJECTS INTO A FILTER COMPONENT OF A SMOKING ARTICLE, AND ASSOCIATED METHOD - 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. | 09-23-2010 |
| 20100269839 | Smoking article with closed end and methods and apparatus for manufacture thereof - A method of making a smoking article comprises providing a folly or partially fabricated smoking article comprising at least a tobacco rod of tobacco wrapped in cigarette paper; adhering a foldable paper to the cigarette paper such that the foldable paper encircles the tobacco rod and overhangs the cigarette paper at an end of the tobacco rod that is intended to be lit; and folding the overhanging foldable paper to substantially cover the tobacco at the end of the tobacco rod. Various techniques can be employed to apply different lengths of foldable paper to the tobacco rod and to achieve different folding patterns. The folded paper may be inverted by pressing inwardly with a pin or rod after folding to produce a more permanent fold. | 10-28-2010 |
| 20100275935 | Smoking article with modified smoke delivery - A smoking article ( | 11-04-2010 |
| 20110023894 | AUTOMATIC CIGARETTE MAKER - An automatic cigarette maker comprises a case that is provided with a container therein. The container has an opening at the top thereof. The tobacco leaves in the container are pushed out of a tobacco supply duct by a feeding module. A rotary disc is connected with one end of a linkage arrangement and is provided with a plurality of tubes that are arranged in a form of circular array. Each tube is provided with a cigarette paper therein. Thereby, when the linkage arrangement moves the rotary disc backward relative to the container, a tube covers the tobacco supply duct for filling tobacco leaves. When the rotary disc is moved forward, a cigarette paper is fully filled with tobacco leaves. When being moved relative to the container forward and backward once, the rotary disc is rotated at a constant angle. Consequently, the tubes can cover the tobacco supply duct one after another and tobacco leaves can be filled into each cigarette paper in sequence. | 02-03-2011 |
| 20110108042 | REGISTERED BANDED CIGARETTE PAPER, CIGARETTES, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE - Registered banded wrapper, cigarettes using that wrapper paper, and methods of making cigarettes with that banded paper result in banded regions of cigarette paper which begin at substantially the same location on each cigarette. With the banded region positioned at a preferred predetermined distance from the end of the cigarette, cigarettes made with such paper exhibit a consistent and improved ignition propensity compared with random or quasi-randomly positioned banded regions. | 05-12-2011 |
| 20110259351 | TOBACCO ROD MANUFACTURING APPARATUS - An apparatus is provided for forming tobacco rod portions of a smoking article. A conveyor unit is configured to receive a continuous stream of the tobacco material and to transport the continuous tobacco material stream along an elongate path for formation of the continuous tobacco material stream into a continuous tobacco rod, wherein the conveyor unit is housed in a conveyor housing. A suction system is in fluid communication with the conveyor housing through a suction port and is configured to apply suction to the conveyor housing via the suction port so as to draw the continuous tobacco stream into engagement with the conveyor unit. A wear resistant member is engaged with a wall of the conveyor housing and defines the suction port, wherein the wear resistant member is configured to resist wear from interaction with particles associated with the tobacco material. | 10-27-2011 |
| 20120042883 | Composite Packaging System For Particulate Smokable Product - A composite packaging system for particulate smokable product comprises an aggregate of particulate smokable product, a bag element of organic polymeric film, an envelope element of metallized organic polymeric film, and at least one externally viewable image disposed on the envelope element. The bag element includes a distribution zone within which the aggregate is generally evenly distributed along an elongated profile. The bag element is rolled about its distribution zone, and along with the aggregate, is snugly retained within a hermetically sealed cavity of the envelope element. What results is a packaging system which is compact, lightweight, attractive and low-cost, yet capable of maintaining the freshness and flocculence of the smokable product throughout shipment, retail display and consumer handling of the packaged product. | 02-23-2012 |
| 20120192879 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MAKING A SMOKING ARTICLE - The present invention relates to a method of constructing a smoking article using a retention member to provide a more tightly rolled smoking article and increase a volume of smoke of an ignited article. At least one or more sheets of material is provided and a retention member is positioned thereon. Next, the sheet of material is wrapped about the retention member and a portion of the sheet of material is sealed to form an inner wall. Filler material is then provided proximal to an outer surface of the inner wall whereby the filler material is distributed on both sides of the retention member. Opposite ends of the sheet material engage to then form an outer wall to enclose the tiller material between an inner surface of the outer wall and the outer surface of the inner wall. The retention member is then removed to form an inner bore within the inner shell. | 08-02-2012 |
| 20140158142 | SMOKING ARTICLE ASSEMBLY - A modular apparatus is configured to cause received rods of smokeable material to undergo a first sequence of operations. The modular apparatus can be reconfigured so as to cause received rods of smokeable material to undergo a second sequence of operations, different to the first sequence of operations. The first and second sequences of operations respectively form at least part of first and second processes for assembling smoking articles, each smoking article comprising one of said rods of smokeable material, which is smoked in use. The modular apparatus comprises a first inserter configured to insert a first rod article ( | 06-12-2014 |
| 20150327592 | Improvements Relating to Smoking Article Assembly - A modular apparatus for smoking article assembly comprises a plurality of modules and a plurality of respective interface units, and a controller to control said plurality of modules via said interface units. The modular apparatus is configured to cause received rods of smokable material to undergo a first sequence of operations. The modular apparatus can be reconfigured so as to cause received rods of smokable material to undergo a second sequence of operations, different to the first sequence of operations. The first and second sequences of operations respectively form at least part of first and second processes for assembling smoking articles, each smoking article comprising one of said rods of smokable material, which is smoked in use. | 11-19-2015 |
| 20160066618 | IN SITU FORMATION OF CATALYTIC CIGARETTE PAPER - Methods for the in situ formation of catalyst particles in cigarette paper are provided. A catalyst precursor, which can be incorporated into the cigarette papermaking process or can be combined with cigarette paper after formation of the paper, can be decomposed to form catalyst particles that are incorporated within the cigarette paper. Cigarette paper comprising the catalyst particles can be used to form a cigarette. During the smoking of a cigarette comprising the catalyst particles the amount of carbon monoxide in the mainstream smoke of the cigarette can be reduced. | 03-10-2016 |
| 20160073684 | METHOD FOR COMBINING SEGMENTS OF A SMOKING ARTICLE AND COMBINER FOR COMBINING SUCH SEGMENTS - A method for combining segments of a smoking article, comprises the steps of: —providing a group of segments having a heat source ( | 03-17-2016 |
| 20160128380 | AMPHIPHILE-MODIFIED SORBENTS IN SMOKING ARTICLES AND FILTERS - Smoking articles which involve the use of amphiphile-modified sorbents are disclosed. The amphiphile-modified sorbent has at least one amphiphilic compound bound to an inorganic molecular sieve substrate. The amphiphile-modified sorbent selectively removes certain constituents from cigarette smoke, while maintaining other constituents, such as those that contribute to flavor. Methods for making cigarette filters and smoking articles using amphiphile-modified sorbents, as well as methods for smoking a cigarette containing an amphiphile-modified sorbent, are also provided. | 05-12-2016 |
| 20160157518 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR WRAPPING AN ASSEMBLY OF SEGMENTS - In the method and system for wrapping an assembly ( | 06-09-2016 |
| 20220132910 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FOLDING CIGARETTES - A system for folding cigarettes filled with a smoking material, including a body, an insert coupled to the body, the insert is configured to store the cigarette, the insert includes a base and sidewalls extending upwards from the base, where the base and the sidewalls match a size of the cigarette, the insert, the cigarette is configured to be mounted on a top surface of the base, a folding mechanism secured to the body, the folding mechanism includes multiple folding units, each folding unit of the multiple folding units includes a moving member that moves towards the insert for hitting a top portion of the cigarette from another angle, a mechanism for moving the moving member towards the cigarette. | 05-05-2022 |
| 131059000 | Spirally wound continuous wrapper | 1 |
| 20090272389 | Concentric Core Tobacco Rod Maker with Air Transporter - The present invention is directed at various apparatus, systems and methods for forming a sealed concentric or sealed concentric hollow core tobacco rod. The methods of the invention at least comprise passing a trimmed column of metered tobacco and paper between a tongue and garniture to form a concentric shaped tobacco rod or tobacco rod with an inner hollow core; maintaining the concentric shape; and outputting a sealed concentric tobacco rod or a concentric hollow tobacco rod. | 11-05-2009 |
| 131060000 | Longitudinally fed continuous wrapper | 2 |
| 20160029692 | CIGARETTES AND THEIR CONSTRUCTION - A cigarette is provided with the tobacco column portion adjacent the filter assembly encased by a heat shrink material whereby as the burn approaches the butt the heat shrink material begins to contract radially and compress the encased tobacco column restricting the air flow therethrough. This reduces the diameter of burning column adjacent the filter assembly and thus extinguishes or at least confines the remaining tobacco in the cigarette. | 02-04-2016 |
| 131660100 | With tobacco rod preshaper | 1 |
| 131660200 | With transverse or longitudinal compression | 1 |
| 20140048083 | ROD FORMING APPARTUS - An apparatus for the formation of machine-made tobacco rods for use in the production of smoking articles, such as cigars, from tobacco comprising a tacky material. The apparatus includes a pair of transfer and compression belts for receiving and compressing the stream of tobacco, the transfer and compression; a pair of squeeze bars for compressing the tobacco in a direction perpendicular to the pair of transfer and compression belts, the pair of squeeze bars produced from a material comprising a poly(aryl ether ketone); a tongue for receiving the compressed tobacco, the tongue produced from a material comprising a poly(aryl ether ketone); and a folder for folding a wrapper material around the compressed tobacco so as to form a continuous rod of tobacco, the wrapper material provided from a source of wrapper material, the folder produced from a material comprising a poly(aryl ether ketone). | 02-20-2014 |
| 131070000 | Tube filling type | 21 |
| 20080216847 | Fine-Cut-Tobacco Portion Pack And Process For Producing Fine-Cut-Tobacco Portion Packs - A fine-cut-tobacco portion pack ( | 09-11-2008 |
| 20090183741 | CIGARETTE-MAKING MACHINE WITH TAMPER-HOLDING MECHANISM - A cigarette-making machine of the tobacco-injecting type is provided that includes a tamper-holding mechanism. In one aspect, the tamper-holding mechanism provides for positively holding the tamper in its fully-retracted position. The tamper-holding mechanism includes a tamper-engaging member with a tamper-engaging portion and a bias. The side of the tamper includes a shoulder or projection that releasably interference couples with the tamper-engaging portion. In a first embodiment, the tamper-holding mechanism includes a tamper-engaging portion with a generally triangular-shaped body having a vertex that is urged against the side to releasably interference couple with the shoulder or projection on the side of the tamper. In another embodiment, the tamper-holding mechanism includes a tamper-engaging portion with a generally pentagonal-shaped body which is retained by a generally square U-shaped or C-shaped retaining portion that biases a vertex of the tamper-engaging portion to contact the side of the tamper. | 07-23-2009 |
| 20100192962 | EQUIPMENT AND ASSOCIATED METHOD FOR INSERTION OF MATERIAL INTO CIGARETTE FILTERS - Filter rods for use in the manufacture of cigarette filter elements are provided, with each rod having a longitudinal axis and incorporating a generally longitudinally extending filter material and a generally longitudinally extending strand within that filter material. A filter making unit receives a continuous supply of a filter material, and forms the filter material into a gathered composite having a continuous cylindrical shape. A continuous supply of a strand (e.g., colored thread) is provided and is introduced into the filter material gathered composite in the tongue of the filter making unit. The filter material and continuous strand positioned therein are formed into a continuous rod having the strand material laterally positioned within that rod, and the continuous rod is subdivided at pre-determined longitudinal intervals to provide a plurality of rod portions. | 08-05-2010 |
| 20100229880 | Crank type automatic cigarette tube injector - A crank type cigarette tube injector, for injecting tobacco leaves into a hollow cigarette paper tube, includes a housing having a tobacco cavity for the tobacco leaves disposing thereat, and a feeding opening for the cigarette paper tube alignedly supporting thereat, an electric motor, having an output shaft, received in the housing, and a cigarette filling arrangement, which is driven by the electric motor via the output shaft for feeding the tobacco leaves to the cigarette paper tube through the feeding opening of the housing. The crank type cigarette tube injector not only can make a tight and evenly injection to have a better quality of cigarettes, but also has a length lesser than two cigarette lengths of the cigarette paper tube such that it has a reduce dimension and improved portability. | 09-16-2010 |
| 20100288292 | Method and Apparatus for Forming Tobacco Rods - A method of forming tobacco rods comprises providing an endless bead of tobacco, creating regularly spaced apart gaps ( | 11-18-2010 |
| 20110011411 | CIGARETTE BLANK LOADING APPARATUS - An apparatus for loading a cigarette blank onto a filling tube. The apparatus comprises a filling tube having a first end, a second end, an inside diameter, an outside diameter, and a pin sized to fit within the filling tube. The pin has a first end and a second end comprising a guide head. When the filling tube receives the second end of the pin, at least a portion of the guide head of the pin extends beyond the second end of the filling tube for guiding the cigarette blank on said filling tube. Also disclosed is a method for loading a cigarette blank onto a filling tube. | 01-20-2011 |
| 20110056504 | CIGARETTE BLANK FILLING TUBE APPARATUS - A tobacco filling tube having a cylindrical portion having an outside diameter, an inside diameter, a first end and a second end and a hollow tapered portion having a first end with an outside diameter and a second end with an outside diameter. The first end of the tapered portion adjoins the second end of the cylindrical portion, the outside diameter of the first end of the tapered portion is substantially the same as the outside diameter of the cylindrical portion, the outside diameter of the second end of the tapered portion is less than the outside diameter of the first end of the tapered portion, the outside diameter of the first end of the tapered portion is sized to fit inside a tobacco blank, and the tapered portion is flexible to allow the second end of the tapered portion to expand and thereafter return to its initial outside diameter. | 03-10-2011 |
| 20120291790 | Crank type automatic cigarette tube injector - A crank type cigarette tube injector, for injecting tobacco leaves into a hollow cigarette paper tube, includes a housing having a tobacco cavity for the tobacco leaves disposing thereat, and a feeding opening for the cigarette paper tube alignedly supporting thereat, an electric motor, having an output shaft, received in the housing, and a cigarette filling arrangement, which is driven by the electric motor via the output shaft for feeding the tobacco leaves to the cigarette paper tube through the feeding opening of the housing. The crank type cigarette tube injector not only can make a tight and evenly injection to have a better quality of cigarettes, but also has a length lesser than two cigarette lengths of the cigarette paper tube such that it has a reduce dimension and improved portability. | 11-22-2012 |
| 20120312311 | Cigarette-Making Machines and Methods of Using the Same - Cigarette-making machines that provide improved safety and improved user ergonomics are disclosed. A disclosed example cigarette-making machine of the tobacco-injecting type includes a faceted handgrip that projects upward from a top surface of the machine and partially encloses a pivot axis of an actuator. The faceted handgrip being configured to enable a user to apply a counter-rotational force to the machine to prevent the machine from sliding on a surface as the actuator is operated. In a disclosed embodiment, the faceted handgrip includes a knob having a plurality of facets and a semi-circular riser integrally formed between the knob and the top surface, an axis of the knob substantially coinciding with the pivot axis of the actuator. The semi-circular riser may circularly extend around or partially enclose an end of a shaft and a nut that couples an end of the actuator to the shaft. | 12-13-2012 |
| 20130047996 | Device For Filling A Cigarette Tube - A device for automatically filling cigarette tubes meters out a dose of loose tobacco, feeds the dose to a press unit that presses the dose into a roll of tobacco corresponding in size to the size of a pre-manufactured paper cigarette tube. The roll is automatically injected into a paper tube. The various assemblies and units are mounted on a support structure and enclosed in a housing, so the device is safe to operate. | 02-28-2013 |
| 20130152952 | Cigarette tobacco filler device - A cigarette tobacco filler device includes a casing having an outlet for holding a cigarette tube in position, a plunger movably supported in said casing for delivering tobacco into the cigarette tube, and a plunger actuation unit which includes a power shaft rotatably supported in the casing to couple with the plunger and an operation handle which is pivotally extended above the top side of the casing and is arranged in such a manner that when the operation handle is pivotally moved down to the top side of the casing, the power shaft is driven to rotate so as to actuate the plunger for inserting the tobacco to the cigarette tube at the outlet. | 06-20-2013 |
| 20130276795 | Tabletop Automatic Cigarette-Making Machine - A cigarette-making machine of the tobacco-injecting type including a housing with an aperture and a compacting chamber in communication with the aperture for receiving loose tobacco, a compacting member mounted for reciprocal up and down motion from an initial position adjacent the top of the compacting chamber toward the bottom of the compacting chamber, an injection spoon mounted for reciprocal lateral movement from a rest position within the compacting chamber across the compacting chamber to transport rod-like compacted tobacco shapes past the ejection side of the compacting chamber, through the nipple and into a hollow cigarette tube, an electrically powered motor, and a dual purpose control disk adapted to be rotated about its axis by the motor to initially move the compacting member up and down in the compacting chamber and then to move the injection spoon across the compacting chamber as the control disk is rotated by the motor. | 10-24-2013 |
| 20140034069 | Tabletop Semi-Automatic Cigarette-Making Machine - A semi-automatic cigarette-making machine of the tobacco-injecting type including a housing with an aperture and a compacting chamber in communication with the aperture for receiving loose tobacco, a compacting member mounted for manual reciprocal up and down motion from an initial position adjacent the top of the compacting chamber toward the bottom of the compacting chamber in response to the rotation of a pair of opposed gears, and an injection spoon mounted for automatic powered reciprocal lateral movement from a rest position within the compacting chamber across the compacting chamber to transport rod-like compacted tobacco shapes past the ejection side of the compacting chamber and into a hollow cigarette tube. | 02-06-2014 |
| 20140182604 | Device and method for manufacturing tobacco products - In general, the present invention is directed to the manufacture of tobacco products, and more specifically to a common device and method to manufacture cylindrical tobacco products such as cigarettes, cigars, and therapeutic medical products with varying diameters and geometries. | 07-03-2014 |
| 20140261469 | TUBE FILLING DEVICE AND METHOD - A method of transferring a portion ( | 09-18-2014 |
| 20150047654 | CIGARETTE MANUFACTURING MACHINES AND METHODS - In one aspect, an apparatus for manufacturing cigarettes includes a housing, a mandrel extending from the housing, and a movable member operably coupled to the housing and adapted to carry a first cigarette tube. The movable member is movable, relative to each of the housing and the mandrel, in a first direction and a second direction that is opposite the first direction. In another aspect, a method of manufacturing cigarettes includes loading a first cigarette tube on a mandrel, holding the first cigarette tube on the mandrel, and inserting a push rod and a carrot of pre-cut tobacco leaves into the first cigarette tube, the carrot of pre-cut tobacco leaves having a generally cylindrical shape. An offset distance is defined between the first cigarette tube and the mandrel after the push rod and the carrot of pre-cut tobacco leaves are inserted into the first cigarette tube. | 02-19-2015 |
| 20160058068 | TABLETOP AUTOMATIC CIGARETTE-MAKING MACHINE - A cigarette-making machine of the tobacco-injecting type including a housing with an aperture and a compacting chamber in communication with the aperture for receiving loose tobacco, a compacting member mounted for reciprocal up and down motion from an initial position adjacent the top of the compacting chamber toward the bottom of the compacting chamber, an injection spoon mounted for reciprocal lateral movement from a rest position within the compacting chamber across the compacting chamber to transport rod-like compacted tobacco shapes past the ejection side of the compacting chamber, through the nipple and into a hollow cigarette tube, an electrically powered motor, and a dual purpose control disk adapted to be rotated about its axis by the motor to initially move the compacting member up and down in the compacting chamber and then to move the injection spoon across the compacting chamber as the control disk is rotated by the motor. | 03-03-2016 |
| 20160120212 | TUBE FILLING APPARATUS - This invention concerns a tube filling apparatus ( | 05-05-2016 |
| 131073000 | With tube making | 2 |
| 20080283067 | VARIOUS EMBODIMENTS FOR PRODUCING A TOBACCO ROD WITH A HOLLOW CYLINDRICAL TUBE EXTENDING THERETHROUGH - A method for making cigarettes comprising feeding tubing piece-by-piece to a vertical duct by opening and closing-timing gate operated by cam, accelerating tubing down to the vertical duct, with the help of vertical accelerator belts until the tubing becomes captured into the hopper holder, picking the tubing with an articulate tubing holder located on a transferring drum, lowering to the garniture, and releasing the tubing under the registration lagged-belt. | 11-20-2008 |
| 20090145447 | METHOD OF MAKING A TOBACCO PRODUCT - A tobacco product is formed by rolling a sheet of material supplied by a roll or rolls (e.g. moistened tobacco leaves) and/or homogenized sheet tobacco about a slit mandrel to form a shaped tube. The shaped tube is then packaged for shipment to an end user or consumer. The shaped tube remains in the rolled, shaped tube form inside the package. After the shaped tube is removed from the package, a consumer can fill the tube with crushed tobacco leaves or other tobacco filler material of a favorite blend, thereby eliminating some steps in the making of a “roll-your-own” tobacco product. A liquid can be added to the sheet or to the finished tube to moisturize same. The liquid can include flavoring. The tubes are unfilled when packaged and sent to a consumer/end user in tube form so that they have a “memory” that helps hold a tubular cigar shape after they are filled with selected tobacco fill material. | 06-11-2009 |
| 131074000 | With hopper feed of tubes | 1 |
| 20150366263 | CIGARETTE TUBE FILLING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF USING THE SAME - Herein described is a cigarette filling apparatus for loading substrate into blank cigarette tubes and adapted for use with conventional cigarette filling machines. The invention furthermore relates to methods of filling blank cigarette tubes using the apparatus described herein. The apparatus described herein reduces human error and increases filling speeds of conventional personal use cigarette filling machines. The apparatus generally comprises a tube dispensing member, a filler dispensing member, a tube loading arm, packing foot, filler hopper, and a tube hopper. | 12-24-2015 |
| 131076000 | With tip or mouthpiece applier or former | 2 |
| 20140261470 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ASSEMBLY OF MULTI-SEGMENTED CYLINDRICAL PRODUCTS, SUCH AS TOBACCO PRODUCTS - An apparatus for assembling a multi-segmented cylindrical product is described. The apparatus can include a feeder adapted to supply segments of a pliable material; and a rotating drum having an outer periphery and a plurality of fixtures distributed around the outer periphery, each fixture adapted to support a substantially cylindrical object, and wrap a segment of the pliable material around the substantially cylindrical object and a portion of the fixture to form a fill tube defining a pocket in the pliable material. Other features and related methods are also described. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20150090274 | FILTER-TIPPED CIGARETTE WITH A REMOVABLE CAP, AND RELATIVE MANUFACTURING METHOD AND MACHINE - A filter-tipped cigarette having: a tobacco portion having an outer end and an inner end; a filter butt-connected to the inner end of the tobacco portion; a first sleeve wound about the tobacco portion and the filter to connect the filter permanently and non-detachably to the tobacco portion; a cap butt-connected to the outer end of the tobacco portion, at the opposite end from the filter, and removable to smoke the filter-tipped cigarette; and a second sleeve, which is wound about the cap and the tobacco portion, is integral with the cap, and is at least partly removable axially from the tobacco portion together with and to remove the cap. | 04-02-2015 |
