EP 0124289 B1 19870819 - METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TIPPING SMOKING ARTICLES
Title (en)
METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TIPPING SMOKING ARTICLES
Publication
Application
Priority
- US 48080783 A 19830331
- US 58436684 A 19840228
Abstract (en)
[origin: WO8403818A1] A method and apparatus for wrapping tipping material about an assembly comprising a tobacco rod and a filter plug both having a circular or non-circular cross-section. The cigarette assembly is rolled along the surface of a rolling drum (71) by an adjacent pressure element (94) that is moved in the same direction as, but with a different speed from that of, the peripheral surface of the drum. The difference in speed causes the cigarette assembly to roll along the drum surface. The pressure element, which is preferably a belt (134), is adapted to exert a substantially constant pressure on the cigarette assembly despite the irregular shape of the latter. The disclosed method and apparatus, as compared to similar conventional method and apparatus, permits the transport of oval filter plugs so that each oval filter plug will have the same predetermined orientation.
IPC 1-7
IPC 8 full level
A24C 5/47 (2006.01)
CPC (source: EP)
A24C 5/471 (2013.01)
Designated contracting state (EPC)
DE FR GB IT
DOCDB simple family (publication)
WO 8403818 A1 19841011; DE 3465419 D1 19870924; EP 0124289 A1 19841107; EP 0124289 B1 19870819
DOCDB simple family (application)
US 8400372 W 19840312; DE 3465419 T 19840330; EP 84302222 A 19840330