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A24C　MACHINES FOR MAKING CIGARS OR CIGARETTES

A24C 1/00 Elements of cigar manufacture (combinations of two or more elements of cigar manufacture A24C 3/00; attaching or incorporating filters or mouthpieces A24C 5/47, A24C 5/52; cutting machines in general B26D)

A24C 1/02 ・Tobacco-feeding devices with or without means for dividing the tobacco into measured quantities

A24C 1/04 ・Devices for cutting cigar binders or wrappers

A24C 1/045 ・・{Safety devices therefor}

A24C 1/08 ・Making tobacco bunches

A24C 1/10 ・・Bunch-making machines with aprons and tables for wrapping

A24C 1/12 ・・Bunch-making machines with wrapping rollers

A24C 1/14 ・・Bunch-making machines with grippers

A24C 1/16 ・Treating bunches

A24C 1/18 ・・Moulds or presses for cigar bunches

A24C 1/20 ・・・Rotating moulds for cigar bunches

A24C 1/22 ・・Rolling formed bunches

A24C 1/24 ・・Cutting bunches to length

A24C 1/26 ・Applying the wrapper

A24C 1/28 ・・Wrapper transferring mechanisms

A24C 1/30 ・・Devices for applying the wrapper to the bunch

A24C 1/32 ・・Devices for forming the tips of cigars (filter-tips, mouthpieces A24D 3/00)

A24C 1/34 ・・Adhesive-applying means

A24C 1/36 ・・Cutting wrapped bunches to length

A24C 1/38 ・Final treatment of cigars, e.g. sorting

A24C 1/383 ・・{Final drying of cigars}

A24C 1/386 ・・{Perforating cigars}

A24C 1/40 ・・Delustering or powdering cigars

A24C 1/42 ・・Marking, printing, or decorating cigars

A24C 1/44 ・・Bundling and pressing devices for cigars

A24C 3/00 Complete manufacture of cigars; Combinations of two or more elements of cigar manufacture

A24C 5/00 Making cigarettes; Making tipping materials for, or attaching filters or mouthpieces to, cigars or cigarettes

A24C 5/002 ・{Feeding arrangements for individual paper wrappers}

A24C 5/005 ・{Treatment of cigarette paper}

A24C 5/007 ・・{Perforating}

A24C 5/02 ・Cigarette-filling machines

A24C 5/04 ・・with continuous rod (A24C 5/14 takes precedence)

A24C 5/06 ・・with pressing-chamber

A24C 5/08 ・Machines with aprons and tables for wrapping

A24C 5/10 ・Machines with wrapping rollers

A24C 5/12 ・Cutting the ends of filled and rolled cigarettes

A24C 5/14 ・Machines of the continuous-rod type (tobacco feeding devices A24C 5/39)

A24C 5/18 ・・Forming the rod

A24C 5/1807 ・・・{with compressing means, e.g. garniture}

A24C 5/1814 ・・・{containing parts of different densities, e.g. dense ends}

A24C 5/1821 ・・・{containing different tobacco mixtures, e.g. composite rods}

A24C 5/1828 ・・・{by cutting tobacco sheet material}

A24C 5/1835 ・・・{Multiple rod making devices}

A24C 5/1842 ・・・{Trimming devices}

A24C 5/185 ・・・{Separating devices, e.g. winnowing, removing impurities}

A24C 5/1857 ・・・{Belt construction or driving means}

A24C 5/1864 ・・・{Conditioning means, e.g. drying}

A24C 5/1871 ・・・{Devices for regulating the tobacco quantity}

A24C 5/1878 ・・・{for oval cigarettes}

A24C 5/1885 ・・・{for cigarettes with an axial air duct}

A24C 5/1892 ・・・{with additives, e.g. binding agent, flavorants}

A24C 5/20 ・・Reels; Supports for bobbins; Other accessories

A24C 5/22 ・・Creasing the paper seam

A24C 5/24 ・・Pasting the seam

A24C 5/26 ・・Drying the seam

A24C 5/28 ・・Cutting-off the tobacco rod

A24C 5/30 ・・・Machines combined with devices for grinding the knives

A24C 5/31 ・・with special arrangements coming into operation during starting, slowing-down or breakdown of the machine, e.g. for diverting or breaking the continuous rod

A24C 5/32 ・Separating, ordering, counting, or examining cigarettes (in relation to packaging B65B 19/00); Regulating the feeding of tobacco according to rod or cigarette condition (investigating or analysing materials by determining their chemical or physical properties G01N; controlling in general G05)

A24C 5/321 ・・{Counting means}

A24C 5/322 ・・{Transporting cigarettes during manufacturing}

A24C 5/323 ・・・{pneumatically}

A24C 5/325 ・・・{from a hopper}

A24C 5/326 ・・・{with lateral transferring means}

A24C 5/327 ・・・{Construction details of the cigarette transport drum}

A24C 5/328 ・・・{Controlling means}

A24C 5/33 ・・Catching or ordering devices

A24C 5/333 ・・・{for combining several rows into one}

A24C 5/336 ・・・{Turning means}

A24C 5/34 ・・Examining cigarettes or the rod, e.g. for regulating the feeding of tobacco; Removing defective cigarettes

A24C 5/3406 ・・・{Controlling cigarette combustion}

A24C 5/3412 ・・・{by means of light, radiation or electrostatic fields (A24C 5/3406 takes precedence)}

A24C 5/3418 ・・・{by pneumatic means (A24C 5/3406 takes precedence)}

A24C 5/3424 ・・・{by weighing (A24C 5/3406 takes precedence)}

A24C 5/343 ・・・by mechanical means, e.g. feelers

A24C 5/345 ・・・Removing defective cigarettes (A24C 5/31 takes precedence)

A24C 5/35 ・Adaptations of conveying apparatus for transporting cigarettes from making machine to packaging machine

A24C 5/352 ・・Using containers, i.e. boats

A24C 5/354 ・・・Filling the boats at the making machine

A24C 5/356 ・・・Emptying the boats into the hopper of the packaging machine (hopper construction B65B 19/04)

A24C 5/358 ・・・Boat constructions

A24C 5/36 ・Removing papers or other parts from defective cigarettes

A24C 5/38 ・Machines combined with printing devices

A24C 5/39 ・Tobacco feeding devices (regulating feed according to rod or cigarette condition A24C 5/34)

A24C 5/391 ・・{feeding to several cigarette making machines}

A24C 5/392 ・・{feeding pneumatically}

A24C 5/393 ・・{with a vibrating conveyer}

A24C 5/394 ・・{with an auxiliary feed unit}

A24C 5/395 ・・{with arrangements in the hopper, e.g. for spreading, tamping}

A24C 5/396 ・・{with separating means, e.g. winnowing, removing impurities}

A24C 5/397 ・・{with means for regulating the tobacco quantity}

A24C 5/398 ・・{Driving arrangements}

A24C 5/399 ・・{Component parts or details, e.g. feed roller, feed belt}

A24C 5/40 ・Hand-driven apparatus for making cigarettes

A24C 5/42 ・・Pocket cigarette-fillers

A24C 5/425 ・・・{for obtaining cigarettes of various lengths}

A24C 5/44 ・・Pocket cigarette-rollers

A24C 5/46 ・Making paper tubes for cigarettes (making paper tubes in general B31C)

A24C 5/465 ・・{the paper tubes partially containing a filter element}

A24C 5/47 ・Attaching filters or mouthpieces to cigars or cigarettes, e.g. inserting filters into cigarettes or their mouthpieces (A24C 5/52 takes precedence; filters, their manufacture, mouthpieces A24D 3/00)

A24C 5/471 ・・{by means of a connecting band}

A24C 5/472 ・・・{Applying adhesives to the connecting band}

A24C 5/473 ・・・{Cutting the connecting band}

A24C 5/474 ・・{by inserting filters into cigarettes or their mouthpieces}

A24C 5/475 ・・{adapted for composite filters}

A24C 5/476 ・・{adapted for cigars or cigarettes with a hollow mouthpiece, e.g. recess filter cigarettes}

A24C 5/477 ・・・{with a mouthpiece made from plastic, wood or the like}

A24C 5/478 ・・{Transport means for filter- or cigarette-rods in view of their assembling}

A24C 5/52 ・Incorporating filters or mouthpieces into a cigarette rod or a tobacco rod (filters, their manufacture, mouthpieces A24D 3/00)

A24C 5/54 ・Folding the ends of cigarette paper tubes after filling them with tobacco

A24C 5/56 ・Making tipping materials, e.g. sheet cork for mouthpieces of cigars or cigarettes, by mechanical means (chemical part of making tipping material C08; wrapping papers for cigarettes D21H)

A24C 5/565 ・・{by treating the tipping material with a liquid or viscous solution, e.g. paraffine (final treatment A24C 5/608)}

A24C 5/58 ・・Applying the tipping materials

A24C 5/583 ・・・{to a continuous web of cigarette paper}

A24C 5/586 ・・・{to a cigarette}

A24C 5/60 ・Final treatment of cigarettes, e.g. marking, printing, branding, decorating

A24C 5/601 ・・{Marking, printing or decorating cigarettes}

A24C 5/602 ・・・{Bronzing}

A24C 5/603 ・・{Final drying of cigarettes}

A24C 5/605 ・・{Pressing of cigarettes, e.g. for obtaining an oval form}

A24C 5/606 ・・{Perforating cigarettes}

A24C 5/607 ・・・{by mechanical means}

A24C 5/608 ・・{Treating cigarettes with a liquid or viscous solution}