A cigarette filter comprises a first filter portion comprising an irregularly folded and packed polymer sheet, and a first cigarette filter wrapping paper surrounding the polymer sheet, wherein the polymer sheet comprises a first polymer layer containing polyolefin or polyester and a second polymer layer positioned on the first polymer layer and containing polyolefin.

A bead delivery disk, system and method of delivering flavor beads to a tobacco rod or tow including a bead source, a bead delivery disk in communication with the bead source, including a central disk portion having front and back sides and a first central thickness, an inner annular rim around the central disk portion, the inner annular rim having a second thickness less than said first thickness, a series of pockets spaced around the inner annular rim and multiple vacuum transmission apertures located on one side of the disk, each aperture communicating with at least one of the pockets.

The present invention relates to a tobacco industry product component comprising a wall circumscribing a cavity. A plurality of additive capsules and a plurality of particles are disposed in the cavity. The particles are configured such that, in use, the particles promote breaking of the additive capsules upon the application of an external force to the wall of the tobacco industry product component by a user. The particles may comprise a material having a particle density of at least 1 g/cc. There is also provided a method of manufacturing a tobacco industry product component.

A bead delivery disk, system and method of delivering flavor beads to a tobacco rod or tow including a bead source, a bead delivery disk in communication with the bead source, including a central disk portion having front and back sides and a first central thickness, an inner annular rim around the central disk portion, the inner annular rim having a second thickness less than said first thickness, a series of pockets spaced around the inner annular rim and multiple vacuum transmission apertures located on one side of the disk, each aperture communicating with at least one of the pockets.

A bead delivery disk, system and method of delivering flavor beads to a tobacco rod or tow including a bead source, a bead delivery disk in communication with the bead source, including a central disk portion having front and back sides and a first central thickness, an inner annular rim around the central disk portion, the inner annular rim having a second thickness less than said first thickness, a series of pockets spaced around the inner annular rim and multiple vacuum transmission apertures located on one side of the disk, each aperture communicating with at least one of the pockets.

The present apparatus relates to an electronic cigarette manufacturing apparatus, and more particularly, to an electronic cigarette manufacturing apparatus with which electronic cigarettes each composed of a plurality of segments can be easily and quickly manufactured without defects and thus productivity improvement and cost reduction can be achieved. The electronic cigarette manufacturing apparatus includes: a supply means configured to accommodate a plurality of segments that form an electronic cigarette and cut and supply the segments in a set length; a delivery means formed on one lower portion of the supply means and configured to deliver the plurality of supplied segments; a transport means including a conveyor configured to divide and transport the plurality of segments delivered from the delivery means so as to prevent defects in an arrangement sequence and a conveyor for integrally transport the plurality of segments; and a finishing means configured to remove spaces between the segments transported through the transport means and cut the segments into specified lengths of the electronic cigarette.

A method for making smokers' articles by subdividing a semifinished item which includes least five sticks aligned with each other along a main axis, at least two of the sticks are of a type different from the others; the method includes a step of forming the semifinished item by aligning the five sticks in a predetermined succession along the main axis and a step of subdividing a single rod into at least three sticks, followed by a step of aligning along the main axis each of the three sticks obtained from the rod alternating them with each of the sticks of different type, so as to form the semifinished item.

This multifilter segment is provided with a plurality of filter segments provided with a plurality of filter materials and inner wrappers respectively covering the outer surfaces of the plurality of filter materials, and an outer wrapper which connects and integrates the plurality of filter segments by being wound around the outer surfaces of the inner wrappers of the plurality of filter segments while the ends of the plurality of filter segments are arranged face-to-face. The inner wrappers of adjacent filter segments have a mutually different CIELab color parameter.

A machine for producing multi-segment rods for use in tobacco industry, the machine comprising: at least one feeding module for placing segments in a train, one after the other, on a collecting transporter for transporting the segments along a predefined transporting path in a direction towards a garniture transporter; a transferring module for transferring the segments from the collecting transporter onto the garniture transporter; the garniture transporter for transporting segments on a wrapper; a garniture device for wrapping the wrapper around the train of the segments to form a continuous rod; a cutting head for cutting the continuous rod into multi-segment rods; and a shifting mechanism for dislocating the collecting transporter with respect to the predefined transporting path to a cleaning position, wherein the segments while being transported on the collecting transporter are not in contact with any of the feeding modules.

There is provided a method and apparatus for manufacturing filters for smoking articles. The method comprises providing hollow tubes (309) of filter material. Each hollow tube has an outer diameter and an inner diameter. The method further comprises providing filter inserts (205). Each filter insert (205) has a first portion having a cross sectional dimension larger than the inner diameter of the hollow tube. The method further comprises inserting each filter insert (205) into a hollow tube (309) of filter material. During inserting, the first portion of the filter insert (205) engages with the hollow tube (309) to retain the filter insert in the hollow tube.