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US 12,290,097 B2Granted
Smoking article comprising a tube filter and a method of manufacturing the same
AssigneeKt&G Corporation
InventorsJin Chul Yang, Jong Yeol Kim, Ki Jin Ahn, Bong Su Cheong, Hee Tae Jung
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Abstract
A method of manufacturing a smoking article including a tube filter includes preparing a smoking material portion, a first tube filter flavored by a first flavoring liquid, and a mouthpiece flavored by a second flavoring liquid; and combining and packaging the smoking material portion, the first tube filter, and the mouthpiece with a wrapper, wherein the preparing comprises applying the first flavoring liquid inside the first tube filter through a hollow of the first tube filter.
Claims5
A method of manufacturing a smoking article comprising a tube filter, the method comprising:
- preparing a smoking material portion, a first tube filter flavored by a first flavoring liquid, and a mouthpiece flavored by a second flavoring liquid;
- and
- combining and packaging the smoking material portion, the first tube filter, and the mouthpiece with a wrapper,
- wherein the preparing comprises:
- spraying, by a steam spray nozzle, steam of 80° C. to 150° C. onto an external surface of a tube-shaped rod for the first tube filter;
- and
- subsequently applying the first flavoring liquid inside the first tube filter through a hollow of the first tube filter by using a flavoring nozzle, and
- wherein the flavoring nozzle and the steam spray nozzle are apart from each other by 180 mm to 350 mm in a longitudinal direction of the first tube filter.
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