Patent ID: 7565818
Filing Date: 2009-07-28
Classification: A24C,B26D

Abstract:
1. A device for manufacturing cigarettes from pre-formed tobacco cartridges and pre-formed tubular wrapping portions, the device comprising: a tobacco cartridge delivery hopper, said hopper comprising a plurality of substantially parallel chambers open at top and bottom; a plurality of receptacles adjacent the plurality of substantially parallel chambers and configured to receive tobacco cartridges therefrom, the receptacles comprising means for adjusting the shape of the pre-formed tobacco cartridge; a wrapper-holding cartridge adjacent the plurality of receptacles, the wrapper-holding cartridge configured for supporting a plurality of pre-formed tubular wrapping portions, each wrapping portion having a generally hollow region at one end for receiving tobacco filler, and each of a predetermined number of the wrapping portions being aligned with one of the plurality of receptacles; and an insertion mechanism adjacent the receptacles and configured for simultaneously moving a pre-formed tobacco cartridge from each receptacle into the hollow region of each of the predetermined number of wrapping portions.