Apparatus for wrapping preformed rods of smoking material
First Claim
1. An apparatus for wrapping a succession of preformed rods of smoking material in successive sheets of cigarette paper so as to form a plurality of cigarettes, the apparatus comprising a rotatable fluted drum, means for feeding the rods each to a respective flute in the drum, means for presenting to the rod when in said flute and when said flute has reached a predetermined position of the rotation of the drum a precut sheet of cigarette paper of predefined size that is adapted to enwrap the rod and that is provided along an edge with a strip of adhesive, and means for rolling the rod in the flute so that the cigarette paper is thereby wrapped round the rod and adheres to itself by means of the adhesive to form a cigarette.
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Abstract
An apparatus for making cigarettes from preformed rods of tobacco and precut sheets of cigarette paper comprises a rotatable fluted drum, a hopper for feeding the preformed rods to flutes in the drum, means for presenting to each rod when each flute reaches a predetermined position a precut sheet of cigarette paper that is provided along an edge with a strip of adhesive, and means for rolling the rod in the flute so that the cigarette paper is thereby wrapped round the rod and adheres to itself by means of the adhesive to form a cigarette.
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- 1. An apparatus for wrapping a succession of preformed rods of smoking material in successive sheets of cigarette paper so as to form a plurality of cigarettes, the apparatus comprising a rotatable fluted drum, means for feeding the rods each to a respective flute in the drum, means for presenting to the rod when in said flute and when said flute has reached a predetermined position of the rotation of the drum a precut sheet of cigarette paper of predefined size that is adapted to enwrap the rod and that is provided along an edge with a strip of adhesive, and means for rolling the rod in the flute so that the cigarette paper is thereby wrapped round the rod and adheres to itself by means of the adhesive to form a cigarette.
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