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US 12,446,616 B2Granted
Manufacturing device and manufacturing method for filler element used in flavor inhalation article
AssigneeJapan Tobacco Inc.
InventorsTakuya Akahane, Kazumasa Arae, Katsuo Kato
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Abstract
A manufacturing device for a filler element includes a sheet processing section forms a crimped part on a sheet and a feed portion that continuously feeds an additive dropwise onto an upper face of the sheet having the crimped part. The feed portion includes a multiple nozzle in which a large number of feed outlets feeding the additive are arranged in the width direction.
Claims9
A manufacturing method for a filler element used in a flavor inhalation article, the method comprising:
- processing a series of sheets while conveying each sheet along a conveyance path;
- feeding a liquid additive onto an upper surface of the sheet;
- forming a gathering rod during a conveying of the sheet along the conveyance path, the gathering rod being reduced in diameter by gathering the sheet, to which the liquid additive is added, in a width direction intersecting with a longitudinal direction of the sheet;
- wrapping the gathering rod with wrapping paper to form a filler rod;
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- cutting the filler rod into an intermediate rod having a combined length of a plurality of the filler element,
- wherein the processing includes forming a crimped part in the sheet during the conveying process of the sheet, the crimped part being arranged in the width direction and extending in the longitudinal direction, and
- wherein the feeding includes feeding the liquid additive continuously and dropwise onto the upper surface of the sheet, having the crimped part formed therein, entirely in the width direction of the sheet during the conveying of the sheet.
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