System and method for folding cigarettes
OwnerYehuda Yamayinventor
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Abstract
A system for folding cigarettes filled with a smoking material, including a body, an insert coupled to the body, the insert is configured to store the cigarette, the insert includes a base and sidewalls extending upwards from the base, where the base and the sidewalls match a size of the cigarette, the insert, the cigarette is configured to be mounted on a top surface of the base, a folding mechanism secured to the body, the folding mechanism includes multiple folding units, each folding unit of the multiple folding units includes a moving member that moves towards the insert for hitting a top portion of the cigarette from another angle, a mechanism for moving the moving member towards the cigarette.
Claims11
A system for folding cigarettes filled with a smoking material, comprising:
- a body;
- an insert coupled to the body, said insert is configured to store the cigarette, said insert comprises a base and sidewalls extending upwards from the base, wherein the base and the sidewalls match a size of the cigarette, the cigarette is configured to be mounted on a top surface of the base;
- a folding mechanism secured to the body, said folding mechanism comprises multiple folding units, each folding unit of the multiple folding units comprises a moving member that moves towards the insert for hitting a top portion of the cigarette from another angle;
- a mechanism for moving the moving member towards the cigarette, wherein each folding unit of the multiple folding units has a resting position in which the folding unit is located away from the insert and a folding position in which the folding unit is located near the insert, and
- a top mount secured to the body and placed above a top most point of the insert, said top mount securing the multiple folding units in the resting position, wherein the entire folding units are located above the top most point of the insert when the multiple folding units are in the resting position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.