SMOKING PRODUCT PRODUCTION METHOD AND DEVICE Russian patent published in 2012 - IPC A24C5/18 

FIELD: tobacco industry.

SUBSTANCE: smoking product production devices contains the tobacco core transporter. The transportation direction is parallel to the tobacco core central longitudinal axis. The device additionally contains a supply tool for introduction of a liquid additive into the tobacco core while on the transporter. The supply tool includes a group of sprayer heads. The heads are arranged in a symmetric configuration along the tobacco core central longitudinal axis. The supply tool is configured so that the liquid additive absorbed by the tobacco core is distributed within the plane of the section perpendicular to the tobacco core central longitudinal axis and, in fact, symmetrically relative to the central axis. In one implementation version the supply tool contains a group of sprayer heads arranged around the tobacco core. In another implementation version the supply tool contains a plough creating a groove in the tobacco core and a sprayer head for spraying the additive into the grove.

EFFECT: provision for introduction of liquid additives not into loose tobacco prior to tobacco core formation but into the tobacco core proper which reduces economic costs and excludes the process line staining with the flavouring agent.

42 cl, 11 dwg