Patent ID: 11918029
Assignee: PHILIP MORRIS PRODUCTS S.A.
Field: Other consumer goods (Other fields)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 13:
14. A method of crimping and shaping a band of material, the method comprising:
providing a system comprising:
an apparatus for crimping the band of material, the apparatus comprising:
a crimping portion comprising a first crimping roller rotatable about a first rotational axis and a second crimping roller rotatable about a second rotational axis; and
an adjustment portion; and
a shaping apparatus for shaping the band of material, the band of material being crimped at a crimping position where the band of material is squeezed between the first crimping roller and the second crimping roller; and

passing the band of material between the first and second crimping rollers and towards and through the shaping apparatus;
rotationally translating the position of at least one of the first and second rotational axes relative to the position of the other of the first and second rotational exes, or to translate the positions of both the first and second rotational axes relative to a position of the shaping apparatus to thereby adjust the tension in the band of material by adjusting a path length between the crimping position and the shaping apparatus.