Cutting and arranging rods for tobacco industry products

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 11744280
APP PUB NO 20190142059A1
SERIAL NO

16098148

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An apparatus and associated methods for cutting and arranging rods for use in a tobacco industry product assembly machine, the apparatus including a first cutting mechanism for cutting a four-length rod into first and second axially-aligned double-length rods where each double-length rod has respective remote ends, a positioning mechanism for moving at least one of the first and second double-length rods such that said first and second double-length rods are moved from a first configuration in axial-alignment, to a second configuration in which the first and second double-length rods are out of axial alignment and the axes of the first and second double-length rods are parallel and spaced apart, and the remote ends of said first and second double-length rods are substantially aligned with each other.

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  • BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO (INVESTMENTS) LIMITED

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Bray, Andrew Jonathan London, GB 47 469
Fallon, Gary London, GB 68 178
Le, Roux Gerhard Paarl, ZA 21 15

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