Apparatus and Method for Manufacturing Tobacco Industry Products

A method of manufacturing tobacco industry products, comprising use of apparatus for manufacturing tobacco industry products, the apparatus comprising a rolling unit having a rotatable drum having a plurality of flutes formed in a curved outer surface of the drum, a roll hand having a contact surface facing and spaced from the outer surface of the drum to define a space between the contact surface and the outer surface within which space components of a tobacco industry product are rollable upon rotation of the drum, and a kicker bar disposed adjacent to the roll hand and having a contact edge facing and spaced from the outer surface of the drum, at least one of the roll hand contact surface, kicker bar contact edge and drum outer surface including a groove extending in a substantially circumferential direction of the drum, the method comprising transferring a plurality of components of tobacco industry products to the drum, receiving the plurality of components in axial alignment in the flutes, rotating the drum relative to the kicker bar and roll hand so that the components of the tobacco industry products engage the kicker bar and roll hand, and at least one of the components of the tobacco industry products being at least partially received in the groove(s) as the drum rotates.

An apparatus for manufacture of tobacco industry products substantially as hereinbefore described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

A tobacco industry product assembly machine substantially as hereinbefore described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

A method of manufacturing tobacco industry products substantially as hereinbefore described with reference to the accompanying drawings.