US 12,342,849 B2
Apparatus for manufacturing an aerosol-generating rod
Luca Bosi, Modigliana (IT); and Filippo Battisti, Modena (IT)
Assigned to Philip Morris Products S.A., Neuchatel (CH)
Appl. No. 17/762,547
Filed by PHILIP MORRIS PRODUCTS S.A., Neuchatel (CH)
PCT Filed Sep. 16, 2020, PCT No. PCT/EP2020/075893
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Mar. 22, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/058352, PCT Pub. Date Apr. 1, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 19198980 (EP), filed on Sep. 23, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0338530 A1, Oct. 27, 2022
Int. Cl. A24C 5/01 (2020.01); A24C 5/18 (2006.01); A24D 1/20 (2020.01); H05B 6/10 (2006.01)
CPC A24C 5/01 (2020.01) [A24C 5/18 (2013.01); A24D 1/20 (2020.01); H05B 6/105 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus for manufacturing an aerosol-generating rod, the apparatus comprising:
an inserter for guiding a continuous band of susceptor, the inserter comprising: an entrance-aperture; an exit-aperture; a channel between the entrance-aperture and the exit-aperture; and a rotating mechanism to rotate the exit-aperture relative to the entrance-aperture around a longitudinal axis of the channel;
a gathering mechanism to gather a continuous sheet of aerosol-generating material and the continuous band of susceptor from the inserter; and
a wrapper to wrap the gathered material to form a continuous rod.