Patent ID: 7367170

Claim:
An apparatus for transferring liquid substances to cigarettes ( 12 ) of a cigarette group ( 11 ), corresponding to the contents of a cigarette pack ( 10 ), comprising: a) an endless cigarette conveyer with pockets ( 20 ) for transporting respective cigarette groups, the cigarettes ( 12 ) of the cigarette groups ( 11 ) being arranged in the pockets ( 20 ) transversely to the conveying direction such that free end surfaces of the cigarettes ( 12 ) are directed sideways, and b) at least one stationary or movable flavoring subassembly ( 28 ) comprising at least one metering unit ( 29 )for transferring the substance(s) to at least one cigarette group ( 11 ) as the positions of the metering unit ( 29 ) and cigarette group ( 11 ) relative to one another momentarily coincide; c) said flavoring subassembly comprising an introduction needle ( 32 ) arranged so that it is introduced into a gap ( 33 ) formed between adjacent cigarettes ( 12 ) of a cigarette group ( 11 ) for transferring a determinable quantity of substance to individual gaps ( 33 ) for the operation of feeding the substance.