Rod making apparatus for use in the manufacture of smoking articles

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 5163452
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07855733

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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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R J REYNOLDS TOBACCO COMPANYWINSTON-SALEM NORTH CAROLINA 27101

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Deal, Philip A Winston-Salem, NC 16 228
Marritt, Clifford R Winston-Salem, NC 18 507
Pryor, James W Winston-Salem, NC 13 457

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