Apparatus for the manufacture of smoking articles

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8602035
APP PUB NO 20100180904A1
SERIAL NO

12525526

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One embodiment of the invention provides apparatus for manufacturing a smoking article. The apparatus includes an ecreteur having at least one trimming disk configured to trim a tobacco rod for a smoking article to have at least one end region of increased tobacco density. The at least one trimming disk is further configured to trim a body region of the tobacco rod such that the body region has a variable tobacco mass per unit length, where the body region is distinct from said at least one end region of increased density.

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BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO (INVESTMENTS) LIMITEDLONDON WC2R 3LA

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Kaljura, Karl Southampton, GB 63 411

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