EP1156721A4 - Method and apparatus for producing particle bearing filter rod - Google Patents

Method and apparatus for producing particle bearing filter rod

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EP1156721A4
EP1156721A4 EP00912132A EP00912132A EP1156721A4 EP 1156721 A4 EP1156721 A4 EP 1156721A4 EP 00912132 A EP00912132 A EP 00912132A EP 00912132 A EP00912132 A EP 00912132A EP 1156721 A4 EP1156721 A4 EP 1156721A4
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Prior art keywords
filter rod
producing particle
bearing filter
particle bearing
particulate material
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German (de)
French (fr)
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EP1156721A1 (en
EP1156721B1 (en
Inventor
Martin T Garthaffner
George Robert Scott
Charles Gary Atwell
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PMPI LLC
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Philip Morris Products SA
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A24—TOBACCO; CIGARS; CIGARETTES; SIMULATED SMOKING DEVICES; SMOKERS' REQUISITES
    • A24D—CIGARS; CIGARETTES; TOBACCO SMOKE FILTERS; MOUTHPIECES FOR CIGARS OR CIGARETTES; MANUFACTURE OF TOBACCO SMOKE FILTERS OR MOUTHPIECES
    • A24D3/00—Tobacco smoke filters, e.g. filter-tips, filtering inserts; Filters specially adapted for simulated smoking devices; Mouthpieces for cigars or cigarettes
    • A24D3/04—Tobacco smoke filters characterised by their shape or structure
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A24—TOBACCO; CIGARS; CIGARETTES; SIMULATED SMOKING DEVICES; SMOKERS' REQUISITES
    • A24D—CIGARS; CIGARETTES; TOBACCO SMOKE FILTERS; MOUTHPIECES FOR CIGARS OR CIGARETTES; MANUFACTURE OF TOBACCO SMOKE FILTERS OR MOUTHPIECES
    • A24D3/00—Tobacco smoke filters, e.g. filter-tips, filtering inserts; Filters specially adapted for simulated smoking devices; Mouthpieces for cigars or cigarettes
    • A24D3/02—Manufacture of tobacco smoke filters
    • A24D3/0204—Preliminary operations before the filter rod forming process, e.g. crimping, blooming
    • A24D3/0212—Applying additives to filter materials
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A24—TOBACCO; CIGARS; CIGARETTES; SIMULATED SMOKING DEVICES; SMOKERS' REQUISITES
    • A24D—CIGARS; CIGARETTES; TOBACCO SMOKE FILTERS; MOUTHPIECES FOR CIGARS OR CIGARETTES; MANUFACTURE OF TOBACCO SMOKE FILTERS OR MOUTHPIECES
    • A24D3/00—Tobacco smoke filters, e.g. filter-tips, filtering inserts; Filters specially adapted for simulated smoking devices; Mouthpieces for cigars or cigarettes
    • A24D3/02—Manufacture of tobacco smoke filters
    • A24D3/0204—Preliminary operations before the filter rod forming process, e.g. crimping, blooming
    • A24D3/0212—Applying additives to filter materials
    • A24D3/0225—Applying additives to filter materials with solid additives, e.g. incorporation of a granular product

Abstract

A method and apparatus (10) for delivering predetermined amounts of particulate material and/or plasticizer (110) to a location remote from the particulate material (110), and a cigarette filter (996) and a cigarette (900) made according to the method and apparatus (10).
EP00912132A 1999-03-02 2000-03-02 Method and apparatus for producing particle bearing filter rod Expired - Lifetime EP1156721B1 (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (3)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
US12250799P 1999-03-02 1999-03-02
US122507P 1999-03-02
PCT/US2000/005435 WO2000051451A1 (en) 1999-03-02 2000-03-02 Method and apparatus for producing particle bearing filter rod

Publications (3)

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EP1156721A1 EP1156721A1 (en) 2001-11-28
EP1156721A4 true EP1156721A4 (en) 2009-06-17
EP1156721B1 EP1156721B1 (en) 2010-12-22

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EP00912132A Expired - Lifetime EP1156721B1 (en) 1999-03-02 2000-03-02 Method and apparatus for producing particle bearing filter rod

Country Status (9)

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EP (1) EP1156721B1 (en)
JP (1) JP4431284B2 (en)
AT (1) ATE492171T1 (en)
AU (1) AU3391400A (en)
CZ (1) CZ302197B6 (en)
DE (1) DE60045411D1 (en)
ES (1) ES2358010T3 (en)
TR (1) TR200102539T2 (en)
WO (1) WO2000051451A1 (en)

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US8262550B2 (en) 2009-03-19 2012-09-11 R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company Apparatus for inserting objects into a filter component of a smoking article
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US4285677A (en) * 1979-09-07 1981-08-25 Daicel Ltd. Method and apparatus for the manufacture of cigarette filters containing particulate material
EP0295518A1 (en) * 1987-06-15 1988-12-21 R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company Rods containing pelletized material
GB2221138A (en) * 1988-07-13 1990-01-31 Koerber Ag Making filter rod
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US3844200A (en) * 1973-05-07 1974-10-29 Brown & Williamson Tobacco Continuous manufacture of a multiple filter rod having spaced pockets containing particulate material
US3957563A (en) * 1974-02-22 1976-05-18 Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corporation Method and apparatus for the manufacture of filter rods containing particulate material by a split rod technique
US4016830A (en) * 1975-07-16 1977-04-12 Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corporation Apparatus for dispensing spaced deposits of particulate material
US4285677A (en) * 1979-09-07 1981-08-25 Daicel Ltd. Method and apparatus for the manufacture of cigarette filters containing particulate material
EP0295518A1 (en) * 1987-06-15 1988-12-21 R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company Rods containing pelletized material
GB2221138A (en) * 1988-07-13 1990-01-31 Koerber Ag Making filter rod
DE4109603A1 (en) * 1991-03-23 1992-09-24 Hauni Werke Koerber & Co Kg METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PRODUCING FILTER RODS FOR CIGARETTES

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EP1156721A1 (en) 2001-11-28
EP1156721B1 (en) 2010-12-22
TR200102539T2 (en) 2002-01-21
DE60045411D1 (en) 2011-02-03
AU3391400A (en) 2000-09-21
JP2002537789A (en) 2002-11-12
ES2358010T3 (en) 2011-05-04
WO2000051451A1 (en) 2000-09-08
ATE492171T1 (en) 2011-01-15
JP4431284B2 (en) 2010-03-10
CZ302197B6 (en) 2010-12-15
CZ20013075A3 (en) 2002-10-16

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