PRODUCTION OF A TOBACCO ROD WITH A HOLLOW CYLINDRICAL TUBE EXTENDING THERETHROUGH

摘要

A method for making cigarettes comprises providing a supplying tubes to a tobacco rod maker from a hopper (151), supplying tobacco to the maker through an updraught chamber (143, 145) so that tobacco accumulates around the tubes. The tobacco is wrapped with paper (123) in a garniture (117) to form hollow wrapped tobacco rods having a tube running through them.