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AssigneeBritish American Tobacco (Investments) Limited
InventorsAndrew Jonathan BRAY, Gerhard LE ROUX, Gary FALLON
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Embodiments of the invention relate to an apparatus for cutting and arranging rods for use in a tobacco industry product assembly machine. The apparatus comprises a first cutting mechanism for cutting a four-length rod into first and second axially-aligned double-length rods. Each double-length rod has respective remote ends. A positioning mechanism for moving at least one of the first and second double-length rods such that said first and second double-length rods are moved from a first configuration in axial-alignment, to a second configuration in which the first and second double-length rods are out of axial alignment and the axes of the first and second double-length rods are parallel and spaced apart, and the remote ends of said first and second double-length rods are substantially aligned with each other. Also disclosed is a method of cutting and arranging rods for tobacco industry product assembly, and a method of tobacco industry product assembly.
An apparatus for cutting and arranging rods for use in a tobacco industry product assembly machine, the apparatus comprising:
A method of cutting and arranging rods for tobacco industry product assembly, the method comprising:
An apparatus for cutting and arranging rods for tobacco industry product assembly substantially as hereinbefore described with reference to the accompanying drawings.
A tobacco industry product assembly apparatus substantially as hereinbefore described with reference to the accompanying drawings.
A method of cutting and arranging rods for tobacco industry product assembly substantially as hereinbefore described with reference to the accompanying drawings.
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