Method and apparatus for shredding a sheet of material
AssigneeNicoventures Trading Limited
InventorsBenjamin JENKINS, Robert CHMIELEWSKI, Wojciech FRUZYNSKI
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for shredding a sheet of material. The material may be employed as an aerosol generating material in a consumable for use in a non-combustible aerosol provision system. The method includes the steps of perforating the sheet in a first direction with a plurality of parallel lines of perforations to form a perforated sheet, the perforations of adjacent lines being offset from one another, and cutting the perforated sheet in a second direction to form individual strips of material. The first and second directions may be orthogonal, for example machine direction and cross direction.
Claims49
A method of shredding a sheet of material comprising the steps of:
- perforating the sheet in a first direction with a plurality of parallel lines of perforations to form a perforated sheet, wherein the perforations of adjacent lines are offset from one another;
- and
- cutting the perforated sheet in a second direction to form individual strips of material.
Apparatus for shredding a sheet of material comprising:
- a perforator configured to perforate the sheet in a first direction with a plurality of parallel lines of perforations, wherein the perforations of adjacent lines are offset from one another;
- and
- a cutter configured to cut the perforated sheet in a second direction to form individual strips of material.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.