DEVICE FOR MANUFACTURING A MOUTHPIECE AND ATTACHING MOUTHPIECES TO CIGARETTE TOBACCO COLUMNS

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UNITED STATES PATENT APPLICATIONOFJAMES WALTER SULLIVANandHARRY STEPHEN PORENSKI, JR.FORDEVICE FOR MANUFACTURING A MOUTHPIECEAND ATTACHING MOUTHPIECES TO CIGARETTE TOBACCO COLUMNSABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSUREA device for attaching two axially aligned cigarettetobacco columns to an intermediately disposed double lengthrigid mouthpiece, hereinafter referred to as a cigarette group,by wrapping a sheet of tipping material around the double lengthrigid mouthpiece and a portion of each tobacco column adjacentto each end of the double length mouthpiece. The devicecomprises a stationary rolling block located in spaced relation-ship to the periphery of a cigarette group feed drum. The feeddrum carries a plurality of cigarette groups at spaced apartintervals on its' periphery with a sheet of tipping materialadhesively attached at the leading edge thereof to each of thecigarette groups. As a cigarette group passes beneath the roll-ing block, the cigarette group is caused to roll in a counterdirection to the rotational direction of the feed drum along theperipheral surface of-the feed drum causing the sheet of tippingmaterial to wrap around the double length rigid mouthpiece andportion of each tobacco column immediately adjacent to thedouble length mouthpiece.