Cigarette perforating apparatus
Abstract
Abstract A MECHANISM FOR PREFORATING CIGARETTES IN CONJUCTION WITH THE OPERATION OF ASSEMBLING FILTER SECTIONS TO THE CIGARETTES INCLUDING THE APPLICATION OF A TIPPING WRAP CONNECTING THE FILTER SECTION TO THE TOBACCO ROD SECTION THE MECHANISM EMBODYING A STATIONARY SHOE PERIPHERALLY ADJACENT A CIGARETTE CARRIER DRUM WHEREBY THE TIPPING PAPER IS WRAPPED AROUND THE SECTIONS BY ROLLING THE ROD SECTIONS BETWEEN THE DRUM AND SHOE, THE SHOE HAVING IN ITS SURFACE NEEDLE POINTS WHICH PENETRATE THE ROD ASSEMBLY AS IT IS ROLLED, THE NEEDLE POINTS BEING PROVIDED BY A THIN STRIP OF SHEET METAL APPROPRIATELY GROUND AT AN EDGE FACING THE ROD SECTIONS TO PROVIDE AN ARC-SHAPED ROW OF NEEDLES ADAPTED TO RESULT IN A PERIPHERAL ROW OF VENTING APERTURES IN THE ASSEMBLED CIGARETTE.
Inventors
- 👤 Arthur R Pasquine
- 👤 Harland J Snow
- 👤 Edward E Wagner
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