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US 12,714,135 B2Granted
Gathering assembly
AssigneePhilip Morris Products S.A.
InventorsNiki Meloncelli, Stefano Zappoli, Gastone Minelli, Pierfrancesco Ulivi
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AssigneePhilip Morris Products S.A.
InventorsNiki Meloncelli, Stefano Zappoli, Gastone Minelli, Pierfrancesco Ulivi
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A gathering assembly for production of an aerosol generating article is provided, the assembly including a gathering element and a support assembly, the element to receive and to gather a material on the support assembly, the element including an inlet to receive the material, an outlet for outward passage of the material, and a converging portion to receive the material from the inlet and to gather the material on the support assembly as the material passes between the inlet and the outlet, the support assembly including a first portion having a fixed position relative to the support assembly, a second portion movable relative to the first portion, the gathering element being coupled to and movable with the second portion, and a sacrificial member to couple positions of the first and the second portions, and to fail when force applied on the gathering element by the material exceeds a predetermined level.
A gathering assembly for production of an aerosol generating article, the gathering assembly comprising:
A method of configuring a gathering assembly for production of an aerosol generating article, the method comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.