Smoking article assembly machine for assembling smoking articles having segmented filters

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 10172384
APP PUB NO 20170035100A1
SERIAL NO

15305536

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A smoking article assembly apparatus is disclosed. It comprises a first cutting station configured to cut a filter rod into filter segments, a tipping station configured to join the filter segments to tobacco rods so as to form a smoking article assembly, and a second cutting station configured to cut the smoking article assembly in the region of the filter segments so as to form two smoking articles.

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  • TOBACCO RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE (PROPRIETARY) LIMITED

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Herholdt, Arnold Leslie Brackenfell, ZA 6 44
Le, Roux Gerhard Paarl, ZA 21 15

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