Abstract: A method and apparatus for manufacturing a rod of tobacco or the like enclosed by a paper strip is described, wherein a paper strip is supported and transported by a garniture tape and tobacco is deposited on the paper strip. The tobacco is compressed into a tobacco core and the paper strip is closed with its longitudinal edges parts around the compressed tobacco core. A channel is formed in the circumference of the tobacco rod during the compressing by means of an entrance finger with a ridge. A second longitudinal edge part of the paper strip is folded into the channel by a folding element and a first longitudinal edge part is subsequently laid over said channel.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
February 22, 1990
Date of Patent:
June 18, 1991
Assignee:
Turmac Tobacco Company B.V.
Inventors:
Severien Hulsman, Johannes H. A. G. Salemink