Tobacco – Cigar or cigarette making – Molding or forming
Patent
1992-03-19
1992-11-17
Millin, Vincent
Tobacco
Cigar or cigarette making
Molding or forming
131 842, 131331, 493 42, 493 44, A24D 300
Patent
active
051634520
ABSTRACT:
Rods for use in the manufacture of smoking products are provided using a rod-making apparatus. The apparatus includes (a) an unwind unit for continuously supplying a material having a continuous integrity; (b) a rod-forming unit for forming a rod-like composite of the supplied material; (c) a constriction member for constricting the rod-like composite, the constriction member including (i) a material-contacting surface and (ii) a reservoir for supplying an amount of liquid to at least a portion of the material-contacting surface; and (d) a rod-making unit for receiving the rod-like composite and for circumscribing the rod-like composite with wrapping material thereby forming a continuous rod.
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Deal Philip A.
Marritt Clifford R.
Pryor James W.
Doyle J.
Millin Vincent
R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
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