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Tobacco product component recovery system

A technology for smoking products and tobacco rods, which is applied in the field of tobacco product component recovery systems

Inactive Publication Date: 2017-08-01
R J REYNOLDS TOBACCO COMPANY
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Additionally, it would be desirable for the defective cigarette consolidation process and / or tobacco recovery process to be automated and capable of recovering tobacco from a certain type of cigarette without contaminating the recovered tobacco

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[0074] The present disclosure now will be described more fully hereinafter with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which some, but not all aspects of the disclosure are shown. Indeed, the disclosure may be embodied in many different forms and should not be construed as limited to the aspects set forth herein; rather, these aspects are provided so that this disclosure will satisfy applicable legal requirements. Like numbers refer to like elements throughout.

[0075] Aspects and embodiments of the present disclosure may relate, for example, to smoking article production apparatus and methods particularly for rod-shaped smoking articles such as cigarettes, wherein the smoking article comprises a lighting end associated with a tobacco rod section (i.e., upstream end) and the mouth end (ie, downstream end) associated with the filter section. In a general aspect, embodiments of the present disclosure may broadly implement apparatus and methods for inspecting cigarettes at ...

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A smoking article production apparatus and method for producing smoking articles are provided, each smoking article including serially engaged filter rod and tobacco rod sections. A rotatable drum includes a longitudinally-extending receiving surface defining a plurality of channels for receiving smoking articles arranged parallel to the longitudinal axis of the drum. An inspection device is arranged to inspect each smoking article in the channels of the drum and to determine whether any of the smoking articles are defective. Any defective smoking articles are directed away from the drum. A rotatable sampling drum is in communication with the drum and is configured to receive defective smoking articles therefrom. A severing device is disposed adjacent the sampling drum to sever each defective smoking article to separate a portion of the tobacco rod section from the remainder of the defective smoking article including the filter section. An associated method is also provided.

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technical field [0001] The present disclosure relates to products made from or derived from or otherwise incorporating tobacco and intended for human consumption; and more particularly to component recovery systems for components of produced smoking articles and / or portions thereof and methods. Background technique [0002] Popular smoking articles, such as cigarettes, have a generally cylindrical rod-shaped structure and comprise a charge, roll, or column of smokable material, such as shredded tobacco (e.g., in the form of cut filler), surrounded by a wrapper to form a So-called "smoking rods", "tobacco rods" or "cigarette rods". Typically, cigarettes have a cylindrical filter element aligned in end-to-end relationship with the tobacco rod. Preferably, the filter element comprises plasticized cellulose acetate tow surrounded by a paper material known as "wrapping paper". Preferably, the filter element is attached to one end of the tobacco rod using a surrounding wrapping...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(China)
IPC IPC(8): A24C5/34A24C5/345A24C5/36A24C5/52
CPCA24C5/3424A24C5/345A24C5/36A24C5/52
Inventor B·阿德姆J·L·纳尔逊D·T·狄克逊
Owner R J REYNOLDS TOBACCO COMPANY