US Patent No: 8,079,369
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Method of forming a cigarette filter rod member
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Dec 20, 2011
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May 21, 2008
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Abstract
An apparatus and associated method for forming a filter rod member of a smoking article, such as a cigarette, is provided. The apparatus comprises a rod-forming unit configured to form a continuous supply of a filter material into a continuous cylindrical rod member. An insertion unit is configured to insert an adsorbent material carried by a carrier material into the rod member. The method comprises forming a continuous supply of a filter material into a continuous cylindrical rod member, and inserting an adsorbent material carried by a carrier material into the rod member such that the adsorbent material is disposed within the rod member.
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Cited Art
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| 4,549,875 Manufacture of tobacco smoke filters | 20 | 1983 | |
| 4,793,365 Smoking article | 96 | 1984 | |
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| 4,714,082 Smoking article | 117 | 1985 | |
| 4,756,318 Smoking article with tobacco jacket | 107 | 1985 | |
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| 4,862,905 Rods containing pelletized material | 38 | 1987 | |
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| 4,917,128 Cigarette | 17 | 1987 | |
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| 4,961,438 Smoking device | 11 | 1989 | |
| 5,137,034 Smoking article with improved means for delivering flavorants | 50 | 1989 | |
| 5,033,483 Smoking article with tobacco jacket | 32 | 1990 | |
| 5,027,837 Cigarette | 15 | 1990 | |
| 5,099,861 Aerosol delivery article | 117 | 1990 | |
| 5,115,820 Smokable article | 5 | 1990 | |
| 5,159,944 Cigarette | 12 | 1990 | |
| 5,101,839 Cigarette and smokable filler material therefor | 67 | 1990 | |
| 5,148,821 Processes for producing a smokable and/or combustible tobacco material | 9 | 1990 | |
| 5,105,837 Smoking article with improved wrapper | 19 | 1990 | |
| 5,065,776 Cigarette with tobacco/glass fuel wrapper | 19 | 1990 | |
| 5,156,169 Apparatus for making cigarettes | 33 | 1990 | |
| 5,131,416 Cigarette | 21 | 1990 | |
| 5,178,167 Carbonaceous composition for fuel elements of smoking articles and method of modifying the burning characteristics thereof | 17 | 1991 | |
| 5,271,419 Cigarette | 62 | 1991 | |
| 5,396,911 Substrate material for smoking articles | 12 | 1991 | |
| 5,220,930 Cigarette with wrapper having additive package | 41 | 1992 | |
| 5,183,062 Cigarette | 11 | 1992 | |
| 5,387,285 Apparatus for injecting a fluid into filter tow | 31 | 1992 | |
| 5,360,023 Cigarette filter | 66 | 1992 | |
| 5,345,955 Composite fuel element for smoking articles | 12 | 1992 | |
| 5,568,819 Cigarette filter | 47 | 1994 | |
| 5,727,571 Components for smoking articles and process for making same | 19 | 1994 | |
| 5,551,451 Fuel element composition | 8 | 1995 | |
| 5,819,751 Cigarette and method of making same | 15 | 1995 | |
| 6,360,751 Asymmetrical trimmer disk apparatus | 13 | 1999 | |
| 7,115,085 Method and apparatus for incorporating objects into cigarette filters | 13 | 2003 | |
| 2005/0066,984 Filtered cigarette incorporating an adsorbent material | 5 | 2003 | |
| 2005/0066,986 Smokable rod for a cigarette | 16 | 2003 | |
| 2005/0268,925 Application of mesoporous molecular sieves as selective smoke filtration additives | 2 | 2004 | |
| 2007/0056,600 Filtered smoking article | 8 | 2005 | |
| 2007/0068,540 Equipment for insertion of objects into smoking articles | 16 | 2005 | |
| 2007/0215,167 Smoking article | 5 | 2006 | |
| 2008/0029,118 EQUIPMENT AND ASSOCIATED METHOD FOR INSERTION OF MATERIAL INTO CIGARETTE FILTERS | 9 | 2006 | |
| 2008/0029,111 FILTERED CIGARETTE POSSESSING TIPPING MATERIAL | 2 | 2006 | |
| 2008/0092,912 Tobacco-Containing Smoking Article | 5 | 2006 | |
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| 6,584,979 High efficiency cigarette filters having shaped microcavity fibers impregnated with adsorbent or absorbent materials | 25 | 2001 | |
| 6,789,547 Carbon technology | 8 | 2001 | |
| 6,761,174 Cigarette and filter with downstream flavor addition | 40 | 2002 | |
| 7,074,170 Method and apparatus for making cigarette filters with a centrally located flavored element | 16 | 2003 | |
| 7,370,657 Activated carbon-containing sorbent | 5 | 2003 | |
| 2003/0200,973 Activated carbon fiber cigarette filter | 28 | 2003 | |
| 2005/0133,051 Composite materials and their use in smoking articles | 8 | 2003 | |
| 2006/0174,899 Composite materials and their use in smoking articles | 2 | 2003 | |
| 2004/0226,569 Flavored carbon useful as filtering material of smoking article | 12 | 2004 | |
| 2006/0130,861 Flavor carrier for use in smoking articles | 7 | 2004 | |
| 2006/0144,410 Surface-modified activated carbon in smoking articles | 4 | 2004 | |
| 2006/0180,164 Cigarette filter with beaded carbon | 8 | 2006 | |
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| 4,331,166 Cigarette | 9 | 1980 | |
| 5,012,823 Tobacco processing | 27 | 1987 | |
| 4,991,606 Smoking article | 36 | 1988 | |
| 5,076,296 Carbon heat source | 30 | 1988 | |
| 5,159,940 Smoking article | 41 | 1988 | |
| 4,966,171 Smoking article | 41 | 1989 | |
| 5,240,014 Catalytic conversion of carbon monoxide from carbonaceous heat sources | 11 | 1990 | |
| 5,240,016 Thermally releasable gel-based flavor source for smoking articles | 15 | 1991 | |
| 5,191,906 Process for making wrappers for smoking articles which modify the burn rate of the smoking article | 36 | 1992 | |
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| 4,291,713 Device for heating the seams of wrappers for rod-like fillers in cigarette making machines or the like | 33 | 1978 | |
| 4,844,100 Method of and apparatus for making rod-shaped smokers' articles with dense ends | 24 | 1987 | |
| 5,060,665 Wrapping mechanism for rod making machines of the tobacco processing industry | 29 | 1991 | |
| 2003/0136,419 Garniture tongue of a garniture device | 24 | 2003 | |
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| 4,474,190 Method and apparatus for regulating the operation of machines for the production of cigarettes or the like | 38 | 1982 | |
| 4,574,816 Method and apparatus for forming a filler of fibrous material | 27 | 1984 | |
| 4,736,754 Method and apparatus for making rod-shaped smokers' products with soft cores | 20 | 1984 | |
| 4,878,506 Method of and apparatus for treating accumulations of fibers of tobacco or other smokable material | 20 | 1988 | |
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| 6,089,857 Heater for generating flavor and flavor generation appliance | 27 | 1998 | |
| 6,848,449 Low fire-spreading smoking article and method of manufacturing the same | 22 | 2003 | |
| 6,904,917 Method of manufacturing cigarette suppressing spread of burn and apparatus for manufacturing cigarette suppressing spread of burn | 23 | 2003 | |
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| 5,050,621 Smoking articles | 34 | 1989 | |
| 6,095,152 Smoking article with non-combustible wrapper, combustible fuel source and aerosol generator | 29 | 1997 | |
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| 4,969,476 Smoking article | 11 | 1987 | |
| 5,105,835 Smoking articles | 23 | 1990 | |
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| 5,622,190 Concentric smoking filter having cellulose acetate tow periphery and carbon-particle-loaded web filter core | 13 | 1994 | |
| 5,595,577 Method for making a carbonaceous heat source containing metal oxide | 15 | 1995 | |
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| 2003/0023,649 Digital filtering method and device and sound image localizing device | 1 | 2002 | |
| 2003/0023,649 Digital filtering method and device and sound image localizing device | 1 | 2002 | |
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| 6,647,870 Drive apparatus, press machine slide drive apparatus and method thereof | 11 | 2001 | |
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| 4,223,597 Method of the production of cigarette filters | 9 | 1977 | |
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| 2004/0237,984 Cigarette filter | 7 | 2004 | |
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| 5,040,551 Optimizing the oxidation of carbon monoxide | 31 | 1988 | |
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| 5,012,828 Tobacco smoke filter containing particulate additive | 11 | 1989 | |
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| 5,225,277 Acetate tow having high crimp modulus and manufacturing method thereof | 15 | 1990 | |
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| 4,811,745 Method and device for control of by-products from cigarette smoke | 13 | 1988 | |
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| 4,925,602 Method for improving the crimping of polyolefin filter tow | 9 | 1988 | |
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| 6,537,186 Process and apparatus for high-speed filling of composite cigarette filters | 21 | 2000 | |
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| 6,578,584 Smoking article with non-combustible wrapper, combustible fuel source and aerosol generator | 8 | 2000 | |
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| 4,201,234 Filter for smoking article, mainly cigarette | 22 | 1978 | |
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| 6,779,530 Smoking articles with reduced ignition proclivity characteristics | 13 | 2002 | |
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| 7,049,382 Activated carbon filter | 8 | 2004 | |
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| 6,789,548 Method of making a smoking composition | 16 | 2001 | |
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| 4,781,203 Method and apparatus for making self-extinguishing cigarette | 29 | 1985 | |
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