Intellectual Property India Publishes Patent Application for 'Folding Apparatus For Folding A Strand Of Filling Material Placed In Continuous Rod Of Tobacco Industry' Filed by Tobacco Machinery Poland Sp. Z O. O.

MUMBAI, India, Aug. 22 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202517069423 A) filed by Tobacco Machinery Poland Sp. Z O. O., Radom, Poland, on July 21, for 'folding apparatus for folding a strand of filling material placed in continuous rod of tobacco industry.'

Inventor(s) include Zajac, Miroslaw; and Pietak, Karol.

The application for the patent was published on Aug. 22, under issue no. 34/2025.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "A folding apparatus (4, 4', 4'', 4'', 4'''') for folding a strip of filling material (3) placed in a continuous rod (CR) of the tobacco industry, comprising an inner folding element (20, 20', 20'', 20''') having first folding surfaces (22) situated radially around the axis (k) of the inner folding element (20, 20', 20'', 20''') adapted to fold the strip of the filling material (3), an outer folding element (21, 21', 21'', 21''') having second folding surfaces (23) situated radially around the axis (m) of the outer folding element (21) adapted to fold the strip of the filling material (3). The inner folding element (20, 20', 20'', 20''') is situated inside the outer folding element (21, 21', 21'', 21''') and the first folding surfaces (22) situated radially around the axis (k) of the inner folding element (20, 20', 20'', 20''') are arranged between the second folding surfaces (23) situated radially around the axis (m) of the outer folding element (21, 21', 21'', 20''')."

The patent application was internationally filed on Feb. 12, 2024, under International application No.PCT/EP2024/053422.

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