Apparatus and method for rolling cigarette filters
AssigneeRichard Douglas Barkley
InventorRichard Douglas Barkley
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Abstract
An apparatus and method for making a coiled cigarette filter is described. The apparatus includes a winding pin having a pinhead and a pin body, the pin body having a slot therein, separating the pin body into a first leg and a second leg. The winding pin is secured to a pin holder for synchronized rotation therewith, such that the pin body extends beyond one end of the pin holder to expose a length of the pin body. One end of a sheet of cigarette filter paper is inserted into the slot in the pin body and the pin holder is rotated in one direction causing the cigarette filter paper to wind around the pin body forming the coiled cigarette filter. Included as well is a pin cover, which is removeably attached to the pin holder for protecting the pin body when not in use.
Claims24
An apparatus for making a coiled cigarette filter by rolling up a sheet of cigarette filter paper, the apparatus comprising:
- a winding pin, the winding pin comprising a pin body, the pin body having a slot therein, the slot separating the pin body into a first leg and a second leg;
- a pin holder having a first end and a second end;
- and
- means for securing the winding pin to the pin holder for synchronized rotation therewith such that an exposed end of the pin body extends beyond the first end of the pin holder by a pre-determined length,
- whereby insertion of one end of the sheet of cigarette filter paper into the slot in the pin body, followed by rotation of the pin holder in one direction causes the cigarette filter paper to wind around the pin body forming the coiled cigarette filter.
A method of making a coiled cigarette filter, the method comprising the steps of:
- inserting one end of a sheet of filter paper into a slot separating a first leg and a second leg of a pin body of a winding pin, the winding pin secured to a pin holder for synchronized rotation therewith such that the pin body extends beyond a first end of the pin holder to expose a pre-determined length of the pin body;
- rotating the pin holder in one direction to thereby cause the sheet of filter paper to be wound around the pin body of the winding pin, thereby creating the coiled cigarette filter;
- and
- removing the coiled cigarette filter from the winding pin.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.