Apparatus and method for manufacturing tobacco industry products

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 12108782
APP PUB NO 20230129269A1
SERIAL NO

18085895

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An apparatus for use in the manufacture of tobacco industry products (TIPs), including a rotatable drum having a plurality of flutes formed in a curved outer surface of the drum to receive axially-aligned components of a TIP, a roll hand having a contact surface facing and spaced from the outer surface of the drum to define a space, between the contact surface and the outer surface, within which space components of a TIP are rollable upon rotation of the drum, and a kicker bar disposed adjacent to the roll hand and having a contact edge facing and spaced from the outer surface of the drum, where at least one of the roll hand contact surface, kicker bar contact edge and drum outer surface includes a groove extending in a substantially circumferential direction of the drum and configured to least partially receive one or more of the TIP components as the drum rotates.

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BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO (INVESTMENTS) LIMITEDGLOBE HOUSE 1 WATER STREET LONDON WC2R 3LA

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Bray, Andrew Jonathan London, GB 47 499
Le, Roux Gerhard Paarl, ZA 21 19
Whiffen, Sam London, GB 14 3

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