| Patent Number |
Title Of Patent |
Date Issued |
| 5394895 |
Tipping paper and cigarette using the same |
March 7, 1995 |
| The vented filter cigarette is produced by combining a filter having a highly air-permeable circumferential surface and a tipping paper having a plurality of pores. The tipping paper has an embossment in the area of the pores formed therein. The embossment serves to create a slight gap b |
| 5176154 |
Apparatus for alternately arranging the direction of an article |
January 5, 1993 |
| Annular guide grooves and rotating ratchet wheels are provided, and feed claws formed in said ratchet wheels moves along said annular guide groove in a circumferential direction. Also, first and second supply conveyers are provided, articles are arranged in the same direction and transfe |
| 5139056 |
Liquid charging method |
August 18, 1992 |
| A liquid charging method including the following steps. First, supplying liquid into and then discharging the liquid from an enclosed space provided above a pit block, to fill the liquid into a plurality of pits on the upper surface of the pit block. Each of the pits open at the upper |
| 5102009 |
Small-article feed machine |
April 7, 1992 |
| An apparatus of this invention has a parts feeder unit, and this parts feeder unit has a plurality of parts feed countries. Guide pipe paths are respectively connected to these parts feed ports. Aligning units are arranged midway along these guide pipe paths, respectively. All small |
| 5065800 |
Liquid charging method and a liquid charging apparatus |
November 19, 1991 |
| A method and apparatus for charging liquid into open, empty containers or capsules in a process of making liquid-filled capsules that are to be loaded into cigarette filters and may contain water, perfume or other substances to improve taste of cigarettes. Liquid is supplied to a her |
| 5062522 |
Device for aligning articles having different diameters at their head and tails along a selected |
November 5, 1991 |
| A device for aligning rod-like matters, different in diameter at their heads and tails, in a direction while locating their heads forward in this direction. The device has a drum freely rotatable in a plane along the flow of the matters and provided with a groove on and along the cir |
| 4883078 |
Transport system for transporting rod-shaped objects in an air flow |
November 28, 1989 |
| A transport system for rod-shaped objects, according to the present invention, comprises a feeder unit for delivering the rod-shaped objects, one by one, a transport pipe connected at one end to the feeder unit, and adapted to transport the objects, a receiving unit connected to the othe |
| 4815481 |
Apparatus for manufacturing filter cigarettes |
March 28, 1989 |
| A filter cigarette-manufacturing apparatus having a filter-supplying drum with grooves cut in its periphery, extending parallel to its axis, and spaced at equal intervals along the periphery. Two tip-bypassing drums are in rolling contact with the filter-supplying drum, and a tip-bypassi |
| 4784566 |
Method for feeding bar-like materials |
November 15, 1988 |
| A method for feeding cigarettes or filter plugs or the like to a working machine, such as a transporting machine, using a flat feeding passage with a bottom which can store and convey the cigarettes etc. in the horizontal direction, comprising introducing receiving boxes containing the |
| 4740113 |
Receiving/delivering apparatus for rod-shaped objects transported by an air flow |
April 26, 1988 |
| A receiving/delivering apparatus for rod-shaped objects, according to the present invention, comprises a transport trough having a guide groove for guiding the objects by transported by an air current, a driving pulley located over the groove, first and second driven pulley located over |
| 4709711 |
Cigarette filter, method and apparatus for making same |
December 1, 1987 |
| A cigarette filter as well as a method and apparatus for making it is disclosed. The cigarette filter is rolled in first and second plug paper and then in tip paper. The first plug paper is comparatively thin and has a smooth surface. While the second plug paper is comparatively thick an |
| 4696617 |
Apparatus for feeding bar-like materials |
September 29, 1987 |
| A method for feeding cigarettes or filter plugs or the like to a working machine, such as a transporting machine, using a flat feeding passage with a bottom which can store and convey the cigarettes etc. in the horizontal direction, comprising introducing receiving boxes containing the |
| 4661034 |
Bar-like member supplying method and device |
April 28, 1987 |
| A method and apparatus for supplying bar-like members such as cigarettes and filter plugs, in which a bar-like member containing box is lifted at a supplying position which supports the containing box in an inverted condition; and a pusher is operated to feed the bar-like members instead |
| 4575368 |
Method and apparatus for making filters |
March 11, 1986 |
| A method and apparatus for manufacturing tobacco filters are provided. Tobacco filter components are placed on a tape of wrapping paper which has a larger edge-to-edge size than the circumference of the filter components. Said tape is guided around the filter components at its first |
