Global Patent Index - EP 2457452 B1

EP 2457452 B1 20151125 - Cigarette making method

Title (en)

Cigarette making method

Title (de)

Zigarettenherstellungsverfahren

Title (fr)

Procédé de fabrication de cigarettes

Publication

EP 2457452 B1 20151125 (EN)

Application

EP 12150479 A 20090608

Priority

  • EP 09833956 A 20090608
  • CA 2647771 A 20081223

Abstract (en)

[origin: CA2753593A1] A traditional do-it-yourself cigarette making machine operates at a relatively slow throughput There is provided a method and apparatus for rolling your own cigarettes wherein pre-cut tobacco of a desired humidity is molded in a mold (74, 80) to form a tobacco plug (79), subsequently the plug is advanced into a cylindrical shell (98), the empty cigarette tube (94) is then placed about the shell (98) and the cigarette tube is expelled leaving a complete cigarette The apparatus is ideally placed in a retail outlet where a person may go in and purchase the tobacco and cigarette tubes and insert them in an apparatus to roll the cigarettes.

IPC 8 full level

A24C 5/06 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP US)

A24C 5/06 (2013.01 - EP US)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO SE SI SK TR

DOCDB simple family (publication)

CA 2647771 A1 20100623; AU 2009329767 A1 20110818; BR PI0923633 A2 20150721; BR PI0924179 A2 20190924; CA 2753593 A1 20100701; EP 2378902 A1 20111026; EP 2378902 A4 20150107; EP 2457452 A1 20120530; EP 2457452 B1 20151125; JP 2012513203 A 20120614; JP 5564513 B2 20140730; MX 2011006932 A 20110926; US 2011303230 A1 20111215; WO 2010071971 A1 20100701

DOCDB simple family (application)

CA 2647771 A 20081223; AU 2009329767 A 20090608; BR PI0923633 A 20090608; BR PI0924179 A 20090608; CA 2009000788 W 20090608; CA 2753593 A 20090608; EP 09833956 A 20090608; EP 12150479 A 20090608; JP 2011542634 A 20090608; MX 2011006932 A 20090608; US 200913138026 A 20090608