Method and machine for producing paperless filter rods for smoking articles

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9392819
APP PUB NO 20130231232A1
SERIAL NO

13784603

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A method and machine for producing paperless filter rods for smoking articles, according to which a tow band of hardening-material-impregnated filtering material is fed along a forming beam having a first portion along which the tow band is injected with steam to cause the hardening material to react, and a second portion along which the tow band is dried with air, coming out from the forming beam, a continuous paperless rigid rod filter, which is fed to a cutting device; the steam blowing being performed at a plurality of stations arranged in series along the first portion; and the steam being fed, at each station, into an accumulation chamber surrounding the forming channel and communicating with the forming channel through an annular nozzle arranged on a transverse plane to the forming channel and having a constant width, measured along an axis of the forming channel, of 0.3 to 0.9 mm.

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MONTRADE S R LVIA ARMANDO SARTI 6 I-40132 BOLOGNA

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Giannini, Antonella Bologna, IT 11 60
Monzoni, Alberto Bologna, IT 12 12

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