公开(公告)号：US20220322732A1

公开(公告)日：2022-10-13

申请号：US17849212

申请日：2022-06-24

Applicant: Altria Client Services LLC

Inventor： Dwight D. WILLIAMS ,  Mark A. DERIGO ,  Gerald M. DALE ,  Charles David HOWE

IPC: A24C1/18 ,  A24C1/02 ,  A24C3/00 ,  A24C5/18

Abstract: An apparatus for the formation of machine-made tobacco rods for use in the production of smoking articles, such as cigars, from tobacco comprising a tacky material. The apparatus includes a pair of transfer and compression belts for receiving and compressing the stream of tobacco, the transfer and compression; a pair of squeeze bars for compressing the tobacco in a direction perpendicular to the pair of transfer and compression belts, the pair of squeeze bars produced from a material comprising a poly(aryl ether ketone); a tongue for receiving the compressed tobacco, the tongue produced from a material comprising a poly(aryl ether ketone); and a folder for folding a wrapper material around the compressed tobacco so as to form a continuous rod of tobacco, the wrapper material provided from a source of wrapper material, the folder produced from a material comprising a poly(aryl ether ketone).

公开(公告)号：US20240415165A1

公开(公告)日：2024-12-19

申请号：US18813424

申请日：2024-08-23

Applicant: Altria Client Services LLC

Inventor： Dwight D. WILLIAMS ,  Mark A. DERIGO ,  Gerald M. DALE ,  Charles David HOWE

IPC: A24C1/18 ,  A24C1/02 ,  A24C3/00 ,  A24C5/18

Abstract: An apparatus for the formation of machine-made tobacco rods for use in the production of smoking articles, such as cigars, from tobacco comprising a tacky material. The apparatus includes a pair of transfer and compression belts for receiving and compressing the stream of tobacco, the transfer and compression; a pair of squeeze bars for compressing the tobacco in a direction perpendicular to the pair of transfer and compression belts, the pair of squeeze bars produced from a material comprising a poly(aryl ether ketone); a tongue for receiving the compressed tobacco, the tongue produced from a material comprising a poly(aryl ether ketone); and a folder for folding a wrapper material around the compressed tobacco so as to form a continuous rod of tobacco, the wrapper material provided from a source of wrapper material, the folder produced from a material comprising a poly(aryl ether ketone).