Patent ID: 7713184
Filing Date: 2010-05-11
Classification: A24D

Abstract:
1. Apparatus for producing compound cigarette filters comprising: a rotating tube flute plate for holding and transporting a plurality of filter tubes along a circular path, each filter tube having hollow ends and a solid filter center, with the tubes in vertical orientation; a rotating bin of a first material; a plurality of vertically oriented rotating fill tubes with suction applied thereto for withdrawing predetermined amounts of the first material from the rotating bin and depositing one predetermined amount into an upper open end of each filter tube directly against the solid filter center upon termination of the suction; a rotating filter segment plate for holding a plurality of solid filter segments; and a plurality rotating plungers for vertically pushing the solid filter segments out of the filter segment plate into the upper open ends of the filter tubes with one solid filter segment directly against the first material in each filter tube to thereby seal the material in the tube.