Filter manufacturing apparatus

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 10645969
APP PUB NO 20180343918A1
SERIAL NO

15778292

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The invention relates to a filter manufacturing apparatus (1) to form a hollow filter body, the filter manufacturing apparatus comprising: —a feed path adapted to continuously feed a filter material along a longitudinal transport direction (30); —a forming device (4) connected to a terminating end of the feed path and adapted to form the filter material into a hollow rod-shaped filter body and deliver the formed filter body, the forming device including: ▪ a tubular forming element (8) adapted to allow the filter material to pass therethrough, ▪ a pin (34) extending longitudinally within the tubular forming element, the pin having a pin diameter;—a diameter changing device (40), adapted to vary the pin diameter of the pin, so as to obtain a filter body having a through hole of variable diameter.

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PHILIP MORRIS PRODUCTS S ANEUCHATEL SWITZERLAND NEUCHATEL NEUCHATEL

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Caprini, Gianni Zola Predosa, IT 9 33

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