Patent ID: 7243656

Claim:
A manufacturing machine for rod-shaped articles comprises: a wrapping section supplied with a filler material and a wrapper and capable of forming a rod-shaped article by wrapping the filler material in the wrapper, said wrapping section including an endless tape, used to form the rod-shaped article and capable of running the wrapper together with the filler material in one direction, and a forming bed for guiding the endless tape in travel; and cooling means for cooling said wrapping section, said cooling means including a cooling passage formed at least in said forming bed and a circuit for circulating in and supplying a cooling medium to said cooling passage, wherein a forming bed of said wrapping section is divided into a plurality of regions adjoining one another in the traveling direction of the wrapper, and said cooling means includes a plurality of cooling passages formed independently in the regions, wherein said forming bed of said wrapping section is formed with an upper portion and a lower portion, said lower portion being divided into a plurality of individual regions adjoining one another in the traveling direction of the wrapper, said regions having grooves, which in conjunction with said upper portion form independent cooling passages in said forming bed.