EP2378902A4 - METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MANUFACTURING CIGARETTES - Google Patents

METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MANUFACTURING CIGARETTES

Info

Publication number: EP2378902A4
Authority: EP; European Patent Office
Prior art keywords: manufacturing cigarettes; cigarettes; manufacturing
Prior art date: 2008-12-23
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.): Withdrawn

Application number

EP09833956.7A

Other languages

German (de)

French (fr)

Other versions

EP2378902A1 (en

Inventor

Philippe Thiry

Current Assignee (The listed assignees may be inaccurate. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation or warranty as to the accuracy of the list.)

CHUMURA ASSOCIATES LLC

Original Assignee

CHUMURA ASSOCIATES LLC

Priority date (The priority date is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the date listed.)

2008-12-23

Filing date

2009-06-08

Publication date

2015-01-07

2009-06-08 Application filed by CHUMURA ASSOCIATES LLC filed Critical CHUMURA ASSOCIATES LLC

2009-06-08 Priority to EP12150479.9A priority Critical patent/EP2457452B1/en

2011-10-26 Publication of EP2378902A1 publication Critical patent/EP2378902A1/en

2015-01-07 Publication of EP2378902A4 publication Critical patent/EP2378902A4/en

Status Withdrawn legal-status Critical Current

Links

Classifications

- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A24—TOBACCO; CIGARS; CIGARETTES; SIMULATED SMOKING DEVICES; SMOKERS' REQUISITES
- A24C—MACHINES FOR MAKING CIGARS OR CIGARETTES
- A24C5/00—Making cigarettes; Making tipping materials for, or attaching filters or mouthpieces to, cigars or cigarettes
- A24C5/02—Cigarette-filling machines
- A24C5/06—Cigarette-filling machines with pressing-chamber

EP09833956.7A 2008-12-23 2009-06-08 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MANUFACTURING CIGARETTES Withdrawn EP2378902A4 (en)

Priority Applications (1)

Application Number	Priority Date	Filing Date	Title
EP12150479.9A EP2457452B1 (en)	2008-12-23	2009-06-08	Cigarette making method

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

Application Number	Priority Date	Filing Date	Title
CA2647771A CA2647771A1 (en)	2008-12-23	2008-12-23	Cigarette making method and apparatus
PCT/CA2009/000788 WO2010071971A1 (en)	2008-12-23	2009-06-08	Cigarette making method and apparatus

Related Child Applications (1)

Application Number	Title	Priority Date	Filing Date
EP12150479.9A Division EP2457452B1 (en)	2008-12-23	2009-06-08	Cigarette making method

Publications (2)

Publication Number	Publication Date
EP2378902A1 EP2378902A1 (en)	2011-10-26
EP2378902A4 true EP2378902A4 (en)	2015-01-07

Family

ID=42283106

Family Applications (2)

Application Number	Title	Priority Date	Filing Date
EP12150479.9A Not-in-force EP2457452B1 (en)	2008-12-23	2009-06-08	Cigarette making method
EP09833956.7A Withdrawn EP2378902A4 (en)	2008-12-23	2009-06-08	METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MANUFACTURING CIGARETTES

Family Applications Before (1)

Application Number	Title	Priority Date	Filing Date
EP12150479.9A Not-in-force EP2457452B1 (en)	2008-12-23	2009-06-08	Cigarette making method

Country Status (8)

Country	Link
US (1)	US20110303230A1 (en)
EP (2)	EP2457452B1 (en)
JP (1)	JP5564513B2 (en)
AU (1)	AU2009329767A1 (en)
BR (2)	BRPI0924179A2 (en)
CA (2)	CA2647771A1 (en)
MX (1)	MX2011006932A (en)
WO (1)	WO2010071971A1 (en)

Families Citing this family (20)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number	Priority date	Publication date	Assignee	Title
US20110265805A1 (en) *	2010-04-28	2011-11-03	Jacques Laplante	Cigarette filling machine tube sensing and positioning apparatus
WO2012051694A1 (en) *	2010-10-19	2012-04-26	Philippe Thiry	High speed cigarette manufacturing machine
DE102011009664B4 (en) *	2011-01-28	2013-11-14	British American Tobacco (Germany) Gmbh	Self-production of user-specific designed smoking article, especially cigarettes
PL396132A1 (en) *	2011-08-30	2013-03-04	Infoster Projekt Spólka Z Ograniczona Odpowiedzialnoscia	Device for filling the cigarette thimbles
KR102196913B1 (en)	2011-09-06	2020-12-30	니코벤처스 트레이딩 리미티드	Heating smokeable material
US9232818B1 (en)	2012-07-03	2016-01-12	Mr. Sajid Munawar	User friendly cigarette manufacturing machine
GB201217067D0 (en) *	2012-09-25	2012-11-07	British American Tobacco Co	Heating smokable material
US9968126B2 (en) *	2013-08-13	2018-05-15	HSPT Golden Rainbow LLC	Cigarette manufacturing machines and methods
BE1022188B1 (en) *	2014-08-28	2016-02-25	Atelier A. Neycken Sprl	APPARATUS FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF CIGARETTES.
KR101705867B1 (en) *	2015-07-03	2017-02-10	김대현	Tobacco filling apparatus
US20170055575A1 (en)	2015-08-31	2017-03-02	British American Tobacco (Investments) Limited	Material for use with apparatus for heating smokable material
US20170055584A1 (en)	2015-08-31	2017-03-02	British American Tobacco (Investments) Limited	Article for use with apparatus for heating smokable material
US11924930B2 (en)	2015-08-31	2024-03-05	Nicoventures Trading Limited	Article for use with apparatus for heating smokable material
US20170119047A1 (en)	2015-10-30	2017-05-04	British American Tobacco (Investments) Limited	Article for Use with Apparatus for Heating Smokable Material
US20170119046A1 (en)	2015-10-30	2017-05-04	British American Tobacco (Investments) Limited	Apparatus for Heating Smokable Material
US11291238B2 (en) *	2018-08-30	2022-04-05	Utektik, Inc.	Systems and methods for automated production of cigarettes
US20210267263A1 (en) *	2020-02-28	2021-09-02	Yamen HAIDARI	Automatic cigarette injection machine and an operation method of the same
US11576425B2 (en)	2020-07-06	2023-02-14	Sajid Munawar	Self-cleaning cigarette manufacturing machine
CN113841923B (en) *	2021-08-18	2022-12-06	安徽腾耀机电科技有限公司	Tobacco processing strip forming device and using method thereof
CN116035254B (en) *	2022-11-16	2025-04-25	山东中烟工业有限责任公司	A leaf-type handmade cigar inner embryo rolling device

Citations (3)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number	Priority date	Publication date	Assignee	Title
EP0144060A2 (en) *	1983-12-01	1985-06-12	HARTING ELEKTRONIK GmbH	Automatic cigarette making machine
DE3426257A1 (en) *	1984-07-17	1986-01-23	Maschinenfabrik Alfred Schmermund Gmbh & Co, 5820 Gevelsberg	Method and apparatus for the production of Papyrossi and machine for implementing the method by means of the apparatus
US5687747A (en) *	1994-09-22	1997-11-18	Chilinov S.A.R.L.	Method of and apparatus for assembling accumulations of particulate materials

Family Cites Families (12)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number	Priority date	Publication date	Assignee	Title
DE256331C (en) *
DE1757977B1 (en) *	1963-11-26	1969-09-25	Efka Werke Kiehn Gmbh Fritz	Tamping device for cigarette tubes
DE3247370C2 (en) *	1982-12-22	1987-02-19	Harting Elektronik Gmbh, 4992 Espelkamp	Device for stuffing cigarette tobacco into cigarette tubes
DE8326921U1 (en) *	1983-09-20	1983-12-22	Martin Brinkmann Ag, 2800 Bremen	Device for transferring a tobacco rod
JPS6218159A (en) *	1985-07-16	1987-01-27	Sony Corp	Automatic answering telephone set
DE19521180A1 (en) *	1995-06-10	1996-12-12	Chilinov Sarl	Method and device for filling tubes with smoke material
DE19812644C2 (en) *	1998-03-23	2002-10-31	Bat Cigarettenfab Gmbh	Cigarette maker and assemblies
US6345624B1 (en) *	2000-01-03	2002-02-12	Ctc Canada Inc.	Compact cigarette making machine
US6557560B2 (en) *	2001-06-18	2003-05-06	Ctc Canada Inc.	Cigarette making machine
EP1571932B1 (en) *	2002-11-21	2008-02-20	Cousins Distributing, Inc.	Device for filling a cigarette tube with a metered amount of tobacco
US7565818B2 (en) *	2005-06-01	2009-07-28	R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company	Apparatus and methods for manufacturing cigarettes
TW201103448A (en) *	2009-07-30	2011-02-01	Laing Ban International Inc	Automatic cigarette maker

2008
- 2008-12-23 CA CA2647771A patent/CA2647771A1/en not_active Abandoned
2009
- 2009-06-08 WO PCT/CA2009/000788 patent/WO2010071971A1/en not_active Ceased
- 2009-06-08 BR BRPI0924179A patent/BRPI0924179A2/en not_active IP Right Cessation
- 2009-06-08 CA CA2753593A patent/CA2753593A1/en not_active Abandoned
- 2009-06-08 EP EP12150479.9A patent/EP2457452B1/en not_active Not-in-force
- 2009-06-08 AU AU2009329767A patent/AU2009329767A1/en not_active Abandoned
- 2009-06-08 US US13/138,026 patent/US20110303230A1/en not_active Abandoned
- 2009-06-08 EP EP09833956.7A patent/EP2378902A4/en not_active Withdrawn
- 2009-06-08 JP JP2011542634A patent/JP5564513B2/en not_active Expired - Fee Related
- 2009-06-08 BR BRPI0923633-3A patent/BRPI0923633A2/en not_active IP Right Cessation
- 2009-06-08 MX MX2011006932A patent/MX2011006932A/en not_active Application Discontinuation

Patent Citations (3)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number	Priority date	Publication date	Assignee	Title
EP0144060A2 (en) *	1983-12-01	1985-06-12	HARTING ELEKTRONIK GmbH	Automatic cigarette making machine
DE3426257A1 (en) *	1984-07-17	1986-01-23	Maschinenfabrik Alfred Schmermund Gmbh & Co, 5820 Gevelsberg	Method and apparatus for the production of Papyrossi and machine for implementing the method by means of the apparatus
US5687747A (en) *	1994-09-22	1997-11-18	Chilinov S.A.R.L.	Method of and apparatus for assembling accumulations of particulate materials

Non-Patent Citations (1)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Title
See also references of WO2010071971A1 *

Also Published As

Publication number	Publication date
US20110303230A1 (en)	2011-12-15
CA2753593A1 (en)	2010-07-01
JP2012513203A (en)	2012-06-14
EP2457452A1 (en)	2012-05-30
EP2378902A1 (en)	2011-10-26
BRPI0923633A2 (en)	2015-07-21
CA2647771A1 (en)	2010-06-23
AU2009329767A1 (en)	2011-08-18
BRPI0924179A2 (en)	2019-09-24
JP5564513B2 (en)	2014-07-30
MX2011006932A (en)	2011-09-26
WO2010071971A1 (en)	2010-07-01
EP2457452B1 (en)	2015-11-25

Legal Events

Date	Code	Title	Description
2011-09-23	PUAI	Public reference made under article 153(3) epc to a published international application that has entered the european phase	Free format text: ORIGINAL CODE: 0009012
2011-10-26	17P	Request for examination filed	Effective date: 20110714
2011-10-26	AK	Designated contracting states	Kind code of ref document: A1 Designated state(s): AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO SE SI SK TR
2012-03-28	DAX	Request for extension of the european patent (deleted)
2015-01-07	A4	Supplementary search report drawn up and despatched	Effective date: 20141209
2015-01-07	RIC1	Information provided on ipc code assigned before grant	Ipc: A24C 5/42 20060101ALI20141203BHEP Ipc: A24C 5/06 20060101AFI20141203BHEP
2017-01-29	STAA	Information on the status of an ep patent application or granted ep patent	Free format text: STATUS: REQUEST FOR EXAMINATION WAS MADE
2017-05-05	STAA	Information on the status of an ep patent application or granted ep patent	Free format text: STATUS: THE APPLICATION IS DEEMED TO BE WITHDRAWN
2017-06-07	18D	Application deemed to be withdrawn	Effective date: 20170103

Publication	Publication Date	Title
EP2378902A4 (en)	2015-01-07	METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MANUFACTURING CIGARETTES
EP2351702A4 (en)	2013-05-22	APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING QUANTUM POINT
EP2238608A4 (en)	2012-02-22	METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR FORMING LARGE AREA NANOMOTIVE
EP2338166A4 (en)	2012-11-14	METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR FORMING SILICIET METALLIC
EP2287594A4 (en)	2016-01-20	DEFECT INSPECTION METHOD, AND DEFECT INSPECTION APPARATUS
EP2262699A4 (en)	2011-07-06	PURGE AND PURGE PROCESS
EP2285306A4 (en)	2011-06-08	GALVANO-CAUTÈRE AND ASSOCIATED METHOD
EP2454027A4 (en)	2013-08-07	METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SAMPLE
EP2210085A4 (en)	2010-12-22	APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ELECTROCHEMICAL DEPOSITION
EP2359619A4 (en)	2012-06-20	COMMUNICATION METHOD AND APPARATUS
EP2498536A4 (en)	2014-07-09	COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND COMMUNICATION METHOD
EP2110221A4 (en)	2016-11-23	APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING LAMINATE
EP2131939A4 (en)	2010-08-25	APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR FILTERING
EP2443427A4 (en)	2013-03-13	METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR QUANTITATIVE MICRO-IMAGING
EP1984975A4 (en)	2010-10-13	METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PRODUCING PLASMA
EP2206353A4 (en)	2012-07-18	METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CODING MODE SELECTION
EP2457184A4 (en)	2016-05-11	METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MODELING NAVIGATION
EP2731874A4 (en)	2015-07-29	APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING RECEPTACLES
EP2157605A4 (en)	2013-09-25	ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME
EP2050553A4 (en)	2013-11-06	RTM FORMING APPARATUS AND RTM FORMING METHOD
EP2674280A4 (en)	2016-10-12	TUBE MANUFACTURING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING TUBE
EP2293324A4 (en)	2014-09-10	PACKAGING STRUCTURE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING PACKAGING STRUCTURE
EP2432009A4 (en)	2014-01-01	PURGE APPARATUS AND METHOD OF PURGE
FI20075507L (en)	2009-01-05	Method and apparatus for manufacturing an optical product
EP2298499A4 (en)	2014-01-22	GRINDING APPARATUS AND METHOD