摘要 |
ONE EMBODIMENT OF THE INVENTION PROVIDES APPARATUS FOR MANUFACTURING A SMOKING ARTICLE. THE APPARATUS INCLUDES AN ECRETEUR HAVING AT LEAST ONE TRIMMING DISK (10, 20) CONFIGURED TO TRIM A TOBACCO ROD (50) FOR A SMOKING ARTICLE TO HAVE AT LEAST ONE END REGION (412) OF INCREASED TOBACCO DENSITY. THE AT LEAST ONE TRIMMING DISK (10, 20) IS FURTHER CONFIGURED TO TRIM A BODY REGION OF THE TOBACCO ROD (50) SUCH THAT THE BODY REGION HAS A VARIABLE TOBACCO MASS PER UNIT LENGTH, WHERE THE BODY REGION IS DISTINCT FROM SAID AT LEAST ONE END REGION (412) OF INCREASED DENSITY. |